Thank you! I do birds more often than landscapes too but I do really enjoy landscape photography!

Thank you, Adrain!

Thank you, Stephen! It was a really interesting morning weather wise.

Thank you!

Thank you, Leon!

Thank you! It was a good day and I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you! That mist was worth changing my photography destination that morning.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you, Paul!

Thank you! :)

Thank you, Ron!

Thank you!

Thank you! Golden crowns are tough for sure. I haven't gotten a shot of one in a few years and it may be a few more until I get another one!

@@PhilThach I will got one one of these days. Can't wait for you to get the Canon 200-800 maybe we can compare notes once we both have used it for a bit. I should get mine from B&H on release day but you never know.

Thank you!

Try using the smallest focus point available.

Thank you! All of these are hand held. The 200-600 focuses as good as the a6700 allows it too.

I bought that jacket for to wear in selfies for scale in landscape photography but I’ve worn it a few times now while photographing birds and haven’t seemed to spook birds any more than I do when wearing much more subtle colors.

Wow! You got really close! We rolled through without cameras on the way to a family gathering last week but didn’t see it.

@@PhilThach It is not skittish. Being a sea bird, I don't think it is afraid of humans. Very small bird, but, when it dives, it chases the fish around and comes up some distance from where it submerges. In the course of feeding, it came within ten to twenty feet of the boat ramp several times. A couple of us sat right at the edge of the water and the bird never seemed bothered by us -- even when we moved or talked. But it usually doesn't stay surfaced for long. It spends more time submerged than on the surface. Smaller than a pied-billed grebe. If tomorrow's your day off, you should go get some photos! There is almost always a birder there to show you where they saw it last. (If you go . . . good luck!)

The B&H site hints that it could be available around mid-December.

If I was going to buy a camera for wildlife photography right now based on everything I know I would get an R7 and the 100-500 lens. I like it just a little bit better than the a6700. I like the Sony quite a bit as well and shoot with it often but I believe the R7 is my favorite. I really like the new Nikon 180-600 as well but they don’t have a camera that I like cheaper than the Z8. Canon will release their 200-800 in a couple of weeks and it will make a crop sensor camera less of a necessity. That lens might be really nice with the reasonably priced R8.

Thanks very much Phil! I’ll take it that you do not recommend going with a Z6ii at this date. I came close to getting the R7 when it first came out but held off for possible Z6ii upgrade or a nice APSC Nikon option. Do you like the Canon R6ii? Yes the a6700 seems to have some nice features for sure. This certainly is a tricky decision considering lenses and all.

Thank you! I think I prefer the Canon R7 slightly over the Sony a6700.

@@PhilThach Thank you for your answer, that makes me feel better, LOL..I am thinking of getting the new 200-600 R lens, I am still using the Sigma 150-600 and getting good results with it, but want something better and also made for this camera. Thank you again.

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After using the a6700 200-600 combo for a few months I must say that I really like it but I think I like the R7 with RF 100-500 a little bit better.

@@PhilThach really? I’ve never really been sold on that R7 with 100-500 combo. I just use my r5 with the 100-500. I’ve always been curious about the 200-600 lens though so I will give it a try. Already have the RF 200-800 on order so this can hold me off until 12/14. Thanks so much for your insight!