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 p.1 #3 · Sony 400-800mm and Tamron 50-400mm combo? | |
Ross Martin wrote:
I know @Douglas L@ shoots airshows and birds with the Sony 400-800mm, and I believe he recently acquired the Tamron 50-400.
I have been shooting the 50-400 for the last year as my main landscape lens, and also for animals/birds at the local zoo, and I’m very pleased with it - the versatility is wonderful, and it is notably smaller and lighter than my Sony 100-400.
Thanks Ross. Yes, I recently bought a Tamron 50-400 to replace the Sony 100-400 GM, mainly as a more compact/lighter and wider alternative for landscape.
I just sold my 600 F4 GM, so my lenses for birds now are the 300 f2.8 GM+2X TC and the 400-800 (if the light is good). My wildlife hobby is pretty much just about hummingbirds, bald eagles, ospreys, and ducks. I can't say I am big into wildlife. I can't think of a usage for the Tamron 50-400 in shooting birds, it's just not long enough 99% of the time, at least for me. I can imagine for zoos, some mammals, the 50-400 would work. The obvious problems with the 400-800 are the aperture and the messy background from f8, if the background is not far enough from the subject.
I can say I am big into airshows (about 10 shows a year), as a hobby. I also have the Sony 200-600. But for day time airshows, the main lens is the 400-800. If I know I need something wider, I will bring the Tamron 50-400 (used to be the Sony 100-400 GM) on another body, but you know Sony restricts third party lenses to no more than 15 FPS, if it matters.
In about two weeks, I will be shooting my first airshow of the year for two days. The first day will be an air-to air shoot, where planes, including fighter jets, could get real close to the photoship that I will be on, maybe just 40' behind the open ramp of the photoship. I will have the Tamron 50-400 on an A1II, and the Sony 24-70 GM II on another A1II. Yes, they could get this close that you can use a 24-70. The organizer doesn't allow big lenses on the photoship, which is basically a skydiving plane with an open ramp. At sunset/evening of the second day, there will be an airshow that includes some very unique planes. For that show, I will use the 300 GM+1.4X TC, or +2XTC if the light is permitted. The 400-800 is simply not bright enough for sunset shows. I used to shoot with the 600 GM for sunset/evening shows.
As you can see, I use different lenses for different scenarios. Everyone is different. In the 400-800 image thread, I posted some airshow and bird pictures taken with the 400-800, if you are interested.
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1895169/
The pictures below show you how close the A2A shoots can get.
ILCE-7RM5 FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens 70mm f/9.0 1/200s 100 ISO -1.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens 70mm f/14.0 1/160s 100 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens 62mm f/16.0 1/160s 100 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens 50mm f/7.1 1/2000s 400 ISO 0.0 EV
ILCE-1 FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens 206mm f/6.3 1/3200s 1000 ISO +0.3 EV
ILCE-1 FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens 285mm f/8.0 1/2000s 1000 ISO +0.3 EV
ILCE-1 FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens 391mm f/6.3 1/2500s 500 ISO +0.7 EV
ILCE-1 FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens 145mm f/8.0 1/2000s 1000 ISO +0.3 EV
ILCE-7RM5 FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II lens 44mm f/8.0 1/2500s 500 ISO -1.0 EV
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