RKnecht wrote:
I’d never get tired of taking pictures there. So many possibilities. Have you ever tried Astro photography there? That would make a killer foreground.
This beach had the best bone yard I've ever seen. Endless possibilities for sure. I've done a lot of shooting including Astro images at Hunting Island but never here before. We had several storms come through and one evening I wanted to rush out there to try and get some lightning shots with these trees but by the time we finished eating a late dinner it was over. I wish I would have tried some astro while we were there but never got around to it.
Decided to give the R5 a test in my studio with our boy Snap! Took me a little while to figure out that I had to disable exposure preview in the viewfinder :P
Passerines in flight has been a new fun venture that was essentially impossible with any of the previous Canon DSLRs I've used, although the Sony bodies have been able to do this for a while now.
I first started trying for passerine IF with the D500 and that was the first time I had success. Now a days with cameras like the R5 it is getting easier and easier...but it still takes a lot of operator skill on top of the AF systems.
Jemini wrote:
Nice shots. Without looking at who posted the images, I thought they looks like your pictures Did you get R5 again?
Tell us how the eye AF compares now. Overall tracking etc.. Thanks
Thanks.
I don't have a new R5. These are from last fall/winter when I had one. I was just looking through to see the IQ of the 100-500/1.4 and decided to process a few.
I will probably borrow an R5 from CPS test drive program once the new RF superteles are available to borrow. Or I may test an R3 if that is out.
My impressions of the Eye-AF between R5 and A1 remains unchanged although the FW update yesterday certainly made the A1 Eye-AF react faster. But not sure if that really makes any big difference yet. Basically I think the R5 BEAF has better early recognition (of bodies, heads and turned away eyes) but when the bird is in a pose you'd actually want to take the shot the two systems are nearly identical in their effectiveness. But I would like to shoot them back to back at some point as I'd sold my R5 kit just a week or two before the A1 arrived. I'd originally planned to test them back to back but finding a reliable local buyer for my entire R5 kit was to tempting to lose that sale and wait for the A1.
I don't have a new R5. These are from last fall/winter when I had one. I was just looking through to see the IQ of the 100-500/1.4 and decided to process a few.
I will probably borrow an R5 from CPS test drive program once the new RF superteles are available to borrow. Or I may test an R3 if that is out.
My impressions of the Eye-AF between R5 and A1 remains unchanged although the FW update yesterday certainly made the A1 Eye-AF react faster. But not sure if that really makes any big difference yet. Basically I think the R5 BEAF has better early recognition (of bodies, heads and turned away eyes) but when the bird is in a pose you'd actually want to take the shot the two systems are nearly identical in their effectiveness. But I would like to shoot them back to back at some point as I'd sold my R5 kit just a week or two before the A1 arrived. I'd originally planned to test them back to back but finding a reliable local buyer for my entire R5 kit was to tempting to lose that sale and wait for the A1....Show more →
Thanks for the reply Geoff. I was wondering if the new firmware made huge difference and you were testing it against R5
You guys are killing me with the feathered subjects. Great stuff! My RF 24-105 arrived and I decided to give it a go in the studio where my D850 and 24-120 get used most of the time. First off, the eye AF in the studio is pretty awesome. It allows me to compose the shot exactly the way I want it without moving my focus points all around. Here is a quick head shot edit of our 4 month old puppy Pixel. It looks like the D850 may have met its match.
lighthound wrote:
^^^
Somebody looks like they're ready to go find a squirrel !
Another great BFF portrait.
How many big & little fur balls own you anyhow?
Thanks! She loves to chase anything that moves. We are about to have 4 dogs (wife is in CA picking up our new Dobe puppy). We have our boy Snap! who is a breed and agility champion, Roxy is our 3 year old red girl, Pixel (above) is our 4 month old Lakeland Terrier, and Cynder will be our new 10 week old black Dobe girl. I photograph dog agility shows and do pet portraits in my home studio.
