200-400 VR Shots --Please!

Oh ok if you insist...











This one was taken through my (closed) living room window...



And a landscape, sunset vs pollution..!

 

Here's a few

NIKON D2X    ---    550mm    f/8.0    1/350s    ISO 200

NIKON D2X    ---    400mm    f/5.0    1/800s    ISO 100

NIKON D2X    ---    400mm    f/11.0    1/250s    ISO 160

Don

 

Congrats on the 200-400, Paul! You're going to love it.

 

Congrats, Paul!!!

PM me if you want to join us at the Cincinnati Zoo - Tulip Mania is in full swing!

 

I recently got one myself. Everything they say is true! Here is one of my first shots, handheld:

 

Paul, hope you will enjoy your 200-400 VR

Some of my humble attempts ... (don't look too sharp due to pbase's compression) Click here for HiRes


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Paul :


200-400mm shots ? Sure. Here are several handheld shots, all "in the wild", not posed...

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That help ? :wink:



John P.

 

Here's me shooting with my 200-400! :wink:

 

oooo I'll go in for a bit of that too...

Here is me shooting with my 200-400 (and the picture was taken with another 200-400 too)  



You can also see I've had the bag modified by a friend, it can now be worn like a peroper rucksack, makes it SO much better for carrying around!

 

Great idea modifying the bag! Looks very nice and comfortable.

 

Great pics! I am trying to decide between the 300 F2.8 VR and the 200-400 VR. The ONLY reason I am waffling between the two is the dusk/dawn time period that the 300 would be a bit better at. I already have a TC1.7 that I use on my 70-200 for the 300...but that zoom sure is handy (plus I have never shot a prime)

Give me some feedback in regards to lower light shooting with the 200-400 for wildlife...help me decide  Other then critters, I will be shooting my kids playing sports.

Thanks!

 

Paul :


Why worry about "best shots" ? Here's one from tonight about five minutes walk from my hotel in west Texas, using the 200-400mm with a TC17EII, wide-open aperture, handheld, no crop, no fancy PP, just a quick shot.

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Get that appetite whetted for shooting with the 200-400mm and think AAA : Anytime, Anywhere, Anyway... :wink:



John P.

 

It is truly a horrid lens, I have absolutely no clue why you would ever want one. Heavy, expensive, and obviously you can't get a decent shot no matter what you do. I mean, look at this one from my wife, off a beanbag out our car window.



And, look, I sure can't do any better, full-frame, handheld, from last Sunday.



Or even this one.



If you are smart, you will just send it over to me for disposal, well before the darned thing has a chance to disappoint you ..... :wink:

 

Do you have a %100 crop of that I could see? I've never really managed anything too sharp with TC's on this lens. Although its hard to tell at websize this shot looks much sharper than anything I've got. Could you crop out a section at %100 that has the eye and where the beak meets the feathers?

Cheers  

 

Richard,

What's that Gimbal-style head you are using on that tripod?