ersatz wrote:
I'm surprised you were able to get focus on some of those objects, quite impressive.
thanks,
split focus screen is a must
for action shots (tennis, race cars) you have to zone focus (I'm used to this from my old 35mm days)
for static shots I use live view, when time permits
i used to own this lens
- heavy lens for me - definitely not in walk around or travel arsenal of lenses (although i own old 300/2.8L)
- Magic Drainpipe 80-200/2.8L is better performer IMO, much more contrast and 3D look + zoom
Pictures are unedited and wide open. Bokeh from lens is excellent IMO. All pictures are unedited, only resized and sharpened a bit for web. Contrast at wider apertures is quite poor, but you can easily correct in post processing. Sharpness increaces with stopping down, but i can not judge enough from 4MP EOS 1D camera. Spot on focussing is uneasy. Reason for selling was hard to focus in action shots and i find Drainpipe to be better than sonnar 200/2.8 for overall use.
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Date Taken: 2008-11-13
Canon EOS-1D 0.004s (1/250) f/2.8 ISO: 400
Flash: flash did not fire
Exposure Bias: 4/3 EV
Exposure Mode: auto
White Balance: manual
Color Space: sRGB
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Date Taken: 2008-11-13
Canon EOS-1D 0.005s (1/200) f/2.8 ISO: 400
Flash: flash did not fire
Exposure Bias: 1 EV
Exposure Mode: auto
White Balance: manual
Color Space: sRGB
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Date Taken: 2008-11-13
Canon EOS-1D 0.005s (1/200) f/2.8 ISO: 400
Flash: flash did not fire
Exposure Bias: 1/3 EV
Exposure Mode: auto
White Balance: manual
Color Space: sRGB
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Date Taken: 2008-11-19
Canon EOS-1D 0.0031s (1/320) f/2.8 ISO: 320
Flash: flash did not fire
Exposure Bias: 2/3 EV
Exposure Mode: auto
White Balance: manual
Color Space: sRGB
