Samples from Canon 600mm f/4 IS?

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

03/11/2005 03:35:45 PM · #1

I noticed that a couple of people here have this lens and would love to see what people have been able to do with it. If you have any sample shots please share them!

Tom

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

03/11/2005 03:38:13 PM · #2

Ahh - 600mm. Bird photography can get expensive huh? Sorry, can't help on the lens.

cghubbell

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

03/11/2005 03:43:54 PM · #3

Well, I'm not a Canon user, but I'm quite sure that if I had a 600/f4 I would be able to solve world hunger and possibly win a Nobel Prize.

Really!

rich

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

03/11/2005 03:48:44 PM · #4

There are a little over a hundred samples on PBase:

//www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/ef_600_4is

Of course there are certainly more images on PBase using the 600 F/4; these are just the ones people took the time to identify in the image notes as having been produced with that lens. Worth browsing through though.

03/11/2005 03:51:45 PM · #5

Thanks for the reply, I was more after what the people here are doing with the lens. Come on folks, do some showing off for us!

Tom

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/11/2005 04:02:18 PM · #6

i had to sell mine because my girlfriend was jealous of it...

kidding of course.

03/11/2005 07:20:10 PM · #7

Originally posted by ovenbird:

Thanks for the reply, I was more after what the people here are doing with the lens. Come on folks, do some showing off for us!

Tom

What you can do with the 600/4 can not be properly expressed here online. I have one and am going out with it to shoot wood ducks tomorow or Sunday morning depending on my toothache/lortab situation.

Northern cardinal shot with 1Ds and 600/4.

Message edited by author 2005-03-11 19:20:53.

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/11/2005 07:26:25 PM · #8

a 100% crop should suffice...

bledford

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/11/2005 07:34:01 PM · #9

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Yummy. Where'd I leave that $10,000 check I've been meaning to deposit?

pitsaman

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/11/2005 07:35:34 PM · #10

Originally posted by richterrell:

PBASE sucks,it is down again :-(

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

03/11/2005 07:37:54 PM · #11

Originally posted by soup:

a 100% crop should suffice...

The first one was a crop. This will be closer to 200%

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/11/2005 09:00:37 PM · #12

That is a stunning shot, truly is.

Ray.

cpurser

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/11/2005 09:02:09 PM · #13

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Originally posted by soup:
a 100% crop should suffice...

The first one was a crop. This will be closer to 200%

That's freakin' incredible.

-Chad

soup

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/11/2005 09:13:08 PM · #14

hmmm donut....

Beagleboy

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

03/11/2005 09:34:47 PM · #15

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/12/2005 12:07:01 AM · #16

Originally posted by nsbca7:

The first one was a crop. This will be closer to 200%

Ummmmm.... I WANT ONE!!!!

03/12/2005 12:12:32 AM · #17

Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by nsbca7:
The first one was a crop. This will be closer to 200%

Ummmmm.... I WANT ONE!!!!

That was shot ISO 100 1/80 sec at f/4.5.

Light ajustment in exposure and contrast. No sharpening aplied.

03/12/2005 12:23:47 AM · #18

Oh, yea, the IS is BS for this lens. If you can find an older lens in extra good condition without the IS I would buy it and save a few thousand dollars. You can not use IS tripod mounted unless you are shooting from an unstable platform such as a boat or a helicopter and you are not going to handhold this lens unless you are John F Wayne. The IS actually softens the image and should only be used when major vibration is a problem.

4score

Nikon D80

03/12/2005 01:46:20 AM · #19

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by nsbca7:
The first one was a crop. This will be closer to 200%

Ummmmm.... I WANT ONE!!!!

Totally awesome!

That was shot ISO 100 1/80 sec at f/4.5.

Light ajustment in exposure and contrast. No sharpening aplied.

03/14/2005 01:03:13 PM · #20

Thanks for posting the cardinal shot nsbca7. It is a very nice shot indeed. I looked at your web site and noticed that this images shares something in common with some of the images there. The background looks a bit unusual to me and I am wondering if this is what is to be expected from this lens as far as bokeh is concerned. The OOF portion of the background looks almost like some sort of brushed steel or something. Is that just not completely out of focus pine needles or something or is this what the bokeh is supposed to look like?

I have a couple of other questions for you also.

First, when you say 100% and 200% crop, what exactly do you mean?

Second, you say that you need to be shooting from an unstable platform to us IS while the lens is mounted on a tripod. It was my understanding that the "super" tele IS lenses had a variation of IS that was supposed to be usable when tripod mounted. I know that with my EF 100-400 IS if you have the lens mounted on a stable tripod you can see the image moving around in the viewfinder when the IS is turned on and it most definitely does soften up the images. I thought that the newer/higher-end lenses had a better version of IS that did not do this. What a disappointment. Have you ever tested this out, or is it just what is printed in the instructions?

Finally, what tripod rig do you use for this bad boy? It must be pretty darn stable to get this shot at such a slow shutter speed and long focal length. I would imagine that the tripod and head add a significant amount of cost to the already expensive lens.

So far this is what I have been able to produce with the 100-400 and 20D

Would you care to show off some more? I bet you have tons of awesome images from this fine lens.

Tom

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

03/14/2005 08:02:19 PM · #21

Does anyone know the answers to these questions?

Thanks,

Tom

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

03/14/2005 08:13:05 PM · #22

Originally posted by ovenbird:

First, when you say 100% and 200% crop, what exactly do you mean?

100% crop means is that the image, as displayed on the web, is pixel-for-pixel the same as the orignal, not resized or resampled. Essentially, you take your original, crop out a small 640x640px area, save and post.

Originally posted by ovenbird:

Second, you say that you need to be shooting from an unstable platform to us IS while the lens is mounted on a tripod. It was my understanding that the "super" tele IS lenses had a variation of IS that was supposed to be usable when tripod mounted. I know that with my EF 100-400 IS if you have the lens mounted on a stable tripod you can see the image moving around in the viewfinder when the IS is turned on and it most definitely does soften up the images. I thought that the newer/higher-end lenses had a better version of IS that did not do this. What a disappointment. Have you ever tested this out, or is it just what is printed in the instructions?

I only wish I could speak with direct experiene of the 600/4, but I cannot. I can tell you that the 70-200 2.8 IS DOES work on a tripod. It automatically detects when it should operate (and not). I am not sure exactly which of the lenses have the newer system. Possibly the 600/4 design dates to before this generation of IS...

03/14/2005 09:15:32 PM · #23

Originally posted by ovenbird:

Does anyone know the answers to these questions?

Thanks,

Tom

I'll get back with this later. It will take more then a minute to answer all of this.

03/14/2005 09:19:42 PM · #24

Thanks very much for all of the thoughtful answers.

I look forward to hearing back from you nsbca7.

Tom