WaterfallJumper wrote:
Loving this thread! I can't upload pictures, but are there any recommendations for outside hosting options? I'd love to share (particularly if people have constructive criticism). Thanks.
I host my stuff on SmugMug and use the embed option to share the image(s) over to here.
Thank you both so much! I'll look into each option for sharing. My wife and I are very much amateurs, with a ton of room for improvement, so it's inspiring and instructive to see everyone's work here. Good targets to aspire to
We've been helping less-established musicians, dancers, and actors lately, primarily focused on portraits, action shots, and music videos, and we'd love to provide them with quality promotional material. Critique and editing/post suggestions would be deeply appreciated.
Nice shot! Which lens were you using? Did you find it difficult to track the plane? I think I'd have trouble with the speed and the blue plane against the blue sky.
Thank you. I was using my trusty EF 100-400L version 1. Image is @ 400mm, f/6.3, 1/1250s, ISO 500.
Several of their turns were right over my head, and tracking in that situation is tough. I was shooting at the max frame rate allowed with that camera/lens combo and came away with 1300 images and spent a lot of time culling. Occasionally you find a gem you didn't know you had at the time
That picture was also posted using the Flickr method that was suggested to you earlier.
WaterfallJumper wrote:
Nice shot! Which lens were you using? Did you find it difficult to track the plane? I think I'd have trouble with the speed and the blue plane against the blue sky.
TeamSpeed wrote:
Sure the R6 does, tons of videos talk about eye af with animals on the R6. The problem is that with a sibling that has substantially more resolution with the same AF system, there is now a cloud that hangs over the R6. It is always better to have the resolution and not always have to use it than to need it and not have it.
I do not see any clouds:
For me it feels much better to have a R6 with the same resolution of my (3rd) EOS 6 which was enough for my needs the last 7 years and always worked without problems for all my bookings but enhanced with an excellent EVF and all the other advantages than just dreaming about a higher resolution body wich I never needed the last two decades that costs me 2400 additional $ wich I do not have and would not spend for higher resolution If I could. If I could afford a R5 I would save some more money and go for the R3.
Ralph Conway wrote:
I do not see any clouds:
For me it feels much better to have a R6 with the same resolution of my (3rd) EOS 6 which was enough for my needs the last 7 years and always worked without problems for all my bookings but enhanced with an excellent EVF and all the other advantages than just dreaming about a higher resolution body wich I never needed the last two decades that costs me 2400 additional $ wich I do not have and would not spend for higher resolution If I could. If I could afford a R5 I would save some more money and go for the R3.
Yes indeed, some are very happy with the 1DX style resolution found on the R6, and many times I am happy with it too. There are times however that I shoot different things that would benefit more from higher resolutions, as do so many others. If the R came out with the same capabilities as the R5/R6 but still maintained its 30Mpx at a slightly higher cost, it would likely have been a very, very successful model. Threads still pop up where people want to know which to buy, since the R has the 30Mpx but the R6 has the newest AF system.
This is also why many would be disappointed with the R3 if it had indeed had 20Mpx. Instead it looks like it will have 24Mpx, and that is a decent "bridge" resolution between the R6 and 5D4.
Events like weddings and senior portraits rarely need more than 15Mpx even for most gigs. I shoot other things that require more resolution because even when I am at 560mm for optical zoom, I still need that digital zoom for deliverables.
Early test shot after I got the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens. (EDIT: Imagine my embarrassment when I went back to look at the exif data and realized that I took this on Christmas Eve; I didn't get the 50mm until the following morning! This was taken with the kit lens at 105mm, f/7.1, 1/40 second, ISO 6400. Thanks for listening to my confession about inadvertently lying. Now you see why I'm an amateur still getting my feet wet.)
I don't usually work with black and white, but it seemed fitting for the shot. I'm terrible at editing, so usually I just go with sooc jpeg. My wife shoots raw and probably looks down on me for my simple ways.
