The Fabulous Canon 500mm F.4L

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Today I finally got the lens of my dreams and added this beautiful beast to my collection..:D

The downside is today we have the usual English weather.... Dark stormy clouds and teeming it down with rain..:bang:

But I grabbed this seagull in between the showers..:nuts:

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What a fantastic shot, Tim. And a fantastic lens too by all accounts. :thumbs:
 
Thats some lens and a great photo :thumbs:
 
Congrats Tim! What a shot but really don't you think you have enough kit! :D
 
h.r.ford said:
Congrats Tim! What a shot but really don't you think you have enough kit! :D
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Eh!!!!! Can you ever have enough kit Renee..:thinking:

I thought this was photography we were talking about..:D
 
photostar_1 said:
Lovely! Who's a lucky boy then? :lol: Hope you are happy with the new lens. Do you need a crane to lift it?
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Very happy thanks, As for lifting the thing I have a friend called Renee who might carry it for me..:thinking:
 
You sound like a very happy (but poor) boy.

Very good shot.

Enjoy your new glass
 
Well done :thumbs:

It is a great lens...you will even be able to hand hold it after you have been to the gym for a few months :lol:
 
Notch said:
Well done :thumbs:

It is a great lens...you will even be able to hand hold it after you have been to the gym for a few months :lol:
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Been hand holding the 300mm f/2.8L for some time now..;)

The 500mm was hand held for this shot too..:thumbs:

It is actually almost the same weight as the 200mm f/1.8L but with it being longer it feels much lighter..:shrug:
 
You mean there was a lens you didnt have ;)

Nice investment, the sample pic says it all really regarding quality - congratulations :thumbs:
 
Took mine on safari so not much room in the jeep so either handheld or used girlfriends shoulder :D

Remarkably easy to use handheld :thumbs:
 
really nice shot and the lens looks like the hubble telescope, you gets what you pay for with fast glass.
 
Joe T said:
Need pics of the lens tbh
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You do cause me some work Joe..:lol:

Here ya go then the 500mm stood next to my 300mm F/2.8L...:thumbs:

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hypnotic said:
Painting your walls to match the colour of your lens is a nice touch. :lol:

:canon:
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:lol: ... Yeah can blow the lenses in when they get scratched..:D


And the kid playing the guitar in my sig...AWESOME..:clap:
 
Jealousy comes to mind :(

Very nice Tim, just a shame the weather is so dire at the moment, at least spring and hopefully decent light isn't far away :)

Can't wait to see some of your shots from this.
 
Gosh Tim ... thats a biggun!

Nice shot too :thumbs:
Bet if you passed that crappy 85 f1.2 to me ... you'd feel a whole lot better about freeing up some space for your new brute! :D
 
InaGlo said:
Gosh Tim ... thats a biggun!

Nice shot too :thumbs:
Bet if you passed that crappy 85 f1.2 to me ... you'd feel a whole lot better about freeing up some space for your new brute! :D
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Consider it yours Glo..:thumbs:
 
how on earth do you guys get shots of the birds in flight? I was trying this for a couple hours yesterday and found it was almost impossible for the auto-focus to lock on them and my manual focus skills are almost non-existant. anyway, I got a lot of blue sky shots and that's how I noticed my sensor was dirty. :(

Edit: Oh. Excellent shot there, Tim. :P I'm really jealous! Both of your lens and skill!
 
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