First impressions of the 300 f2.8

[V6GTO]

It's OK I suppose

That bl00dey Luca Brazzi forced me to borrow his 300 f2.8 and 1.4x today, and then he made me drive to Richmond Park to get some deer shots. Anyway, one to be getting on with.



Martin.

BTW, Steve, these are all hand held

Edited by V6GTO on Thursday 24th January 17:10

[CivicMan]

Oh deer - bit good eh?

[V6GTO]

Full frame



100% crop

[Famous Graham]

RAW?

[beano500]

Famous Graham said:

RAW?

They'll be nice cooked - with a bit o' sauce and some mash and veggies....

[V6GTO]

I've only had the lens 5 minutes but I allready know it's going to be chuffin' hard to give back

[Luca Brazzi]

Glad you like it Martin. You'll find it very easy to give back...I can assure you of that

Great shots. How does it compare to your other lenses?

Steve

[V6GTO]

Luca Brazzi said:

How does it compare to your other lenses?

It's very big

[F308 MAN]

get yer money spent,yer tight ass !

[blondemoment]

And get yourself down to Bolderwood in the New Forest to get THE shot of the Albino Stag - he's a stunner!

p.s. Can you bring the Noble?

p.p.s You owe me a drink!!!

[V6GTO]

blondemoment said:

And get yourself down to Bolderwood in the New Forest to get THE shot of the Albino Stag - he's a stunner!

p.s. Can you bring the Noble?

p.p.s You owe me a drink!!!

So all at one time I get to have a blast in the car, take some shots with Steve's stonking lens and get to have a long awaited drink with you?...

I'll be there at 7:00 tomorrow morning

M.

PS - I like JLO

Edited by V6GTO on Thursday 24th January 23:55

[blondemoment]

Meet you there!

Bit early for a drink tho!

Sunrise in the forest is stunning - but I must say, not as stunning as Mr Carter's shots!

[hawkaye]

stunning shots Martin, looks like a great bit of kit!

[V6GTO]

A couple more, all with the 1.4x

[Luca Brazzi]

Have you tried it with the polariser yet??

Edited by Luca Brazzi on Friday 25th January 18:04

[pauljc]

Nicely done. Where do I put my name down for a go?

[V6GTO]

Luca Brazzi said:

Have you tried it with the polariser yet??

All the deer shots are with...these last two without.

Martin.

PS - contemplating Deed-poll so you can't track me when I elope with this lens...I'm in love

[Goldeeno]

Nice so with a 1.4 does that take it to 450mm f4ish? Has it naturally got some magnification?
I dont suppose you have had a go with a 100-400L with a extender? Any feedback, personal interest.

[V6GTO]

Goldeeno said:

Nice so with a 1.4 does that take it to 450mm f4ish? Has it naturally got some magnification?
I dont suppose you have had a go with a 100-400L with a extender? Any feedback, personal interest.

420mm f4 yes. Plus I've got a 1.3x sensor so 560mm.

Hopefully I'm going to give the100-400 + 1.4x a try tomorrow.(equates to 747mm!)

By the way...I'm going to the Barnes Wetlands place tomorrow http://www.wwt.org.uk/centre/119/visit/wetlandcent... ...anyone else fancy coming along? (Going to have the Mrs with me though

M.

[MonkeyHanger]

Goldeeno said:

I dont suppose you have had a go with a 100-400L with a extender? Any feedback, personal interest.

Needs shedloads of light, the viewfinder looks like midnight and the AF slows to a crawl even on a 1 series body. On anything else you lose AF completely.

Edited by MonkeyHanger on Friday 25th January 21:34