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    So apparently the town I live in bans bird feeding...

    I have sympathy with the letter. I was eating my lunch a few weeks back in a park local to where I was working. My colleague threw a morsel to one of the feral pigeons hanging around. Next thing we were surrounded literally being mobbed. One even hovered right in my friends face trying to get at...
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    digigood

    I've dealt with them a few times. I had a problem with a camera and their aftersales service was superb. A 10/10 company :)
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    DIY on-camera focus micro-adjustment or calibration at Canon Service Centre

    Micro adjust is the best option for the reasons you have already stated - cost. You can fine tune all your kit for free. You do require MA on teleconverters too so again, at no cost to yourself. Canon will tune a lens if it falls outside its tolerances, as they will your camera. If you send them...
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    Anyone hearing Tawny Owls calling?

    I've been listening to Tawnies calling for the last few months. I nod off to sleep listening to them - lovely.....
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    Minox German BL 8x42s?

    Welcome to BF, I have had the BL 8x42 for a few years. They're not a popular model for some reason, I don't know why as they're a good quality product. I bought mine after a review in a British magazine where they were compared to models twice the price and came out recommended. Minox had...
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    Which "standard" lens for 7D?

    As you have been already told the 100-400 will not AF with the 7d. I wouldn't waste money on one, as manual focusing is tricky. You may find MF ok though, each to his own. The Canon 17-55 is a high quality optic, many believe L equivalent glass in and EFS body. If you're not set on buying...
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    Canon 7D lots of noise?

    I would advise shooting native ISO only. The 7d requires you to nail the exposure or it will punish you with noise. If you dont use native ISO's, then the camera over/under exposes to get the exposure right. If the camera decides to under expose, then look out for the noise.......... When I...
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    60D or 7D?

    Its well documented that the 7d requires a higher shutter speed than other crop cameras due to its high pixel count. Many new 7d owners shooting at 1/640 are dissapointed with their sharpness levels until they increase the shutter speed on all of their shots.
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    Your opinions on image quality question

    It looks like the camera missed focus and picked out the wing/sky as its contrast point. If you zoom into the wing is the picture IQ any better ??
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    camera

    Hi, I know nothing about film cameras but, as you're posting here aree to assume you want to photograph birds? If so, normally the keeper rate in bird photography isn't the greatest, so a film camera would be a disadvantage. I normally throw away a large percentage of bird shots when they're...
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    Lens for Bird photography

    A good suggestion here. I picked mine up for a very reasonable price used. Its heavy compared to my 100-400 but a monopod takes care of that. It has to be the best value for money tele out there, I can't think of better..........
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    Pics for critique

    Both really cracking pics Steve, well captured !! I like the excessive stump on the second pic, I feel its texture adds to the shot.
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    My First Bird Photos

    Hi. The first thing about the pics is that they are a bit soft. This is down to your shutter speed being too slow. You need to double the ISO to 800 or more, to get the shutter speed up to 1/1000sec at least, for bird photography. What lens are you using. Long lens, 400mm, require a bit of...
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    What type of lense

    Each lens has a "minimum focus distance" Its called the "mfd" If I understand you correctly then, in all your shots today, your camera couldn't focus because the lens mfd was too long for the shot you wanted to take. It sounds like you were trying to take extreme close ups. That is called a...
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    Any point shooting RAW with superzoom?

    RAW give you the opportunity to recover a shot that may otherwise be binned. The files also will fill the cameras buffer quicker ( important if your camera has low frames per second count ) and leave you with your camera out of action, fill your cameras card quicker ( not too much of a deal...
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    EV vs Post editing

    Tough is an understatement even on my 7d, thats why all my birdie pics are perched on a post :-O I'll give a few different methods a go next time I go for fliers..... Thanks
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    What was your best bird today!

    A summer plumage Black Necked Grebe for me. I found him last Saturday and he was still around today.....
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    EV vs Post editing

    I always use spot metering for my bird shots. It doesn't make any difference with a bird thats backlit ( against the sky ) you still need to use +EV Ian
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    Potential Upgrade

    Mine cost me 160 just over a year ago for a check and callibration. I thought it was a bit expensive at the time but the leap in IQ was worth it. Whats the point of L glass unless its sharp ??? Mine was done through 'Walters' a local chain of shops here in South Wales. Here's a crop from last...
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    Potential Upgrade

    Hi Richard. I had a look at your Flickr this morning, and noticed your aperture for all your shots, is 5.6. If you step it down to F8.0 you may see an increase in the quality of your pictures. Lens like ours, and I include my 100-400 in this are never at their sharpest wide open. Thats the point...
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    Potential Upgrade

    Hi Richard, One thing the 7d requires for great images is great glass in front of it. It's 18 mpx will murder any optics that aren't first class, so to keep your Tokina, which isn't known for high IQ you would be wasting your money. Better glass before better body every time. If you can do both...
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    Gull ID South Wales UK

    Thanks for taking the time to confirm that for me Lou, much appreciated, All the best, Ian
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    Gull ID South Wales UK

    Can anyone please enlighten me over this gull. I think its a 2nd year Lesser Black Backed but the black eye is throwing me. Thanks, Ian
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    Do i upgrade or am i a bad workman blaming my tools?

    I have had a quick go at your Chaffinch shot. I re cropped it again, I used Lightroom 3 to open the pic, in which I adjusted the levels and upped the exposure slightly. I then opened it in Elements 7 and used unsharp mask to sharpen it, and I then blurred the background. The Great Tit has been...
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    Do i upgrade or am i a bad workman blaming my tools?

    Hi Tog, I'm glad to see your pictures are a huge improvement from Februarys shots you posted..... Don't be too hard on yourself, bird photography is one of the most difficult to master, you're definately getting there. A simple way to improve some of them is cropping them correctly. The male...
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