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What to shoot with the 50-200

Started Apr 26, 2014 | Discussions thread
ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: What to shoot with the 50-200

tjobbe wrote:

ttbek wrote:

DawninWA wrote:

*pssst* your doves are seagulls

Nice shots! I like the colors in the second picture.

He probably meant for the part about wannabees to apply to both the dragon and the "doves."

my explanation would be more kind of: oh, mistake

I have to admit that Ihave never felt much love for the 50-200 as it has two issue, as it is for one very heavy and on the alternate side limited on the wide open long end both aperture wise and regards sharpness, so those here are the first since three years that I shot that many with the telezoom

The weight of this lens hasn't bothered me at all... but then again, I'm the fellow slinging around a Canon 75-300 on my NX300 as well, lol.  I use this lens primarily at 200, and yeah, I've been wishing for Summer every day I'm out shooting with it. Trying to get up to shutter speeds > 1/1000 for the birds at f/5.6 is bad enough, but I really want to be at least f/8.... still lots of trying has given me some success.

you need lot of light when using the 200mm

but it gets you great shots at 50mm and close distance with great contrast and saturation

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