Bruce n Philly Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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Thanx all, given your responses.... I am keeping my 5DSr and will now start hunting for a better, longer lens.... a Canon 600 II. Anyone want to sell me one?
Rational: (comment please)
1 - Pixel Perfect shares my suspicion that the high MP count is a 1.6x teleconverter and all without a stop loss (and performance loss).
2 - If I want reach, no stop loss, and get as much detail as possible from this MP marvel, just get better, longer glass.
I don't have the opportunity to shoot falcons, puffins or other higher=speed birds in flight.... so while I would love a higher frame rate, I have done fine with the 5DSrs performance. The focus system is really very very good and shooting eagles with this, coupled with my improving skills, is working out wonderfully. I really can't complain about the 5DSrs focusing system (although a TC slows it down).
Increased dynamic range is something that is very appealing to me but I am making it work with the 5DSr. When shooting an eagle in direct sunlight, you have huge contrasts... you have to get the exposure as far right as you can to not blow out their white heads... but even then, their in-shadow underwings are near black and when lightening in software, evil noise appears. (DXO Prime NR is unbelievable BTW and far suprior to LightRoom).
Regarding deep crops, check what the 5DSr can do..... now that is reach. I am not using a teleconverter... that thing just fuzzes up these deep crops and I believe if I used the TC on this bird and then cropped to the same size, it would have been way worse.. and I would have lost a stop and therefore more noise. I know many get great results with a TC but for me, it is just not good.
Peace
Bruce in Philly
From same photo:
http://www.travelthroughpictures.com/bdd/photostuff/Yellow2.jpg
http://www.travelthroughpictures.com/bdd/photostuff/Yellow1.jpg
Edited on Nov 20, 2016 at 11:27 AM · View previous versions
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