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600mm f/11 or 800mm f/11 - which one would you buy?

Started Jun 21, 2020 | Polls thread
JustUs7 Senior Member • Posts: 4,343
Re: 600mm f/11 or 800mm f/11 - which one would you buy?

BirdShooter7 wrote:

As John skillfully explained, this isn’t about f number. In those very nice examples the birds were coming to a staged setup. Perches were placed carefully so that the subjects are well separated from the background. In situations like that you can get great results from pretty much any lens.

I’m thinking that if I have to wait for that kind of setting vs paying $10,000 or more for a lens, then it would be a fair compromise.

That said, something like one of the Sigma or Tamron 150-600’s is even more appealing for the money.  Hopefully will be renting one of those soon for a try shooting an outdoor event for one of my kids.

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