Scaly Breasted Munia - 500mm Test

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this in our garden near the poolside this morning, could not go out anywhere so tried testing 500mm lens on this.

Sabyasachi the 3 switches to adjust focal length are confusing however i think I will manage to get there by next week

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 500mm (without 1.4x TC)
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 8
ISO 250
Focal length 500mm
Bean Bag Support

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Good sharp image..

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Praveen,
You will find a difference in sharpness between the 100-400 and 500mm. Good that you used f8 here. The eye contact is nice.

You have to estimate the distance and use the focus limiter switch. That will help in acquiring focus faster. If the bird is far off, then there is no point in using the 4.5m to infinity setting as that will lead to the lens hunting for focus through the entire range.

Also, you can try moving the manual focus ring with your left hand a bit to acquire the focus faster. You will get a hang of it after sometime. You will start loving this lens. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nicely done. Lovely eye contact. Nice composition. TFS.
You got yourself the 500mm? :)

[Bibhav Behera]

Composition looks nice. Nice details. Congrats on your new gear. The 7D coupled to a 500mm is a lethal weapon. So sharp, you could cut yourself ;)

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely image on the new lens. The composition is nice. The details and the eye contact are good. Look forward to more from 7D and 500mm :).