EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Review WOW!

Drop????????

An amazing lens even with the FC. FoCal was again bang on for MFA. My 100-400 needs quite at but with the TC.

digital paradise wrote in post #18332948
An amazing lens even with the FC. FoCal was again bang on for MFA. My 100-400 needs quite at but with the TC.

Mine seems to back focus a hair with the 1.4x III, just now noticed, but then again too lazy to mess with it

markesc wrote in post #18333224
Mine seems to back focus a hair with the 1.4x III, just now noticed, but then again too lazy to mess with it

I'm not a big MFA fan because I believe Canon gear that has been correctly factory calibrated should need little but a TC can throw a zoom off which is my experience. Lens rentals says TC's are tuned for the big primes whic led me to the zoom conclusion but I don't know enough to back that. My 7D2, 100-400 II and TC needed +13 and my 5D4 needed +9.

digital paradise wrote in post #18332948
An amazing lens even with the FC. FoCal was again bang on for MFA. My 100-400 needs quite at but with the TC.

Looks good!

Archibald wrote in post #18333253
Looks good!

Thanks. You were so lucky to get all those exotic bird shots in Florida.

Well I decided today I'm giving up. I spent 4 months over the winter searching the my area in grids and found 1 owl. Last 2 days drove covering the eastern Manitoba and Western Ontario borders. Spent enough time, gas and money. Fascinated by owls and more exotic birds but I will take what I get even if it is just ducks and gulls. I have a local bird preserve 10 minutes from home and will focus on them and smaller birds. I will save it for travel and get whatever I can when on the road.

Or unless I find a pond to raid but that takes more patience than I have

digital paradise wrote in post #18333406
Well I decided today I'm giving up. I spent 4 months over the winter searching the my area in grids and found 1 owl. Last 2 days drove covering the eastern Manitoba and Western Ontario borders. Spent enough time, gas and money. Fascinated by owls and more exotic birds but I will take what I get even if it is just ducks and gulls. I have a local bird preserve 10 minutes from home and will focus on them and smaller birds. I will save it for travel and get whatever I can when on the road.

Drive a little further east late next fall and I'll get you on Snowies and Great Greys.

digital paradise wrote in post #18333406
Well I decided today I'm giving up. I spent 4 months over the winter searching the my area in grids and found 1 owl. Last 2 days drove covering the eastern Manitoba and Western Ontario borders. Spent enough time, gas and money. Fascinated by owls and more exotic birds but I will take what I get even if it is just ducks and gulls. I have a local bird preserve 10 minutes from home and will focus on them and smaller birds. I will save it for travel and get whatever I can when on the road.

Have you consulted ebird?

IanD wrote in post #18332780
Drop????????

https://en.m.wikipedia​.org/wiki/Drop_bear

smythie wrote in post #18333651
https://en.m.wikipedia​.org/wiki/Drop_bear

Sort of like our Guard Beavers.

Don't give up! Spring is just starting, and you'll get more activity. And you live in an area that is replete with wildlife... I live in the suburbs outside of Washington DC, an area that is about as soulless and paved-over as you can get outside of NYC, and I'm digging up new birds and wildlife on a regular basis. Pick a woody area (you mention a bird reserve near you, sounds perfect), and go to it every day. It takes a while to canvas an area enough to see who resides there, but it's worth it!