HOOORAAAH, - My RF200-800mm lens arrived!

[JFG]

HOOORAAAH,  

Received my RF200-800mm f6.3-9 IS USM lens today at 1:25pm.  It was a long weekend but the wait was worth it!  🤩

 

 

 

 

 

[Tronhard]

Great news Joe!  We shall  look forward to the fruits of your efforts with the new optic. 😊  

[JFG]

Thanks Trevor, I hope I can do it justice!👍

[Tronhard]

It will take a bit of bedding into, like anything.
One thing I wish I had done when I got mine was to put some gaffer tape around the end of the lens hood so that I can put it down on that without any fear of scratching the thing.  It does show marks very easily.

The other things I wish I could change would be to:
Have a removable foot to the tripod mount (like the EF 100-400II) , as I shoot mostly hand-held and it can get in the way;
Have clicks for locating rotation at 90deg intervals as one rotates the body if mounted on a tripod
Have a Arca-Swiss compatible foot on the tripod mount.
I think the last two would not have been expensive to put in, given there are going to be tens of thousands of these out there, so the per-unit cost would be fairly miniscule.

I would be interested in your experiences! 🤔

[JFG]

Great idea Trevor, 

I'll get a cover for the lense that will also protect the  hood.  I use Ulanzi Claw quick release plates to attach to a tripod or monopod.   But I agree with you, the last two items would have been nice.  "Have clicks for locating rotation at 90deg intervals as one rotates the body if mounted on a tripod
Have a Arca-Swiss compatible foot on the tripod mount.".  I'll take it out this weekend and post my thoughts on the lens and pics taken.

[p4pictures]

I've got to ask one question; why choose a UV filter? The cameras have a UV filter on the sensor already, so the UV filter is not needed, would it not be better to have a plain "protection" filter?

[Danny]

Happy snapping! 😀📷

[TomRamsey]

Congratulations!  You will enjoy it.  I agree with Trevor's suggestions, they would be nice and would have been easy, but I'll live without them.  I did find a nice arca style plate apparently designed for the lens, but it would have been nice not to need it.

[March411]

Tom,

Would it be possible to get more information arca style plate? I found a 100mm plate on Amazon but haven't made the purchase yet.

[TomRamsey]

It’s on Amazon, made by iShoot, never heard of company, but I’ve had other generic plates that were good, this one seems fine, I’ve used it a couple times so far with no problems.