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Autofocus most likely limitations, my camera or lens? (Or me!)

Started Jul 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
Old Greenlander Veteran Member • Posts: 4,402
Re: Autofocus most likely limitations, my camera or lens? (Or me!)

Ad12 wrote:

I’ve been shooting BiF, namely puffins. They are small and shoot about like little bullets. My T7i and Tamron 100-400 struggle, i feel i follow them and say get an AF point on a wing or something with a decent DoF, but seems to miss focus most times. I appreciate this could be my technique, but i was wondering from a technology side, which would be the limitation in my setup?

Body or lens? Or both? I have a t7i and Tamron 100-400. Would using a Canon 100-400 L II autofocus better? Or do i need a 7dii or 1dx? Or both? My camera has no way to alter any AF settings in terms of sensitivity and things like the 80d allows.

Both pieces of technology mentioned above are entry level for BIF especially for fast targets

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