Home · Register · Join Upload & Sell

Moderated by: Fred Miranda
Username  

FM Forum Rules
Nature & Wildlife Posting Guidelines
  

FM Forums | Nature & Wildlife | Join Upload & Sell

  

Archive 2017 · Woodies and friends with new rig

  
 
dorian
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Many of you know my frustrations associated with my love-hate relationship with the 7D2. I recently decided to stop the madness, and I purchased a used 1DIV (for $850!), a body I owned but regrettably sold when I bought my 7D2 2 years ago. As I will soon be out of work as we move from LA > SF for my wife's job, I decided that putting down $3500 for the 5D4 wasn't the best idea. I also had to be honest with myself in the amount of photography I'll be doing moving forward. I'm a 60/hr week commuting/working stiff now, and I don't do that much shooting here in the urban nightmare that is LA. That may change when we move north, but the situation is still sufficiently unclear that I didn't want a ton on money locked into a body that I might only use once a week and in less than ideal urban shooting conditions.

I could not be happier with the decision that I made. I just put the 400 DO II on and boom, tack sharp photos are everywhere, with 1.4x III and 2x III included. Yeah the AF with the 2x is slow, but the combo is fine for anything other that fast flying birds. 1.4x work beautifully under all conditions, as expected. No microadjust has been needed. I just slapped things together and it worked perfectly. This is in stark contrast to the 7D2, a body with which I constantly fought to obtain desirable results. When I got those results, they were great, but I paid a steep price in missed and soft shots shots to get those good ones.

Anwyay, we've had a ton of rain in SoCal this year, so it took 3 weeks since body's purchase for me to get a weekend with sun, no people, and cooperative birds. Here are the results!





Acorn Woodpecker







Acorn Woopdecker







Osprey



Edited on Jan 18, 2017 at 11:36 AM · View previous versions



Jan 18, 2017 at 09:55 AM
dorian
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Woodies and friends with new rig


OK, now for the stars of the show!





Wood Duck







Wood Duck







Wood Duck







Wood Duck




Jan 18, 2017 at 09:56 AM
canon.eos30d
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Beautiful images; especially the Osprey and the woodies. Love the Acorn on the tree too. 1D4 is one of the beast 1.3x crop that I would never sell,

-Tam



Jan 18, 2017 at 10:19 AM
SR777
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Good luck with the move to SF! The osprey and the last wood duck images are extremely good. The "old" 1D4 is still gold.


Jan 18, 2017 at 10:22 AM
Warkari
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Woodies and friends with new rig



Terrific images! The osprey BIF and woody closeup are my faves.

- Amit



Jan 18, 2017 at 10:27 AM
eyelaser
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Beautiful Dorian....I think you will find SF immeasurably more to your liking than LA...a breath of fresh air so to speak.
Even with all the work you will be doing, getting out when you can will be wonderful.
Eric



Jan 18, 2017 at 10:30 AM
JimLittle
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Outstanding examples!!


Jan 18, 2017 at 10:35 AM
mikedec
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Beautiful images. Enjoyed seeing them.


Jan 18, 2017 at 04:19 PM
kdacharya
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Woodies and friends with new rig


1D4 is worth every dime and more
Lovely pics
I have the same issue with my 7D2 and I had Canon look at it many times, but they indicated that there was no problem with the cam



Jan 18, 2017 at 06:35 PM
surfnron
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Woodies and friends with new rig


These are all great Dorian. I'm still mad at you BTW. I was hoping to shoot with you in Boston while visiting our son. First you flew the (Boston) coupe, and my son is now in Austin. I will probably forgive you some day... ~ Ron


Jan 18, 2017 at 07:05 PM
kmunroe
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Woodies and friends with new rig


very nice images Dorian


Jan 18, 2017 at 07:34 PM
arbitrage
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Beautiful Dorian!!

I remember one day being frustrated with the 7D2 so I went home, grabbed my 1D4 (which I often neglected) went back out and got shot after shot in focus.

There are serious issues with the 7D2 AF AI servo twitchiness.

Glad you got something that you are familiar with and is producing shots and saved you $3000 bucks!!



Jan 18, 2017 at 08:25 PM
morris
Online
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Best of luck with all these changes Dorian

Morris



Jan 18, 2017 at 08:59 PM
zencyl
Online

Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Great set of images, your right the Wood Ducks are look awesome.


Jan 18, 2017 at 09:26 PM
Karl Witt
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Dorian, all is well again buddy! It is frustrating to deal with gear that does not do its job and reasoning with the manufactures that made the components. I know as I had a run in with Canon once on a 6D and the early model Tamron 150-600.

I am glad to see your confidence has been restored! I am glad to see you putting that sweet 400 DO to good use, what a fantastic lens!
These pics are sharp, vibrant and well presented, all is good again

Karl



Jan 18, 2017 at 09:44 PM
DonGut
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Nice subjects your way this time of year. Enjoy the new environs!
Don



Jan 20, 2017 at 02:18 AM
dorian
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: Off
p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Thank you guys! I'm glad to hear these hit the spot. It's rare that I come home with keepers in my urban surrounds, so I was stoked to walk out with nearly two handfuls of nice ones this past weekend. Hopefully more to come!


Jan 20, 2017 at 10:54 AM
AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Woodies and friends with new rig


The iD IV does the trick in getting your artistic juice flowing, huh? The woody images are really great!

Joshua



Jan 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM
birdied
Online
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On
p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Woodies and friends with new rig


Beautiful set Dorian. All the best to on the move.

Birdie



Jan 23, 2017 at 11:01 AM





FM Forums | Nature & Wildlife | Join Upload & Sell

    
 

You are not logged in. Login or Register

Username       Or Reset password



This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.