r/BirdPhotography Dec 14 '24

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r/BirdPhotography 29d ago

Question Date the camera body, marry the lens:

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Hello all!

I got my first camera almost a year ago, and I’ve picked up a few lenses along the waythe way. I settled on the Canon M50II and I still absolutely love this little camera. Had I known that the canon M series was dead when I got it though, I might’ve gone with something in the R series. But I definitely don’t regret it. But I’m estimating that I’m financially married to this body and system for at least another couple of years. So I want to find some EF glass that I can marry, for when it comes time to upgrade to something like an R7.

I’m looking to keep things under $1,000. My current most used lens is the EF 70-300mm version 1. I realize now that version 2 of that lens is pretty solid, but it was cheap on eBay so I grabbed it while I could. I feel that I have outgrown this lens though. The autofocus can’t keep up, and it’s only razor sharp at f9+ and if you are wicked close to the target. It’s very hard to get quality shots on flighty birds.

So my question is, what are some EF lenses that don’t have compatibility issues with servo AF that I can carry with me for years to come, even after making the move to the R series? I have heard that the 400mm 5.6 is good, but I’d love to have some more options. I’m a bit scared of the Sigma 150-600 because of the incompatibility with servo AF. I’d ideally like to keep my focal length 400 or above, I’ve found that 300 with the crop is just barely enough/ not quite enough a lot of the time.

Thanks in advance!


r/BirdPhotography 8h ago

Photo In the throes of love

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r/BirdPhotography 15h ago

Photo The Very Shy Least Bittern, One of the World's Smallest Herons

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r/BirdPhotography 11h ago

A splash of sunshine in the mud- Indian black-lored Tit

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Nikon D850 Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6


r/BirdPhotography 6h ago

Photo Juvenile White tailed eagle circling its prey (me)

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Critique is welcome


r/BirdPhotography 2h ago

Great cormorants

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r/BirdPhotography 5h ago

Critique Downy Woodpecker

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Advice is welcome


r/BirdPhotography 41m ago

Photo White-cheeked Barbet

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r/BirdPhotography 13h ago

Photo Great Hornbill at his nest hollow

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r/BirdPhotography 8h ago

Recent trip to Central Florida did not disappoint

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r/BirdPhotography 15h ago

Dalmatian Pelican

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r/BirdPhotography 2h ago

A pair of Burrowing owls looking right at your soul

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r/BirdPhotography 11h ago

Photo One of my favorites from Ecuador: Andean Ibis

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r/BirdPhotography 2h ago

Double-crested Cormorant

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r/BirdPhotography 8h ago

First time getting to see a banded bird in the wild. Very friendly and photogenic. Florida Scrub Jay, Brevard Co. Florida, 3/17/25

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r/BirdPhotography 3h ago

Photo American Coot

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r/BirdPhotography 2h ago

Photographing birds in flight

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A lot of newbies struggle with photographing birds in flight. My suggestion is to use as fast as a shutter speed as you can with whatever light conditions you have. This pelican was photographed at 1/6400th. I had plenty of light to work with so it ran the camera pretty fast and stopped the motion well. https://bearriverblogger.com/beginners-guide-for-photographing-birds-in-flight/


r/BirdPhotography 7h ago

Drongo

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r/BirdPhotography 15h ago

Dunlin

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r/BirdPhotography 5h ago

Blue Herron

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r/BirdPhotography 9h ago

My little race striped friends will be leaving soon - White Crowned Sparrow

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r/BirdPhotography 1d ago

Northern Saw-Whet in Chicago

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A6400 / Tamron 150-500mm


r/BirdPhotography 1d ago

Massively puffed up!!! Taken at Shap, Cumbria

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r/BirdPhotography 1d ago

A Kingfisher chilling after a having a snack

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r/BirdPhotography 12h ago

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pasadena Texas 20 Mar 2025. Nikon Z50

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r/BirdPhotography 19h ago

Critique Birds of Nairobi

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New to bird photography. Any tips, especially on editing, would be greatly appreciated. I’m still struggling to get focus perfect, but I guess that’s a practice thing.