I think it's the "Green Giant," or "Green Monster,"...... A whopper of a lens, that's for sure!!!
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That is trueYou would have to kiss it good night… because you wouldn’t have a wife anymore if you shelled out on that.
That is true
Sorry… I was basing that assumption on how my wife would react if I rocked up with that and she caught sight of the receipt.
Bigma is the 50-500. I've got one of the 1st gen Bigma.
There was a lenses bigger than the Bigma called the Sigmonster. That might be it, not sure though
The coolest thing I saw in Cable's blog post about th Canon Olympics shop was the sensor cleaning machine. Wish my local shop had one....
No worries. My wife would be a "little..." unhappy with me too. Lenses like that are for professional photography, or for any=body who want the best glass. Very useful for photographing bears at a safe distance in Alaska, or just birds and small animals nearby. Just imagine: such a lens (EF or RF 600mm f/4 IS) with a 2x extender turns into a f/6 at 1,200mm telephoto. However, the new R series, specially the R5 and R6 incorporate in-body IS (IBIS) reduce shake by a few f/stops. I am not a Nikon user, but am certain that the new Nikon and Sony cameras and lenses do such things as well.Sorry… I was basing that assumption on how my wife would react if I rocked up with that and she caught sight of the receipt.
Olympus/OMD recently launched the 150-400 f/4.5, which has a built-in 1.25x teleconverter, and then supports the 1.4x or 2.0x external teleconverters. In theory, you can get up to 2000mm FF Eq range (there are reviews out there using it with the TC20). At $7500, it's too rich for my blood, but it is rather affordable for a fixed aperture super-tele. I'll just make due with my PL100-400!
Thing is, can you imagine finding anything with a 2000mm lens. It would be pretty tricky!
The best lenses, all brands, are the most expensive. Even the standard (EF) lenses, not the new RF ones for mirrorless cameras, are still in high demand. For example the EF 200-400mm f/4 with a built-in 1/4x TC costs $10,000. L primes of 400mm f/2.8 cost around $7,000, and the price goes up to $12,000+ with the 600mm and 800mm f/4L primes.
That’s where the zoom would help, but yeah, you’d need to be on a tripod to get something like that. Eventually you’re on diminishing returns, since shooting through that much atmosphere is going to be working against you.
One for the Sony girls and boys on here.
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Gallery: Photos of Sony’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics service center — a1 bodies, GM glass and more
Photographer Dave Holland has captured behind-the-scenes images of Sony’s service center for press photographers covering the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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I noticed the tag at the end of the NBC broadcasts that Canon provides all the broadcast lenses. Those can't be cheap either.
I'll take a couple of each, please..... y'know, gotta have backups!!! Ooh, that 600mm Prime! That 400mm Prime!! Mmmmmmm...... They would fit so nicely on my tripod with gimbal head! This photo is drool-worthy, to say the least!One for the Sony girls and boys on here.
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Gallery: Photos of Sony’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics service center — a1 bodies, GM glass and more
Photographer Dave Holland has captured behind-the-scenes images of Sony’s service center for press photographers covering the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In the meantime I'm still waiting to get my eager little hands on a Sony Alpha 1, local shops still don't have yet, but I think the Olympics plus supply and distribution issues of certain parts are holding things up a bit. Maybe this month.....
This Alpha, "you rich young lady"?
Yeah, I would not be surprised at the rate things are going.....and that's fine with me, I've got my wonderful, trusty and beloved A7R IV who more than delivers each and every time! When after being out shooting for a while and then I review shots taken, the camera has done her job admirably; the photographer not so much!
This Alpha, "you rich young lady"?
No, alas, I'm not a rich young lady -- I'm neither rich OR young!
. I just love holding and using a camera with a lens mounted on it and spending some time seeing what we can create together...... I also appreciate what is recognized and perceived as quality. My current A7R IV is absolutely the best camera I have had to date (and that's looking back on many years of camera bodies and lenses) and I am not going to be trading her in or giving her up....She isn't going anywhere! I am retired and have no financial obligations to support a family -- no kids to put through private school or college, no elderly relatives to support now (I'm in the "elderly relatives" category as viewed by the younger members of my family!) and so can use my disposable income as I see fit. For several months now I've been tucking aside the funds needed to take care of purchasing the Sony Alpha 1. The money's ready, I'm ready....and I just want the darned camera! LOL!
Why the interest now in the A1? It does something which I think and hope will be very useful to me: it not only provides the high resolution which I really appreciate for much of my shooting, it also brings in a much faster response time when shooting in Continuous High (which I do most of the time when shooting the birds on the lake here) and from all descriptions, the A1 is sort of a combination of the A7IV and the A9 pulled together to bring out the best features of each of those excellent bodies. That's what I've read in reviews from Sony Ambassadors, professionals in the field, serious amateurs, etc, etc. But, yes, until I actually have one in my hands and have played with the settings to get to where I usually like to be and then have mounted a lens and gone out shooting, I won't know for sure whether or not spending $6,500.00 USD on a camera body was such a good idea after all!
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The Sony Alpha 1 seems to be a top of the line camera. Now, although such large images benefit from more powerful computers, tighter cropping is not much of an issue. Bird photographers should be quite happy with this camera.
Yes, currently the Alpha 1 (A1) is Sony's flagship camera body with features and functionality from its previous top-of-the-line bodies, the A7R IV and the A9/A9 II. That's why it is such a winner already, even though loads of us who want one still haven't gotten our hands on it yet.
This person has a very good review (comparison) of the Canon R5 and the Sony A1:
I was thinking of buying the R5, but ended buying the R6 because it was about one-half the price. But in reality the higher MP sensor of the R5 allows for 2x tighter cropping than the R6.
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Thanks for the comparison video -- it probably will be especially helpful to those who are or have been Canon shooters and who are now contemplating a switch to Sony or who have already switched to Sony but are still paying attention to what Canon is doing..... In all my years in photography I have never shot with a Canon, since early-on (in the 1970's) my experience was first with Minolta and then some years later I moved to Nikon, and I stayed with Nikon for many, many years before making the switch to Sony almost two years ago. Even now I still kind of keep an eye on what's going on with Nikon even though I'm no longer shooting with it.....
I know.....Here on this very site!!! Also, I know a couple of people on another forum as well..... My eyes turn green every time I see the nice images users are getting with that camera body! One guy also has the 600mm prime, and that combo is outstanding for shooting wildlife and birds. Sigh..... Ah, but one day I'll get my very own A1. In the meantime I guess I can just stare at a bottle of A1 Sauce!