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I have a genuine canon one, a Calumet branded one and an unbranded one. The genuine and Calumet units are fine, but the other battery only lasts approx half the duration of the other two. The genuine unit is in excess £100. The Calumet battey is in the region of £50. The unbranded unit...

Four more from my Africa travels Cinnamon breasted bee eater 1 cinnamon breasted bee eater by davol-vidad, on Flickr Golden crested weaver 2 golden crested weaver by davol-vidad, on Flickr Purple grenadier 4 purple grenadier by davol-vidad, on Flickr Hildebrandt starling 3...

_ Cormorant drying its wings 188 cormorant 3 by davol-vidad, on Flickr Heavy crop of African Fish Eagle 156 fish eagle 2 by davol-vidad, on Flickr Davol

That has cleaned it up very nicely, Davol

I like the second one better but would be inclined to clone out the second and third reflections. Davol

The point made regarding where the OP is going on safari is very valid. I have been to both the Kruger and the Masi Mara and they are very different. In the Kruger the vehicles are restricted to the roads so the majority of shots require the longest lens you can comfortable handle. The Masi...

Cuddy and Dai, thanks for the comments. Davol

Just a few more from my travels on the wing by davol-vidad, on Flickr egret by davol-vidad, on Flickr landing by davol-vidad, on Flickr fulmar by davol-vidad, on Flickr Davol

1. lilac breasted roller 104 lilac breasted roller by davol-vidad, on Flickr 2. Cormorant 172 cormorant by davol-vidad, on Flickr Davol

Thanks Mark Davol

I hope There is a picture of a bird here(down loaded via Flicr) Please could any one identify it for me The photo was taken in Kenya Many thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/davol6/6231417378/ Davol

My answer is. Two sets of custom functions (Canon 1D mkIV) one for walk around/general the other for sports/wildlife (moving subjects) Davol

I like the idea if the costs can be kept down, but as the flexibilty increases so does the cost. If you are planning to capture moving objects then your trigger delay times must be more accurate (in the order of mSec) than the ranges given by your simple switch steps. You might pick...

What has this to do with this thread? Davol

If you search the nature and birding forums there are lots of people who give details of the custom settings that they use, some with explanations of why they use those settings. Davol