Canon 400mm f/5.6L - Unwrapping

[drsilver]

Bought a used Canon 400 5.6L yesterday. Took it out this morning. Posted them tonight. I been smiling the whole time. It's a pleasure to use and the results are, well ...


This is me snatching up this lens on Craigslist yesterday.


Everybody on both ends of this picture were feeling like this.
100% crop. 1/400 f/8 ISO 400



I'm not a bird guy, at all. However, in the span of a week:

• I went to this park for the first time with a Canon 70-300 4-5.6 and shot birds for the first time
• I bought a 400 5.6. (I should point out that I got a really good deal.)
• I went back to that park and shot those birds again.

And I had a blast both times. So maybe I am an aspiring bird photographer. But I posted this in the equipment forum because I know more about glass than I do birds.


This fella was happy to pose for me.


Cowboy Closeup. From the gunbelts up.


Break for lunch.


And a wrap.

I'm just getting back into photography. Budget is always a consideration. I went crop sensor; got an 80D and a 70D. Up until now, I've been using consumer glass, mostly EF-S lenses. I've got the latest 18-135mm and use that 80% of the time. It's plenty sharp enough for what I do and we've become friends. I'm comfortable with that lens.

But it's not a bird lens. Even if it had the reach, I don't think it's sharp enough for this genre.

The 400mm 5.6 is a bird lens in every sense. It's easily the sharpest lens I own. And sharp glass is just fun.

If any real bird photographers made it this far, I'd welcome any criticism. Like I said, I'm new at this so would love to hear any pointers. When I go out shooting again, I'll move to the correct forum.

 

[the black fox]

its one of the finest lenses canon ever made , had a couple over the years .. works even better on a 1D series body mk3 or mk4 or 1dX