Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM

Jeff WX1USN said:
I had rented one, found it tough to use at least for me on BIF. perching birds and planes it was ok. I prefer the 200-800 as I can find the bird at 500 and zoom in.
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I just tried it on the R5II on a heron. He was straight across the canal from where I live, on the roof of a houseboat. I took shots. Then put the camera in pre-capture mode and tracked him. I just downloaded the shots. I think they're all good! I'll post some in a bit.
 
Levina de Ruijter said:
I just tried it on the R5II on a heron. He was straight across the canal from where I live, on the roof of a houseboat. I took shots. Then put the camera in pre-capture mode and tracked him. I just downloaded the shots. I think they're all good! I'll post some in a bit.
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Looking forward to seeing them.
The big difference from the 200-800 is the 800/11 is so much lighter
 
I processed three of a long series of shots, all in good focus. I have to say that the heron was just across the canal from where I live, right, so not that far away. Cropped from 8192px to 5674px.

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Nice shots!

Makes me want to get the 800 but then I remember when I rented it although it was good and it was light I like being able to zoom out a bit to acquire birds. At the same time that I rented the 600 and 800 I also rented the RF1.4x and RF2x, and found the RF1.4x was better the RF2x just seems to me to be a bit soft.

So I have the 100-500 and it becomes a 420-700 with the R6ii and have the 200-800 which is heavy, having the 100-500 I really don't NEED the 200-800 but I like it anyway!

If someone were to ask should I get the 100-500 with 1.4x or the 200-800 I would say that the 200-800 is slightly sharper at 720mm than at 800mm and at 720 it is very similar to the 100-500 w 1.4x, very close in sharpness. the 200-800 is good if you know or feel you will be the wider FOV and don't want to change lenses in the field.

Compared to the RF 800/11 the 100-500 with the RF1.4x, the 100-500 becoming a 420-700 you get that 300mm of zoom to get objects in the FOV.
 
Jeff WX1USN said:
Nice shots!
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Thanks!

Jeff WX1USN said:
Compared to the RF 800/11 the 100-500 with the RF1.4x, the 100-500 becoming a 420-700 you get that 300mm of zoom to get objects in the FOV.
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True, but with the 100-500 you also get that limitation at the short end where you can't zoom out to 100mm. From what I remember that was problematic, right? A problem the 200-800 doesn't have. I don't think there are any right or wrong choices here. Just personal favourites. All these lenses are good to very good, it's just what do you prefer, or what do you need. Having said that, I know how hard it is to choose...

I was trying the old EF 300/4L this morning, just after sunrise, very low light. And I was surprised how well it performed on the R5m2. The AF was better, snappier than on the R6, not sure about the R6m2 as I haven't paired it with the 300, not that I remember anyway.

Speaking of decisions: I'm not sure I want to sell the R6m2... :wtf:
 
Levina de Ruijter said:
Speaking of decisions: I'm not sure I want to sell the R6m2... :wtf:
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Selling the R6ii could be good or bad. The R5ii does everything the R6ii does but has more megapixels so you can crop tighter, but because of the higher density of megapixels it is slightly worse in very low light and slightly worse dynamic range (per DP Review and others). The R6ii is slightly better in high ISO but cannot crop as tight.

I always want a backup camera, when I was doing film I had 2 Nikon F3HP's but then I used one for color and one for B&W at the same time, that is not an issue now. Now it is if your main camera fails. I have my R6ii and R7, depending what when and where and what I am shooting will decide which I take for backups I have the 7Dii (that one I will let people or family borrow) and the 7Dii I would use in the rain thinking its weather sealing is better than the R6ii and certainly the R7 and then finally I have the 5D classic.
 
Jeff WX1USN said:
Selling the R6ii could be good or bad. The R5ii does everything the R6ii does but has more megapixels so you can crop tighter, but because of the higher density of megapixels it is slightly worse in very low light and slightly worse dynamic range (per DP Review and others). The R6ii is slightly better in high ISO but cannot crop as tight.

I always want a backup camera, when I was doing film I had 2 Nikon F3HP's but then I used one for color and one for B&W at the same time, that is not an issue now. Now it is if your main camera fails. I have my R6ii and R7, depending what when and where and what I am shooting will decide which I take for backups I have the 7Dii (that one I will let people or family borrow) and the 7Dii I would use in the rain thinking its weather sealing is better than the R6ii and certainly the R7 and then finally I have the 5D classic.
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I still have: 1D3, 1D4, 5D. And even the 40D. And they are all in good working order. Although I have no idea if all the batteries will still charge. I have a good battery for the 5D, that I know, because it's fairly new. Not sure about the batteries for the 1D bodies.

Like you I would really hesitate taking my R6m2 or R5m2 out in bad weather. The 1D3 or 1D4 can take it, but they're built like tanks. The R5/6/II not so much I think. They seem more vulnerable to me anyway. So having a 1D4 and a 5D classic is still nice. So, I don't really need the R6 mark II. I should sell it.

However, going back to a DSLR is hard. The other day I picked up the 1D4 and it was like going back to the stone age. Well... exaggerating of course, but yeah, not something I would like to do. But the camera is there should I need it. Still, having another mirrorless as back up, like the R6m2 is much better. Sigh...

Things were so clear in the past with DSLRs. I had my 1D camera (with the 1.3x crop factor) for birds. And the 5D for everything else. But now I can shoot everything with just the one mirrorless. The result is that all the DSLRs are gathering dust, the 5D included. A pity really, still a great camera. I loved the files.
 
Jeff, you have rekindled my interest in the 800/11. Today I tried it on some gulls. They were shot from home and they were very close indeed. It was hard locking on to them, but not as hard as I thought it would be. I came away with a great many good shots. Most are already deleted, but here are two that I particularly like.

It's truly amazing I managed to lock focus on them, mid flight, from such a close distance.

Lost the wing tip there. Yes, full frame shot.
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Canon EOS R5m2 . RF800mm f11 IS STM . F/11 . 800mm . 1/3200s . ISO 2500​

This one was really close, lost both wing tips and decided to crop in a bit more.
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Canon EOS R5m2 . RF800mm f11 IS STM . f/11 . 800mm . 1/3200 . ISO 1000​
 
Levina de Ruijter said:
Jeff, you have rekindled my interest in the 800/11. Today I tried it on some gulls. They were shot from home and they were very close indeed. It was hard locking on to them, but not as hard as I thought it would be. I came away with a great many good shots. Most are already deleted, but here are two that I particularly like.

It's truly amazing I managed to lock focus on them, mid flight, from such a close distance.

Lost the wing tip there. Yes, full frame shot.

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This one was really close, lost both wing tips and decided to crop in a bit more.
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