Capturing a Reed Cormorant with the Canon EOS 6D

Reed Cormorant with My ‘Slowest’ Camera

Captured with my 'slowest' camera, the Canon EOS 6D, this reed cormorant image demonstrates how timing, observation, and technique often matter more than camera speed.

Reed cormorant perched on a branch photographed with a Canon EOS 6D, demonstrating the value of timing, observation and photographic technique.

Canon EOS 6D | EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens

We generally aim to use our ‘fastest’ camera ito of Autofocus and frames per second (fps).

Here is an example of my more than 10-year old Canon EOS 6D, Full-Frame body @ 4.5 fps / one AF-point paired with a professional 400mm f/5.6 lens (handheld @ 1/4000s and Auto-ISO 640).
During most of my birds in flight photography sessions I generally use faster bodies at 10 fps+ and a variety of AF clusters and or zones.

If the EOS 6D was my only camera for birds in flight I would be more than happy to use it for action photography et al. The answer (for me) is in anticipation, light and a reasonably good lens.

Location: Diep River, Woodbridge Island

Image: © Vernon Chalmers (Canon EOS 6D / EF 4oomm f/5.6 USM lens)

Cape Town-based Canon photography trainer, educator, and Conscious Intelligence (CI) researcher specialising in nature photography, visual perception, Canon EOS systems and AI.

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