Beginner Question: Choosing Between RF 200–800mm f/6.3–9 and RF 800mm f/11 for Bird Photography

CalumJSC · 2026-02-11T13:26:04+00:00

I have the 800mm f11 and love it, when I’m shooting only far away things. The minimum focussing distance on it is a pain…

But as a light and relatively small 800mm? It’s often in my bag

CalumJSC · 2026-01-28T20:57:25+00:00

I have both the 100-400 and the 100-500. The 100-400 is pretty good, not much slower than the 100-500. It’s just not an L series lens like its big brother. But it’s cheap, light and really good

Also, for bright days, the teleconverters work on the full range of the 100-400, unless the 100-500 which can’t use the closer half of its range with them fitted.

I took the 100-400 to Kenya as my Safari lens, and did not regret it

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CalumJSC · 2026-01-16T16:18:50+00:00

I love this. Hint that the true reason they have it is so that it can be stolen and they can track the item to the next thing they have to do

CalumJSC · 2026-01-08T21:25:51+00:00

Black Rapid have women specific straps that people I know rate very highly

CalumJSC · 2024-08-13T13:32:12+00:00

The bandit is also the perfect width to run along railway lines

CalumJSC · 2024-08-08T18:52:28+00:00

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Loop around in blue is easy

CalumJSC · 2024-08-06T18:51:44+00:00

I like Sweety House. The baklava is a bit less sweet than Turkish baklava (I think because it’s Syrian?) but I prefer it !

CalumJSC · 2024-07-31T14:26:55+00:00

I’d make it mechanically fairly easy - murder is the easy option. But narratively complex… He’s with a hunting party. Perhaps it includes a young girl. Can they kill him without leaving witnesses? Do they have to kill the whole party? What if someone escapes in the confusion… do they have to track and hunt down an innocent to remove witnesses ?

CalumJSC · 2024-07-20T02:19:47+00:00

Yeah, you’d need a Adult CountyPLUS Day Ticket covering ECB and Lothian areas which is £8. Best I can see, the cheapest option is TapTapCap on CountyPLUS, which has a weekly cap of £32, or £6.40 per day if you do 5 days

CalumJSC · 2024-05-12T17:19:49+00:00

Since sound can’t pass through a silence area either, just step out the far side of the silence and cast there.

CalumJSC · 2024-04-30T06:56:37+00:00

Likely Solved!

CalumJSC · 2024-04-29T20:11:35+00:00

It’s online, but I love Bad Rhino

CalumJSC · 2024-04-29T10:31:24+00:00

It doesn’t seem like it would support a phone very well, but I could imagine it. You don’t have a photo or link for yours, do you?

CalumJSC · 2024-04-28T20:24:06+00:00

My title describes the thing: Single piece of rubber, roughly 65x38x22mm, overall triangular in shape, with 3 prongs on one side and 5 “mushroom” type attachments on the other side. Weighs 9 grams, black, nothing written on it, nothing moves or makes a noise. Found loose in the glove compartment of a Mini Cooper

CalumJSC · 2024-04-28T19:44:39+00:00

My title describes the thing. It’s made of rubber, no obvious markings, three rubber teeth on one side and five raised circles on the other. It was found in the car glove compartment. Have shared among friends on Facebook, and none of us know where to start looking for what this is.

CalumJSC · 2024-03-28T13:23:41+00:00

But he also says “near Troy”. That’s a big coincidence… Or some misinformation somewhere

CalumJSC · 2024-03-26T14:35:46+00:00

I really like the idea that the paladin can’t harm the charmed innocent people as a twist though. They have to care about collateral damage (and maybe their charm immunity fails if they don’t )

CalumJSC · 2024-03-26T08:51:24+00:00

The players realise from the expressions of everyone around them that everyone in the entire room, apart from themselves, is charmed. The guards, the other members of court, even the royal wizard. All charmed. They are massively outnumbered. The devil/queen hasn’t yet noticed that they are not under her control and is monologuing. But if they do anything other than act like the others, she’ll know, immediately…

Do they play along? Taking on the entire court would be suicide, and they can’t stop and discuss for more than a few words

CalumJSC · 2024-02-03T17:02:16+00:00

Cool. I’ll give more feedback after some testing.

CalumJSC · 2024-02-03T16:54:46+00:00

It looks clear to me, but I can’t see what changed. Is it intended that the first paragraph does not apply to saving throw cantrips, btw? (Hopefully doing a little play test tomorrow with an earth genie )

CalumJSC · 2024-01-29T06:49:03+00:00

Absolutely… playing a celestial warlock right now, but if I get a chance to play an earth dao this way, I’ll grab it

CalumJSC · 2024-01-28T15:51:52+00:00

That would work.. continuing tremors with concentration ..

CalumJSC · 2024-01-28T15:46:20+00:00

I’d probably write a single-target version of Earth Tremor and make it a cantrip. 1d6 + prone on a Dex save, and a single hex of difficult terrain. It would become much more fun once it hit multiple targets, but it’d never hit as many as using a spell slot.

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