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Trying the 40D at Candaba BIFs

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The migrants have started to arrive in our islands, so I visited Candaba wetlands yesterday to compare the 40D's AI servo prowess vs my 1DM2.
I shot hundreds of photos of birds in flights (BIFs) with the 40D and 1DM2 alternately mounted on the 100-400 IS and the 500 f4 + 1.4x. In my subjective experience,
the 40D's AF at BIFs is closer to that of my 20D than to my 1DM2. The 40D has a hard time tracking a fast BIF when the BG is busy, but has no problem
when the BG is featureless like the sky. So, my 1DM2 gets a reprieve and stays on as my default flight DSLR. The 40D gets relegated to static birds.... :)
Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

Whiskered Tern Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. [40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Whiskered Tern

Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus

Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

[40D + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

 Black-winged Stilt Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields [1DM2 + 100-400 L IS, hand held]
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Black-winged Stilt

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields

[1DM2 + 100-400 L IS, hand held]

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edwina beaumont12-Sep-2007 15:42
interesting comments on the latest canon. I wish all flying birds would do so against a clear blue sky
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