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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 762163" data-attributes="member: 9240">So one of the other lenses I got to play with is an 800mm f11 prime that retails for under $900. None of those numbers make any sense when taken together, I know, and after shooting with the 100-500mm with a 1.4x I don't know why I'd ever want the extra 100mm. But I had to play with it. It's light as a feather and feels like a toy. It has an ingenious mechanism that collapses a part of the barrel (like an old fashion telescope) to make it shorter for transport but must be extended for use - simple unlock the ring, extend, lock. At f11 you're going to want decent light, and because of the minimum aperture it will only focus in the center portion of the censor, but the squirrel shot below locked just fine even if I had to shoot at ISO 12800. I'd imagine this would be perfect for the backyard birder who doesn't want to drop twice what they paid for their camera body on a lens that still doesn't get close enough.Anyway, I thought you might want to see what it can do. Images are run through Topaz Denoise and Camera Raw only.[ATTACH=full]358739[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358740[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358741[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358742[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358743[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 762163, member: 9240"] So one of the other lenses I got to play with is an 800mm f11 prime that retails for under $900. None of those numbers make any sense when taken together, I know, and after shooting with the 100-500mm with a 1.4x I don't know why I'd ever want the extra 100mm. But I had to play with it. It's light as a feather and feels like a toy. It has an ingenious mechanism that collapses a part of the barrel (like an old fashion telescope) to make it shorter for transport but must be extended for use - simple unlock the ring, extend, lock. At f11 you're going to want decent light, and because of the minimum aperture it will only focus in the center portion of the censor, but the squirrel shot below locked just fine even if I had to shoot at ISO 12800. I'd imagine this would be perfect for the backyard birder who doesn't want to drop twice what they paid for their camera body on a lens that still doesn't get close enough. Anyway, I thought you might want to see what it can do. Images are run through Topaz Denoise and Camera Raw only. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358739._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358740._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358741._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358742._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]358743._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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