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Originally Posted by Kenneth Ellis
I'm actually going to go as far as to say that I would NOT recommend the XT if you're planning on shooting any sort of action photography, or targeting things that are in motion, such as the animals you mention. Unfortunately, the rumors of poor autofocus response with the XT are true. A good friend of mine and I went birding recently (which normally doesn't interest me, but I have a sketch I'm working on and needed some reference images), and either his XT would miss the flight shot due to a perceived lack of contrast, or come out slightly under focused, while my XTi shot just fine.
YMMV. However, it's something to consider depending on your given intent.
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there is a way around that though. i used my XT before for ducks as yes, it is not as fast in tracking (it is the "base" canon model after all). but what I did prioir to getting a 1D Mk III was to aim at birds/ducks WWII/Koren war style - I pre-aim where I believe the bird's intended trajectory is, set the AF to AI Servo, and fire away laterally from that point parallel to either the left or the right (following the bird's path). the key is to pre-aim and pre-focus on the distance.
granted that was a lot of work, so i chucked that style and got the 1D Mk III
