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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HermitIbis" data-source="post: 3422687" data-attributes="member: 128291">In another thread I had posted about a "comparison shooting" when my Canon 450D at a focal length of 700mm <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=318021&page=2&post=#30" target="_blank">took decent BIF photos, </a>much superior to what I got with a SX50 at 1200mm. In most cases an equivalent of 600 or 700mm would be enough for BIF. That said, I am pretty satisfied with the V2/ CX70-300's ability, it delivers reliably at 810mm. A detailed article by Fredrik Glockner titled <a href="http://nikon1user.blogspot.de/2015/12/nikon-300mm-f4e-pf-used-on-nikon-1.html" target="_blank">"Nikon 300mm f/4E PF used on Nikon 1 cameras"</a> came to the conclusion that his set-up Nikon V3 + FT1 + Nikon 300 PF is superior in many respects to the CX70-300 lens, except one: BIF. He says: The same author had written another piece on <a href="http://nikon1user.blogspot.de/2014/08/birds-in-flight-with-cx-70-300mm-f45-56.html" target="_blank">using the CX 70-300 for BIF.</a> By the way, Thomas Stirr prefers the AF of the Nikon V2 over the V3's, while Glockner doesn't see a big difference:    Recent photos, to demonstrate that the camera does OK, only hampered by user errors. Shooting the juvenile hobby with 1/1600 sec and no exposure correction as a dark silhouette against the bright sky - lousy skills! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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