What kind of camera by Canon is best for bird photos
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
10-10-2015 10:31 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
10-11-2015 01:15 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
10-13-2015 03:35 PM
For birds-in-flight, a camera with a fast continuous burst speed and a good buffer size will help.
A 70D would be an upgrade... a 7D II would be an even better upgrade (much better focus system, faster burst speed, etc.)
The other consideration is the lens. While it's nice to have a 600mm lens to capture shots, the angle of view through a 600mm lens is very narrow. So if the bird goes out of frame (and it will) you'll have a hard time re-acquiring your target. So it's NICE to have a zoom that lets you drop the focal length to an angle of view that isn't so tight... find and re-center your subject, and then zoom back in to focus and shoot.
There are a couple of 150-600mm lenses on the market (by Tamron and Sigma -- neither of which I have any experience using so I wont bother to comment or recommend a particular lens.) Canon makes the 100-400mm lenses but in longer focal lengths the zooms tend to get very expensive (the 200-400mm with builting 1.4x extender is the longest "zoom" they make and the rest of the super-telephoto lenses are primes.) The Tamron and Sigma 150-600mm lenses seem to be popular among the birding photography crowd.
5D III, 5D IV, 60Da
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-09-2015 09:54 AM
A 70D is not going to have a great deal better sensor than the T5 has. It does have better AF no doubt.
If it was I, I would buy a lens like the Tamron 150-600mm super tele first. Learn to use it and later get the 70D. If you truly love this hobby maybe consider the 7D Mk II. It is a absolutely fantastic camera upgrade over the 70D and vastly better than the T5.
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
11-09-2015 09:58 AM
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.
- « Previous
-
- 1
- 2
- Next »