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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Daniel Ho" data-source="post: 1724570" data-attributes="member: 70212">Hi Guys. I am in Cabo San Lucas now. The tip of Baja California. Traveling really light, just my MK4, 16-35mm II, 70-200mm L IS, 400 DO, extenders and tubes. I want to see if the MK4 can do double duty for me as a travel camera as well. Going on a zodiac in about an hour to photograph whales in the Sea of Cortez.I posted 3 sets of photos (2 with the MK4 and 1 with the 7D, click on them to enlarge). Can't really say one is better or worse than the other. They represented my best effort on that particular day with the particular equipment. I knew the first MK4 set was challenging, weather was awful and the birds were far away. I purposely chose the 400DO with 2X extender to 'push the envelope' on the MK4 to see how well it performs with the 'new' AI Servo and higher ISO. I rarely shoot RAW with wildlife. Don't always want to rely on the 'safety net' of RAW to save me. When I take bad photo, it's usually my own error and I learn from it. Shooting JPEG forces me to think on my feet and I become a 'better' photographer that way. Also rearely use the tripod with wildlife as well. Almost all my wildlife shots are handheld. I like to keep up with their movement and tripod is too cumbersome for me. The bird photography will start for me in a few days when I head back into the mainland and down south.</blockquote>