I have just bought this lense to use with my 7d Mark 11 camera and am experiencing problems with focusing at 60/70 yards at 400 with extender. I use AI Servo for birds in flight. F8 - 11. Speed between 500 and 3200. IS0 Auto max 3200. Tracking case 1...
Hi Ebiggs1 Thanks for your kind comments on shots 1& 2. I think I may have found a reason for the bad shots at distance shooting. Somehow AI Servo Priority has been switched to neutral instead of Focus Priority - I dont know how that happened. I thin...
Hi ebiggs 1 Thanks for your last message. I do shoot in RAW and have applied lens correction in ACR. The first 2 images a shot at about 40/50 without extender. The others (horrible) are shot at about 70 yards with extender. In fairness the light was...
I think the lense is OK because I have had some good shots at under 40 / 50 yards. I agree, I need to do a series of test shots at AI Servo and One Shot with and without Extender. I will also try taking off my UV filter. I also want to try Case 2 as ...
Hi ebiggs1 Thanks for your comments. I agree the DOF becomes larger but even so images at 60/70 yards are poor quality. I have not cropped at all. I have simply viewed them in Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. Those taken at less than 40 yards or as One Sh...
I think the lense is good as I have some very nice, in focus birds in flight at about 30/40 yards and also one shot staionary shots. It's when I am shooting at 400 + extender. I will try continuous in silent mode and also try with Case 2 tracking wit...