I have heard about the chip shortage causing backlogs in certain products like cars. Every lens and camera that I have been looking at lately is backordered. Has anyone heard if the chip shortage is affecting photographic products?

Sorry for the repeats. That was an accident.

When I bought my T7i I bought the T7i for Dummies Book. I save money and bought it as a Kindle book and could read it on my computers with a free app. I even went back and re-read it after a couple of years. Also read the manual. Sometimes you need to know the questions to ask in order to find the YouTube video. It is only like $20.

When I bought my T7i I bought the T7i for Dummies Book. I save money and bought it as a Kindle book and could read it on my computers with a free app. I even went back and re-read it after a couple of years. Also read the manual. Sometimes you need to know the questions to ask in order to find the YouTube video. It is only like $20.

When I bought my T7i I bought the T7i for Dummies Book. I save money and bought it as a Kindle book and could read it on my computers with a free app. I even went back and re-read it after a couple of years. Also read the manual. Sometimes you need to know the questions to ask in order to find the YouTube video. It is only like $20.

Thanks so much for the information about the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. If my surgery goes well in June we are head through Salt Lake in late July. It is on our stop list now.

I appreciate the advise and will try to do what I can with them. I am mostly in a wheelchair so some of my positioning options are limited. What do you think of nixing the teleconverter and getting a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary to use with my monopod? I also have a car window mount with a ball head that I can use it with. I am thinking of renting one for trip through Utah, Washington State, Montana and Wyoming that is upcoming the end of July if my major surgery next month goes well.

I appreciate all of the input. I was trying to get to a particular question on Canon IBIS and the viewfinder. Which was would IBIS help me frame the image better? I am inferring from what I heard that it would not. I am getting older and weaker from post-polio syndrome so weight is an issue when looking at purchasing cameras and lenses (not to mention cost.) Better weather is starting to come in and I may be able to get on some walking trails on my scooter to try some things without a window. I do have a monopod and working on being able to use that better. As far as investment it seems to be consensus that glass would be a higher priority than the camera.

The lighting is coming from the up and to the right. So in the case of the hawk over the left shoulder. But there is a white fence in the background that acts like a reflector.

It is EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM; the extender 1.4 Teleplus Pro 300 (Kenko)

Here is one I took a few days ago. I took those inside looking through a window. I was siting about 3 yards from the window and they are sitting about two yards on the other side of the window. Even at that distance I have to be careful to not spook them

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I am using a Canon 70-300 IS lens with a 1.4x teleconverter. I do use AI servo and point focus. I tried using a small zone but with small subjects sometimes it tries to grab a background or if the bird is in a tree a nearby Branch. I normally set a TV of 1/800 which normally pushes the aperture wide open and the auto ISO 400-1600. But like I said that when I am able to compose an image it is in focus and crisp. It is not so much the bird moving (they are usually perched when I shoot) as much as not holding the camera steady to keep the subject in the frame properly. Even the poorly composed images are crisp and in focus, just sometimes missing a head or tail. I don't do much bird in flight.

I have a T7i. I shoot for birds with an effective focal length as high as 672mm and shutter speeds of at least 1/800. The images come out crisp when I get them but I have trouble keeping on target holding the lens. I use back button focusing to once I can lock focus that is not a problem as long as the bird does not move but sometimes the composition is off. So my question is does the IBIS show up in the viewfinder when composing or does it just kick in when the shutter is pressed? Would an R5 or R6 help?

If you mean actual "cash" I have sold electronics and other items (but never a camera) on Facebook Marketplace with good results but then you are limited to your local market.

Hi. I am a medium level amateur and prefer my viewfinder and features of my T7i. When my wife uses the T7i it goes on auto. She prefers her cell phone. She has a Galaxy S9 which is a decent camera but she would like something better. She has always been in the Android world and change operating systems would be a challenge but is possible. I use an iPhone 8 and she has an iPad pro for her music so switching to the Apple world would be possible. She also does not want a phone that would be noticeably bigger than her S9.

Thanks