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Birds of Prey in Flight with R5 and RF 100-500

Started Oct 11, 2021 | Discussions thread
David Franklin Senior Member • Posts: 1,692
Re: Birds of Prey in Flight with R5 and RF 100-500
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Very nice pictures. I note that only one of them was taken at focal lengths greater than about 185 mm, and that one only a little past 200mm. Therefore, I'm wondering how well, or actually how much better, these would have looked if they had been shot wide open, at f/2.8, on an RF 70-200 f/2.8 zoom instead. Certainly the bokeh would be potentially better with "blurrier" backgrounds, plus a lot smaller and lighter lens to carry around. If most of your shooting is done at these shorter than 200mm focal lengths, I'd advise that you should add that 70-200 lens to your bag or sell the 100-500 and buy the 70-200.

Of course, YMMV.

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