New (ish) 300mm F4 IS

willing to learn · #11 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 04:17 PM

Well done a great lens at a great price.
regards
Colin

AJH748 · #12 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NJP87

Nice shots.

I have been looking for a nikon 300 F4.

NJP - just sent you a PM

Alan

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Stan - looks like it'll be a 1.4TC next (after the new bag).

Think I'll also be selling my 70-300 IS soon, so that should go towards the TC.

Alan

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Thanks Colin

bob.phillips · #13 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 08:39 PM

Picture are great. For us 'beginers' can you provide EXIF data, particularly related to:-

Aperture or shutter priority or auto?
ISO setting
Focusing - centre weigted or something else

Plus any other 'tips'

Hand held or pod??
Any cropping?

I have so much difficulty getting good pics of birds in flight

Regards,

Bob P.

AJH748 · #14 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 09:42 PM

Thanks Bob,
I'm very much a beginner too but here is the info you want:-

Aperture or shutter priority or auto?

All taken on Aperture priority at f5.6. The shots were taken at anything between 1/800 and 1/2000sec.

ISO setting

All on ISO 400

Focusing - centre weigted or something else

I assume you mean the metering mode? Unfortunately I haven't got my laptop with me which has the original images so I am not sure what metering mode I used. I do know I was trying different modes through the day to see what effect they had. Will try to remeber to check them at the weekend and post the results.

Hand held or pod??

All hand held

Any cropping?

A couple of the shots have very slight cropping and all have been slightly processed using DPP.

The only difference to the above are the shoveller which was taken on a tripod, ISO 200, Aperture priority F8 at 1/250sec

Plus any other 'tips'.

I'm not really experienced enough to give any tips other than to practice a lot and try different settings.

Obviously with BIF you will need to try and keep the shutter speed fairly high.

Hope that helps.

Maybe others on here may be able to give further help.

Alan

JB9302 · #15 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 09:48 PM

Just in case its of any interest I have a Camo neoprene lens cover available for sale( cheap ) the Canon 300 F4 , it has the extender covers as well .
Sold my 300 last week and these wont fit its replacement , PM me if they if interested .

Julian

Blackbrook Eye · #16 (**permalink**) 19-01-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dae

And Keith, as I'm sure many others who own and love the 100-400L will tell you that it's worth every penny you spend on it. Having no experience with the Bigma, I cannot compare, but I love the lens and would buy it again in a heartbeat. It's all the lens we'll ever need for years to come.

Thanks for the encouragement regarding the 100-400mm Jen, Although the bigma gives exceptional results it really requires a tripod to give of its best and now having experienced the image stabiliser for myself, I considder the extra freedom of being confident to hand hold would make the change worthwhile.
In the meantime I am having fun with the 300mm and looking forward to longer daylight hours so that I can get the most from it.

Keith

AJH748 · #17 (**permalink**) 23-01-2009, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob.phillips

Picture are great. For us 'beginers' can you provide EXIF data, particularly related to:-

Aperture or shutter priority or auto?
ISO setting
Focusing - centre weigted or something else

Plus any other 'tips'

Hand held or pod??
Any cropping?

I have so much difficulty getting good pics of birds in flight

Regards,

Bob P.

Bob, in case you still want to know these were all taken using Centerweighted average metering.

Alan