"One first photo of a new bird, especially unexpected, makes our day!" - absolutely!
I would add also "...and several days after".
Until the other new appears
(well, this can take a while 
)!
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I would add also "...and several days after".
Until the other new appears
(well, this can take a while )!
Eastern Rosella
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: 75-300mm f/4-5.6
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: 75-300mm f/4-5.6
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It's very difficult to find birds here, apart from tree sparrows. All we saw yesterday were two adult and two fledging Little Grebes and a solitary Common Tern in the best park in central Hohhot. R7/RF100-400mm - glad I wasn't carting the R5/RF200-800mm, the lightweight pair is perfect for this sort of travel, mainly sight seeing,
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
Off Topic (but please read to the end):
My R5MkII order was placed on the morning of its official announcement; August 20 is the promised shipping date. I've purchased an EF lens adapter, the requisite CF card, as well as 15-30 and 200-800 RF lenses (the latter remains back-ordered).
A goal is to buy RF lenses that I will actually use (unlike, say, the EF 70-200 f4 IS lens, which seldom gets attached to any camera I own).
For a 'travel' walk-around lens I'm strongly considering the RF 24-240 lens; I think it would be good enough for what I want it to do.
But I'm currently on vacation (holiday to the Euros reading this!), and am having quite a bit of fun using an M6MkII mated to the EF-M 18-150 (eq 29-240).
There's a Pacific Coast sunset here [EDIT: and here] using this combination...
...and the same combination was used for this crow.
The M6MkII is reasonably powerful and oh-so-easy to travel with (small volume and mass) and, for my needs, supplies results that are 'good enough'.
I am sort of envious of those who post here on CR who, even on holiday, seem to travel with their best gear; images they post here prove that their efforts are worthwhile.
But traveling light is of tremendous import to me (and my wife
)...and I wonder about walking around 'town' with the R5MkII/24-240 vs the M6MkII/18-150 (eq 29-240) package that generated the images above.
In fact, to many security-types at some venues, the M6MkII/18-150 combo doesn't even look like a real camera (which is a good thing!).
It's all fun...
My R5MkII order was placed on the morning of its official announcement; August 20 is the promised shipping date. I've purchased an EF lens adapter, the requisite CF card, as well as 15-30 and 200-800 RF lenses (the latter remains back-ordered).
A goal is to buy RF lenses that I will actually use (unlike, say, the EF 70-200 f4 IS lens, which seldom gets attached to any camera I own).
For a 'travel' walk-around lens I'm strongly considering the RF 24-240 lens; I think it would be good enough for what I want it to do.
But I'm currently on vacation (holiday to the Euros reading this!), and am having quite a bit of fun using an M6MkII mated to the EF-M 18-150 (eq 29-240).
There's a Pacific Coast sunset here [EDIT: and here] using this combination...
...and the same combination was used for this crow.
The M6MkII is reasonably powerful and oh-so-easy to travel with (small volume and mass) and, for my needs, supplies results that are 'good enough'.
I am sort of envious of those who post here on CR who, even on holiday, seem to travel with their best gear; images they post here prove that their efforts are worthwhile.
But traveling light is of tremendous import to me (and my wife
)...and I wonder about walking around 'town' with the R5MkII/24-240 vs the M6MkII/18-150 (eq 29-240) package that generated the images above.In fact, to many security-types at some venues, the M6MkII/18-150 combo doesn't even look like a real camera (which is a good thing!).
It's all fun...
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I'm travelling in China and Inner Mongolia with the R7 and RF 100-400mm and RF 18-150. Light and powerful. The R5 is left at home.Off Topic (but please read to the end):
My R5MkII order was placed on the morning of its official announcement; August 20 is the promised shipping date. I've purchased an EF lens adapter, the requisite CF card, as well as 15-30 and 200-800 RF lenses (the latter remains back-ordered).
A goal is to buy RF lenses that I will actually use (unlike, say, the EF 70-200 f4 IS lens, which seldom gets attached to any camera I own).
For a 'travel' walk-around lens I'm strongly considering the RF 24-240 lens; I think it would be good enough for what I want it to do.
But I'm currently on vacation (holiday to the Euros reading this!), and am having quite a bit of fun using an M6MkII mated to the EF-M 18-150 (eq 29-240).
There's a Pacific Coast sunset hereusing this combination...
...and the same combination was used for this crow.
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The M6MkII is reasonably powerful and oh-so-easy to travel with (small volume and mass) and, for my needs, supplies results that are 'good enough'.
I am sort of envious of those who post here on CR who, even on holiday, seem to travel with their best gear; images they post here prove that their efforts are worthwhile.
But traveling light is of tremendous import to me (and my wife
In fact, to many security-types at some venues, the M6MkII/18-150 combo doesn't even look like a real camera (which is a good thing!).
It's all fun...
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