AhamB wrote:
Tough girls!
The compositions are a bit tight perhaps, but the 400N certainly gives a nice rendering.
Cheers AhamB,
These are fairly heavy crops as it is so there is plenty more space to play with as regards positioning the players in the frame.
I definitely need more practice though as I struggled to keep up with the action.
Ronan O Keeffe wrote:
I've never shot sports before and it's certainly a lot tougher than it looks.
It comes with practice. Have patience, try to anticipate the next move and also try it with AI-Servo and high speed bursts. I keep my spare eye open to follow the action since it gives me a much wider field of view. This way I can see who is coming into the picture and when my view to the subject will be blocked.
Silentlight wrote:
It comes with practice. Have patience, try to anticipate the next move and also try it with AI-Servo and high speed bursts. I keep my spare eye open to follow the action since it gives me a much wider field of view. This way I can see who is coming into the picture and when my view to the subject will be blocked.
I went with the 5DMKII with the 400 with AI-servo and the 70-200 2.8 L IS on the 50D. In retrospect maybe I should have put the 400 on the 50D for the higher frame rate and better AF. I have tried two eyed shooting in the past and I must admit I find it difficult.
But as you say it should come with patience and plenty of practice.
Cheers for the kind words.
R.
After 10 minutes crawling on my stomach through coastal scrub I should have checked to see if any of the dials on the camera had moved...I ended up with +2 stops EV and blew some of the highlights, worse than that though, my shutter speed dropped from 1/2000 to 1/500.
I only had a split second to catch these two so even if I had noticed I don't think I could have done anything about it. Live and learn. Switch the rear dial off before performing heroics.
I'll have to be the lone dissenter around here.
(with great trepidation, and I just KNOW I'm gonna' regret this. )
Both Andrew & Ronan have posted some really wonderful shots, of course.
The sharpness of this lens is unquestionable. Typical Zeiss neutral color as well.
However, I'm not seeing as much plasticity as I'd expect from a Zeiss. Granted, 400mm comes with a lot of built-in compression, but I'm not blown away here. The more I shoot, the more I value this component over other factors, even (sometimes) sharpness.
I'd like to see a comparison between this and a lovely Mamiya 300/2.8 + a 1.4 TC.
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