Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) sub adult male. also known as Oriental Honey-buzzard and Crested Honey Buzzard. Despite its name, this species is not related to Buzzards, and is taxonomically closer to the kites.
Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis). Shot using Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Tamron SP AF 1.4X Tele Converter (white model) on Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM lens, hand held.
This stray black cat was the first to face my new 5D Mark II. I used the default settings without any modification from original except file type to Raw instead of Large JPG. I Slightly cropped it in lightroom.
Finally after waiting for nearly 2 months, Canon EOS 5D Mark II reached me today. This is from the first lot of camera to reach Indian shores. It still has Firmware 1.0.6 (I did not test for back dots nor banding which now we know can be easily resolved using firmware 1.0.7) here is my brief review. I know the web is inundated by reviews and controversies surrounding this milestone camera. Here is my bit to that knowledge. Remember I just used it for less than 3 hours, so my conclusions might change.
Wait and this ‘out of body’ experience is killing me! I wish i had a genie like Aladdin to get me my 5D Mark II. I have booked 5D Mark II on 4th of December 2008 and today (9th Jan 2009) I heard from my dealer that he is sending the body via courier. He says (I don’t know for sure) that I am one of the first four people to get 5D Mark II in India.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II It has been a hectic week again, hardly any time to shoot. I have sold my Canon EOS 40D body on Bangalore Photography Club Forum. I have booked my Canon EOS 5D Mark II from Camshot.in. I was told that 5D Mark II will be reaching India on 20th Dec. … Read more