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Mar 12, 2024 19:58:39   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Yeah...

How healthy you are...

Trembling hands?
Poor vision?
Color-blind?


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Mar 12, 2024 20:15:36   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
DirtFarmer wrote:
The lens makes the image.
The camera just records it.


That was much truer with film than it is with digital.

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Mar 12, 2024 20:33:13   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
That was much truer with film than it is with digital.

Curious - How so?

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Mar 12, 2024 21:11:36   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
Longshadow wrote:
Curious - How so?


All a film camera really has to do is hold the film flat. A digital camera is a computer to transform the data from the sensor to a photograph. Today's digital cameras have continually gotten better at image quality. My first pro digital camera was a Nikon D1X. I wasn't impressed with the color rendition and had to do a lot of work to improve it in post. Then I got a Nikon D2X and the color was much better out of the camera.

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Mar 12, 2024 22:35:09   #
User ID
 
Longshadow wrote:


Same camera body, great lens;
Same camera body, poor lens;
What makes the difference in quality, not the body.
Change the body AND the lens- now there are two variables involved.
Keep the body constant, it's the lens.
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But you skipped one:
"Keep the lens constant and its the body."

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Mar 13, 2024 00:25:19   #
Hip Coyote
 
stan0301 wrote:
You will be losing more from not using a tripod, a good lens shade, and a cable release than from equipment quality


Try using a tripod in South Africa...won't go so well. Critters literally will have you for lunch.

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Mar 13, 2024 00:28:45   #
Hip Coyote
 
72mgb wrote:
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I am traveling to South Africa this coming December for 10 days.
I am taking my 7D MK II, my 5D MK IV, my 100-400, 24-105, and my 16-35. (in country flying only allows you a total of 44 lbs so my Guru Gear backpacks will be just filled with essentials.) My question is this: I am renting the r7 and the adapter (RF/EF) to try out...but I have been told that if I use the 100-400 with a 1.4 xtender with the r7 that the images may not be as good as if I just use my 7D MK IV. I wanted to try out the r7 mainly due to its fast auto focus and upgraded MP's. Wondering of any UHH folks have either encountered or have heard of any image issues? Thanks for reading.
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I a... (show quote)


So three bodies? IMO take two and take what you know how to use. Unless I was familiar with the R7, I'd not not deploy it for the first time in Africa. You want to be very familiar with the gear you are using. I cannot do an entire write-up on gear for SA anymore, but suggest you take a look at this site for suggestions by a few folks.

Two bodies, put the 100-400 on the 7D, put the 24-105 on the 5D and leave it at that.

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Mar 13, 2024 01:04:20   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
stan0301 wrote:
You will be losing more from not using a tripod, a good lens shade, and a cable release than from equipment quality


I haven’t shot in Africa, but from the many trips recounted over the tears on this forum, I don’t think a tripod and cable release will be usable in most cases, but I absolutely agree on the lens hood.

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Mar 13, 2024 07:27:14   #
72mgb Loc: Pennsylvania
 
Appreciate your reply. Leaning towards your suggestion of just using what I am familiar with.
Not taking a tripod, have to be weight conscious with both personal and photo gear and a tripod is totally unnecessary.

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Mar 13, 2024 07:49:55   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
All a film camera really has to do is hold the film flat. A digital camera is a computer to transform the data from the sensor to a photograph. Today's digital cameras have continually gotten better at image quality. My first pro digital camera was a Nikon D1X. I wasn't impressed with the color rendition and had to do a lot of work to improve it in post. Then I got a Nikon D2X and the color was much better out of the camera.

And different films yielded different results.
Kinda like different sensors and processors do...........

Lets add another variable or two: lighting, haze, ...

I imagine the first color film might not have been perfect either.
Then there was the quality of the processing of the film.... another variable.

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Mar 13, 2024 07:57:02   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
User ID wrote:
But you skipped one:
"Keep the lens constant and its the body."


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Mar 13, 2024 08:09:16   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
72mgb wrote:
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I am traveling to South Africa this coming December for 10 days.
I am taking my 7D MK II, my 5D MK IV, my 100-400, 24-105, and my 16-35. (in country flying only allows you a total of 44 lbs so my Guru Gear backpacks will be just filled with essentials.) My question is this: I am renting the r7 and the adapter (RF/EF) to try out...but I have been told that if I use the 100-400 with a 1.4 xtender with the r7 that the images may not be as good as if I just use my 7D MK IV. I wanted to try out the r7 mainly due to its fast auto focus and upgraded MP's. Wondering of any UHH folks have either encountered or have heard of any image issues? Thanks for reading.
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I a... (show quote)


You have some months before December. Most foreign travel is once in a life time. So my advice is to rent the r7 this summer and try it out. You should get superior results with your DSLR lenses on a mirrorless camera.
But it is important to BE PREPARED for your trip and I strongly suggest renting this summer to get all the bugs worked out before you go.
You may even want to purchase the r7 after testing it and that way you can shoot your days away well before traveling to South Africa.

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Mar 13, 2024 08:49:22   #
imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida
 
Rongnongno wrote:
The main questions I have are:
- Unless you are a pro, why so much gear?
- This also implies if a pro, why ask this question in a forum?
- This in turn begs the question, what is your experience as a traveler?




My biggest suggestion for you is to take a Sony RX10 m4 - at least for back up if not not as a primary camera - especially if you want to ENJOY the trip and if you are not working with NatGeo ....

As mentioned, older DSLR's cannot compare favorably with current technologies (mirrorless) as regards IQ.

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Mar 13, 2024 09:08:25   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
The digital sensor knows nothing. A mirrorless sensor don't know an EF lens is attached via an extender. Given a mirrorless sensor uses different and better AF technology, all results of an adapted EF lens should be superior to the same lens on an DSLRosaur, at the minimum, exactly the same as when used on a DSLR. Consider the source of your "I've been told" information vs the mustard colored pages of UHH. Or, just look at the results with your eyes, given the travel is not until December.
The digital sensor knows nothing. A mirrorless sen... (show quote)


He wants to know about with an 1.4 TC?

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Mar 13, 2024 09:10:59   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
72mgb wrote:
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I am traveling to South Africa this coming December for 10 days.
I am taking my 7D MK II, my 5D MK IV, my 100-400, 24-105, and my 16-35. (in country flying only allows you a total of 44 lbs so my Guru Gear backpacks will be just filled with essentials.) My question is this: I am renting the r7 and the adapter (RF/EF) to try out...but I have been told that if I use the 100-400 with a 1.4 xtender with the r7 that the images may not be as good as if I just use my 7D MK IV. I wanted to try out the r7 mainly due to its fast auto focus and upgraded MP's. Wondering of any UHH folks have either encountered or have heard of any image issues? Thanks for reading.
Hello UHH folks. Have a question for anyone. I a... (show quote)


Any camera shops within driving distance you can take your lenses & TC to go try the R7/your lens combo out before hand?

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