7D Mark II with EF 400mm 5.6/L image issues

[ilikebirds56]

Please forgive me if this issue has already been addressed.  In using the search tool, I didn't see this particular problem addressed, but I might have missed it.

For the past 6 months, I've been using a 6D combined with an EF 400mm 5.6/L for shooting birds in flight.  Wanting more reach and a higher burst rate, I bought a 7D Mark II this week and paired it with my existing 400mm lens.  I set the camera to 1/2000, f/5.6 and ISO auto (limited to 800).  I selected Case 3 in the AF section (tweaking the parameters a bit) and the center AF point with 4 surrounding points.  I've taken about 200 images in decent light and have yet to get an acceptable image - they're noisy and extremely soft.

I'm new at this; so, my bag of troubleshooting tools is pretty slim.

I would appreciate any help.

A good weekend to all...

[ebiggs1]

"Thanks for the kind compliment ..."

The compliment is well deserved.  You no longer need us!    Keep it up and shoot a lot.

[ilikebirds56]

Thanks so much.  Having contributors like youself is a great asset to the community of shutterbugs.

All the best.

Mark

[BSchmitz]

There's a professional photographer named Grant Atkinson who has a series of youtube videos (5 of them) about the 7d II which I found invaluable when first setting up my 7D II. I don't have a link handy but if you google his name and 7d II you should be able to find them.