Thank you, thank you!! I was and still use the 100mm F/2.8 L macro lens. Even though i shoot all RF bodies now, that is still my favorite lens. I LOVE the way it performs adapted to the R7!!! The flash I use now is a Godox but that was a generic flash at that time. So much fun. 🙏💖🤗

Bahahahahaha - awesome. I want to go there again Saturday with a couple of lenses if you are free!!! 🙏💖🤗

Thank you Bill. I have been wanting to go there for a while and forgot how beautiful it is there. Going back this weekend again I think. It was just a great time out there. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you for letting me share. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you Phil. When I see the birds you have there and the lakes, I think the same thing. I had so much fun shooting landscapes that I will be going out again I think this weekend. I forgot how much fun it is and that is such a neat area. Not sure when the best time is for the woodpeckers but we have them all year. If you guys do make it out this way........ 🙏💖🤗

Cant go wrong with either. For me, I do like the zoom, but I prefer the weight and focus ring placement on the 800 F11. These out in the field comparisons are fun but not really fair as there are so many variables with light and how it hits the subject. I shoot my zoom at full focal length most of the time and forget that I have a zoom lol. Thank you, thank you. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you. Each body has its advantages and disadvantages that we work around the R7 has terrible rolling shutter that is minimzed in the R5. Both are fun to shoot. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you. I use electronic shutter but keep the sound on so I know I am shooting. I know I get rolling shutter or blur but I really try to keep the ISO as low as I can with the R7 wo work around that limitation. I find that if the ISO is lower, it is a cleaner shot even using the tools we have available. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🙏💖🤗

Phil - the 800 F11 photo E. Yeah, I like the zoom with the 200-800 but over all, I really prefer the 800 F11 for the way I shoot. I almost never zoom out. And I know it is a small thing but I do use the zoom ring and I cant stand the placement on the 200-800 - too far back for me. And for the price..... both are great but the 800 F11 is actually my favorite. that lens blew me away from the first time i shot it. 🙏💖🤗 PS - I think the stabilization is better on the F11 as well!

The stabilization is outstanding in the F11 and I do shoot video hand held with it almost all the time. Great underrated lens. 🙏💖🤗

It packs so nice and small. That Sigzilla is HUGE. 🙏💖🤗

Awesome!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! 🙏🙏💖💖🤗🤗

Thank you, thank you for letting me share. I like that set up a lot. I would be hard pressed to pick one over the other. I shoot at max focal length about 95% of the time so....... Great versatile set up!!! 🙏💖🤗

They are for sure. I think depending on your budget and availability a that time would make a difference. Cant go wrong with either. 🙏💖🤗

When that lens first came out, I poo-pooed it up and down. I was asked to review it in one of the comments so I rented it with serious skepticism. I was so blown away, I bought one and it showed up just after the rental went back. It has limitations as does all gear but it is an underrated beast at a fair price. I think I have been shooting long primes so long that I am used to finding my subject MOST of the time. LOL. Like star hopping, I find something close, then slew over to my subject or look over the top of my camera. Glad the red dot works and I have heard others talk about doing the same. If you ever want to shorten the minimum focus distance to use it to shoot closer, you can use 3rd party extension tubes (Canon does not make native RF ones) - full snappy autofocus but you lose infinity focus. I have shot hummingbirds with this doing it that way and even with my 600 F4 because everything was so close. makes the lens just that more versatile.🙏💖🤗

@JonnyPink65 I got my RF mount JJC extension tubes last December. A funny thing I did not expect was how often I would use this lens for landscape shots. Because I use it hand-held, it is not that uncommon that I will be scanning around with the lens looking for birds, and then I will notice a scenery shot I would have never noticed otherwise. Infact, when I use the Canon 800mm f11 I don't even bother taking binoculars. I just use my lens & camera as a stabilized spottingscope. With my old Sigzilla, it goes on a heavy duty tripod with a heavy duty yoke-style gimbal (none of those fancy, light weight single arm gimbals are strong enough), and I tended not to move it around much

I have not shot the 600 F11 so I can not comment. Yes, the budget lenses do have some color casting that varies from lens to lens, and even depending on the body it is mounted on. All that can be fixed in post or if you are shooting in JPEG, you can set a custom profile for that lens and just jump to it when you pull it out. No set up is perfect - even a $16,000 lens has drawbacks. The 200-800 is a fantastic flexible lens - have fun with it. 🙏💖🤗

Good price for the monopod!! I try to keep all my gear as updated as I can, but I do wait a bit to update when a new one comes out...... just in case. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you Bill!! 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you. I think overall, the 100-500 as an L lens with the 1.4 extender is still sharper. You only have 700mm at F10 but it is awesome. You lose the zoom though. The 200-800 is versatile but not L glass quality. The 800 F11 is limited but such a fun little lens. I spend money like I have it - no matter what gear you have you want more. I do have another comparison video with these two lenses and showing how quick they each focus using an external recorder so you can see what I do in the viewfinder, but I put that aside to work on landscapes from today. Then, back to that. hopefully it will be up on Thursday. 🙏💖🤗

What actually works best on gloomy days . Like here in Scotland where Sunny weather isn't always garunteed .. And using a F8 lense you will have issues ...because of the murky gloomy weather

@@colintraveller Depending on what your shooting (obviously not with action shots) and if you know how to do it, it's possible to shoot in light so low you can barely see where your walking, at ISO 100 ! ....for shots which are razor sharp, and clean as a whistle, with one initial pass through DXO Pure RAW ;) > Two words "tripod" and "timer"....or remote shutter release ;) Actually gripping the camera though, I took a bunch of clean, sharp shots in very low light, last week at 1/15th and 1/20th.

@colintraveller I use the R7 and 100-500 F7.1 and it handles the terrible light and dull weather in Ireland very well considering. But in my experience both the 800F11 and 200-800 F9 lens work much better on full frame bodies like the R6 ii, R5 or R5ii etc.

I use the 800 RF for few years.i love this lent

Could you make one video about birds in flight whith the lent 800 RF ?

That is an amazing price!!! 🙏💖🤗

Awesome. Yes, each has advantages. Some are not able to afford the 200-800 and it may not be available near them. If you to shorten the MFD even shorter, you can add 3rd party extension tubes since Canon does not make native RF ones. They work perfectly, all focus is still snappy but you do lose the infinity focus while they are on there. Makes it even more versatile. 🙏💖🤗

I shoot the EXACT same way. I drag the shutter in low light so the ISO does not go too high, but I let the camera decide what ISO to use. This is ont the old DSLR or film days. I just love being out so what ever I see, I photograph. I may dump it later, but I had fun. 🙏💖🤗

I actually gave that bike away with the original wheels.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It is a versatile lens - both are, but the 800 is my personal favorite sweet spot for wildlife. If you shoot Canon like I do, you just cant go wrong - it is awesome. 🙏🤗💖

The 100-500 is an L lens and even if you put a 1.4 extender on there, I still think the photos are just a tickle shaper than the 200-800. The difference between F9 and F10 is negligible but you do lose the zoom. The other advantage tot he 100-500 is the super short MFD. Both are awesome lens and I often forget that I have a zoom and just shoot at the max focal length. LOL. The older DSLRs are amazing but the new tech we have at our fingertips allows us to get shots that were pure luck in the past. 🙏💖🤗

@@JonnyPink65 Well put! Regarding your final sentence: Remember the old days of being limited by the amount of exposures on a roll of film? It's so great that now we can take hundreds (or more) of shots with no fear of running out of memory. I know it's kind of a "spray and pray" mentality, but still, the odds of a keeper are a lot higher than they used to be.

@@adude394 New tech. I love what we have and the ability to share!!! Still, nothing beats experience. 💖🤗

@@JonnyPink65 For sure!

It all has to do with the sensor read out with regards to the place of the wings in movement in relation to....... I have no idea. 😅 When I shoot, it is in small bursts. When I go through the photos, I pick the the best ones that speak to me. Some are perfect and others have crazy rolling shutter but have character so I go with that. I could pick only the perfect ones but then I would miss the others. Rolling shutter is related to speed of the computing going left to right. ALL cameras have it to some degree other than the Sony that is a global shutter and reads all at one time. The faster the computing, the less rolling shutter. The less expensive bodies with slower processors have more rolling shutter but still produce awesome images.. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you - I hope you had and AMAZING Thanksgiving. Small with just the kids this year. 🙏💖🤗

Thank you, thank you. I still have my R7 and have no plans to get rid of it. I LOVE it in summer and spring mostly for the little critters. The AF on this just seems glue itself to the eyes of the insects - especially with the short MFD when using the 100-500. That alone is the keeper. As far as which ..... well, yesterday at the beach I had the R7 and 200-800. Was headed out today and debated between the R3 and R5II but the R5II ended up in my bag with the 200-800 LOL. Going to shoot hummingbirds tomorrow I think and still up in the air as to what set up to bring. I am a gear whore who spends money like I have it LOL. Each body has something to offer and also drawbacks or limitations. We just have to figure how much we are will to work around those limitations. The R3 for me is the closest to an amazing body but I wish the sensor was a little bigger and that it had pre-capture - it would be perfect for me at 30 megapixels. The R5II overheats, has a stupidly small buffer and would be better in a bigger body like the R3. The R7 has crazy rolling shutter but the photos are amazing and the color in the raw files are so rich - I really love the R7. The R8 is another of my favorites even with the small buffer - I would take that over the R5II in a heartbeat. Nothing is perfect - we just have to find what works to fit our style. Thanks for letting me ramble and share. 🙏💖🤗 PS - I have MEVER had the R7 overheat even in the middle of summer - the R5II on the other hand - like crazy and it is not a camera for me. I just have not gotten rid of it yet. That is why I think the R5II in a large body would have been better. I love my R7!

@@JonnyPink65 Yes, I shot almost two hours of 4K 60 video with the R7 and it did not overheat. I also carefully studied the topic of video overheating, Canon has only three devices where there is no overheating. These are the R7, R5C and R6 mark II. The rest overheat, including the R3 and the R8. Thank you for your detailed and long answer, now I am convinced that the R7 and 200-800 are all that a photographer needs. You have a very rich experience of using many cameras. I only wanted to buy a full frame in the future, of course, to understand how it is better than a APS- C crop sensor. So far I can't understand how much better the quality of the photos will be.

@@atboarder I am sure the others you mention DO overheat, but they did not for me and that is what I base my opinion on. The R5II overheats quickly - too quickly for me. And as far as the quality of the images - the really magic of a photo comes from the person behind the camera. It does not have to be prefect or completely in focus - just have character that the person behind the lens brings out. Just a tool in the hands of the craftsman and we learn how to work around the limitations that every set has. I just like renting lots of gear to try it and hope my passion shines through!! Anyone that tells you there is only one way is incorrect. Art comes from the inside. 💖🤗

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! 🙏💖🤗

Chris.... really hoping so and hoping it is better than the R5II. LOL Who knows. Until then, even with its limitations, it is still a great body to shoot. Thank you Chris. 🙏🤗💖

Thank you, thank you!! 🙏🤗💖

Thank you Bill. It seems that each time there is an adventure. Hard to not get a good shot there. 🙏🤗💖

That was fun. Lets get together over this long Thanksgiving holiday if you are around. I would like to get you out to the river and I want to go shoot hummingbirds at Hahn one day as well. 🙏🤗💖

Thank you Jeff. If you do, I am more than happy to head over there with you!!! In fact, I know I will be going again over this Thanksgiving holiday. 🙏🤗💖

Thank you, thank you Phil!! 🙏🤗💖

Thank you, thank you. It is a filter I am playing with. I would like them to be horizontal but it is not designed to be mounted with a variable ND filter like I have. When I adjust one, the other is adjusted as well. All in good fun. If I can get my kaleidoscope filter mounted, you will see that in future videos as well. 🙏🤗💖

Happy thanksgiving! No pretensions here - I am just a goofy older guy who loves going out to shoot and truly appreciates being able to share. Thank you , thank you, thank you!!! 🙏🤗💖

It will work perfectly for that. 🙏🤗💖

I thank YOU from southern California! The old techniques still work..... and those of us that still use them....... skills learned from experience. Thank you so much for letting me share with you. 🙏🤗💖

Thank YOU from southern California. I love watching them land. Some have said they are feeding when they land but they all see to land that way so I dont think so. It is not too far from home here - about 20 minutes and I really LOVE going there. Thank you, thank you for letting me share. 🙏🤗💖

Thank you Phil. I was filming the fog and that guy walked out so I used it. We see each other out there all the time. As for the tripod, man it is awesome - I am really impressed with it. 🙏🤗💖

Perfectly said. My favorite set up, at leas one of my favorite set ups, is the 100-500 with a 1.4 extender - I still think it is better than the 200-800. The EF Sigmas just dont do as well on the the RF bodies unlike the native EF Canon lenses do. 🙏🤗💖

On the way!!! I actually prefer this lens over the 200-800 and the next couple of videos (working like crazy) are with the 800 F11! Awesome underrated lens!! 🙏🤗💖

Thank you, thank you!!! 🙏🤗💖