TheScrutinizer
Bird watcher and photographer
Hi!
I have a Canon 70D and a EF 400mm 5.6 lens which is 6 years old.
I bought the lens a few weeks ago. My main goal is to make descent images of all kind of birds.
The EF 400mm 5.6 is known to be one of the sharpest lenses Canon has ever made and that was the main reason why I bought it.
Most of the time the birds are at a distance and I wonder what to expect from this combo. I've attached four images which was taken using my car as a blind, yet the distance is approximately 10m (dove) and 20m (fieldfare). Two versions of each bird showing full frame and 100% crop. All pictures are as they come from the camera except for the cropping and exporting to jpg.
I use Lightroom.
I'm not sure the lens is as sharp as I thought it should be.
Is my expectation too high?
Dove:
1/500 (with some support), 6.3, ISO 320, 2EV. (I know it's too bright.)
Fieldfare:
1/1000 (handheld), 6.3, ISO 1000, 1 2/3 EV.
Please, help me stop wondering.
Tom
I have a Canon 70D and a EF 400mm 5.6 lens which is 6 years old.
I bought the lens a few weeks ago. My main goal is to make descent images of all kind of birds.
The EF 400mm 5.6 is known to be one of the sharpest lenses Canon has ever made and that was the main reason why I bought it.
Most of the time the birds are at a distance and I wonder what to expect from this combo. I've attached four images which was taken using my car as a blind, yet the distance is approximately 10m (dove) and 20m (fieldfare). Two versions of each bird showing full frame and 100% crop. All pictures are as they come from the camera except for the cropping and exporting to jpg.
I use Lightroom.
I'm not sure the lens is as sharp as I thought it should be.
Is my expectation too high?
Dove:
1/500 (with some support), 6.3, ISO 320, 2EV. (I know it's too bright.)
Fieldfare:
1/1000 (handheld), 6.3, ISO 1000, 1 2/3 EV.
Please, help me stop wondering.
Tom