I’m a hobbyist bird photographer and I recently went birding in the Himalayan foothills in India, to a town called Sattal. For the trip, I rented a Canon 7D Mark II, 300mm f/2.8 II, and 2X TC III teleconverter. My own equipment is a 7D and 100-400L, both of the first generation.
I was a little apprehensive about the trip as I had never used a lens longer than 400mm before, and also because the 7D II’s autofocus has a bad reputation on the Internet... more