Got this bad boy last week
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:58 am
It's the Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR. Can't WAIT to try it out this weekend.
It's the Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR. Can't WAIT to try it out this weekend.
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Got this bad boy last week
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It's the Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR. Can't WAIT to try it out this weekend.
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:26 am
Was talking to Tony T. at the gym the other day. He said it was huge. 
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:22 pm
Wow.. Now THAT's a lens!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:52 am
You do realize that you could go around with that thing in your pocket and tell people that you're happy to see them, right?
I envy you guys and your hobbies sometimes... so straightforward.
I envy you guys and your hobbies sometimes... so straightforward.
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:09 am
Couldn't fit it into my pants even if I wanted to. I used it all day Saturday - OMG but this thing is heavy. Thank God for monopods.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:38 pm
Took the new lens out last weekend just to see how the weight felt, and how easy it would be to handle. Takes some getting used to. These are just a few random shots that I took at a local park.
BTW - these were actually taken with my 200-400 with the 1.4x TC attached, for an real focal length of 560mm.
This guy just kept peeking at me as if to say, "What are YOU looking at?"
Just a shot of a fountain. I could watch this kind of stuff all day. It's kind of mesmerizing.
I had to work on my technique for this one. This was shot with a shutter speed of 1/25. Even with VR on the lens, a 550mm focal length at this shutter speed was a HUGE challenge.
BTW - these were actually taken with my 200-400 with the 1.4x TC attached, for an real focal length of 560mm.
This guy just kept peeking at me as if to say, "What are YOU looking at?"
Just a shot of a fountain. I could watch this kind of stuff all day. It's kind of mesmerizing.
I had to work on my technique for this one. This was shot with a shutter speed of 1/25. Even with VR on the lens, a 550mm focal length at this shutter speed was a HUGE challenge.
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:21 pm
Verra nice.
One thing about turtles... you don't need a high shutter speed.
What's your EXIF data on that one? The depth of field has me curious.
One thing about turtles... you don't need a high shutter speed.
What's your EXIF data on that one? The depth of field has me curious.
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:33 pm
F/8 
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:54 pm
When I embed the images in the frames in Photoshop I tend to lose the EXIF data.
It was 1/500, f/5.6, 550mm, ISO200, manual exposure. F/5.6 is the widest I could go with the 200-400 f/4 and the 1.4x TC.
It was 1/500, f/5.6, 550mm, ISO200, manual exposure. F/5.6 is the widest I could go with the 200-400 f/4 and the 1.4x TC.
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:05 am
Oh, forgot from the OP that you use a 1.4x... I'm used to my 2.0x and defaulted to F/8. 
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:06 am
What's kind of odd is that I'm only getting 550mm.
400 x 1.4 = 560
Wonder why I'm not seeing the full 560mm? Sounds like a post for TPF.
400 x 1.4 = 560
Wonder why I'm not seeing the full 560mm? Sounds like a post for TPF.
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:17 pm
Is your TC a Nikon, too? If not it could be the electronics aren't quite matching up. Tho I expect you got the Nikon. Could also be rounding error due to a dropped decimal somewhere?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:08 am
Is it possible that your aperture is limiting the field of view?
I agree it does seem odd.
I agree it does seem odd.
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:45 pm
Gambino: Yes, my TC is a Nikon.
Asha: Not sure what you're getting at. I don't see how aperture could affect focal length.
Anyway, I posted the same question on the Texas Photo Forum and here's the answer I got from a fellow Nikon user:
"It's due to the way the focal lengths get recorded in the EXIF. Nikon has always done this rounding, I don't know if Canon does too. (I've heard it's actually a limitation in the EXIF spec, but haven't looked at it myself)."
Make sense to me.
Asha: Not sure what you're getting at. I don't see how aperture could affect focal length.
Anyway, I posted the same question on the Texas Photo Forum and here's the answer I got from a fellow Nikon user:
"It's due to the way the focal lengths get recorded in the EXIF. Nikon has always done this rounding, I don't know if Canon does too. (I've heard it's actually a limitation in the EXIF spec, but haven't looked at it myself)."
Make sense to me.
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:25 am
Actually that makes a lot of sense.
What I was getting at was if there was some constraint on the field of view of the camera using that big lens. But the round off error is more plausible.
What I was getting at was if there was some constraint on the field of view of the camera using that big lens. But the round off error is more plausible.