Bird photography with Canon 1D Mk II

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.

Common grackle American Robin

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Howl’s Moving Castle 1/24 Film Cube

As part of the Ghibli Studio’s Howl’s Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城) R2 DVD you get a special 1/24 second film that was used in the theaters encased in an clear acrylic cube. Which frame of film you get is completely random so when I received my DVD from Amazon.co.jp, I eagerly opened the box containing the film cube before anything else. With my luck I got the following frame with Calcifer making a funny face.

Howl's moving castle film cube

Howl's moving castle film cube

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Evangelion Souryuu Asuka Langley plug suit

Alter 1/5 Souryuu Asuka Langley Plug Suit (アルター 1/5 惣流 アスカ ラングレ). Original sculptor 山本苦力猿(D-SPEC). Release on January 2006 with a MSRP of ¥6,800.

CRW_9393

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Fate/stay night Saber & Rin

A pair of Fate/stay night figure Saber and Rin arrived together. They are both made by Clayz and release on the same date.

Clayz 1/6 Tohsaka Rin (クレイズ 1/6 遠坂 凛). Original sculptor 宮川武 (T’s System). Released on July 2005 with a MSRP of ¥6,720.

Tohsaka Rin Tohsaka Rin

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Ah! My Goddess Belldandy in bikini

Max Factory 1/7 Belldandy In Bikini (Max Factory 1/7 ベルダンディー水着ビキニバージョン). Original sculptor 智恵理. Released on August 2004 with an MSRP of ¥7,000.

Belldandy Belldandy

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