The 7DmkII Thread.

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,764 moderator
    edited November 2, 2014
    Good stuff, Dan. clap.gifthumb
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited November 3, 2014
    dlplumer wrote: »
    Bobcat Encounter: ISO 1000 420mm

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    "Say, is that the new Canon 7DMKII you got there?"
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited November 4, 2014
    I really can't tell you how much I love this camera. iloveyou.gif

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    No LR raw support though. This is a JPG. :(
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator
    edited November 4, 2014
    ISO 12,800! No added noise reduction.

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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Gonna love that 12,000 on the football field. Thanks for posting, hopefully mine arrives today.
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Hackbone wrote: »
    Gonna love that 12,000 on the football field. Thanks for posting, hopefully mine arrives today.

    I'd love to see some portraiture with this :D
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    kdog wrote: »
    I really can't tell you how much I love this camera. iloveyou.gif

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    No LR raw support though. This is a JPG. :(

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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Woot Hoot......It's here!!!!.....can you tell that I'm a giddy school boy? A little cloudy and overcast but I'll try to get some images up as soon as I figure the dang thing out.
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  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Dammit, my local shop had the 5D3 before anyone else last time, now, no sign of my 7D2. Come on Canon, I have a state championship to shoot this weekend!!!
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    7d mkii
    Now these are crappy images but here they are. I did not read the book so I was figuring it out on the fly. A lot of new buttons and menus. Went out from 12:30 to 1 on a overcast crappy day. I'm interested in the focusing capability of the camera. I was on a tripod with NO cable release ISO 640. In manual but I could not find the exposure meter in the view finder and there is none on on the top window so I shot by the seat of my pants and these are straight out of camera. I did reduce them in size a tad for the web and I did find the viewfinder meter, it is on the side of the viewfinder and it is tiny. I'm used to it being on the bottom. I was focusing thru dead tree branches and think it did a pretty good job considering I was lost with the directions.



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    Same image just cropped.

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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Again focusing thru distractions.

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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Flying bird.

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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    ISO Did these in shutter priority but moved the shutter first two was 1/500 the rest 1/1000

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,167 moderator
    edited November 5, 2014
    Charles, looks like you're having a blast with the new toy, despite having what looks like a very bad light day. Happy for you.

    You will find that when you roll that focus point down to just the one little dot in the finder, that it can really separate the chaff from the subject, but you need really steady hands. There's also a focus mode, Case 2, which ignores objects in front of the moving subject.
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Shutter 1/1000 for all again.

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    16,000
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    8,000
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Again these were all by the seat of my pants but grain is grain and focusing is focusing. The files once again are straight out of camera. All were jpgs as I don't think a commercial converter other than the Canon one is out yet. I got the camera for sports and wildlife, I will not be using it in a steady manner for portraits.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    David_S85 wrote: »
    Charles, looks like you're having a blast with the new toy, despite having what looks like a very bad light day. Happy for you.

    You will find that when you roll that focus point down to just the one little dot in the finder, that it can really separate the chaff from the subject, but you need really steady hands. There's also a focus mode, Case 2, which ignores objects in front of the moving subject.

    Thanks, I'm one of those guys who don't read directions. Laughing.gif.........and need to.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    A little bit of night shots. Aperture priority 3.5 and ISO set to automatic. Handheld

    this one 6400 1/25
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    this is 3200 1/30

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited November 5, 2014
    Nice work, Hackbone thumb.gifthumb
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Charles, all your shots of the buildings except for the ISO 100 one are soft due to diffraction caused by your pinhole apertures.
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    WOW, I thought it was being lazy and no cable release.......Laughing.gif.
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Yeah, I've seen it recommended to never go past f/8 on APS-C if sharpness is the goal, and f/5.6 is usually even better.
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Yeah, I've seen it recommended to never go past f/8 on APS-C if sharpness is the goal, and f/5.6 is usually even better.

    When Scott Kelby does his pro sports he is shooting at 2.8!! and now using the 7D MK II. They are pretty sharp.
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    I shoot all my sports wide open. I meant using an aperture smaller than f/8 will cause excessive diffraction. You posted some shots at f/22, f/32, etc.
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Got it.
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Here is a great article about what Jack was speaking about (I think). Makes total sense now. About half way down the page....aperture size vs pixel size.
    Thanks again Jack.

    by the way....this is waayyyyyy to deep for me, remember, I'm a musician and I only have to count to 4.


    http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Jack, if I read the article correctly it is not the sensor size as the wave length of light passing thru the smaller aperture.
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited November 6, 2014
    Hackbone wrote: »
    Jack, if I read the article correctly it is not the sensor size as the wave length of light passing thru the smaller aperture.

    Haven't read the article yet, but I believe pixel size, not sensor size, is the big factor. Smaller pixels are less tolerant of diffraction. So when I said APS-C, I was speaking generally. Yeah, a 20D will be as tolerant of diffraction as a 5D2.

    edit - ok, I read the article, it's good.
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • Brett1000Brett1000 Registered Users Posts: 819 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2014
    Charles, all your shots of the buildings except for the ISO 100 one are soft due to diffraction caused by your pinhole apertures.

    yeah, why were they shot at f22 and f32
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited November 7, 2014
    This guy probably has the most compelling examples from a pre-production 7DII to date:

    http://www.romyocon.net/

    The AF, ISO, and IQ performance seal the deal for me.
    Brett1000 wrote: »
    yeah, why were they shot at f22 and f32

    I went with shutter priority and just upped the ISO. I'll do it again at set apertures.
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