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Is it possible to do wildlife with the 5D?

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Is it really possible to do wildlife photos with the 5D, without dishing out $5,000+ for a huge telephoto lens, like 600mm +.

And is it possible using 300mm lens?
 
Are there any cheaper 400mm or 600mm lenses besdies the Canon ones? The canon ones I see are like $5,000+. And I can't afford that being that I'm a student with no job
 
You could rent one from a local shop. I've done that several times to try out different lenses before buying.
FluffyG said:
Are there any cheaper 400mm or 600mm lenses besdies the Canon ones?
The canon ones I see are like $5,000+. And I can't afford that
being that I'm a student with no job
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Yes, it is possible with canon ef extenders such as the 1.4 or 2.0. However when you add an extender it changes your aperature settings depending on which one you choose, as well as softening the shot taken.

For example: if you had a 300mm with a 2.8 using a 2x extender your new focal length would be 600mm with a 5.6 maximum (fully open) aperature. Using the 1.4x on the same 300mm your new focal length would be 400mm at a 4.5 aperature setting.

Shoot raw and fine tune your exposure and white balance as well as sharpen in photoshop...

-henry
 
per my last post Your focal length with with a 1.4 extender with a 300mm would come out to 420mm.

Sigma has a nice 300mm 2.8 canon mount for $2599 + 2x = $2900 give or take a little

So now you can shoot 600mm with a 5.6f

-henry
 
Yesterday I went with the 5D and the 300 + 1.4 extender outside. You can find the results at my website:
http://www.nickbiemans.nl

The AF is really fast, even with the TC! (a bit slower as without) Sometimes I missed the 1.6 what I was used too with my 10D but all those pixels make it good again afterwards.

Nick.

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EOS 10D and 5D wildlife and concert photos:
http://www.nicksphotosite.nl
 
wow those came out great dude. Which tele converter brand do you have?

Is it possible to use extension tubes instead?

And I noticed for all those you use spot metering. I have yet to use the spot metering on my 5D. Should I be using spot? Currently I'm using the evaluative for everything
 
Wildlife photography is certainly possible with a 300 and 5D, especially if you can afford a 300 f/2.8 (with or without IS) and the 1.4 and 2X TCs. But even if you only have a 300 f/4, you'll be OK (with the 1.4 TC) for some large birds and medium to large mammals. It's a question of subject size and proximity. Obvioulsy the larger your subject and the closer it is the better off you'll be if you're after frame-filling images but even if you have to crop, the 5D gives you tons of pixels with which to play.

5D + 300 f/4 (fullframe or nearly so)





 
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