How to Photograph Small Birds: Camera Settings & Techniques (Advanced)

I'm sharing all the tricks I've learnt over the years for small bird photography. Learn how I use composition, focusing techniques and camera settings to get perfectly sharp images of perching birds. This tutorial is for more advanced and serious bird photographers. In this video I'm using a Canon 1DX and EF 500mm f4 Mark i lens, sometimes with a 25mm Extension tube.

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Filmed with Canon M50 and 15-45mm lens.
Equipment: Canon 1DX Mark i; Canon 500mm f4 Mark i lens; Canon 25mm Extension Tube; Induro CT404 Tripod; Movo GH700 Gimbal

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