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Capturing Wildlife with a 60D

Started May 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
inevitablyissie
OP inevitablyissie Junior Member • Posts: 48
Re: Capturing Wildlife with a 60D

Mark B. wrote:

There will be no AF. Manual focusing will be very difficult, the effective aperture at the long end will be f/11. There will also be a very noticeable effect on the IQ.

Bare min if you want to isolate wildlife is 400mm. Maybe look at picking up a used Canon 100-400 f/4-5.6 L - there should be plenty of first versions on the market with the II version selling well. Even the original will be much better than the 55-250 with an extender.

Mark

Thank you for your input, I have heard some raving reviews about the 100-400, in some cases people have said the Mark 2 is miles better but it's out of my price range.

Has the Mark 1 been discontinued by Canon?

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