Comments on: My Concise Comments on Four Canon Camera Bodies …

By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:17:49 +0000

Moody, You (and the others) are of course 100% correct. But in addition to the cropping with better AF argument you have the following:

1-the much lighter weight of the 5D IV allows some folks to better frame a fast-moving subject.

2-anticipation of the sweet zone as a bird in flight approaches the ideal spot for me to make an image or two that might be very successful. That is another way of my saying that folks who fire off 35 frames of an approaching bird in flight do not impress me. In 95% of those cases I’d rather have my one or two images than the best of their 35 🙂

3-if the 1DX II is too heavy for me to use for extended sessions what good is it?

with love, artie

By: Moody McCall

Moody McCall — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:10:55 +0000

I like your calculations of the difference between the 5DIV and the 1DXII on what you can capture with the different frame rates. However, I calculate a little differently. With the 5dIV i can take 7 frames of a bird in flight in one second and 14 frames with the 1dxII. So I have two times greater(100% greater) chance of capturing a bird in flight with a pleasing wing position with the 1dxII. I think there is a huge difference in the two cameras in what you can capture not the small difference that you consider. Now i agree completely with the ability of being able to capture a bird in flight farther away and cropping it with the 5dIV making this body perhaps easier for birds in flight.

Regards Moody