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Like you, I got really frustrated shooting wildlife on inadequate lenses. To shoot garden birds I had to set things up remotely in the garden and wait for them to lane on the perch, or shoot through the lounge window
Now my wildlife set up is a 7D, Canon 300 f4 IS and a 1.4 EX, which delivers a focal length of 420mm @ f5.6 and is still quite sharp. This Avocet came quite close:
Avo_01 by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
This Kingfisher was quite some distance away, so this is a fairly big crop:
Kingfisher_01 by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
The lens was about £850 used, and I bought the 1.4 EX for about £90 (I think) so a reasonable set up for less than a grand. I've had the 7D for about 3 years.
I still need to work on my long lens technique, but persevere, you'll get there in the end.
Now my wildlife set up is a 7D, Canon 300 f4 IS and a 1.4 EX, which delivers a focal length of 420mm @ f5.6 and is still quite sharp. This Avocet came quite close:
Avo_01 by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
This Kingfisher was quite some distance away, so this is a fairly big crop:
Kingfisher_01 by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
The lens was about £850 used, and I bought the 1.4 EX for about £90 (I think) so a reasonable set up for less than a grand. I've had the 7D for about 3 years.
I still need to work on my long lens technique, but persevere, you'll get there in the end.