-= 7D2 owners unite! Discuss and post photos!

Great shot Peter, love those eyes!

Just spent the last week on the Isle of Skye

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Training and Testing by a local fire department.

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Apart from the walking my main reason for wanting to go to Skye is the opportunity to sea white tailed eagles in the wild. There are only 40 -50 pairs in the UK mainly on the west of Scotland after re-introduction in the 70s and 80s. After carrying my 150-600 up hill and down dale with narry a sighting, it turned out our best sighting happened just outside the hostel we were staying at! Lucky enough to see a pair trying to do their mating dance but being badgered by an obnoxious crow that just wouldn't give up.
I know they're not the best quality, all big crops but anyway......

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Thanks guy's They are still at the top of the list for me. Making the 7DII work.

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Cow Moose in the back forty

sidknee wrote in post #17998553
Apart from the walking my main reason for wanting to go to Skye is the opportunity to sea white tailed eagles in the wild. There are only 40 -50 pairs in the UK mainly on the west of Scotland after re-introduction in the 70s and 80s. After carrying my 150-600 up hill and down dale with narry a sighting, it turned out our best sighting happened just outside the hostel we were staying at! Lucky enough to see a pair trying to do their mating dance but being badgered by an obnoxious crow that just wouldn't give up.
I know they're not the best quality, all big crops but anyway......

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Looks to me that they should / could have easily kicked the crows butt with the size difference and deadliness of their talons?

Pondrader wrote in post #17998559
Thanks guy's They are still at the top of the list for me. Making the 7DII work.

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Jeff,
What is your satisfaction level with your 7dii versus the original one? Are they not performing the same?

After over a year with both the 7DII and the 100-400LII, The grass is only a little greener....... I like the reach of the 400mm but the 70-300L is a way better carry lens, it will do landscape and critter's much better in my area, the bush here is kinda close if you know what I mean. My 7D was a beast but I think I learned to tame it. and the images I get from it are still I think very good.

mmmm I'm really not sure where the smart money is. I really only share what I shoot so !!

7D-----------$1079.00....... new at henry's when I bought it
70-300L ----$1200.00....... Used on Kijiji
Total------$2279.00.....

7DII------------$2299........new at Henry's
100-400LII----$2399........new at henry's
Total----------$4698........plus tax 13%

Pondrader wrote in post #17998897
After over a year with both the 7DII and the 100-400LII, The grass is only a little greener....... I like the reach of the 400mm but the 70-300L is a way better carry lens, it will do landscape and critter's much better in my area, the bush here is kinda close if you know what I mean. My 7D was a beast but I think I learned to tame it. and the images I get from it are still I think very good.

mmmm I'm really not sure where the smart money is. I really only share what I shoot so !!

7D-----------$1079.00....... new at henry's when I bought it
70-300L ----$1200.00....... Used on Kijiji
Total------$2279.00.....

7DII------------$2299........new at Henry's
100-400LII----$2399........new at henry's
Total----------$4698........plus tax 13%

The prices surprise me. Assuming they are Canadian Dollars, the 100-400 is only $200 more CND than the price now in USD. The 7DII at $2299 CND vs $1499 USD (a year ago; we must have purchased them at about the same time) seems more like what I expected. If I can find the lens at $2400 CND, it might be worth crossing the border and a day trip to Toronto.

A couple of BIFS
Colin

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Ya the 7DII I pre ordered, it was in my hands Oct 31 2014, the 100-400LII I got Feb 2015. its $2599 at the moment at Henry's