Is it perfect for WildLife?

dxqcanada · Jun 28, 2009

... yeah but if you drop it the Tiger cannot resist the urge to take a couple of shots with such a awesome lens.

Realistically ... most photographers cannot afford such a lens.

A good quality Teleconverter is the solution.

icassell · Jun 28, 2009

dxqcanada said:
... yeah but if you drop it the Tiger cannot resist the urge to take a couple of shots with such a awesome lens.

Drop a 400mm f2.8? Are you crazy? I'd rather be eaten.

Ian

lostprophet · Jun 28, 2009

Get a 500mm F4 lens
Get a Wimberley II tripod head
Get a Gitzo series 3 or 5 set of legs
And do what ALL pro wildlife photographers do...
Sit in a LandRover and shoot out the window, that way you can get as close as you want and the animals won't see you as a human and not think of you as a threat

Just ask Andy Rouse, Simon King, Jonathan & Angela Scott

aq_mishu · Jun 29, 2009

guys... thanks for all the info... I have decided to stay with A200 and if i need to change, then A700.

Well, for beautiful portraits, landscape, what should i use?? 50mm prime?? or 35mm prime??? Camera is still A200. And ohhh... if i use a 200mm macro, then what will be the effect in case of portrait?? For landscape, i can use my normal 18-70 then... And right at this moment, i am trying my best to work with sal70300G. Later on, i'll try to get a longer lense from sigma... say a 300-800mm. But currently, i need a macro... but also i wish to work on landscape/portrait...

Mishu~

PS. About the chasing of tiger, I'll get my cam, try to climb up a tree... because here in bangladesh, tigers cannot climb tree... if i fail, i'll sve the camera... and ready to surrender to the tiger... :lmao:

dxqcanada · Jun 29, 2009

70 - 135mm (or 50 - 90mm APS-C) is considered the focal range for a portrait lens.

Using a Macro for other than macro should be OK. A Macro it tuned to have it's best focus at it's minimum ... as opposed to most lenses where the optimum focus is at infinity.

I use my 50mm Macro for anything.

Big · Jun 29, 2009

dxqcanada said:
A 400mm f/2.8 lens with a 2x teleconverter ... would be better.

Are those 2x teleconverters any good? I was wondering if anyone has used them and if they work well without loosing image quality. Thanks

lostprophet · Jun 29, 2009

Big said:
dxqcanada said:

A 400mm f/2.8 lens with a 2x teleconverter ... would be better.

Click to expand...

Are those 2x teleconverters any good? I was wondering if anyone has used them and if they work well without loosing image quality. Thanks

yep they are the worst thing you can buy :er:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...y-bad-quality-photos-i-used-2x-converter.html

Big · Jun 29, 2009

lostprophet said:
yep they are the worst thing you can buy :er:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...y-bad-quality-photos-i-used-2x-converter.html

Haha, so I think what your trying to tell me is that they suck... :sexywink:

icassell · Jun 29, 2009

I have a 1.4X and a 2X sigma EX series teleconverter. I really like the 1.4x. The 2x is OK, but it slows your lens down 2 stops and softens things up a bit. As with any lens, the quality of the teleconverter is critical. If they are good glass and are well matched to your lens, they do a good job. I have stacked my 1.4 and my 2 together with my Sigma 100-300mm f4 occasionally ... makes for a really slow 840mm lens, but it does work.

Ian

Big · Jun 29, 2009

icassell said:
I have a 1.4X and a 2X sigma EX series teleconverter. I really like the 1.4x. The 2x is OK, but it slows your lens down 2 stops and softens things up a bit. As with any lens, the quality of the teleconverter is critical. If they are good glass and are well matched to your lens, they do a good job. I have stacked my 1.4 and my 2 together with my Sigma 100-300mm f4 occasionally ... makes for a really slow 840mm lens, but it does work.

Ian

Wow thanks a lot, I'll look into a good one when I get my DSLR sometime...

aq_mishu · Jun 30, 2009

dxqcanada said:
70 - 135mm (or 50 - 90mm APS-C) is considered the focal range for a portrait lens.

Using a Macro for other than macro should be OK. A Macro it tuned to have it's best focus at it's minimum ... as opposed to most lenses where the optimum focus is at infinity.

I use my 50mm Macro for anything.

well, if i intend to use a 200mm macro for the same??? or i should get 50mm macro???