When I first got to my Eagles, the skies were blue. I started off with the Canon 7D Mark ii and Canon 100-400 mark ii hand held, and the Canon 1DX + 500 on my gimbal.
The Canon 7D Mark ii is a little slower to grab focus in on the bird in flight, but tracks WAY better than my old Canon 7D’s (I had 2).
I then switched bodies and lenses, so of course the light condition had changed by then. Light fell apart around 1 when clouds rolled in. Heavy cloud cover until 3:30,,, so the best part of the day was crap.
7D Mark ii + 100-400 mark ii 
Canon 1DX + 100-400 mark ii
Try to ignore the skies, both birds where shot handheld, full-frame and same edit script (Actions)
What is your first impression? More to come on this field testing! This is only Day 2.
Few more Canon 7D MKii + Canon 100-400mm IS MKii to chew on.
Heavy Crop, but getting closer to catching the talon to talon shot!
What do you think so far?
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Kent