PetKal wrote:
This morning I decided to challenge a bit my 400 f.5.6 prime.
Much of the time I have used the lens for fly-by type of BIF shots where the lens does very well in decent light and better.
However, I haven\'t used it much for \"close combat\" BIF photography for a couple of reasons: MFD is large and 400mm is often too much of a FL.
Today I unleashed the lens + 1DMkIIN on head-on pijun-in-flight shots. In a nutshell, the lens is less than ideal for that type of photography.
The 300\'s (both f/4 and f/2.8), 200\'s and 135L are decidedly superior for that application primarily because they allow faster AF (brighter lenses).
(1) A warm-up fly-by shot....no problem.
(2) Camera has a hard time focusing....by the time the focus locks-in, the bird is in my face, nearer than the MFD.
(3) This is a bit better.
Prtkal , I really like the first one!
What camera are you using?
Apr 14, 2009 at 12:14 PM
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