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This image also created at St. Paul, AK by Patrick with the handheld Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens with the Sony FE 2.0x teleconverter and the Sony Alpha a7R III Mirrorless digital camera body. ISO: 500. Multi-metering. Exposure determined via the Zebra feature: 1/800 sec. at f/6.3. Image #2: Red-legged Kittiwake head portraitImage courtesy of and copyright 2019: Patrick Sparkman. Click on the image to enjoy a larger version. |
FE Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens
BIRDS AS ART Record Low Price
Price reduced $400 on 5 DEC 2019
Price reduced another $400 on 15 JAN 2020
William Schneider is offering an FE Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens in mint condition for the BAA record-low price of $9,897.00 (was $10,697.00). This immaculate lens has seen little use. The sale includes the lens hood, the lens trunk, the front lens cover, the rear lens cap, the lens strap, and insured shipping via Fed Ex Ground. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.
Please contact Bill via e-mail e-mail or by phone at 1-(262) 269-8628 (Eastern time zone).
This super-fast lens is amazingly light at 6.4 lbs, the same weight as the Nikon 300mm f/2.8. Patrick made lots of great images at St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands last July with the lens alone and with either the 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. He really enjoyed the 8.86 ft close-focusing capability and the beautiful bokeh that the lens produces. As this lens sells new right now for $$11,998.00, you can save a cool $2101.00 by grabbing his virtually new lens asap. artie
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This image also was in St. Paul, AK by good friend Patrick Sparkman. For this flight image, he used the handheld Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens and the Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless digital camera body.. ISO: 800. Multi-metering. Exposure determined via the Zebra feature: 1/800 sec. at f/2.8. Image #3: Tufted Puffin incoming flightImage courtesy of and copyright 2019: Patrick Sparkman. Click on the image to enjoy a larger version. |
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This image was created on October 26, 2018 on the recently concluded Emperor Penguins of Snow Hill Island expedition via icebreaker. I used the hand held (while seated) Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens (at 400mm) with my back-up Nikon D850. ISO 400. Matrix metering plus about 1 2/3 stops: 1/1000 sec. at f/10 in Manual mode. Auto 1 WB on a cloudy-bright morning Five AF points up from the center AF point/Single/Shutter button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was on the chick’s neck just in front of and well below the eye. I kept my rig on my shoulder via an RS-7 Curve Breathe Strap so that it was instantly accessible when I was working with the tripod-mounted 500 PF. Focus peaking AF Fine-tune: +5. See the Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide here. Image #1: Emperor Penguin chick resting on snow |
Nikon 80-400 AFS Nikkor f/4.5-5.6 G ED N VR Lens
BAA record-low Price!
Price Reduced $200.00 on 5 DEC 2019!
Price Reduced Another $100.00 on 15 JAN 2020!
Errol Bellon is offering a Nikon 80-400 AFS Nikkor f/4.5-5.6 G ED N VR lens in mint condition for a BAA record-low $1096.95 (was $1396.95). The sale includes a LensCoat, the rear lens cap, the soft lens case with strap, the front lens cap, a Kirk lens foot NC-80-400GN, the original product box, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.
Please contact Errol via e-mail.
As above and below, my Nikon 80-400 was my most-valuable lens on our bucket-list trip to an Emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica. The 80-400 pairs perfectly with the following Nikon VR lenses: the 500 PF, the 500 f/4, and the 600 f/4. Right after I sold mine back in February 2019 I had seller’s remorse. This lens sells new right now for $2,096.95; you can save $1000 by grabbing Errol’s lens now. artie
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This image was also created on October 26, 2018 on the recently concluded Emperor Penguins of Snow Hill Island expedition via icebreaker. Again I used the hand held (while seated) Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens (at 80mm) with my back-up Nikon D850. ISO 400. Matrix metering plus about 1 1/3 stops: 1/2000 sec. at f/8 in Manual mode on a cloudy-very-bright morning. K 7690 WB by accident from the previous sunset was corrected easily during the RAW conversion. One AF point below the center AF point/Single/Shutter button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was on the base of the chick’s bill right on the same plane as its eye. The high quality of sharp D850 image files allowed for a substantial crop. I kept my rig on my shoulder via an RS-7 Curve Breathe Strap so that it was instantly accessible when I was working with the tripod-mounted 500 PF. Focus peaking AF Fine-tune: +5. See the Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide here. Image #2: Emperor Penguin chick resting on snow |
I noticed a mistake in the pricing information for the Sony 400 GM.
The lens retails for $11,998 and savings would be $1,701.
Geoff, Thanks for pointing out my (totally innocent) mistakes.
with love, artie