For fun, I took out the 100-400 IS II today around the 'hood and slapped on the 2x III TC. Although the 1.4x TC is phenomenal, I've always loathed the 2x as it comes with a more substantial AF speed and optical penalty. There wasn't much to shoot though I was astounded how quickly it AF'ed and how well the eye focus worked on a perched sparrow (in shade and severely back-lit) and swimming ducks. How would it compare to the 800 f/11? I can't say though it was difficult handholding this even with the IS. The images aren't anything and are more for informational purposes. Converted to .tiffs in dpp, tonality balanced, cropping where indicated, and then run through Topaz denoise AI/sharpen default settings.
Virtually no crop - simply to show bokeh, colors, etc.
Cropped <25%
Strongly back lit, demonstrates the degree of CA, eye focus worked, demonstrates how hard it is to hold lens at lower Tv,cropped ~50%
Cropped about 50%, eye focus wouldn't pick up - no surprise here.
High contrast, cropped >25%, eye focus locked on instantly and tracked well.
For my money there is magic in this camera with the RF and EF-L lenses. Loving the images I’m getting out of this especially now that I can process them with Capture One.
Almost got him Seriously just as I'm cooking dinner "our Cheetah" (aka the local bobcat) walks right by. My camera has the 28-70 mounted on it to document the kids cooking, minimum SS is set to 1/125, which as it turns out is not enough for the 400 DO with the TC on it. By the time I switched the lenses he had checked out my blind and probably peed on it and proceeded into the bush. But I'll get him next time! It may the the one species that doesn't frequent the back yard of @RobAmy - just maybe https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-ThpxKwL/0/46c09869/X3/i-ThpxKwL-X3.jpg
Finally starting to work with my R5. Today I took a few shots around my yard and then we drove up to Milwaukee for dinner and a walk along the lake. I wanted to test out low light, higher ISO shots and was very impressed. I really like the files and the ability to lift the shadows without much noise.
Mourning Dove, heavily cropped, Canon 600mm f4 mkII, ISO 400
Milwaukee dusk, 100-400mkII, ISO 1600
Milwaukee dusk, 100-400mkII, ISO 1600
Milwaukee dusk, 100-400mkII, ISO 1600
Milwaukee dusk, 100-400mkII, ISO 6400, very pleased with results at 6400
stanj wrote:
Almost got him Seriously just as I'm cooking dinner "our Cheetah" (aka the local bobcat) walks right by. My camera has the 28-70 mounted on it to document the kids cooking, minimum SS is set to 1/125, which as it turns out is not enough for the 400 DO with the TC on it. By the time I switched the lenses he had checked out my blind and probably peed on it and proceeded into the bush. But I'll get him next time! It may the the one species that doesn't frequent the back yard of @RobAmy@ - just maybe https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-ThpxKwL/0/46c09869/X3/i-ThpxKwL-X3.jpg...Show more →
Very jealous. Never had one in the yard. That would be fun.
I have have been really happy with my R5 so far shooting the hawks. I have used it with my EF500 F4MKII- 100-400 VII and 400 DOII with and without 1.4 TC and its great.
Quick and dirty macro test on the R5 in my front yard with lantanas and the original EF100 f2.8 macro (non-L). Lots more work to do on the macro front, but I'm enjoying what the camera can do and the files it's producing. Converted in DPP to tiff and then brought into Photoshop.
Seriously just as I'm cooking dinner "our Cheetah" (aka the local bobcat) walks right by. My camera has the 28-70 mounted on it to document the kids cooking, minimum SS is set to 1/125, which as it turns out is not enough for the 400 DO with the TC on it. By the time I switched the lenses he had checked out my blind and probably peed on it and proceeded into the bush. But I'll get him next time! It may the the one species that doesn't frequent the back yard of @
