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Original 600mm F4 (non-IS)

Started May 14, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: Original 600mm F4 (non-IS)
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lonewolf1983 wrote:

Shot my first football match with the lens - beefy but no issue on monopod as expected.

Didnt really feel the need to pull out the 300mm, and its a bit unfair to compare a 300mm w/1.4x vs a 600mm F4 (though i did just for a back to back "feel")

Overall its not as fast AF as the newer glass, but for my needs works fine.
Had more out of focus than usual, but expect this was more from my technique and needing to adjust to the FL/DOF

Aussie rules football is one field sport where you really do need a decent focal length to maximise your ability to get shots from what is a large field.
Worked nicely on both the 1DX and the R6

Edited to my taste, cropped and resized (but didnt run through Topaz) but pretty happy overall.
Im fine to sacrifice a bit of sharpness in return for the compression and thinner DOF.

yeah, this is what i expect from these big white primes. i like the color rendition and sharpness, but, lately i have been very impressed by how nice and pleasant canon's 100400 II DoF looks, unbelievable. i should get out and take my canon 600 f4.0 II for a spin, it has been too long since i have used it due to covid.

nice shot!

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