Comments on: Big Lens Choices for Canon and Nikon–As I See Them…. https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/18/big-lens-choices-for-canon-and-nikon-as-i-see-them/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: David Policansky https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/18/big-lens-choices-for-canon-and-nikon-as-i-see-them/comment-page-1/#comment-711338 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:20:11 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=16814#comment-711338 In reply to Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART.

Thanks, Artie. No chance for flying birds! But using live view the camera autofocused well with the 600/2X TC combo (the snowy owl), not with the 400 f/5.6L. I haven’t mastered the art of manual focusing with live view, it’s never sharp enough.

]]> By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2013/11/18/big-lens-choices-for-canon-and-nikon-as-i-see-them/comment-page-1/#comment-711120 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:09:26 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=16814#comment-711120 In reply to David Policansky.

Less than ideal in both cases… When you focused with Live View did you focus manually. As for the 7D 400 f/5.6 if you pre-focus manually you should get sharp images but it would be less than ideal for flight of course.

I occasionally used my 400 f/5.6 with a 1.4 and made some good images. But that was on film 🙂

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