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Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

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Sanjeevcal New Member • Posts: 3
Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

For my upcoming trip to Ngorongoro and Masai Mara, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience shooting wildlife or just plain shooting with the combination of Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400 f2.8 II. Thanks

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Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Canon EOS 7D
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Spyder531 Regular Member • Posts: 291
Re: Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

Sanjeevcal wrote:

For my upcoming trip to Ngorongoro and Masai Mara, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience shooting wildlife or just plain shooting with the combination of Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400 f2.8 II. Thanks

A friend of mine shot that exact same set up for arenacross and he loved it and he is shooting it professionally. His problem was it was TOO MUCH reach so he sold me the 7dmk2 and got himself a 1dmkIV. His stuff looks amazing. It's a heavy lens.

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Re: Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

Sanjeevcal wrote:

For my upcoming trip to Ngorongoro and Masai Mara, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience shooting wildlife or just plain shooting with the combination of Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400 f2.8 II. Thanks

That is a very nice lens, but it is a tripod (or monopod) lens at 8.5 pounds. I'm sure it will do nicely with extenders as 400mm can be very limiting for wildlife. With F2.8, using the 2X extender will still get you all of your focus points. I'm sure the image quality is superb. It's a great sports lens.

For wildlife, I personally prefer to be as mobile as possible, so I picked up a 400 DO ii and I also use the 500 F4 ii which is still light enough to carry and do some hand holding. The 400 DO ii is very portable, hand holdable and with a 1.4 iii on a 7D2 will get you out to 896mm... 640mm without.

I'm sure the 400 F2.8 ii is a wonderful lens, but I would not want to be tied down to a mono pod or tripod unless I was using a 600mm... or longer.

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TheBlackGrouse Veteran Member • Posts: 3,586
Re: Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

dgumshu wrote:

Sanjeevcal wrote:

For my upcoming trip to Ngorongoro and Masai Mara, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience shooting wildlife or just plain shooting with the combination of Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400 f2.8 II. Thanks

That is a very nice lens, but it is a tripod (or monopod) lens at 8.5 pounds. I'm sure it will do nicely with extenders as 400mm can be very limiting for wildlife. With F2.8, using the 2X extender will still get you all of your focus points. I'm sure the image quality is superb. It's a great sports lens.

For wildlife, I personally prefer to be as mobile as possible, so I picked up a 400 DO ii and I also use the 500 F4 ii which is still light enough to carry and do some hand holding. The 400 DO ii is very portable, hand holdable and with a 1.4 iii on a 7D2 will get you out to 896mm... 640mm without.

I'm sure the 400 F2.8 ii is a wonderful lens, but I would not want to be tied down to a mono pod or tripod unless I was using a 600mm... or longer.

Amazing lens but indeed, too heavy when you're a moving wildlife photographer.

Would love to have it, just to look at it 

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sub38 New Member • Posts: 1
Re: Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

I have been using this combo for about 12 months, love it! I also from time to time use the 2x series 3 extender and have been very pleased with these results. My main subject matter is surfing.

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Re: Has anyone used Canon 7D Mk II with the new Canon 400 f2.8 II

Spyder531 wrote:

Sanjeevcal wrote:

For my upcoming trip to Ngorongoro and Masai Mara, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience shooting wildlife or just plain shooting with the combination of Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400 f2.8 II. Thanks

A friend of mine shot that exact same set up for arenacross and he loved it and he is shooting it professionally. His problem was it was TOO MUCH reach so he sold me the 7dmk2 and got himself a 1dmkIV. His stuff looks amazing. It's a heavy lens.

i agree with your friends situation! i have both 600 f4.0II and a 300 f2.8II and i would not take neither of them with on a trip like that! i purchased a 100-400 II a few months ago, i find the !Q and resilience astonishing and that would be my number 1 candidate! however, that said, if i had a 4x4 vehicle all to myself and free to go anywhere, then i would seriously consider taking both of my mentioned big white primes and BTW, i love my 1dmk4, it is a grand camera and would be with me for a long time to come...it is a gem!

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