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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    after complaining about getting close enough to some birds this sat about 10 feet away . Definately one of my favorite birds and most colourfull in UK?
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    much better day today without extender abd haze . As barred wobbler and I live fairly close to each other we tend to see same birds so apologies but somemore pipits
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    I have to disagree especially if you live in uk . it is much more difficult to get closer to birds here than say the states . Many of us are getting on in years and weight comes into the reckoning so the days of big teles have gone for a lot of us. Yes the r5 is expensive but for me to get...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    I was out yesterday with new firmware and with mixed results . Eye AF seemed to be better and stayed on but when I looked at shots afterwards a lot were what I would call hazy . I've put this down to haze, me etc and will try again tomorrow . I'm not convinced about the extender so will be...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Never been that close to a red kite Colin . since I moved to north northumberland I have only seen a couple at long range . They were re-introduced in Durham but they still aren't around here much . I could match your robin though 😁 Alan will tell me I'm totally wrong and there are plenty...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Out today with 1.5.1 and also using 1.4 extender . Not all useable but a couple here aren't too bad no hang ups or glitches so far and I'm waiting to see what promised af update will do .
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    I also had a good day at same lake with same setup as alan and having never been to this lake before was totally surprised by how close everything was .
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Thanks for the heads up Dave . I have never tried crop on the r5 before and thought it would be like my old full frames ie a greyed out area . Much better now. I thought I was old and senile and I've just proved it!
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    The viewfinder size is as Roy said 5088x 3392 so 17m. An interesting point dave brought up is eye af in crop mode . Will it actually be any different because the amount of pixels on the eye should be the same ? If the pixels are the same , the camera will have exactly the same information...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    I havr had the rf1.4x for some time now but being in lockdown and winter has meant I only gave it a quick test before .Took in out down the lane in preparation for march 29th as it was sunny and f10 is not really what I want on overcast North eastern days .Using it with the 100-500 and r5 ...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Does this help the 100-500 debate ? Only a sparrow;)
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Just to confirm Dave Williams view that this is a game changer .I've had mine a couple of months now so apart from a couple of lockups ( which i've had on other cameras so not too worried ) everything is looking good . Just received the rf 1.4x to go with the 100-500 so will give it a go as...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Progress Report I decided that this was my last chance saloon because of weight quality etc and it has everything I wanted -BUT . I was out yesterday trying to get a yellow browed warbler and as I've found in the past when using mirrorless ,the EVF sucks. It just cant keep up when I trying to...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    As far as i can find out its always 20 until you have less than 60-65% battery.
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    I gave in on uk and ordred grey from panamoz. only took 5 days and now registered on my cps. Not super ch eaper but I cant see many arriving here before xmas. On another note spare battery in uk £114 -usa $69 !!!!!
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    It's easier and nearly as cheap to buy the 800mm than the extender . Given how good the 100-500 is , I might be tempted. At my age I can't be waiting around for anything o:)
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    the problem isn't software - the extender goes so far into the lens that it has to be opened to 300 to get it to fit . It also means that you have to remove it after every session or run the risk of damaging either the lens or extender . I would love the extender but don't think I could be...
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    Small crop by my standards ;) Only received camera last night so no chance to play with ISO . Canon dont supply the right connector for me and in any case I much prefer using reader than connecting camera up .
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    So is the Canon R5 a bird photography body?

    First time out with R5 and 100-500 . only a sparrow but eye tracking worked very well and lens is very sharp . Coming from long line of nikon slrs so going to take time but really pleased . looks slighty smudged but only jpeg as I'm waiting for a card reader .
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