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Richard A

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Birds with the new 200-500mm
« on: December 11, 2015, 10:51:59 »
Finally got a chance to get out and shoot some birds with the New lens. So far the first impression is good for a lens in this price range. Sharpness good throughout the range and even wide open.

Most impressed by: 1- VR is excellent, easy to shoot hand held so not necessary to up ISO too much. 2 - Pleasing bokeh

Negatives: 1. - Quite large (but weight is OK) 2 - Focus hunts a bit in backlit dappled light situations. 3 - large rotations of zoom ring needed to go from 200 - 500mm (I shoot mostly at 500mm anyway so not too much of an issue).

All images shot handheld.
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2015, 11:24:20 »
Big birds are easy. Its the little fellows where a long lens is really needed. Shot using a bean bag.
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2015, 11:28:12 »
The following images shot hand held in low light.
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2015, 16:51:03 »
Very well done!!
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2015, 17:32:17 »
Nice!  I really like the Kingfisher (?) and the birdie taking off.
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Richard A

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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2015, 18:08:35 »
Ta - yes those colourful malachite Kingfishers are always so photogenic.
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2015, 18:52:19 »
So much charm - it looks like a teenage street tough
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Jørgen Ramskov

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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2015, 15:21:41 »
Nice shots, looks like that lens is quite decent.
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2015, 12:39:32 »
Quote from: Richard A on December 11, 2015, 18:08:35
Ta - yes those colourful malachite Kingfishers are always so photogenic.

Looks like the images were taken ar Intaka?
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Re: Birds with the new 200-500mm
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2015, 11:57:48 »
Nice shots. This is a lens I'm still thinking about getting.
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