Canon EOS R6 mirrorless camera in excellent condition. All the original packaging, materials, including battery, charger, strap, instructions. Includes transferable CarePak warranty from Canon good until 12/2026.

$1650 includes insured shipping to CONUS.

Pictures include CarePak certification and a similar camera for sale from MPB sales that only includes a 6 month warranty. CarePak includes normal wear and tear, drops and spills and a yearly cleaning and service.

I am surprised my "winter ducks" are still around. Usually they have all headed north by this time, but this pair of Hooded Mergansers may have decided to stay here this summer as I have images of them copulating in my community pond. After the deed was done, she had to take a bath and then dry her feathers. From this shot it is obvious why this species has to beat their wings very rapidly to fly. Shot with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens with a 2.0X extender (1200 mm), at ISO 10,000, SS 1/3200, f/8.0 (wide open with this combo), EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the whites especially on the male). DXO Pure Raw 4 was used to convert and then very little processing was done in PS. About 80% FF.

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Usually the males of a species (especially Tanagers) are much brighter, more colorful and in general, more beautiful, than the females. This is one species, Burnished-buff Tanager, where, even though she is not as brightly colored as the males, this female is still a beautiful bird. This was taken in Brazil at Itororo Ecolodge where this species was not common but did occasionally show on the grounds. Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm f/4.0 lens at SS 1/200, ISO 2000, f/4.0. Processed in PS with small branch behind bird cloned out.

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On the recent SDAS Birding Photo Club walk at Whelan Lake in Oceanside CA, I arrived early (about 30' before sunrise) and set up my camera behind a camo screen on a tripod about 6" above water level. My goal was to capture both Eared Grebes and/or Ruddy Ducks in mating plumage up close at water level. I accomplished neither, but did get some images of another bird, a Pied-billed Grebe. Certainly a common bird, but one that often is very accomodating for a photographer. These two images are of different individuals, but were taken from the same spot about 30' apart. What a difference the light makes. Both of these images have been cropped heavily, about 50%. In processing the first one, I selectively brought up the exposure on the bird and down on the background. I also brought the Dehaze slider down on the background to increase the haziness. On the second image, I processed it very little.
Both images were taken with a Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 lens. The first at SS 1/1250, ISO 4000, f/4.0, EC 0. The second was taken at SS 1/2000, f/4.0, ISO 1250, EC +0.3. Both shots were taken using the LCD back screen to compose and focus (my days of laying on the ground to look through the view finder for these shots are gone).

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I have talked before about the "frame rate" of modern cameras; ie, the ability of the camera to take many pictures per second-in some cameras now up to 120 pictures per second. Usually this ability, "fps", is used to capture action, like birds flying. This image shows another advantage to a high fps rate. Deb took this picture of a Blonde-crested Woodpecker in SE Brazil this last summer. This species is often very wary and does not like people near. As a consequence, when this bird flew up and landed on a tree near Deb, she had to focus and shoot quickly. It was very dark-just after dawn, so her shutter speed was very slow. Ordinarily this would lead to blurry images, but she just held the shutter down and took about 25 images in just over one second. Only one of them was sharp and well focused; the others had "motion blur". Had she only shot one or two images the chances of a sharp one would have been low. Shot with a Canon R7, 100-500mm lens at 500 mm, SS 1/50, ISO 1000, f/7.1, EC of 0.3 (probably a mistake). Yes, she could have shot faster and raised her ISO, but this bird was on the side of tree only 2-3 seconds. Processed in PS, with about 50% crop.

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Thank you to everyone for kind words. IMO, this bird is so beautiful that it would be difficult to not get a good image.

I chased this bird over SE Brazil trying to photograph it. Not a rare bird, but it does prefer the coastal mountain rainforest above 4000 feet. When we finally arrived at Itororo Lodge, north of Rio de Janeiro, my quest was done. This bird was very common around the lodge and provided many photo opportunities. Right place, right time.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm f/4.0 lens, at f/4.0, SS 1/1000, ISO 1000, EC -0.3 (to avoid blowing out the oranges and yellows). Processed in PS with little done. Small distracting leaf cloned out to L of bird.
Brassy-breasted Tanager

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Thank you for the nice words. I went to a discussion just this afternoon put on by the San Diego State University Ornithology Department. It was about a recently completed DNA testing of all the known tanagers. Turns out our North American Tanagers (Summer, Hepatic, Scarlet and Western) are not tanagers at all. They are cardinals. Sometime in the future they will likely be renamed to reflect their change status.
Apparently we do not have any tangers in North America.

Thank you everyone for your looks and comments. IMO, this is a stunning bird. Hard to not get a nice image.

Certainly with electronic shutter the drop is more dramatic, but it affects mechanical shutter too. Lots of factors come into play; lens being used, type of battery, use of battery grip, SS, which memory card is being used. Under "ideal" conditions my fps drops to about 12 fps with electronic and 7-8 mechanical.

Thank you for looking and commenting. Yes, as far as I know (I have an R5 and R6) the fps drops when the battery level falls to a certain point. It may not be exactly 50%. I believe the same thing is true of most of the rapid fps mirrorless cameras out there.

When someone is shopping for a new camera, one the attributes that is often brought up is the "fps" or frames per second. New cameras have markedly improved frame rates compared to DSLRs just a few years ago. Do you need 60fps or 30fps? That certainly can produce a daunting number of images to sort through at the end of the day. However, what that frame rate also does is to sometimes capture "the" moment. With the increasing emphasis on "action" or "telling a story" in our images, this can mean the difference between a winner and a loser. This image is an example of that. My wife, Deb, shot this image of two Saffron Finches in Brazil last summer. She used a Canon R7, 100-500 mm zoom (at 500 mm), SS 1/1600, ISO 400, f/7.1, EC -0.7 (dark BG and she wanted to avoid blowing out the yellows). This camera is capable of 30 fps (electronic shutter) or 15 fps (mechanical shutter) but when the battery level drops below 50% the fps slows way down; indeed that was the case here.
A millisecond before this frame was shot, both of these finches were singing to each other with their beaks open wide as they belted out their song. Although this is a nice image, if the camera had caught them a millisecond earlier, it would have been a terrific image.
Processed in PS with birds brought slightly up and cropped slightly from top and R.

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One family of birds that we are blessed with in the Western Hemisphere is the Tanager family. The members of this family are among the most colorful of all birds. This member of the family, a Red-necked Tanager, certainly fits that description. From the Atlantic Rainforest of SE Brazil, this bird dazzles. Shot at Sitio Espinheiro Negro Ecolodge, this image was taken with a Canon R5, a 600 mm f/4.0 lens off a tripod. SS 1/1600, ISO 500, f/5.6 and a EC of -1.0 (a very dark background and I wanted to avoid blowing out the bright colors of this bird, especially the red). Processed in PS with the bird brought up slightly.

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Thank you for looking and commenting.
I attempted to clone out the cut branches, but made a mess of it. If I devoted enough time could do it, but not sure I will.

Absolutely agree with that!