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Canon 200-400 f/4 Question

Started Mar 26, 2017 | Discussions thread
slookabill
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Re: Canon 200-400 f/4 Question

BigBen08 wrote:

I rented the 200-400 twice for air show photography. At each show I was shooting aircraft in flight for several hours. About half way through the show my arms tired. No soreness or pain, just tired. I was always shooting hand held.

I think the weight and size of the lens made it a bit more difficult to pan aircraft. More effort had to go into panning. Also, it was hard to change the focal length while shooting. Many times I had to lower the lens and adjust the zoom, then raise the camera up to my eye and resume shooting.

Although it's a fantastic lens, it's not one I will be using for air shows.

Here's some aviation photos I took with the lens. On a few shots I used an external tc on the lens, making it go past 560mm.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31267310@N05/albums/72157645473732458

And a few more 200-400 photos...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31267310@N05/albums/72157652863727941

Thanks for the info... I'm just wanting more reach, esp for the Thunderbirds, and other GA acts, and hopefully better optics, than what my 100-400 mk I does.

http://photography.atcontroller.com/ has all my galleries linked on it.

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