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frustrated cannon system ..
Aug 16, 2014 13:14:43 #
buenaventura43
Loc: Rockland Co. NY
rmalarz wrote:
Couldn't help myself.
--Bob
--Bob
My wife tap my shoulder because I cannot stop laughing but then showed the picture she herself laugh with me.
Aug 16, 2014 13:20:52 #
Aug 16, 2014 14:07:08 #
buenaventura43 wrote:
Use canon camera to shoot birds not cannon.
You get more of the flock if you use a cannon!lol
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Aug 16, 2014 14:28:37 #
Aug 16, 2014 14:32:19 #
I have had Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, 24-105/4 IS, 28-135 EF IS, 17-85, 18-200, 18-135 and always left IS on, all the time. But I never shoot off a trip and I don't shoot birds, so that may be different. I mostly shoot people and places, so the IS is good to have.
glengarrymacro wrote:
So, what's the downside of leaving IS on constantly/consistently?
Aug 16, 2014 14:34:33 #
glengarrymacro wrote:
So, what's the downside of leaving IS on constantly/consistently?
It is an extra power drain on the battery.
--Bob
Aug 16, 2014 14:37:50 #
glengarrymacro wrote:
So, what's the downside of leaving IS on constantly/consistently?
If you are shooting CANON there are only four lenses you need to worry about, that you need to shut off "IS". Read this article paying particular attention to page four. This is from Canons European website.
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/infobank/lenses/image_stabilisation.do
Probably more information than you want but it is interesting.
Jim D
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Aug 16, 2014 14:46:05 #
It's notable that all the posts except three focused on a typographical error. They didn't even mention lense instead of lens. Two of the three supplied links, a good solution for a complex issue. No one addressed the main issue factors specifically: platform stability and shutter speed. We should remember that many read this these posts with an interest in background to a large and complex field that mostly defies simple answers. Enuf said. (Intentional misspelling - don't correct me).
Aug 16, 2014 14:56:01 #
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-solutions/look-canon-autofocus-system-part-1
Here's a better video, Hondo.
Here's a better video, Hondo.
Aug 16, 2014 15:01:52 #
cambriaman wrote:
It's notable that all the posts except three focused on a typographical error. No one addressed the main issue factors specifically: platform stability and shutter speed.
Then you didn't read the whole thread, because several posts did address shutter speed, specifically.
Aug 16, 2014 15:03:01 #
For those who shoot with a Canon 7D on page 33 of the owners booklet it describes the use of the IS function on the use of certain lenses. Sometimes certain extra long lenses will try to hunt when trying to lock on to a focus point thus causing vibration when a camera/lens is attached to a tripod.
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Aug 16, 2014 15:39:36 #
hondo wrote:
i have a cannon 7d & 400mm 5.6 lense .. what settings to use for flying birds .. mostly egrets & herons .. i am new to the cannon system.. cant seem to focus clearly ..i would appreciate all the help i can get .. thank you . hondo in pa.
No humor on the answer to this question. You have a great lens and a great camera. To start with, try setting your focus point to the center point only (the most sensitive). Set your mode knob to M (manual) and set your shutter speed to anywhere between 1/1250 and 1/2000. Set your aperture to f/8, because 8 is great and set your ISO to auto. Now go out and have fun. Take your time and use high speed burst. If you really want to learn more about photographing birds with long lenses, like yours, I do a 3 day, long lens workshop at Bosque del Apache, New Mexico in mid-November. Have a great time, J. Goffe
Sun-rise at Bosque del Apache
Sandhill Crane at moonrise
Sandhill Crane at Bosque del Apache
Aug 16, 2014 16:33:16 #
dennis2146 wrote:
With respect, it looks like it is dsmeltz rather than desmeltz.
Dennis
Dennis
Wifey did not proofread this one. My apologies to dsmeltz. I have to add my thanks to amfoto1 for the very informative post. With all the tom foolery, I hope the OP got the needed help.
Aug 16, 2014 17:00:52 #
jockellis
Loc: Cumming, GA
Make sure you are shooting with the sun behind you or the exposure meter will probably see the sky and give you an underexposed, long exposure shot that's dark and a blur.
Here, I'm assuming you are shooting flying birds. I've heard that National Geographic shooters used to offer the sage advice of burning a lot of film for this subject. Now it would be a lot of pixels.
Since the camera is going to focus itself, you might try looking down the barrel from the outside so you can always see the bird. And refer back to the NG shooters' advice.
Here, I'm assuming you are shooting flying birds. I've heard that National Geographic shooters used to offer the sage advice of burning a lot of film for this subject. Now it would be a lot of pixels.
Since the camera is going to focus itself, you might try looking down the barrel from the outside so you can always see the bird. And refer back to the NG shooters' advice.
Aug 16, 2014 17:55:12 #
redrocktom
Loc: Sedona
Try 1/2000 sec SS, wide open aperture, let ISO float (auto), single point AF, Al servo ( continuous) AF mode, shoot in short bursts (3 to 4 per release). If noise is took great, start reducing SS. You can lock exposure on the nearby sky if sun is not in frame.
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