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BIF with M6 Mark II lenses choice (on a budget)

Started Jul 6, 2021 | Questions thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: BIF with M6 Mark II lenses choice (on a budget)
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I don't have a lot of experience with BIF, but I have spent some time with my M6ii experimenting with it, with good results. I found that the camera does a pretty good job tracking, the best of course with an empty sky behind! The 14 fps shooting mode is fantastic for this.

I've only used the Canon EF-S 55-250 IS STM. It has had enough reach for me since I have so far tried mostly coastal birds in Florida, and I can get relatively close to them. I also have a 1.5x teleconverter that will work with this lens, this gets me to about 350mm at a darker than preferred, but still usable, f8.

The lenses you already have should allow you to do some practicing, to become familiar with doing this with the M6ii, I'd suggest going in the field and doing some shooting before deciding what lens you might want to purchase next.

You'll be likely shooting at higher ISOs that your preferred 'fast' lens choices, but processing those photos might be a good experience for you to see 'how much faster' and/or longer a lens you would prefer.

There are many threads about BIF photography, technique, and Canon lens choices. Some are in this forum, and there are quite a few in the 'Canon EOS 7D / 10D - 90D Talk' forum as well, I'd suggest searching for BIF and reading through some of those threads.

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +21 more
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