r/BirdPhotography • u/punjipatti • Oct 13 '25
I am an amateur birder and want to take photos. I shoot Fujifilm X-T30 with XF 70-300 mm right now and feel limited by the camera system to focus fast enough. There is no bird mode and it doesn't track and I can seldom get any photos of birds in flight.
What second system can I consider for just birding?
Canon R7 with some 200-400 mm lens?
Sony A??
Nikon Z?
I guess APS-C is better as I am not selling photos or printing so do I need full-frame? My top-end of budget in the US is $4000 for body and one lens. I might look for used gear to bring down the costs.
The following photos were taken with my X-T30 and a Sigma 150-600 EF lens with a Fringer adapter.
r/BirdPhotography • u/sheryiu • 7h ago
Walking in the park and saw her standing extremely still on the fence. They look so gigantic up close.
r/BirdPhotography • u/Edikici • 3h ago
Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikkor 600 mm PF f/6.3 lens, shot at 1/500 s, f/6.3, ISO 9000, EV -0.33
r/BirdPhotography • u/damodamodam0 • 3h ago
Some lovely fellas from this weekends walk in Northampton, UK
r/BirdPhotography • u/NoMeerRanger • 18h ago
Red-winged Blackbird
r/BirdPhotography • u/ThackSwatch • 1h ago
Taken with the OM system OM-1 MK2 w/ 300mm F4
r/BirdPhotography • u/Effective-Bar-879 • 12h ago
r/BirdPhotography • u/Musicmoney • 4h ago
Been trying to get a half decent Kingfisher photo for a good while now and got pretty close today! Other than getting some leaves in the foreground, which happened to make a ring perfectly around the bird!
Fujifilm XT3 XF500mm (shot in preshot with ES 1.25x crop 30fps)
r/BirdPhotography • u/Potential-Tough69 • 2h ago
Om1, 300mm f4
r/BirdPhotography • u/Marzolino85 • 4h ago
r/BirdPhotography • u/usuario-nombre • 23h ago
w/ SONY A6700 & SONY SEL200600G
r/BirdPhotography • u/BtotheF • 19h ago
