Finally went through all of the menus and I think I have the camera set up to my liking (so far) Here is one of my first images with the R5 and 100-400 USM II, Seems like a very nice combo.Now I need to find some feathered friends to practice on.
Hey Rich ... just realized that you have only just gotten the R5 and this is your first Canon camera MILC! Welcome to the R5 club! This is a very well executed shot - everything is good about it ... good exposure, sharpness, DOF, composition, and a nice soft background. Well done! Looking forward to more images from you!
Not sure if you may have seen this BIF setup videos:
RKnecht wrote:
Finally went through all of the menus and I think I have the camera set up to my liking (so far) Here is one of my first images with the R5 and 100-400 USM II, Seems like a very nice combo.Now I need to find some feathered friends to practice on.
bobbytan wrote:
Hey Rich ... just realized that you have only just gotten the R5 and this is your first Canon camera MILC! Welcome to the R5 club! This is a very well executed shot - everything is good about it ... good exposure, sharpness, DOF, composition, and a nice soft background. Well done! Looking forward to more images from you!
Not sure if you may have seen this BIF setup videos:
Thanks! Been shooting Nikon since 1988. First digital body was the D70, and over the years progressed to my present D5 and D850. Thanks for those links, will have to check them out. Really want to get some BIF shots. Will be going to Maine in a couple weeks, and will be going out in the kayak to get some loon images. Will be sure to share them here.
You may or may not know that the electronic shutter will render your sharpest images, as there is absolutely no mechanical shutter vibration. The problem is you are stuck with 30 fps ... but you can probably reduce that by just lightly tapping on the shutter button. Hopefully there will be a firmware fix to allow you to shoot at lower frame rates. I find that the e-shutter works for perched birds and most BIF (no rolling shutter effect) except for maybe hummingbirds because of their very high wing beats.
RKnecht wrote:
Thanks! Been shooting Nikon since 1988. First digital body was the D70, and over the years progressed to my present D5 and D850. Thanks for those links, will have to check them out. Really want to get some BIF shots. Will be going to Maine in a couple weeks, and will be going out in the kayak to get some loon images. Will be sure to share them here.
bobbytan wrote:
You may or may not know that the electronic shutter will render your sharpest images, as there is absolutely no mechanical shutter vibration. The problem is you are stuck with 30 fps ... but you can probably reduce that by just lightly tapping on the shutter button. Hopefully there will be a firmware fix to allow you to shoot at lower frame rates. I find that the e-shutter works for perched birds and most BIF (no rolling shutter effect) except for maybe hummingbirds because of their very high wing beats.
No, I did not know that. Thanks for the tip. I tried the electronic shutter once and I wound up with 40 pictures of a bush🙃 I’ll be sure to set it to electronic when I try BIF. I can also give it a try with my crazy dogs.
And you may or may not know that with mirrorless you won’t have any front or back-focusing issues, so with a fast f1.2 lens you can be sure that AF is always spot-on at f1.2. So micro-focus adjustments are not necessary. And I like that with EVF what you see is what you get. You will know when you are under-exposing or over-exposing the image before you take the shot. No guessing game here.
RKnecht wrote:
No, I did not know that. Thanks for the tip. I tried the electronic shutter once and I wound up with 40 pictures of a bush🙃 I’ll be sure to set it to electronic when I try BIF. I can also give it a try with my crazy dogs.
A quick shot of our girl Roxy helping me test out eye detection. I know it's a stationary subject, but I love how I can use the feature to compose in the camera and then take the shot without worrying about moving the focus point.
Another really nice portrait with a defocussed, clean and creamy background, so the dog pops. And the near eye is super sharp! Nice work, Rich!
RKnecht wrote:
A quick shot of our girl Roxy helping me test out eye detection. I know it's a stationary subject, but I love how I can use the feature to compose in the camera and then take the shot without worrying about moving the focus point.
bobbytan wrote:
The problem is you are stuck with 30 fps ...
No wait, what!? I can only get 20fps out of my R5. How do you get 30fps? Mine must be defective or something.
Time to step away from the R3 thread for a while Bobby. See what happens when you start posting tree rat images!
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RKnecht wrote:
A quick shot of our girl Roxy helping me test out eye detection. I know it's a stationary subject, but I love how I can use the feature to compose in the camera and then take the shot without worrying about moving the focus point.
bobbytan wrote:
Another really nice portrait with a defocussed, clean and creamy background, so the dog pops. And the near eye is super sharp! Nice work, Rich!
You're probably going to get to know my dogs pretty well They make great subjects and are easy to find.
The older one (blue eyes) recently passed. All the images are unposed, of course. There is no way that I can pose or stage these shots. They do what they want to do. You just have to there at the right time and right place.
RKnecht wrote:
You're probably going to get to know my dogs pretty well They make great subjects and are easy to find.
They make great subjects and are easy to find. 