Many Feathers
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In Steve Perry's video comparing the 180-600 to the 400 f/4.5 lens and 100-400, he talks about autofocus speed at around 35:16
He surely does awesome videos.
He shows that in his tests, the Z100-400 (which I have), AF speed from minimum focus to maximum focus is 1.08 seconds. The Z400 is about 0.47 seconds. (The Z180-600 is about 0.8 seconds). At the end of the video, he says that if you're shooting very small birds at close range, you might want something faster (than the 180-600). I love shooting small songbirds at our backyard feeders and splashing in the birdbaths. I also try to catch them flying. I am thrilled with the Z8 and how many more keepers I'm getting and I haven't even tried the firmware upgrade yet (still winter here, although Spring is surely on the way.)
The Z400 is on sale for $250.00 off until 3/31/2024 (as far as I can tell). Still, it's $3000.00, a hefty price for me. I would think going from 1.08 seconds to 0.47 seconds in speed would make a pretty big difference. I'd love to have the Z400 for Spring Migration in WI, if it would really make a difference. Unfortunately, no one locally has the lens for rental, so I can't try before buying.
Any of you use both the Z100-400 and the Z400 for photographing small birds at close range? Is there a big difference, all other things such as settings and ability being equal?
Thanks much for your opinions...
He surely does awesome videos.
He shows that in his tests, the Z100-400 (which I have), AF speed from minimum focus to maximum focus is 1.08 seconds. The Z400 is about 0.47 seconds. (The Z180-600 is about 0.8 seconds). At the end of the video, he says that if you're shooting very small birds at close range, you might want something faster (than the 180-600). I love shooting small songbirds at our backyard feeders and splashing in the birdbaths. I also try to catch them flying. I am thrilled with the Z8 and how many more keepers I'm getting and I haven't even tried the firmware upgrade yet (still winter here, although Spring is surely on the way.)
The Z400 is on sale for $250.00 off until 3/31/2024 (as far as I can tell). Still, it's $3000.00, a hefty price for me. I would think going from 1.08 seconds to 0.47 seconds in speed would make a pretty big difference. I'd love to have the Z400 for Spring Migration in WI, if it would really make a difference. Unfortunately, no one locally has the lens for rental, so I can't try before buying.
Any of you use both the Z100-400 and the Z400 for photographing small birds at close range? Is there a big difference, all other things such as settings and ability being equal?
Thanks much for your opinions...