Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM

As I expected. This next month is going to expensive!

Rob, the 600mm IS II is pretty fly.

Great shoots, dioladetus!!!

dioladetus wrote in post #15872453

Beautifull.

Gekko18

Beautiful is an understatement !

dioladetus, the lighting on your images is absolutely perfect, is this all natural light, or with some fill flash?
The last set of eagles is stunning!

Thanks guys!
zman: All natural light, I do not think fill flash gives good natural images (I think it would be quite a job to set up lights out there in the wild...)
Heres a few shots of golden eagle mating

^^Honey, please stop, I think a magpie is watching us !

haha

dioladetus wrote in post #15875720
zman: All natural light, I do not think fill flash gives good natural images (I think it would be quite a job to set up lights out there in the wild...)

...especially with a moving subject , but that's not what I meant, some photographers use a Better Beamer (flash extender)...
Another beautiful set of eagles!

oh, sorry I misunderstood you
I have never had good luck with the better beamer either..

...another eagle

dioladetus wrote in post #15869251
Hi Rob,
I think the 1Dx does a much better job. The 5D3 is great, the 1Dx is better
The bigger battery capacity helps speed up the AF a good bit.
The tracking capabilities of the 1Dx is much better, the shutter lag and fps is of course much better, that is also very important for birding I think. I like the controls and sturdy feel of the 1Dx better also, there is just something about the big houses.

Well its down to spending $. While the 600mm II is going to happen, I have one more question abou the 5D3 and 1Dx. I am curious to see if the AF advantages have been slightly negated with the just released 5D3 firmware update.

These pictures are incredible. Wow. What a lens in the right hands.

How about some pics of people?

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