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The super telephoto lenses of 400mm and above
are the most enjoyable and exiting ones of all the lenses
It can show you what you can't see with ultra clarity
With such a lens in hand
just posing without taking any photo
will make passersby treat you as a professional photographer
Amazing
Although telephoto lens are interesting
I believe many folks will have difficulties when choosing to buy one
These different models in the market are dazzling
such as first parties or third parties
Is 100 to 400mm long enough to capture what I want
What if 200 to 600mm is too heavy for me to carry with
Why this prime 600mm lesn is cheaper than 400 mm one
How about adding a 2X teleconverter to a 70-200mm lens？
There are too many confusion and concerns among this field
The choice among wide angle lenses
such as 24mm 28mm which has only 4 millimeter's difference
is already crazy enough
What about pick telephoto lens which may has difference
at hundreds of millimeters
Don't worry
Today I'm gonna to talk about super telephoto lens
About this topic, I do have a little experience About this topic, I do have a little experience
I have traveled a lot in the past few years
I used to shoot wildlife like wildebeest
penguin
extreme skiing, and landscape photography
made me a veteran of telephoto lens user
Secondly, being a salesman for many years
I have met all kinds of super telephoto users
I know about customers' pain points
More importantly
being in photography industry for decades
I've served many photographers who speical used super telephoto lenses
knowing how they utilize their lens to creat great work
Therefore
I want to use my little experience
to help you choose the right lens
The telephoto lens is not cheap
But the more expensive thing is
being unsatisfied with your choice
We want to help you avoid the mistakes
This is Brian. Welcome to Colorbee Photography
Unlike standard zoom and wide-angle lenses
super telephoto lens is rarely used in daily life.
Even for professional photograoher like me
has few times to use them throughout the year
But they are indispensable under critical moments
Before we start
which telephoto lens you have ever most wanted the most in your mind
Write it down in live comment.
At the end of the program, you can check whether your judgement matches the final choice
Let's bring it up
Today's content is not one single product review
I just happened to own two Sony telephoto lenses
Sony's 100-400mm
and 200-600mm
These two lenses
basically represent the two most common choices for super telephoto lenses
One is 100-400mm camp has the iconic Canon 100-400mm L lens,
Sony G master 100-400mm
and Sigma 100-400mm lens
Another one comes to 200-600mm camp
which has Tarmon's and Sigma's 150-600mm
and NIkon's 200-600mm
M43 also has a special camp for long telephoto lens
which is equivalent to 150-600mm
or 200-800mm lens
The lenses from these two camps
are suitable to different scenarios
Today , we will give the conclusion
Then make the adjustment based on your own situation.
Speaking of 600 mm lens
It has an extremly narrow angle of view
Its aim is quite clear
which is amplifying distant subjects with bunch of details
The primary scenario is bird-photograph
In order to express the color and texture of the feather
or their demeanor and expressions in their eyes
you can use telephoto lens to do the job
Another very important scenario is wild animal photograph
I mean wilds on the fields
would escape from human with a glance
Animals in zoos and national parks don't count in
the lenses used in these two places are completely different
Later I will talk about why we need to pick the correct lens
There is one speical scenario fits for 600mm is aviation spotters
especially those shooting fighters
Super telephoto is able to capture the details even aviation magazines missed
No matter facial expression of weapon attaching point
shock diamond of supersonic aircraft
Every time I see the photos
I feel that I can touch these components
When shooting these objects
definitly the longer focal length the better
600 mm lens can provide an exciting shooting experience.
100-400mm lens
is my main force recently
I bought it two years ago before heading to Africa
It has been with me since then
The focal length from 100mm to 400mm
it is suitable for shooting large wild animals at national park
and Antarctic penguins that are not afraid of people at all
You can have a shot in a close distance
I would always carry my 100-400mm lens
When i am shooting extreme sports professional ski teams in New Zealand
I also used this lens
If you are a fan of street portraits
but don't dare to take close shots
100-400mm can also statisfiy your creativity
However, when choosing thses telephoto lenses
Most people would have concerns about that
Is it the longer the better for long lens
Why most of the long lens can not be more than 600mm longer
Its common sense for almost every brand
First of all, a longer lens means
a heavier weight and a larger dimension
A full frame 800mm lens's weight and size
overpass normal huamn's limits
I mean when using a reasonable aperautue
RF800mm is an exception
whose max aperature comes to F11
You also need to consider that
the longer lens wouldn’t give you better image quality
It may brings even backfire
First of all
when using 800mm
people will try to shoot more distant objects
And because the distance is extending
There are many dusts, water vapor
thermal refractions result from the sun irrdiating towards the ground
all those factors would affect the air permeability
I’ve experienced this in both dry Africa and Antarctic Peninsula Beach
The super long focal length
will emphasize the subtle vibration from your body
Even though you can get a bigger object
But you are not obtaining more details
The best tip on shooting wilflife is
being as close as possible
In my persoal experience
instead of spending money on 600mm, 800mm such big lenses
it is better to find an African guide
who is more dedicated to help you find things
or an experienced Antarctic leader like me
When i was in Kenya
my driver Tony helped us to find the animals very hard.
We were too close to the lions
I am not sure whether he wants to help us take photos of the lion
or feed them
Whatever
In those few days
our group's photo quality was way higher than others
This tip worth way more than I paid for the lens
Everyone was enjoying
Because of that
I never feel that 100-400mm is not long enough
Another thing is the lens’s volume and weight
Show you guys a picture
I and my friend were lying on the deck
shooting birds when we were sailing at Antarctic
Guess why we were lying
When we were shooting seabirds flying over the ship
we were using 100-400mm which was not much heavy
Holding these lenese for a while
we were both tired and exhausted
Later on I realized that it just look like we were shoting bullets to the sky
Well, holding a 100-400mm lens when lying down can be a burden
It's hard to imagine what a physical exertion to those 200-600mm users
You can use a 200-600mm lens with a monopod
That's ture
This is a standard combination for bird photography
It can help you save some effort when holding the gaint lens
On the other hand it affects your flexibility
You can't get a shot of an albatross when it suddenly appeared from the side
Using 600-800mm ultra-long focal lens with monopod is the basic configuration
it is only suitable for the defensive style photographers that camp for birds' nests
I think the best combination for taking ecological landscape photos is
carrying a 100-400mm lens with a high pixel and high-speed focus camera
like Sony A7R4
Both of camera and lens are light and handy
you can take them out and don’t miss any moments
When you want to observe the details of the objects
The high resolution allows you to do a high scale cropping
showing the extreme details in post-production
Even we don’t have a high pixel or full-frame camera
100-400 is more suitable for the daily use of most people.
Let’s about the experience of using those two Sony lenses
Speaking of image quality
although one is orange G Master one is black G
To be honest, I didn’t see any obvious difference in image quality or focus speed
Even on the 42MP camera, they have the same sharpness in the enlarged photo
The focus speed of 100-400 is a little faster than 70-200
The dimension of 200-600mm is much bigger than 100-400mm
we are not saying which one is better, both product designs make good use of their specialities.
100-400mm is an external zoom lens
its body will extend when zooming out
So when in storage or taking out it can be a minimized size
I always carried this lens during travels
even in skiing I can simply leave it in my backpack
without any inconvenience
Different from the one from other competitors
Sony's 200-600mm is zooming internally
It means that the lens tube won't extend out when zooming out
The only thing you need to do is spinning the manual focus ring
everything will be done internally
This brings two advantages
This lens is more rugged weather sealing
You can use it in extreme bad weather
There is a big advantage of this lens which can be found only after deeply using
From 200mm to 600mm, you do need to turn only 90 degrees on the zoom ring.
Because of the narrow viewing angle
It is diffcult to follow the subject with a 600mm lens
With this fast zooming feature
you can use 200mm to fix the subject first
then turn to 600mm and capture the subject
You won't miss any memorable moment
The success rate can be really high
It's really reliable and super convenient
there is one point that needs to pay attention to
The minimum focusing distance on 100-400mm is 0.9m
But for 200-600mm is 2.4m
It's obviously designed to be a wildlife/open area photography lens
100-400mm has a wider usability
more size-friendly
Speaking of image quality these two lens are on the same level
200-600mm is less expensive than 100-400mm
They are both quite affordable prices
Using teleonverter is another option
There's not much difference when using 1.4X teleconverter
When using 2X teleconverter
The image quality and focus speed both get decreased
Unless you use a 70-200mm lens for the most situations
occasionally need 400mm for shooting events or concerts
Otherwise, I won't recommend to use an teleconverter
I believe my veritable experience can be a reference for your choice
When using whichever lens
we still need training and skills to get the subject fast in the frame.
This is a basic skill for using a super-telephoto zoom lens
I wish all the audience can build strong arms
Are these content a little bit helpful to your situation?
Is your choice still the same one as the beginning of this video
Has anyone thought about
why the one doing birds-photograph is a male elder enthusiast
or why a male elder enthusiast love shooting birds
I do spend time thinking through this
except finding something to do and killing the time
birds-photograph this thing can satisfy the spiritual desire
after passing the half-life-marathon
as a 2nd elder photographic blogger on Bilibili
What is needed for a middle-aged person
The sense of their own worth and hope
Birds-photograph can contain both of them
Shooting birds can help you accomplish psychological satisfaction attribute
Carrying a giant lens hanging around catch passerby's eyes
Another thing is hope
birds-photograph always have an unpredictable result
every time you can have a differnet result
Capture birds' movements from dynamic to static in clear pictures makes exciting.
you will pursuit for more perfect moments
everytime photography brings you new hope
new experience
There is no thing that can be more attractive.
Don't laugh at this spirit of enthusiast
They watched over young men shooting portraits for girls
these are the tricks they played decades years ago
After all make ourselves happy is more worthy than please others
We serve ourselves, isn't it
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