SHOOT your best ever SEASCAPES, Canon 800mm f/11 review, and photo competition judging.

In this episode we tell you everything you need to know about shooting great seascapes, we review the lightweight and (relatively) affordable Canon 800mm f/11 lens and we join the judging process to select the final images for Scotland's Photo of the Year 2021.
Marcus's pistol grip tripod head is the Manfrotto 322RC2
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You might not believe this Steve but we haven't had many outtakes this year. Maybe we're getting too good! We plan to put a few at the end of each show, so look out for them.

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Lovely segment on seascapes and I love the outtakes at the end...LOL.

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[@hyphenphotography]

Great vid once again, guys. Good to see Nick spreading some good knowledge and advice in the Seascapes segment. Particularly liked the advice "Never turn your back on the sea", something my father, with 26 years in the Navy, has always advised me of.

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Hi Shane. Thanks for your comments, which are very accurate. The truth is that Nikon have no interest in providing us with gear. Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Sigma, and Leica are all very eager to have their products on our show, but Nikon and Sony have zero interest, so this is why we don't feature them. We tried for 6 months to get the Z7 II, but Nikon just messed us around and wasted our time. Please understand this is not because we don't want to feature them, but because they don't want us to feature them. We could of course go our and buy gear, but we don't have budgets for that. Hope that explains why you don't see much Nikon gear. Thanks for watching all the same.

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@@PhotographyOnline Ahhh, makes sense, didn't think of that possibility! Thanks for such a detailed response, another great aspect of your channel. Hopefully they come around, you have such fantastic content here and they've given Z9's to plenty of other content creators, I'm sure it's only a matter of time they'll be begging you guys to feature their products. :) I'm no Nikon fanboy although I do shoot with them currently, I've used and loved Canon in the past as well. I strongly believe a camera's a camera and they all produce great kit these days if one knows how to use it. Thanks so much for clearing that up, now I can understand why we don't see those brands and shame on them. Keep up the amazing content, I really look forward to it.

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Love the outtakes!

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[@bobtaylor364]

Another great video guys. Particularly liked Nick's section on seascape photography. Thanks for last week, truly awesome week and met some fantastic new friends! Additional day I took on Skye gave time for the extreme weather at home to calm down.

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Thanks Bob. Good to hear you enjoyed you time on Skye. Hope to see you again soon.

[@stubones]

I loved doing seascapes when I was into that type of photography. The Dorset coast is amazing... Durdle Dor, Lulworth Cove, Kimmeridge Bay just to name the more well known locations. I found it a great way to slow down, de-stress and just enjoy the fresh sea air.

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@@PhotographyOnline Nice, though I think the wildlife shots maybe slightly different. Instead of packs of hyenas it will be urban foxes and teenagers 😂😂

[@petesuchon7340]

Another excellent show! Thank you.

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[@robgerety]

Beautiful country and shots. One other issue i don't think was mentioned is that the lens has zero weather sealing.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi Robert. You are correct that the lens is not weather sealed but we have been using it in the harsh Scottish environment for a while now without any problems, so it can't be that bad. Thanks for watching.

[@kevinharding1181]

An option to the Canon 800/11 for Sony shooters : Sony A7riv + the excellent 200-600. Shooting in APSC mode (26 mp) giving you 300-900 at a maximum of f9.5

[@PhotographyOnline]

You can't compare a crop mode on a full frame camera, otherwsie you could simply crop the 45MP Canon image down to 26MP and it would give you 1300mm!

[@kevinharding1181]

@@PhotographyOnline Of course you can, though I wasn't comparing or saying you couldn't do the same on a Canon (though who on earth would want a manual focus f17 lens even if it was 1300mm) ! I was giving an alternative option to Sony shooters who don't have an 800/11. Who cares if it is APSC/FF, all that matters is that it is 26mp and an effective 900mm

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[@RobVanElven]

Thanks for another informative and entertaining show. Wonderful to see and hear about the selected images and the seascapes topic and the long lens. This show is always so well produced 🙏, so you know there have to be some outtakes! 💪😂

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Yeah Mika...great acting!! Hope you both get home okay. Hopefully catch up on the 'anniversary tour' if not before....Was a truly fun week!! Hugs, Karen x

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[@BlancGivre]

Wish there was a F-mount equivalent of that light 800mm lens. I have to use Nikon's DX format to get a lightweight powerful telephoto.

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The out takes :-)))) Another great show, thanks guys.

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About safety, you gave the impression that it was all about rocky shores, but I think you could have mentioned beaches and estuaries which can be just as hazardous. It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security when conditions are benign. The tide can come in very quickly and can creep round behind you unnoticed. Even if you think you know a beach it can change dramatically from one year to the next. As always I enjoyed your show. Very long time since I was last on Skye, but I still remember it well.

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[@pedropod7943]

I'd be interested to see a comparison between photos taken on the 800mm lens on a full frame camera (such as you did) and photos taken on an APS-C sensor with, say, the Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 (whopping 240-960mm equivalent). I'm sure the full frame camera's better ISO performance would outweigh the Aperture advantage the Sigma lens has, but would be interesting to know. A lot of us more budget-constrained shooters do, after all, have crop sensor cameras and they can produce better results than they are often given credit for.

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Hi Peter. It would actually make no difference. If I cropped my FF sensor but 33%, I would essentially be left with a 38mp cropped sensor. It’s a mistake to think that cropped sensors offer any optical advantage over larger sensors, because it’s not the case. So if a 600mm lens on a cropped sensor did have an advantage over the 800mm on FF, I could simply use the 600mm lens on the FF camera and crop to the same dimensions. Does that make sense? Marcus.

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[@AmorLucisPhotography]

Another great video! One thing I would have added to the seascapes technique clip concerns stabilizing the tripod on sand - important but not easy when shooting longer exposures - especially when waves are flowing over the bottom of the legs. Some people attach old CDs on the bottom of the legs of their tripod! Any better tips?

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Hi Martin. We had this in the original script but needed to edit it out for timing purposes. The best way (in our experience) is to use spikes and let at least 3 waves wash over the feet before you take your photo. After this, the tripod shouldn't move. We've never used CDs but by doing so you would introduce a large surface area which will be prone to being moved by a wave washing over it. Spikes offer the least resistance so are better in this aspect. Hope this helps.

[@barry10ish]

Nick I am surprised that while talking about tides I for example have tide books for all the areas that I shoot at plus the cost of these small pocket sized books I have four as living in the West Country I have the north and south coasts to think about at a cost of 75p each fishing tackle shops would love your custom a lot of them are struggling so help yourself and them. If you are doing long exposure on a beach a really simple way to stop you getting cut off is to check the tide mark that is left at the height of the previous high tide and on tide hights there are neap tides and there are spring tides the springs are dangerous the water moves faster and the tides are a lot higher all the info is the tide books they can save lives.

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Canon 800mm I would like one of these....🎄🎁👌

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Have you done a feature on flash photography if not is this something you would consider

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[@ToastandJam52]

I watched the Seascape portion with great interest. It is inevitable that the best photos to be had is when it is blowing a hoolie. So, how to you keep the camera still? Hand holding doesn't work. Put the camera on a tripod works even less. There is rarely a convenient wind break. So, how to stop the camera flapping about? There was no mention of how to do this. Otherwise a great show.

[@PhotographyOnline]

Hi. At no point did we say that you had to photograph in high winds. We did say that the best time to shoot dramatic scenes is either during or after a storm. Obviously if it is during a storm then it is likely to be windy but just after a storm is when seas are still wild but the wind has abated. We showed many examples of dramatic seascapes during the feature, so clearly this is easily achievable. We have already done a feature about how to use a tripod properly, including how to use it in high winds, so we don’t like repeating ourselves. Try watching that show if you need some advice. With good tripod technique (and a good tripod) then it will be possible to get pin sharp shots in 60mph winds. If your camera is “flapping about” then you’re doing something very wrong. Remove all camera straps, avoid hanging your bag from your tripod, use spikes and shield your camera with your body if possible. Hope this helps.

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Canon, all the way no other brands matter as far as Photography online are concerned.

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The difference is David that Canon are active in supporting us, whereas some other brands are not. We do feature other brands when we have the chance (Leica, Olympus, Fuji, Sigma, etc) but Sony and Nikon aren’t interested in having their gear appear on our show. If this is not to your liking, maybe complain to them, as we have tried quite hard to remedy the problem.

[@harrythehymersholidays]

I love the look of the Canon 800mm, especially as I have arthritis and cannot carry large lenses, so I’m restricted to my 300mm for wildlife photography. Unfortunately, my camera is a 5D. Do you know if there is an adapter that will enable this to fit? Suzie.

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Hi Suzie. Thanks for your question. Sadly you cannot fit RF lenses to an EF body (you can only go the other way). If you wanted to get the 800mm or 600mm RF lens, then they are super light, but you would need to get a R6 or a R5 to use them with. Thanks for watching.

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Can you suggest some filter set for a 72 mm.

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[@falcondoom9602]

Не знаю как вы там на 800мм ф11 снимаете, я со своей Sigma 150-600 C с 6.3 мне уже не хватает птиц снимать в тени, исо от 5000 до 12800 доходит, и это выдержка от 1/400 до 1/1000, дак какие там ф11 можно после этого брать ещё?

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Hi Falcon. It's true that you can only use this lens for wildlife when you have a good amont of light, but it does work surprisingly well.

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Nice video.

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Sadly another outstanding episode comes to an end 😢💛🇮🇳

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[@julianm12345]

I'm not a Canon shooter, but I have a query after watching the article about the 800mm lens. Around the 23:17 mark, when changing the ISO value the number in the bottom right of the screen also changes. I assume that's the number of shots remaining. If so, why does it change ?

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Hi Julian. Thanks for your eager eye and resulting question. None of us were aware that the capacity of the card changed when adjusting the ISO, so we got onto the technical experts at Canon. Guess what - they weren't aware either! However, they are findng out for us, but this needs to go via Japan, so it may take a while. It does make sense that changing the ISO will create different files sizes, but why larger ISO files end up being bigger (we would expect them to be smaller), is a mystery to us at this time.

[@tomassalomoun6377]

@@PhotographyOnline Well, I assume higher ISO = noisier image = larger file. The camera shows you a figure calculated based on a typical file size corresponding with your current camera settings (taking into account the chosen file format, image size [Mpixels], colour space, ISO value etc.).

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@@tomassalomoun6377 do you know why a noisier image = a larger file?