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Canon EF long lens rental Florida US
Sorry,thats www.bigcatrescue.org
W wrote: Hi again Mike, If you are on the west coast of Florida, In Sanibel, and you don't have much luck, there is also the Corkscrew swamp which is pretty good. Another place I went to for a photo tour was www.bigcatrescue.com in Tampa, got a lot of photos of Big Cats, you have to prearrange it with them. Your 70-200 would be excellent for that! Walter |
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Canon EF long lens rental Florida US
Michael C. Smith wrote:
Aperture Pro's (Miami) largest lens, a 400/2.8 L, rents for $125 daily, $500 weekly, and a $7,500 deposit. Adorama is $100 daily, $300 weekly, and $6,500.00 new. Adorama rents a 600mm/f4 (call for price). Insurance isn't listed; thanks for the reminder. Hmmm. That's better than I expected. That's a big deposit though! Is 400mm too short for birding? I can afford (monetarily and politically) only one long lens. It depends on location. In many places yes, others no. For example, look on my site and see the focal lengths used. http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird I also shoot with a second body and either a 300 f/4 or 100-400 f/5.6. But have few bird photos on the site are with the shorter focal lengths (maybe one or two). The images are about 40% 500mm + 1.4x TC, 55% 500mm straight, and 5% other (lower FL and 500mm+1,4x+2x). So I use the 500 most of the time. While I've taken many images with other lenses, the 500mm ones always seem better. You might consider also the 300 f/2.8 as you can add a 2x and get 600 f/5.6. Or, as an intermediate the 300 f/4 and you can add a 1.4x and get 420mm f/5.6 (cheapest solution to get started). Also check out used lenses. Keep in mind that hand holding a 400mm f/4 lens may be possible, but only for a short time, and you'll quickly become unsteady. Try adding a weight to your longest lens to make it weigh what it would with a 400mm f/4 and see how long you can hold it up. I often wait many minutes pointing at one bird hoping for some particular action. I can't imagine hand holding that long. Also, with any big lens be prepared to add the cost of tripod and head to hold the lens. If you go 500mm you need something like a good carbon fiber (or much heavier aluminum tripod). I found the qitzo 1325/1328 the minimum for the 500 f/4. I had a gitzo 3021, but it wasn't quite up to the task. Then a good head able to carry the weight. A wimberly really helps follow action with a big lens (if you rent, you will still need all this too). The gitzo + wimberly plus plates will run somewhere around $1200-1500. (I know, its discouraging...I just went through this the last couple of years). Large format lkandscape is cheap in comparison! Thanks for you suggestions, Roger. Great images & info on your site! Thanks, Roger |
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Canon EF long lens rental Florida US
W wrote in message ...
Hope this help you out, Walter It sure does, Walter! Thanks again. ...Mike Smith . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
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Canon EF long lens rental Florida US
"Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" wrote in message ...
.. These are great lens and tripod ideas, Roger! Thank you for your time. Cheers, ...Mike Smith . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
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