05-03-2011, 11:58 AM
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If I bought, say, a Canon 7D with a 100-400 - I read the recent test and IMHO it should offer a similarly high image quality as the 70-400 G - would this system be significantly better suited to wildlife photography?
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The 7D + 100-400L is my primary wildlife setup and I like it. The camera and lens also suffers at times from hesitant refocus if it drifts out too far and can't decide what to lock onto. My feeling is the lens is the limiting factor here, as while the AF isn't slow, it isn't super fast either. How much better or not it is from the Sony combination I can't say not having used that specific combination, but I can say it is faster than the A350+70-300G. The increased AF points of the 7D can help with tracking moving subjects in some situations.
If I bought, say, a Canon 7D with a 100-400 - I read the recent test and IMHO it should offer a similarly high image quality as the 70-400 G - would this system be significantly better suited to wildlife photography?
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The 7D + 100-400L is my primary wildlife setup and I like it. The camera and lens also suffers at times from hesitant refocus if it drifts out too far and can't decide what to lock onto. My feeling is the lens is the limiting factor here, as while the AF isn't slow, it isn't super fast either. How much better or not it is from the Sony combination I can't say not having used that specific combination, but I can say it is faster than the A350+70-300G. The increased AF points of the 7D can help with tracking moving subjects in some situations.
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