This is my primary setup for wildlife.
Canon 7Dmk2 and 500mm F4
How most people think I shoot.
How I actually shoot
Canon 7Dmk2 and 500mm F4
How most people think I shoot.
How I actually shoot
Any photographers? Let's see your gear.
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Not too much in terms gear but I've been using a Canon 70D and a 20D for bodies and my primary lenses are 100-400mm and a 18-135mm. for macro photos, I use a 10-18mm
one of the shots I got from this year's KOH
one of the shots I got from this year's KOH
Hmm I read gear and did not think hipster cameras. Still opened 
Hipsters wouldn't be caught dead with Canon or Nikon. It's Leica or film.
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I have a Nikon D300, I use a f/1.8 35mm lens most of the time. Also have the the 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses. I like how cameras plummet in value faster than cell phones, I don’t have any need for the latest and greatest.
This is my list of camera gear not including the portrait studio.
Canon Rebel S II, Canon XS, Canon T5i, Canon 7D Mk2
75-300mm F4-5.6(currently broken), 70-200 F4 L, 400mm F5.6 L, 500mm F4 L
Canon Rebel S II, Canon XS, Canon T5i, Canon 7D Mk2
75-300mm F4-5.6(currently broken), 70-200 F4 L, 400mm F5.6 L, 500mm F4 L
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I could use a new high MP camera. I'm poor these days and shoot with a Nikon D3400. I use the cheap 70-300mm but shoot a lot of sports. It is right on the edge of just being enough to shoot football, softball, baseball, volleyball and basketball. I do sports graphics for my girls' basketball team.
Another parent has a new mirrorless that is about the same MP but when I use his pics, it does such a good job of spreading the colors across transitions that my graphics suffer. I actually get better graphic pictures from my $500 setup than his $7K setup.
I'm taking pics just to get it done and have had several professionals give me creds. In sports, understanding the game and catching the action goes a long way vs, just pointing, shooting and then cropping. I'm so far from professionals but I do frame sports action pretty well.
Also, I take single exposures and don't do the multiple. The professionals are busy deleting pics from their cameras and saving the main one and missing action.
Another parent has a new mirrorless that is about the same MP but when I use his pics, it does such a good job of spreading the colors across transitions that my graphics suffer. I actually get better graphic pictures from my $500 setup than his $7K setup.
I'm taking pics just to get it done and have had several professionals give me creds. In sports, understanding the game and catching the action goes a long way vs, just pointing, shooting and then cropping. I'm so far from professionals but I do frame sports action pretty well.
Also, I take single exposures and don't do the multiple. The professionals are busy deleting pics from their cameras and saving the main one and missing action.
True that. I picked my 100-400mm used (and it was rebuilt prior to sale) for a really good price. I wouldn't mind upgrading the 20D to a newer body but it's still a great work horse that takes a beating.
Also, if you have an instagram account and want to share your pics, post up your tag. mine's acardena13
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5D mark IV
80D
It is more camera than I have skills to utilize, but I enjoy pretending I know what I’m doing.
I bought it with the “premium” kit lens, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM seen in the photo, and I use it more than any other lenses.
other lenses include:
50mm f/1.8 STM
35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM
70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
It is more camera than I have skills to utilize, but I enjoy pretending I know what I’m doing.
I bought it with the “premium” kit lens, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM seen in the photo, and I use it more than any other lenses.
other lenses include:
50mm f/1.8 STM
35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM
70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
I shoot a Canon 7D MK II with a 70-200IS F4.