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Hen Pheasant

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Posted by John MacTavish on March 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Hen Pheasant
Practicing a bit on some flight shots with the new 500mm lens. The ones that snap into focus are plenty sharp, but it's the time taken to snap into focus that lets it down a little in comparison to it's 400/2.8 brother. Certainly as far as sharpness goes, the newer lens does have the edge :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Posted by keith mitchell on March 11, 2014 at 5:15 PM
John looks like it works pretty well looking at this, the large image is very impressive.
Which lens is it?
Keith.
Posted by John MacTavish on March 11, 2014 at 5:54 PM
Hi Keith,
It does work well when it acquires focus, but for birds that don't stay in flight for long it lags behind the 400/2.8 by a considerable bit.
The lens is the Canon 500mm f4 IS mkII

Cheers
J
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 12, 2014 at 3:30 PM
Stunning flight shot as these are very hard to get!
Well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Nick on March 12, 2014 at 6:10 PM
I think it's the feeder you're hanging off the end of the lens that does it John :biggrin:

:toast:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on March 13, 2014 at 9:20 AM
Stunner! Time well spent I'd say!