My friend showed me his new Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L lens on the weekend. I have been thinking about buying this lens for months, and I finally got a chance to play with it.
I was amazed how fast and quiet focusing were compared with my non-USM Canon lenses. According to my friend, the lens takes very sharp images as well.
I think it would be a good all round fishing lens on rivers, flats, and so on. It can also take pictures of fish jumping out of water or rising to dry flies.
EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L lens
My biggest concern is that the lens will be too slow to take shots under low light conditions.
A photo below is one which I took on Saturday night under a light post at a jetty. With my 24mm lens, I can still get a keeper (or sort of) without flash and a tripod.
This means I will have to carry two lenses in my already over-weighted fly vest. One for during day, and one for low light conditions like at dawn and dusk which are the prime time for trout fishing as you know.
A photo below is one which I took on Saturday night under a light post at a jetty. With my 24mm lens, I can still get a keeper (or sort of) without flash and a tripod.
This means I will have to carry two lenses in my already over-weighted fly vest. One for during day, and one for low light conditions like at dawn and dusk which are the prime time for trout fishing as you know.
EF 24mm f/2.8
The other issue is that the minimum shooting distance is 1.2m with 70-200mm f/4 which means I can't take pictures like this one where I hold fish in my hand, and use camera with another hand.
It will be OK if I got somewhere to put fish down, but what should I do if I was alone and wading deep?
It will be OK if I got somewhere to put fish down, but what should I do if I was alone and wading deep?
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
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