I've just been forced to buy a new lens
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IMO Shooting a long lens on a high pixel cropper needs a truckload of technique.
I would start at 1/2*focal length at a minimum if hand held, so 1/1000th.
Also with the 50-500 its best stopped down a little at the long end, you can get great results with it but shooting at 400-500mm on a modern high pixel body is a total complete new ball game.
I'd do some focus MA on it too as dof is also pretty slim even at longer distances.
I would start at 1/2*focal length at a minimum if hand held, so 1/1000th.
Also with the 50-500 its best stopped down a little at the long end, you can get great results with it but shooting at 400-500mm on a modern high pixel body is a total complete new ball game.
I'd do some focus MA on it too as dof is also pretty slim even at longer distances.
Blukoo said:
jimmy156 said:
AFMA helps though
A face mask always helps though?Sigma's can be perfectly sharp, i have this lenses little brother (120-400) which get worse reviews for sharpness but its pretty good at f/8 and using the centre AF point.
2012-09-15 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
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