300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

micromacro · 10-11-2014, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by KevinR

And a few more from this very fine lens.

Impressive. Great images, but almost 7 kg on monopod? How?

derekkite · 10-11-2014, 05:23 PM

Pixiac, great shots. I think you captured the feeling of the place. Deer illuminated by the low early morning sun. I felt some shivers.

RobG · 10-11-2014, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by vcollerp

A few with the Sigma 300 2.8 From the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Again, wow! I think I just got shredded on the sharpness of these images.

I'm green with envy over the lenses you're using, not to mention the subject material. Please keep posting!

WayanMarlon · 10-11-2014, 09:56 PM

Wow nice picture

Greyser · 10-11-2014, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by pixiac

Hi,
I want to share some impressions of my trip to the peninsula Darss on the German coast of the Baltic Sea, a well known place for photographers to shoot deers in rutting season.
First of all: No single one of the shooten photos can transport the feeling I had there.
Hiking early in the morning through the dunescape in deep darkness, to reach the photo location right in time.
Surrounded by the sound of belling deers, sometimes a drawn-out roar, sometimes short hoarse coughs.
I will remember the rest of my life that wonderfull moments! What a great time I had there!

Enough words, some pics!

(K-3, 560mm, 1.4 TC)

I wish I was here. Great job!

**Weevil** · 10-11-2014, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by pixiac

Hi,
First of all: No single one of the shooten photos can transport the feeling I had there

WOW.. I think you are wrong... I think I got (almost) the same feeling looking at your photos !!!

---------- Post added 2014-10-12 at 02:06 ----------

Originally posted by KevinR

And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.)

I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration.

Very nice photos !!!
Love them!
I should try a monopod with the 250-600/5.6... ( I normally use a Gitzo 5541LS tripod... that is HEAVY!)
I am also curious about the model of the monopod... btw, did you used SR while using with the monopod ?

Greyser · 10-11-2014, 11:36 PM

Originally posted by KevinR

And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.)

I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration.

It is a fine work and fine instrument, indeed.

KevinR · 10-12-2014, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by dadipentak

Really?! I figured it would be pretty much impossible--I'll have to give it a go with the F* version. Out of curiosity: which monopod?
Really nice shots!

Originally posted by micromacro

Impressive. Great images, but almost 7 kg on monopod? How?

Originally posted by Weevil

Very nice photos !!!
Love them!
I should try a monopod with the 250-600/5.6... ( I normally use a Gitzo 5541LS tripod... that is HEAVY!)
I am also curious about the model of the monopod... btw, did you used SR while using with the monopod ?

Originally posted by Greyser

It is a fine work and fine instrument, indeed.

Thanks for comments. I used a Manfrotto 434B monopod (similar to 681B). It has a U-3/8" and U-1/4" and large round mounting surface, so I screwed that straight onto the lens mount. To carry the lens I left most of the monopod down, and rested the front on my shoulder (which was padded with shoulder strap of my camera backpack.) I tried a mix of SR on and off when at the higher SS. I also tried to stabilize side-ways a bit more on something with the hand I used to hold the lens. Typically a post or fence.

Perhaps I made it sound too easy in my first post, but it was much more acceptable than I thought it would be. BIF was very difficult to track, and I only did a few hand-held. Arms and shoulder do take strain after a while.

georgecape · 10-12-2014, 02:36 AM

Wow!!! great photos Kevin.
I knew that was a super lens the minute I saw the add.
Oh well, maybe next time lucky

KevinR · 10-12-2014, 02:55 AM - **1 Like**

Early morning opportunity with FA*600 (making hay before I have to send it on)

---------- Post added 10-12-14 at 12:02 PM ----------

FA*600/4 and some BIF
Now this was a little challenging, and keeper rate dropped to rock bottom. Just too much camera, lens and mount (+-20lbs) to track and pan, and the AF system tracking comes up a little short as well.

---------- Post added 10-12-14 at 12:09 PM ----------

And one that got away - FA*600/4 of Canon EF-600/4

A kindred spirit a few hundred meters along the lagoon bank was shooting with Canon EF-600/4 (I presume).

pixiac · 10-12-2014, 03:13 AM

Originally posted by derekkite

Pixiac, great shots. I think you captured the feeling of the place. Deer illuminated by the low early morning sun. I felt some shivers.

Originally posted by Greyser

I wish I was here. Great job!

Originally posted by Weevil

WOW.. I think you are wrong... I think I got (almost) the same feeling looking at your photos !!!

Thank you very much for your nicely comments!
That makes me feel I can fly!

Camera
PENTAX K-3

Focal Length
784mm

Aperture
f/9

Exposure
1/500s

ISO
200

**vcollerp** · 10-12-2014, 03:26 AM

Originally posted by KevinR

And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.)

I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration.

Great Kevin

I see that lens was made for you.

Philip

wildman · 10-12-2014, 03:47 AM - **2 Likes**

Being a small bird shooter I have often found even my 560mm on a APS-C camera wanting in magnification (20x).

Anyway could get a new Pentax Q for 110 bucks and figured why not? With that dinky sensor it should bump up my 560mm to 73x,
It's a real pain in the ass to try and focus using only a dim LCD in the daylight but focus peaking has made me a believer - I wish to hell I had it on the K5.

Goldfinch at about 60 feet? Not the best I could do but I have had it less than a week so I have a lot to learn about its strengths and weakness'. Full frame

and

It looks kind of cute on the back end of the scope.

8540tomg · 10-12-2014, 05:13 AM - **1 Like**

Love those Goldfinches wildman.

I got one with my old M 400.5.6 yesterday.

**dadipentak** · 10-12-2014, 06:12 AM

Originally posted by 8540tomg

I got one with my old M 400.5.6 yesterday.

and a good one, too!

10-11-2014, 11:01 PM	#13851
Weevil Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Near Montréal, Québec Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,446	Originally posted by pixiac Hi, First of all: No single one of the shooten photos can transport the feeling I had there WOW.. I think you are wrong... I think I got (almost) the same feeling looking at your photos !!! ---------- Post added 2014-10-12 at 02:06 ---------- Originally posted by KevinR And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.) I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration. Very nice photos !!! Love them! I should try a monopod with the 250-600/5.6... ( I normally use a Gitzo 5541LS tripod... that is HEAVY!) I am also curious about the model of the monopod... btw, did you used SR while using with the monopod ? Last edited by Weevil; 10-11-2014 at 11:07 PM.

10-12-2014, 12:46 AM	#13853
KevinR Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 653	Originally posted by dadipentak Really?! I figured it would be pretty much impossible--I'll have to give it a go with the F* version. Out of curiosity: which monopod? Really nice shots! Originally posted by micromacro Impressive. Great images, but almost 7 kg on monopod? How? Originally posted by Weevil Very nice photos !!! Love them! I should try a monopod with the 250-600/5.6... ( I normally use a Gitzo 5541LS tripod... that is HEAVY!) I am also curious about the model of the monopod... btw, did you used SR while using with the monopod ? Originally posted by Greyser It is a fine work and fine instrument, indeed. Thanks for comments. I used a Manfrotto 434B monopod (similar to 681B). It has a U-3/8" and U-1/4" and large round mounting surface, so I screwed that straight onto the lens mount. To carry the lens I left most of the monopod down, and rested the front on my shoulder (which was padded with shoulder strap of my camera backpack.) I tried a mix of SR on and off when at the higher SS. I also tried to stabilize side-ways a bit more on something with the hand I used to hold the lens. Typically a post or fence. Perhaps I made it sound too easy in my first post, but it was much more acceptable than I thought it would be. BIF was very difficult to track, and I only did a few hand-held. Arms and shoulder do take strain after a while. Last edited by KevinR; 10-12-2014 at 01:28 AM.

10-12-2014, 02:55 AM - 1 Like	#13855
KevinR Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 653	*FA600/4 and Flamingos** Early morning opportunity with FA600 (making hay before I have to send it on) ---------- Post added 10-12-14 at 12:02 PM ---------- FA600/4 and some BIF Now this was a little challenging, and keeper rate dropped to rock bottom. Just too much camera, lens and mount (+-20lbs) to track and pan, and the AF system tracking comes up a little short as well. ---------- Post added 10-12-14 at 12:09 PM ---------- And one that got away - FA600/4 of Canon EF-600/4* A kindred spirit a few hundred meters along the lagoon bank was shooting with Canon EF-600/4 (I presume). Last edited by KevinR; 10-12-2014 at 03:03 AM.

10-12-2014, 03:47 AM - 2 Likes	#13858
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Being a small bird shooter I have often found even my 560mm on a APS-C camera wanting in magnification (20x). Anyway could get a new Pentax Q for 110 bucks and figured why not? With that dinky sensor it should bump up my 560mm to 73x, It's a real pain in the ass to try and focus using only a dim LCD in the daylight but focus peaking has made me a believer - I wish to hell I had it on the K5. Goldfinch at about 60 feet? Not the best I could do but I have had it less than a week so I have a lot to learn about its strengths and weakness'. Full frame and It looks kind of cute on the back end of the scope. Last edited by wildman; 10-19-2014 at 04:14 AM.

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10-11-2014, 05:17 PM	#13846
micromacro Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,722	Originally posted by KevinR And a few more from this very fine lens. Impressive. Great images, but almost 7 kg on monopod? How?

10-11-2014, 05:23 PM	#13847
derekkite Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nelson B.C. Posts: 3,782	Pixiac, great shots. I think you captured the feeling of the place. Deer illuminated by the low early morning sun. I felt some shivers.

10-11-2014, 06:22 PM	#13848
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,902	Originally posted by vcollerp A few with the Sigma 300 2.8 From the Kruger National Park in South Africa. Again, wow! I think I just got shredded on the sharpness of these images. I'm green with envy over the lenses you're using, not to mention the subject material. Please keep posting!

10-11-2014, 09:56 PM	#13849
WayanMarlon Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 20	Wow nice picture

10-11-2014, 10:56 PM	#13850
Greyser Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Los Angeles, California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,150	Originally posted by pixiac Hi, I want to share some impressions of my trip to the peninsula Darss on the German coast of the Baltic Sea, a well known place for photographers to shoot deers in rutting season. First of all: No single one of the shooten photos can transport the feeling I had there. Hiking early in the morning through the dunescape in deep darkness, to reach the photo location right in time. Surrounded by the sound of belling deers, sometimes a drawn-out roar, sometimes short hoarse coughs. I will remember the rest of my life that wonderfull moments! What a great time I had there! Enough words, some pics! (K-3, 560mm, 1.4 TC) I wish I was here. Great job!

10-11-2014, 11:36 PM	#13852
Greyser Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Los Angeles, California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,150	Originally posted by KevinR And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.) I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration. It is a fine work and fine instrument, indeed.

10-12-2014, 02:36 AM	#13854
georgecape Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kenridge, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 212	Wow!!! great photos Kevin. I knew that was a super lens the minute I saw the add. Oh well, maybe next time lucky

10-12-2014, 03:13 AM	#13856
pixiac Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nordrhein Westfalen Posts: 47	Originally posted by derekkite Pixiac, great shots. I think you captured the feeling of the place. Deer illuminated by the low early morning sun. I felt some shivers. Originally posted by Greyser I wish I was here. Great job! Originally posted by Weevil WOW.. I think you are wrong... I think I got (almost) the same feeling looking at your photos !!! Thank you very much for your nicely comments! That makes me feel I can fly! Camera PENTAX K-3 Focal Length 784mm Aperture f/9 Exposure 1/500s ISO 200

10-12-2014, 03:26 AM	#13857
vcollerp Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vereeniging South Africa Posts: 208	Originally posted by KevinR And a few more from this very fine lens. (With thanks to user Johan Kruger who kindly let me use his new baby-lens.) I was expecting it to be harder to handle given the 900mm equivalent FL, but apart from the shear weight when moving around, the lens was a dream on a heavy-duty monopod so long as I could steady a little on something else like the sill of the bird hide or a fence. The shear mass seemed to help with managing movement and vibration. Great Kevin I see that lens was made for you. Philip

10-12-2014, 06:12 AM	#13860
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by 8540tomg I got one with my old M 400.5.6 yesterday. and a good one, too!