Photography News Issue 34

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Review

Canon user: Danny Green

Having first picked up a camera over 25 years ago, Danny Green has always been interested in nature and the outdoors. He has won numerous awards for hiswork includingWildlife Photographer of theYear, Nature’s Best and the European Nature Photographer of the Year. In 2012 he was chosen as an ambassador for Canon to represent nature photography. What appeals to you most about Canon’s lenses? Most of my work is done in remote environments and I love shooting in adverse weather conditions. I shoot in some of the most challenging environments like in mountainous areas and the high Arctic so my kit has to be reliable and also be able to withstand what the elements can throw at it. Canon’s pro lenses certainly do this and can more than cope with what I put them through. I treat my equipment like tools and never wrap them up in cotton wool, they are designed to do a job and they do it. Which Canon lenses do you use? I have a variety of lenses in my kit bag, which are all designed to do a specific job. My larger lenses like my EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM and EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM prime lenses are mainly used for my close- up portraits and for capturing action. They are both super sharp and are so fast for autofocus. I also like to capture the landscape and the environment where my subjects live and so I have a number of lenses ranging from 14mm to 200mm. The one lens I always have in my bag is the versatile EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM. I also own an EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM lens, which I use for my close-up work. This is a great lens for photographing dragonflies and butterflies because you have a little bit more reach as it is a 180mm telephoto. Essential for nervous insects. If you could only use one lens what would it be? The one lens inmy bag that I couldn’t be without is my trusty EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM lens. I shoot with this lens 80% of the time. Most of the time I am either trying to capture action or shooting in very low light and this lens works so well for both situations. The low-light capability is outstanding and most subjects I tackle are active at dawn or dusk. It is considerably lighter than my older version and that makes a difference. Is there a specific lens you would like to see Canon introduce? Canon brought out the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens a couple of years ago. This lens is a very clever piece of engineering and one of the major attractions for me was the built-in 1.4x converter. I would love to see this feature added to some of the larger lenses like my 500mm. I sometimes miss images because I am attaching my converter and so to be able to do this by just a switch of a button would be great.

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Danny Green’s kitbag

1 EF 180mmf/3.5LMacroUSM 2 EF 14mmf/2.8L II USM 3 EF 300mmf/2.8L IS II USM

4 EF 500mmf/4L II USM 5 EF 70-200mmf/2.8L IS II USM 6 EF 24-70mmf/2.8L II USM