Canon Lens Comparison at Sepulveda for wildlife - RF 200-800mm VS EF 600mm f/4L III W/ 1.4 extender.
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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Canon EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens with 1.4 Extender III
and RF 200-800mm at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
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Excellent video John! Incredible detail and clarity with both lenses. Obviously the 600 f4 has more pleasing, less distracting backgrounds but otherwise it was very hard for me to tell the difference. Good stuff!👏😍
Thank you Bill. When I was processing the photos, I tried to use the same settings on each - copy paste. Using masks, you can blur the background more but that was not what i was going for. But you are correct. 🙏💖🤗
Wonderful images John! I thank you so much for for sharing with us!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for letting me share!! 🙏💖🤗
Man, that lens is a beast! Beautiful pictures as always, John!
Thank you, thank you Luke!! 🙏💖🤗
Great pictures! Your videos are very inspiring and relaxing at the same time. As I am currently sick in bed and can’t get outside to shoot birds, your video helps to pass the time till I get better. I am still saving up for a 600mm f4 lens, but I am actually quite happy with my RF100-500 and my 1.4 TC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! The 100-500 with the 1.4 is AMAZING and so lightweight. You can get some of the older 600 F4 that are amazing still but they are heavy. Again, thank you so much. Get well as quick as you can!! 🙏💖🤗
I have the 100-500 and the 200-800. I am impressed by the 200-800. The 100-500 does have a slight edge but the 200-800 is so versatile. If you put the 1.4x converter on the 100-500 then the loss in quality puts the two lenses basically equal and I would say the edge then goes to the 200-800 (tests done with R7). The comparison in this video done on the R3 with the lower megapixel may be a different outcome than on the R5 with bump in resolution. Would be interesting to see how that ef600 does there in comparison with the either 100-500 or 200-800.
Thank you, thank you!! I have shot all of those and have videos using the different lenses but maybe not as a comparison so I may work on that. I think the perfect sweet spot for me for wildlife is about 800mm and that is where the 200-800 shines, but I only like it on a full frame body such as the R5 or R3. On the R7 my preference is the 100-500 with or without the 1.4 extender even though I lose the zoom that I rarely use. But that is just what I have found for my preference and other disagree with me. The 600 F4 II with the extender or without is amazing on either. Waiting for the RF VII to come out before I upgrade from the EF one!! But heck, I have been impressed with even the 100-400 - the new inexpensive lenses are just so amazing. 🙏🤗💖
Great job Jonny! Nice, the Egret with the fish. 😀
Thank you, thank you!! I had run into Lou out there and that came up as we were heading out - got super lucky!! 🙏💖🤗
Great video ,John I really enjoyed it
Thank you, thank you Carlos!! 🙏💖🤗
Nice comparison. Great combo. I'm still waiting for my 200-800.(order 12/21/23) I use my 100-500 and my 200-400 F4 w/1.4TC. Works well but thinking of trading it for the 600 F4. We'll see. Thanks again for putting enjoyable video together.
Thank you for letting me share. I think there is no perfect set up and I keep searching LOL. I really do like the 100-50 with the 1.4 extender and if I only had that, I would be happy. When we start getting all the bugs flying around, that is what I will be shooting over these lenses all day long. And if I only had to chose one set up..... it would be the 100-500 with 1.4 extender. 🙏💖🤗
Great pictures with both lenses. I share your expectations for the R5m2. Thanks for sharing your video and your experience. / Greetings from Per Christensen, Denmark
Thank you, thank you and greetings from here in soggy Southern California! I miss some of the features on the R5 - mostly 8K video, but I dont miss the rolling shutter that I had gotten used to. That is where the R3 shines. I am looking forward to the future camera body specs!! 🙏💖🤗
Awesome setups! Good your having fun. You going to pick up the R1 too then?
I am hoping too depending on the specs. I am looking forward to the R5 II as well. I am eager to see the specs on that as well. As long as we are out having fun - that is all that matters. 🙏🤗💖
Awesome so lovely video
Thank you, thank you!! 🙏💖🤗
Jonny, let's give credit where credit is due. You do a tremendous job with both lenses. I am really kind of in favor of the 200-800 with the R3 it can't be beat really. If the R3 had 45-50 mega pixels it would be insane. Of course it wouldn't be as fast. The egret with the fish was a great series. Thanks great video.
Yet the 5DSR 51mp .....only downside the live screen doesn't move ..
Thank you, thank you!!! I do love the 600 F4 but it really does have limitations - weight, price, no zoom and that is where the 200-800 shines. I like the 200-800 on both the R5 and R3. As far as speed..... I do wish it had a bigger sensor.... like the Z8 or Z9, but it does everything I ask for and does it well. Plus, the smaller files sizes are a bonus too in many ways. 🙏💖🤗
@@colintraveller I think they can and will in the future. Smaller files are a bonus on the hard drives though!! 🙏💖🤗
Thats cool. Is the R3 buffer also bottomless? Insane watching that egret take that huge fish down the hatch!!!
Endless butter - like the R5, the Z9, Z8... I use CF Express cards and rarely put and SD card it. I just sat there hold the focus button and the shutter. I think you will REALLY like shooting the Z8. 🙏💖🤗
Nice comparison video John. Seems hard not to like the RF 200-800 lens👍🏻
Agreed 100% My personal complaint is the placement of the focus ring - too far back. I was watching another on UA-cam who uses zoom complain about that as well. But over all.... a win win lens. 🙏💖🤗
I’m using a monopod with these lens. You must be extra strong to hand hold them.
I think I have just gotten used to it. I do have my big tripod with the gimbal, but I find it limiting other than carrying it. I so much prefer the freedom of hand holding. However, when doing videos like this, I really can walk all that far - it just kill my shoulders. Ah...... limitations. 🙏💖🤗
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Thank you, thank you!! 🙏💖🤗
I managed to get about 8 frames of the Egret eating that fish. I was amazed you had 181 frames with the R3! Endless buffering!
Endless buffering is AWESOME - something I really like about the R5 and R3 over the R7. The other thing I prefer about the R3 is the dual processors so there is no rolling shutter. I had gotten so used to seeing it that I no longer noticed it....... until I went out during the week shooting the R7. Endless buffer (dont spell that word with two Gs in place of the F 🤣} is awesome. 🙏💖🤗
PS - It was really awesome to run into you out there.
I've been trying to catch the Bullock Orioles there recently, but they have done a great job of staying far enough away to get a good photo! There are plenty of baby geese around. See you around!
@@loucifelli2532 I have been out there shooting the little goslings, but I have seen more of both the hooded and bullocks oreoles at Hahn - way more there each time I have gone.... but it is always a crapshoot. 🙏💖🤗
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Thank you, thank you!! 🙏💖🤗
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Thank you, thank you!! 🙏💖🤗
Do you use the Canon three presets feature?
I have to admit, I am hot familiar with that. I have it set up pretty simply with one button for focus and the other for eye focus. I do switch from single point (my favorite) to a wide area here and there but that is about it. I know I use about 2% of what it is capable of doing. I am always in manual and only switch my setting - aperture, and shutter speed manually all the time. Most of the time, I shot is auto ISO. Same for video 🙏💖🤗
@@JonnyPink65 Thank you, I was referring to the function dial on top marked C1 C2 C3. I have a new Canon RP and would like to set C1 for a quick change to black and white. C2 for portrait. I have tried my Sigma sport 150-600mm lens but waiting for better WX here in Michigan. Many swans are wintering here, and sand hill cranes are abundant in farm fields.
@@robertsaunders5740 Ah. You know, I dont even use those. I dont often do black and white, but if I were and when I have, I do it in post for something like pulling the background to BW and keeping the subject color, or just the lips. I wish I could give you a better answer but I just the most basic of things on all my cameras! I keep is simple so that I can do it and get the shot. 🤗
Johny where is that place ..
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve - 6350 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91436 in Van Nuys. It is HUGE and can be "interesting" sometimes, but I have never heard of anyone getting into trouble there. On weekends, it get super crowded. It is dirty but has such an amazing diversity to it. It is one of my favorite places to go. I know I will always get something all year long. 🙏💖🤗
@@JonnyPink65 johny thank you so much for the info I just started on this and is so fun .. i like the way you take those photographs of the pelicans . I have watched all your videos and I had so much fun seeing you using all those lenses
@@lapitufinaregenerada2947 Thank you, thank you!! Bottom line - go out and have fun. Let your passion take over - it does come out in the photos. And, the more you can fill your frame, the more detail you should get. Dont let anyone tell you this is the only way to do it - make it your own!! 💖🤗
@@JonnyPink65 thank uuuuuu so much sir
@@lapitufinaregenerada2947 My pleasure. If you go here or anywhere near me - at least within a days driving distance, let me know - would love to join you. Give me a days notice of so LOL. 💖🤗