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First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses

Started Jan 29, 2021 | Discussions thread
Hoka Hey
Hoka Hey Senior Member • Posts: 2,991
Re: First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses
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Alastair Norcross wrote:

Hoka Hey wrote:

It's like crack. Stop now before you are hooked.

I'd suggest you splurge and get the EF 100-400 ii with the 1.4 or 2x extender even though it's out of you budget. You're not going to be happy with less..

Best,

Thanks for the suggestion, but as you say, that’s out of my budget (way out). The most I’ve ever spent on a lens was around $2100, for my 70-200 F2.8L IS II, and that lens has seen a lot of use, for many different types of subject. I’ve taken over 20,000 shots of runners with it, and many thousands more of conference participants. It’s a real workhorse. I simply can’t justify spending even more than that on a lens I’d use a fraction of the time. Also, one of the attractions, for me, of the Tamron or Sigma versions is the weight saving over my 70-200 + 2X combo. The Canon 100-400 is not much lighter.

Since that’s outside of your budget, try the RF 800. It’s a lot of bang for the buck! There is a thread that Fred Lord started that was something like Getting My Rf 800 Tomorrow. It has a ton of info on that lens along with images. It won’t leverage your M6ii, but it will satisfy your desire for bird photography as long as you have good light. You can rent it very cheaply from Lensrentals.com if you use the discount codes they are constantly sending out.

Best,

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