{"id":19467,"date":"2014-04-14T05:25:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T09:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=19467"},"modified":"2014-09-27T06:57:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T10:57:24","slug":"the-canon-300mm-f2-8l-is-ii2x-iii1d-x-an-unexpectedly-viable-rig-for-hand-held-flight-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/04\/14\/the-canon-300mm-f2-8l-is-ii2x-iii1d-x-an-unexpectedly-viable-rig-for-hand-held-flight-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canon 300mm f\/2.8L IS II\/2X III\/1D X: An Unexpectedly Viable Rig for Hand Held Flight Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Streak Continues<\/h3>\n

Well. I am starting to think about packing for my flights to Holland leaving Orlando on Tuesday afternoon and getting into Amsterdam on Wednesday morning. The Holland Tulip IPT begins on Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n

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This Osprey top shot was created very late in the day (7:30pm) on a mostly clear afternoon on Lake Blue Cypress on Saturday, April 12. There were five of us aboard Jim Neiger’s pontoon boat. I used the hand held Canon EF 300mm f\/2.8L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon Extender EF 2X III<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 1600. Evaluative metering -1\/3 stop off the green vegetation: 1\/640 sec. at f\/5.6 in Manual mode. AWB. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor\/AI Servo-Surround\/Rear Focus AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. The image was cropped from behind and from above. Learn everything there is to know about the 1D X and 5D III AF systems including how to manage the various AF Area Selection Modes, when to use which one, and several ways to move the AF sensor around in my 1D X AF Guide<\/a> and the 5D Mark III User’s Guide. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version. <\/a>. <\/p>\n