If you ask me 200mm is not enough for birds. The ideal would be 600mm f4, if no budget the push pull 100-400 f4.5-5.6L is good already. At least you have the versatility. Furthermore most of the bird shooting is outdoor where light condition is normally good if not best.

Ex 100-400 f4.5-5.6L: by rowan-castle http://www.flickr.com/photos/7531239@N08/2138334740



Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 400

by pic_snapper http://www.flickr.com/photos/7439901@N07/2159030181



Both are 400mm. Credit goes to the photographer

This post has been edited by PCcrazy: Oct 29 2008, 08:31 PM

200mm still ok bro . cant fill the whole viewfinder.
70200 F/4 IS goes my vote

nice dude.
100-400 is a nice zoom lens . light , cheap also ( at least cheaper at 300 f2.8 IS )

70-200 F2.8L + 2x Extender?

aiyah bro.. picture galery also go post other photographer pictures ka?

It has been a while since I've contributed~!!
My shot of the day la~!



HK from Lion's Pavilion!
Camera - Lumix LX3
Aperture - f/8.0
Shutter - 15s
ISO - 80

actually extender will effect pic quality or not?
or minus Aperture ?
any sifu can answer?

great shot...

Will decrease the maximum aperture by its multiplier. A 2x extender used on an F4 lens will only have a maximum aperture of F8.

Yes it will affect the picture quality. 200 x 2 is 400mm and 2.8 x 2 = 5.6. 100-400 is 5.6 at its furthest. Obviously the 400mm without the extender is sharper. Summore on a crop body where the lenses will not be fully utilize when using extender.

This post has been edited by PCcrazy: Oct 30 2008, 02:56 AM

of course picture quality will be affected.
also do note that with 2x extender on a F4 lens, the AF will not work as it is more than F5.6

Good one ka? How much is it?

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Added on October 30, 2008, 10:16 amAnd for 200mm & 70-200mm, how much it cost? Used one la bah...

So, today pic-a-day from me....



Camera Model: NIKON D70s
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
Aperture: f9
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO: 400

This post has been edited by ramblie: Oct 30 2008, 10:18 AM

1/200
f/16
200
D40

This pic is taken while hiking to the top of this mountain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jirisan

This post has been edited by da3shou3: Oct 30 2008, 12:52 PM

out of focus ?
or doing it purposely ?

No la bosz.. My hand shaking to much maybe..

Furthermore, I didn't use ant mono or tripod, that's why out of focus...

looks like there r some noises in the hdr?

My 1st photo around here ...



Camera Model: NIKON D60
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60s
ISO: 200

Here's 2 I took today, both in Aperture Priority (date counter is borked)

I applied a two strip technicolor filter to make the color noise less lame and look more like chroma noise instead.

Camera Model: Olympus C-770 UZ
Lens: Olympus 6.3-63mm, f/2.8-3.7 (11mm)
Aperture: f/3.2 +1EV
Shutter Speed: 1/25
ISO: 64 (and STILL noisy in 100%. I want my Sigma SD14. )




2nd one was a random try. I was using burst mode shoot instead, without any exposure compensation (I set it but it did nada).

Aperture: f/3.2 +1EV
Shutter Speed: 1/30
ISO: 64

Creating HDR images always amplifies the noise. This effect is more observed when the HDR image is created using only a single RAW file. >__<
Meanwhile, here's my pictar for the day



Canon 1000d
18mm
ISO 200
F11

This post has been edited by joyyy: Oct 30 2008, 07:06 PM

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Exposure: 6 sec (6)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 16.1 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash Fired..


My Canon EOS 350D