The Gangs All Here

[RayboyUSMC]

A busy morning for the Painted Buntings. The most males I have seen at one time. A different camera. Canon 90D with the 1998 100-400 push pull IS L lens. I need to work on that aperture setting I believe for better focus on all subjects? Has anyone used the older push pull Canon lens compared to the newer 2014 twist zoom. Worth the upgrade? Still a Newbie.

 

[jeffashman]

Nice images! I have the 90D and really like it. I have a Tamron 18-400mm AF and a Sigma 150-600mm AF that I use for birding, but age is starting to make it harder to hold the Sigma steady.

 

[RayboyUSMC]

I have the Sigma also, but only use it on a tripod. So far the best lens is the Nikon 80-400 newer model on a D780. I am working my way down to the Canon with maybe the newer lens and the Nikon with the 80-400. The 90D is so much better than the 80D I had. I have an Olympus M1X that I like but the lens has a very limited view and I often miss the shots. All in the process of learning. They have come a very long way from my first Brownie Hawkeye. I still have some old black and white film shots from that camera.

 

[jeffashman]

I have the Sigma also, but only use it on a tripod. So far the best lens is the Nikon 80-400 newer model on a D780. I am working my way down to the Canon with maybe the newer lens and the Nikon with the 80-400. The 90D is so much better than the 80D I had. I have an Olympus M1X that I like but the lens has a very limited view and I often miss the shots. All in the process of learning. They have come a very long way from my first Brownie Hawkeye. I still have some old black and white film shots from that camera.

For birding, especially when out an about, a tripod makes it very difficult to catch a bird in flight. That said, the majority of my BIF images are with the Tamron. The other advantage of the Tamron is that you can zoom to 400mm at 10 inches from the subject, and it becomes a pseudo macro lens.

This was taken using the 90D with the Tamron 18-400 at 400mm
aug18202202 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

And this one on the 90D with the Sigma 150-600mm
dec03202201 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

90D and Tamron
sep02202101 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Pseudo-macro on the 90D with the Tamron
dec01202101 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[RayboyUSMC]

I will have to check that out. Thanks