Local Burds

[luisev]

Great pictures... where these handheld?

[MVers]

Great pictures... where these handheld?
<div style="clear: both;"]</div>

Thanks, Luise. These were all tripod mounted.

[bongo]

Wow. Incredible. I can onlyaspire to take photos like these. So sharp, beautiful background blur, composition is spot on.


This might sound like a ridiculous question but I'm going to ask it anyways: Hypothetically, if you took the same photos with the same lens and processed them the same way, but used a digital rebel xti instead of the Mark III, how would the image quality differ?

[MVers]

This might sound like a ridiculous question but I'm going to ask it anyways: Hypothetically, if you took the same photos with the same lens and processed them the same way, but used a digital rebel xti instead of the Mark III, how would the image quality differ?
<div style="clear: both;"]</div>

Aside for the additional .3x crop factor the XTi offers the IQ wouldn't differ all that much--in fact I'd put money on no one being able to tell the difference viewing on the web. Performance (Specifically AF and high ISO), OTOH, is another story.

[Dann Thombs]

Cracking shots. Great detail, great composition. Makes me want to get out and start some birding.

[MVers]

Makes me want to get out and start some birding.
<div style="clear: both;"]</div>

haha Do it!

[Dann Thombs]

I should while the branches are still bare and all the little ones are still popping about.

[Alesya]

Startlingly sharp and crisp shots, amazing. And the bokeh is gorgeous. I just wish I had that lens and camera. Although you shouldn't have framed them so tightly, but you already mentioned that

[atulmehta1000]

Hi! The pics are just great. In fact I am already contemplating on buying one of the following : 18-200; 100-300 ; 75-300;55-250.... and am totally undecided on what to go in for. Your 100-300 pics though are super.

[neuroanatomist]

I am already contemplating on buying one of the following : 18-200; 100-300 ; 75-300;55-250.... and am totally undecided on what to go in for. Your 100-300 pics though are super.

Welcome to the TDP forums!


Just to be clear, those pics are with the 100-400mmf/4.5-5.6L IS, an L-serieszoom lens that offers much better image quality than the100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 (which is a mid-range consumer zoom that was discontinued some time back). The 100-400mm offers much better IQ than any of the 4 lenses you list above. It also costs more than all of the 4 lenses you list combined! If you're looking for excellent IQ in the approximate cost range of the above lenses, consider the 70-200mm f/4L (about the same cost as the EF-S 18-200mm). I'd recommend that over any of the above lenses, assuming you're interested in the telephoto end and have something to cover the wide angle and normal range.