Bird photography with Canon 1D Mk II

phoenix — Fri, 12 May 2006 02:38:06 +0000

I borrow my friend’s Canon 1D Mk II for a while and trying out shooting bird with this camera. Gave Scarborough Bluffs a try to see if I can test the camera out. The auto focus is really good but being 1D has a 1.3 crop factor while my 10D has a 1.6 crop factor, I found I lose significant focal length, so much so that I started to use the 1.4x extender on my Sigma 100-300 all the time. But the problem with the 1.4x extender is that is slows down auto focus by a lot and it degrades picture quality. So in the end I think Canon 1D is not really for me. I would rather have a really good APS-C factored DSLR than a 1.3x crop factored camera.

Now here’s the result. First up a few common birds.

To the left Common Grackle and to the right American Robin.

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Rouge Beach Park landscape

phoenix — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:58:41 +0000

Took a stroll in the Rouge Beach park and shot these photos.

A shot of Rouge marsh. The sky is a nice blue with a lot of clouds.

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Bird photography with Canon 1D Mk II

Rouge Beach Park landscape