Since I\'ve had such pleasure shooting with the 80-200 f/4.5 AI with tubes, I thought I\'d give a more serious workout to the 200 f/4 AI-s. It has a very long minimum focus distance, something like seven feet. I\'d mounted a tube one time on that lens but really never did any serious shooting with it. This afternoon I played a bit, beginning with 48mm, then increasing to 68mm and finally backing off to 36mm when I wanted to capture the entire flower rather than just a portion of it. This lens is great! At the time I bought it I could only shake my head since the Buy it Now price on E-bay was so absurdly low. I read reviews that were glowing and so grabbed it. It is an outstanding lens and works beautifully with macro shots.
Despite the bright light, since I was shooting at f/11, I had to shoot manual mode to get adequate shutter speed, relying on Auto ISO to give me a useable shot. ISO was 720, shutter speed 1/250th of a second.
May 09, 2011 at 05:18 PM
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