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12/18/2022 4:17 pm  #1


Testing out a new lens

I got a new lens about a month ago. I shoot with a Canon R and also a Canon R7, these are the new mirrorless line of cameras. The lens I got is an 800mm f/11. It's only an f/11 with no option to change the aperture which helps keep the price down as well as the weight, a lower aperture number means bigger lens elements so more weight. Obviously this lens works better when it's bright outside so not a good lens at sunrise or sunset. The moon looked good because the moon is pretty bright. This was shot an hour before the last eclipse started. 

The Canon R is a full frame camera so 800mm is 800mm. The R7 uses an aps-c sensor which is slightly smaller than full frame so an 800mm is multiplied by 1.6 and becomes a 1280mm super telephoto. I did the shot of the moon just outside my back door in the driveway. The birds were all down by the riverbank not far from my house. 

 

12/18/2022 4:21 pm  #2


Re: Testing out a new lens

Nice pics.


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12/18/2022 7:43 pm  #3


Re: Testing out a new lens

Most excellent, sir.


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12/19/2022 7:03 am  #4


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Very nice sir.


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12/19/2022 12:26 pm  #5


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I'd sure hate to be a frog and see that Blue coming my way.

 

12/19/2022 1:19 pm  #6


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Nice, clean shots.
Mr. long-neck in the last photo might have a slight gauze of motion artifact (?) that seems to be present in his head, as compared to his static legs and feet.? Was he whipping around like a jack-ass?
 


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12/25/2022 11:48 pm  #7


Re: Testing out a new lens

 Beautiful pics, nicely done.
You're lucky to have reasonably calm birds around as a lot of birds are Shuckin and Jivin constantly.
Were these hand held, braced, tripod? How far away?

Being a pro, you're probably getting new cutting edge stuff from time to time.
What do you do with the old dull edge stuff being replaced, is there a market for it?
Or maybe you don't replace, you expand... keeping some stuff out of sight in order to not draw ire from your dearly beloved. 
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