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Archive 2011Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
p.8 #1Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Taken with a 1D MkIIn, 70-200 MK II, f/9, 1/200sec and a 36mm kenko extension tube.
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May 14, 2011 at 08:56 AM
p.8 #3Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
I rented one of these lenses last weekend and enjoyed it greatly!
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/OutfieldCatch800.jpg
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/merlin800.jpg
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/Tortoise800.jpg
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/OutfieldCatch800.jpg
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/merlin800.jpg
http://www.kalman.org/will/photos/Tortoise800.jpg
May 14, 2011 at 12:54 PM
p.8 #4Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
I've been enjoying this lens for a variety of shots and then the other day I thought I would give it a go capturing some Barn Swallows. I found it to be amazingly good on a 5DII for flight shots.
http://fadely.smugmug.com/photos/i-MTKJdhK/0/XL/i-MTKJdhK-XL.jpg
http://fadely.smugmug.com/photos/i-MTKJdhK/0/XL/i-MTKJdhK-XL.jpg
May 14, 2011 at 08:48 PM
p.8 #5Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Obviously you haven't read enough on the online forums to know that the 5D2 has poor AF and is no good for action shooting... 
Great shot Mark!
Great shot Mark!
May 14, 2011 at 08:56 PM
p.8 #6Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
From this morning....With 1.4X III also .... http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/blackies_owner/XJ4I2674_edited-1.jpg
May 14, 2011 at 10:43 PM
p.8 #7Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
ChrisRD wrote:
Obviously you haven't read enough on the online forums to know that the 5D2 has poor AF and is no good for action shooting...
Great shot Mark!
Haha, that's funny Chris. So true that if you went just by what you read online a person would never try to shoot small, fast birds with a 5DII. Of course, I was using center point only. Anyway, I shot back to back with a 1dmkIV+400 5.6 and then the 5DII+70+200 II. The keeper rate was very similar between the two systems so the 5DII is no slouch.
Great shots in this thread everyone, and the more I shoot with the 70-200 II the more I am truly amazed by it. The difference between it and the older mkI version is a lot more than I imagined. A high res camera like a 5DII just exploits the virtues of this fine lens.
Obviously you haven't read enough on the online forums to know that the 5D2 has poor AF and is no good for action shooting...
Great shot Mark!
Haha, that's funny Chris. So true that if you went just by what you read online a person would never try to shoot small, fast birds with a 5DII. Of course, I was using center point only. Anyway, I shot back to back with a 1dmkIV+400 5.6 and then the 5DII+70+200 II. The keeper rate was very similar between the two systems so the 5DII is no slouch.
Great shots in this thread everyone, and the more I shoot with the 70-200 II the more I am truly amazed by it. The difference between it and the older mkI version is a lot more than I imagined. A high res camera like a 5DII just exploits the virtues of this fine lens.
May 15, 2011 at 10:40 AM
p.8 #8Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Same setup wings forward.... http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/blackies_owner/XJ4I2704_edited-1.jpg
May 15, 2011 at 10:45 AM
p.8 #9Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
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May 15, 2011 at 10:44 PM
p.8 #10Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Rich Swanner wrote:
Same setup wings forward.... http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/blackies_owner/XJ4I2704_edited-1.jpg
Amazing!
Same setup wings forward.... http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/blackies_owner/XJ4I2704_edited-1.jpg
Amazing!
May 15, 2011 at 11:44 PM
p.8 #11Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Great shot!
1avatar wrote:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5630231240_4cb16911ab_b.jpg
1avatar wrote:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5630231240_4cb16911ab_b.jpg
May 16, 2011 at 11:11 AM
p.8 #12Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Rich's hummingbirds are extraordinary but Bobby's last bird is just as striking
May 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM
p.8 #13Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Some shots I did last two weeks with this lens on mk IV:
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-5tv6qWT/0/X3/AP9D6806-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-Q9tcmPr/0/X3/AP9D6774-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-9JZ5snx/0/X3/AP9D6773-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-pGq9rzX/0/X3/AP9D6762-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-cmwf6DN/0/X3/AP9D6501-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-m2xK3kj/0/X3/AP9D6793-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-25Tsn7h/0/X3/AP9D6796-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-5tv6qWT/0/X3/AP9D6806-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-Q9tcmPr/0/X3/AP9D6774-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-9JZ5snx/0/X3/AP9D6773-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-pGq9rzX/0/X3/AP9D6762-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-cmwf6DN/0/X3/AP9D6501-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-m2xK3kj/0/X3/AP9D6793-X3.jpg
http://breitling65.smugmug.com/Travel/London-Paris/London-Paris/i-25Tsn7h/0/X3/AP9D6796-X3.jpg
Sep 15, 2011 at 08:17 PM
p.8 #14Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
1avatar wrote:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5630231240_4cb16911ab_b.jpg
Absolutely fantastic! Proves I made the right decision selling my 135L. This lens can do similar tricks.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5630231240_4cb16911ab_b.jpg
Absolutely fantastic! Proves I made the right decision selling my 135L. This lens can do similar tricks.
Oct 16, 2011 at 03:32 PM
p.8 #15Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
*sigh* I love this thread.
$500 so far saved up for the lens - only about $1900 more to go!
$500 so far saved up for the lens - only about $1900 more to go!
Oct 16, 2011 at 03:51 PM
p.8 #16Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Very nice detail but I have a question - seeing as how the 2nd image I think is a great composition, why were you only at 235mm in the first shot?
Just wondering if it's a case of "crop afterwards" being sharper than "zoom in closer" since you had the 1.4x TC mounted.
Or, if it's just "grab the shot quickly" and you happened to be zoomed farther out.
Just wondering if it's a case of "crop afterwards" being sharper than "zoom in closer" since you had the 1.4x TC mounted.
Or, if it's just "grab the shot quickly" and you happened to be zoomed farther out.
Oct 16, 2011 at 04:45 PM
p.8 #17Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
There are some amazing shots here.. good job all.
I'd love to see many of you shoot with the sigma side by side.. i'd bet the results would be just about as good (because it's all photography and dev more than lenses is what I'm saying)..
or maybe I'm wrong and this lens is really that outstanding.
I'd love to see many of you shoot with the sigma side by side.. i'd bet the results would be just about as good (because it's all photography and dev more than lenses is what I'm saying)..
or maybe I'm wrong and this lens is really that outstanding.
Oct 16, 2011 at 06:12 PM
p.8 #20Post your 70-200/2.8 II images
Good question. I had the 1.4x III on the lens all the time that I was there. On the gorilla shot, I wanted a full frame of the mother gorilla ... and yes, I could have cropped it tighter, but when she came "out of hiding" we didn't have time to think about the composition as she was walking around with the baby and we had only seconds to work ... so they were really just grab shots. I realized, after the fact, that the lighting really sucked but I saw a picture within the picture, and thankfully the sharpness of the lens and the resolution from the 5D II enabled me to crop it really tight to make a decent picture out of a bad shot.
cputeq wrote:
Very nice detail but I have a question - seeing as how the 2nd image I think is a great composition, why were you only at 235mm in the first shot?
Just wondering if it's a case of "crop afterwards" being sharper than "zoom in closer" since you had the 1.4x TC mounted.
Or, if it's just "grab the shot quickly" and you happened to be zoomed farther out.
cputeq wrote:
Very nice detail but I have a question - seeing as how the 2nd image I think is a great composition, why were you only at 235mm in the first shot?
Just wondering if it's a case of "crop afterwards" being sharper than "zoom in closer" since you had the 1.4x TC mounted.
Or, if it's just "grab the shot quickly" and you happened to be zoomed farther out.
Oct 16, 2011 at 08:33 PM