ke3vg wrote: Colin F wrote: AGeoJO wrote:
There is definitely a better chance for you to get a deal on the 400mm than on the 600mm right now.
Thanks. I've never been drawn to the 400mm focal length, so will be getting the 200-600 for now. It is very sharp, works well with a 1.4 extender, is smaller, lighter, and offers the versatility of a zoom. I used Geoff's Saturday morning for a few hours and it was great!
Perhaps a 600 f/4 is in my future, I dunno, it's a chunk of change!
I have both lens 400 and 600, they both are sharp and hand hold able. I like the 400 for early morning or late evening shooting and also when I am at wildlife refuge, birds tends to come very close when you are seating in one place, 600 is too long for those situations. Having 1.4 TC handy with 400mm does help in unexpected situations. I will keep my 400 for now, unless. Sony comes out with 800mm. -
The 200-600 is definitely a great lens, almost as sharp as 600mm f/4. I would certainly keep that lens for all around wildlife shooting. Sometime, after seeing the result of 200-600 , I wonder about the money spent on 600 f/4 but than I like the amazing bokeh of f/4. And great results with 2X tC.....
Colin, it's good to start with 200-600, I don't think that you will miss the 600 f/4, may be you can wait for the Sony release of lens like 500mm PF. Who knows thay are competing with Nikon and Canon and may release the lens like that. Just a thought!
I concur and it does make you wonder why you have the F4 but I am not getting rid of mine.
The one thing I noticed on an outing to Wakodahatchee Wetlands last week was many of my images were not tack sharp on my ballasted RRS TFC34 tripod and Wimberley gimbal. I was using mechanical shutter on my A7rIII and cable release on continuous Hi+ with the stabilization off since it was on a tripod. There was more wind than I like and I was using the 2x most of the time so reaching out 1200mm and the next time I am trying three things. Faster shutter speeds an silent shutter and going to compare stabilization on and off. I wonder with the wind if IBIS would have helped? I was using both the 200-600G and 600 GM and got some very sharp images but too many required sharpening and define2 and I think I needed faster shutter speeds and higher ISO. I was shooting a lot at ISO 800 & 1600 and will also try my A9 since it supposedly handles higher ISO better.
I do feel like faster shutter speeds are in order because I took care to focus manually on focus mag and also AF with selective spot small.
Anhingas were 600 F8 ISO 400 640th -should have kicked the ISO and shot higher shutter speed IMO
Cattle Egret was 600 F8 + 2x tc ISO 400 1,000th - should have kicked the ISO up and shot at 4,000 I think
Any ideas?
Sep 09, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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