Wild said:Hand held a 600mm lens without IS? Ridiculous, and that's not even taking into account that it must have weighed a ton holding that thing. Must have some pretty big guns lol (not talking about lenses)
wickidwombat said:Wild said:Hand held a 600mm lens without IS? Ridiculous, and that's not even taking into account that it must have weighed a ton holding that thing. Must have some pretty big guns lol (not talking about lenses)
its MF only too
the technique I use was set the lens to minimum focus distance, held the lens and camera lookign through the viewfinder, advance slowly then when the image came into focus drop onto one knee kind of in a kneeling rifle shooting position and snapped of a short burst, (only 3 shots, 2 of which were sharp.
definately not a lens that you can handhold often or for too long since the lens is 4.5kg and the 1D is 1.3kg its quite a beefy combo, much more comfy on a gimbal
Could only find one copy on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Used-Canon-FD-600mm-F4-5-S-S-C-Lens-/260881048561?pt=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item3cbdb8e3f1Tcapp said:wickidwombat said:Wild said:Hand held a 600mm lens without IS? Ridiculous, and that's not even taking into account that it must have weighed a ton holding that thing. Must have some pretty big guns lol (not talking about lenses)
its MF only too
the technique I use was set the lens to minimum focus distance, held the lens and camera lookign through the viewfinder, advance slowly then when the image came into focus drop onto one knee kind of in a kneeling rifle shooting position and snapped of a short burst, (only 3 shots, 2 of which were sharp.
definately not a lens that you can handhold often or for too long since the lens is 4.5kg and the 1D is 1.3kg its quite a beefy combo, much more comfy on a gimbal
Awesome shot. How much does that lens go for? (Too tired to look it up.)
untitled10 said:Could only find one copy on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Used-Canon-FD-600mm-F4-5-S-S-C-Lens-/260881048561?pt=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item3cbdb8e3f1Tcapp said:wickidwombat said:Wild said:Hand held a 600mm lens without IS? Ridiculous, and that's not even taking into account that it must have weighed a ton holding that thing. Must have some pretty big guns lol (not talking about lenses)
its MF only too
the technique I use was set the lens to minimum focus distance, held the lens and camera lookign through the viewfinder, advance slowly then when the image came into focus drop onto one knee kind of in a kneeling rifle shooting position and snapped of a short burst, (only 3 shots, 2 of which were sharp.
definately not a lens that you can handhold often or for too long since the lens is 4.5kg and the 1D is 1.3kg its quite a beefy combo, much more comfy on a gimbal
Awesome shot. How much does that lens go for? (Too tired to look it up.)
£1100 mark?
This was 1 of a burst of 3 from the 1d mk3 2 were sharp 1 was not the 1d viewfinders are great for manual focusmarekjoz said:No liveview? It was easier for me with such a lens (tried shorter bur with stacked extenders) but it required a LCD viewfinder/loupe. How many shots you tried before selecting this one?
wickidwombat said:This was 1 of a burst of 3 from the 1d mk3 2 were sharp 1 was not the 1d viewfinders are great for manual focusmarekjoz said:No liveview? It was easier for me with such a lens (tried shorter bur with stacked extenders) but it required a LCD viewfinder/loupe. How many shots you tried before selecting this one?
meywd said:Reviving an old topic, how is the lens after two years, any more pics, i am considering getting one, they come and go on ebay for around $1600, i know its cheap when compared to the EF version, there is also the 300mm f/2.8 for around the same price.
wickidwombat said:meywd said:Reviving an old topic, how is the lens after two years, any more pics, i am considering getting one, they come and go on ebay for around $1600, i know its cheap when compared to the EF version, there is also the 300mm f/2.8 for around the same price.
hey to be honest haven't used it too much for stills but actually used it quite a big for shooting video of archery because the focus wheels can be moved smoothly easily without introducing vibration. I think this lens is amazing for long range video. especially for the money.
but now I have the tamron 150-600 i would say the tamron is generally better but it still cant hit f4.5 like this can but it does have IS and AF although you need to turn IS off for panning. I wont sell the FD because i like it and its sort of an antique now but generally for most situations the tamron or new sigma 150-600 will be a better choice for less money