Oh Yea!

[The_Moaner]

Hopefully my Moaning might be over. (don't all cheer at once)

I have been in correspondence with Ian Kerr of Kerso and I have ordered and payed via Bank Transfer for my Canon 400 f5.6. If all gos well I should recieve it by Friday.

If this un is good I'll be ordering the Canon 70-200 f4 off of him shortly.

You should all know by next week if I'm gona have a moan or not. LOL

Be Good.
Dennis.

[Vectisbirder]

You might be having to change your user name if all goes well.

Good luck with the new gear. The 400mm f5.6 is a cracking lens as is the 70-200mm f4, you won't regret it.

[squishy]

Good luck with the sharpest 400mm under £3k

[The_Moaner]

Thank You Both.
All I need now is for the Sun to shine on me.
Takes ages to save up the cash, then it vanishes very quickly. lol
Must win the lottery next.

Be Good, Take Care. Dennis

[johnf3f]

HAPPY new lens!
You have done it now! You are going to be permanently skint and still lusting after each new toy that comes out

[colincurry]

I think that the hovering kestrels between Pwll Du and Brandy Cove are in great danger.

Enjoy

Colin

[The_Moaner]

Recieved Lens and now off out to try it out.
Now--Will I Moan-Won't I Moan. LOL
Catch you later to tell all.
Dennis

[aftertherain]

Enjoy.
Life is too short to stint on yourself.
That money in the bank it goes mouldy if you don't use it - and it certainly doesn't gain any interest.

[bloodbottler]

Well go on, tell us how it went!

I got the same lens at Christmas, and though there's much to learn, I'm really pleased!

Mark

[The_Moaner]

OK, here gos..

Found that + 2/3rds in Centre Weight, on Sigy 150-500 was not to bad at f 6.3 to f8 .
+ 2/3rds on the 400 f5.6 Blows out the highlights. 0 (zero) in Centre Weight is better. More adjustments to do there. Will try Pattern tomorrow (Evaluative).
This lens is so silent with no movements that at times I thought it was not focusing. The 100-400 when focusing you can feel it on the camera slightly.

It is Fast on focusing but I still had a lot of Blurred birds in flight and near the feeders. Only used single-point af and af point expansion (5 focus points) today.
AI Servo with back button focus is what I use.

If you use anything else you think is better, please do tell.
My left arm ached after a while which don't help me any as I get pains in it all the time.

Now then, YES! I did get some nice sharp birds that even looked sharp at 100% pixel peeping. Whereas the 150-500 was SOFT, SOFT.Yuky. lol

I tried iso 200/400/800 and f5.6 to f6.3 to f7.1 to f8. I did have some slow speeds, my fault for not concerntrating enough.

Now I really need to practise. All in All, I'm quite happy at this time.
Will I still be happy by Monday (Off out again tomorrow).
We will have to wait n see.
It is a very nice solid lens. Cost £919.
I got a USA & Canada Warranty though, so I might phone Canon next week to see what they say. Ian Kerr (Kerso) does give you his one year Warranty though. So far i have had EXCELLENT service off of him and I do recommend him if anyone needs a lens. Best to email him as you get your gear a bit cheeper that way.
Golly, my Camera insurance is gona go up with this lens. Already £144 a year.

Need to sell my Sony gear soon and that 150-500 as I want my 70-200 f4.
Must Register the lens to see what Canon says.
That's it for now.
Take Care.