New camera 5dmk2
Discussion
Got myself a 5dmk2 with the sigma 24-70ex HSM lens the other day to replace my 40D. quality of the images are amazing and the lens is pretty sharp although the micro adjusment came in handy lol
downside to this new purchase is I've had to sell all my other gear so down to one lens
20-30mb raw files are going to soak up my memory though. I've not had a chance to properly play with the camera yet only snap shots.
iso 1600
iso 6400
downside to this new purchase is I've had to sell all my other gear so down to one lens
20-30mb raw files are going to soak up my memory though. I've not had a chance to properly play with the camera yet only snap shots.
iso 1600
iso 6400
?
a few 5D MkII shots from the last few days
Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Tv setting for this one.
Canon 17-40mm for these ones and auto mode.
a load more shots over on the Corvette Forum under the Amelia Island thread if you are interested.
Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Tv setting for this one.
Canon 17-40mm for these ones and auto mode.
a load more shots over on the Corvette Forum under the Amelia Island thread if you are interested.
vetteheadracer said:
a few 5D MkII shots from the last few days
Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Sorry to be rude, but it's a crime to use such a camera in the 'auto' modes. Have you tried the manual modes?Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Andy M said:
vetteheadracer said:
a few 5D MkII shots from the last few days
Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Sorry to be rude, but it's a crime to use such a camera in the 'auto' modes. Have you tried the manual modes?Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Stop being such a snob.
Andy M said:
Sorry to be rude, but it's a crime to use such a camera in the 'auto' modes. Have you tried the manual modes?
Why? 
I know I don't use a Canon, but I am in auto 85%-plus of the time (A almost exclusively), 100% if using a Speedlight. Strikes me that manual metering on shots like these, whilst wonderful if you have the time to do it, would be a huge luxury.
rex and I have had ours since before Christmas and absolutely love them. Not found any major problems with the Canon 24-70 2.8 L with it yet though.
We have shot commercial shoots with them and they are a godsend.
The Auto-ISO is the best feature so far (I know Nikon have had it for a while). We shot a school prospectus and I spent the whole day shooting kids at the school in Av/Tv with the camera in AutoISO (100-3200) and never had to use a flash which made us much less intrusive and also meant we could get some stunning natural light shots. See the auto-slideshow of shots on the homepage here: http://www.stcolettes.com/index.php
Last weekend I used it to shoot a hockey match, again with Auto ISO (see http://www.matabooboo.com password 'hockey') What it meant was that I could shoot in Tv with the ISO moving around as I needed automagically - love it. Also I was using the 70-200 2.8 L IS with a 2x converter, making it a 140-400 5.6 L IS (sold my 100-400 as this is a good compromise) and the focusing was lightning fast and spot on, even through a 5.6 lens (I am used to the 20D). Most importantly it meant I could do some creative cropping and still have lots of pixels left...
Then on Sunday I shot some 'snaps' of my kids with it and was very happy with it. The colours and contrast seem streets ahead of the 20D...
We have shot commercial shoots with them and they are a godsend.
The Auto-ISO is the best feature so far (I know Nikon have had it for a while). We shot a school prospectus and I spent the whole day shooting kids at the school in Av/Tv with the camera in AutoISO (100-3200) and never had to use a flash which made us much less intrusive and also meant we could get some stunning natural light shots. See the auto-slideshow of shots on the homepage here: http://www.stcolettes.com/index.php
Last weekend I used it to shoot a hockey match, again with Auto ISO (see http://www.matabooboo.com password 'hockey') What it meant was that I could shoot in Tv with the ISO moving around as I needed automagically - love it. Also I was using the 70-200 2.8 L IS with a 2x converter, making it a 140-400 5.6 L IS (sold my 100-400 as this is a good compromise) and the focusing was lightning fast and spot on, even through a 5.6 lens (I am used to the 20D). Most importantly it meant I could do some creative cropping and still have lots of pixels left...
Then on Sunday I shot some 'snaps' of my kids with it and was very happy with it. The colours and contrast seem streets ahead of the 20D...
Edited by Bee_Jay on Tuesday 17th March 09:07
GregE240 said:
Andy M said:
vetteheadracer said:
a few 5D MkII shots from the last few days
Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Sorry to be rude, but it's a crime to use such a camera in the 'auto' modes. Have you tried the manual modes?Canon 100-400mm for the first few at the Gator Nationals NHRA Drag Racing, my seat was 25 rows back in the stands.
used the auto setting for this one.
Stop being such a snob.
If he's bought the camera solely to use it on the auto modes, then c'est la vie...
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