The 400mm F5.6 is a lens you learn to use well. It took me practice to learn to use it well for panning and still shots. In lower light I use a mono-pod or tripod with a Jobu Gimbal head. The tripod with Gimbal head allows lower light usage.
The 400mm F5.6 is excellent due to its shapness and light weight. I find it to be a great lens hand held.
When light is lower the 300mm F4 can be more useful.
Here in sunny New Mexico the 400mm F5.6 is very good most of the time. Sometimes in the winter time it can get cloudy enough the F5.6 aperture will not work. But in those cloudy over-cast lighting days, I find the images have no contrast due to the light. So even a faster lens does not produce many if any useful images
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400mm F4 DO or 300mm F2.8 + 1.4X would likely be optimal though very expensive options
The 400mm F5.6 is a lens you learn to use well. It took me practice to learn to use it well for panning and still shots. In lower light I use a mono-pod or tripod with a Jobu Gimbal head. The tripod with Gimbal head allows lower light usage.
The 400mm F5.6 is excellent due to its shapness and light weight. I find it to be a great lens hand held.
When light is lower the 300mm F4 can be more useful.
Here in sunny New Mexico the 400mm F5.6 is very good most of the time. Sometimes in the winter time it can get cloudy enough the F5.6 aperture will not work. But in those cloudy over-cast lighting days, I find the images have no contrast due to the light. So even a faster lens does not produce many if any useful images.
May 17, 2013 at 01:43 PM
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