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The 7D has landed!!! (1 Viewer)
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Christine
I'll try some smaller subjects in the next week or two. Its strange that it worked fine for me today, in bad light, when it won't for you. Perhaps someone else can through some light on it. Maybe there is a custom setting I have different to you. Saturday is a reasonable forecast may have a go then. I also want to try stacked tc and that will need really good light.
Phil
AndyMc
Well-known member
Your Conclusions
Looking at this thread, and others, there is a rather large learning curve involved with getting to grips with this camera. Add to this the odd glitch & news of poor copies, this is not good news when contemplating splashing a large (to me huge) amount of cash:eek!:.
A question then to those of you who are getting to grips with it :
In terms of image quality, are you over the moon with your purchase?:smoke:
Looking at this thread, and others, there is a rather large learning curve involved with getting to grips with this camera. Add to this the odd glitch & news of poor copies, this is not good news when contemplating splashing a large (to me huge) amount of cash:eek!:.
A question then to those of you who are getting to grips with it :
In terms of image quality, are you over the moon with your purchase?:smoke:
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Coming from the 40D, the IQ is not a lot different although the extra MP's captures more fine detail (for a similar size crop you have almost twice as many pixels left). The real advantage of the 7D over a xxD Camera is the AF sytem - worth it for this alone IMO.
AndyMc
Well-known member
If I go for it, I'll be moving up from a 400D so both expect & need the difference to monsterous. It would have to last me a good while.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
The difference would be more down to you rather than the Camera. With more MP's you have to get things right to take advantage of them.
For a start you need good support or a faster shutter speed than you can get away with on a lesser pixel camera as more pixels means that detail is spread over more pixels which can lead to so called softness because of pixel 'bleed'. Canon themselves recommend that the more MP's you have then the faster shutter speed you need (or a stable platform like a tripod).
You also have to get the metering right because if you underexpose and then push in processing then noise will be amplified (more so than on a lesser pixel camera). Exposing 'to the right' is something that should be practised with 18 mp's crammed on to a 1.6 crop Camera.
The AF is streets ahead of previous non 1 series cameras particularly for tracking flyers in AI Servo mode.
If you get things right then the 7D is a terrific birding Camera IMO but if you just press the shutter and hope for significantly better shots than you are getting now then you could well be disappointed.
AndyMc
Well-known member
Thanks roy, I'm certainly under no illusions on that point.:t:
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
By the way Andy, I forgot to mention the 8 fps which is no big deal coming from the 40D but pretty significant coming from your 3 fps.
Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
Would not hurt to microadjust the lens Max, it cost nothing and you can always switch off the adjustment if you want. I have not got around to doing any MFA myself but I am perfectly happy with the shots I am getting from the 7D.
Did you see my post #706 which references the shutter speeds? could well be relevant if you are not shooting on a tripod.
Nikon Kid
Love them Sula Bassana
I checked my 400mm with the 50d and it did not need any adjustment, need to get round to look at 7d and the 400mm think you need around 20m and the target, but I am still playing with my car, I shall go off to Welney Wash next week try and get some Bewick's Swans in Flight.
senatore
Well-known member
Roy.I did see your post on shutter speeds/pixels and since having the 7D I agree with your comments 100% especially as I take most shots hand held.
Yesterday we had bright conditions and I was able to wind up the shutter speeds.The results were much sharper but when I get a chance I'll have a go at MFA.
Max.
senatore
Well-known member
Went out yesterday with the 7D with a Kenko 1.4 tc ( pins taped) attached to my 400 prime.I went to Draycote Water one of my local patches.
The conditions were fairly good with a wintery sunshine.The auto focus worked pretty well most of the time.I used single point AF.
Because Draycote water is a large reservoir you have to do a fair amount of walking so,for me with my ageing body,I do not take a tripod so all shots were hand held.Had a lot of throwaways but did get some decent shots so I can say I'm pleased with the 7D when using a tc.
Here are a few shots I took.
Max.
The conditions were fairly good with a wintery sunshine.The auto focus worked pretty well most of the time.I used single point AF.
Because Draycote water is a large reservoir you have to do a fair amount of walking so,for me with my ageing body,I do not take a tripod so all shots were hand held.Had a lot of throwaways but did get some decent shots so I can say I'm pleased with the 7D when using a tc.
Here are a few shots I took.
Max.
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Roy C
Occasional bird snapper
They look very good to me Max :t: - the 400/5.6 takes a tc very well and the 7D captures a lot of detail.
Gordon Ramel
Active member
Thanks Guys
Thanks for the reply and sorry it has taken me so long to get back - what I meant by "within the focus range" was that if I tried to focus manually I could slide through the sharp point and out the otherside, and of course go back through it again to the distal blur. Yes I was using Spot AF, but I was not hand holding, the camera was on a tripod - now I use Spot AF expansion as I attempt to work with macro as well. The problem has no re-occurred.
I have found with Macro lens that the camera constantly over-exposes by about two stops in sunny conditions - depending on how close I am to the subject -I also have to stop the ringflash down a couple of stops when I use that.
Back to birds - it is a great time to be photgraphing Dalmation Pelicans at Lake Kerkini (Greece) at least on the sunny days.
Thanks for the reply and sorry it has taken me so long to get back - what I meant by "within the focus range" was that if I tried to focus manually I could slide through the sharp point and out the otherside, and of course go back through it again to the distal blur. Yes I was using Spot AF, but I was not hand holding, the camera was on a tripod - now I use Spot AF expansion as I attempt to work with macro as well. The problem has no re-occurred.
I have found with Macro lens that the camera constantly over-exposes by about two stops in sunny conditions - depending on how close I am to the subject -I also have to stop the ringflash down a couple of stops when I use that.
Back to birds - it is a great time to be photgraphing Dalmation Pelicans at Lake Kerkini (Greece) at least on the sunny days.
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Havent read through all of the posts, 29 pages is a bit too much 
so apologies if any of this has been covered before,
1) If you shoot raw, turn off ALO, HTP same as the 50D,
2) if you use Lightroom, try Canon DPP instead, LR introduces loads of noise and softens the images up quite a lot too, and for some reason doesnt get the colours right!
so apologies if any of this has been covered before, 1) If you shoot raw, turn off ALO, HTP same as the 50D,
2) if you use Lightroom, try Canon DPP instead, LR introduces loads of noise and softens the images up quite a lot too, and for some reason doesnt get the colours right!
hollis_f
Well-known member
Unless you use LR 2.6.
I am using LR2.6 and the latest ACR as well !
have even tried LR3 beta and its just the same !I use LR2.6 and 3 with no problems at all with noise, other than snow.
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