After a few days of reading the manual, snapping pictures of books, lenses and other interesting stuff, I went outside and snapped this. Pretty much as it came from the camera with only cropping and light sharpening.
I don't shoot sports so this was a real stretch for me. I made some mistakes earlier but learned a lot by the last chukker (hence running the ISO a bit hotter than needed on the first one ). I was using a 70-200/2.8 IS with a 1.4x which created a lot of CA. Most of my OOF shots were definitely my doing; I found it challenging to keep on target with the weight at 10fps. I'm kicking myself for not using Highlight Priority.
Here's something I find significant. These eyes get blown out incredibly easily, but there's (IMHO) a good amount of fine detail in the 100% crop. If these seem over sharpened, I use Manyk SRS actions for web sharpening, but I may have to tone it down for the Mk III.
Jeff wrote:
Note that if you use Aperture for processing RAW images, it does not yet understand the HTP setting, and will render your images 1 stop underexposed. Just an FYI...
Jeff
I didn't know that. I am on a Mac, but using CS3. I love the Recovery function in ACR and it does a nice job pulling back detail into blown out highlights (on MK III files) that I didn't think was there.
(I'm having a heck of a time doing chem homework, so FM has been my distraction and release valve today)
Here are two from the weekend a number of people seem to like. A pretty decent sized crop applied to both too, the second shot from about 70 yards out with a 400.
Wonderful shots in this thread. Great to see all of these.
Here are my very best shots so far. I am having a tough time getting sharp images in "one shot," so I am very frustrated so far with my MarkIII experience. These four are by far the exception and my keeper rate is down from my MarkIIn. I keep hoping it's my error, but haven't been able to determine that for sure yet. I did do a microadjustment with my 500 mm lens and I think that helped a little.
On the positive side, there are many things that I do like about the camera: high ISO capability, ergonomic, & large LCD.
). I was using a 70-200/2.8 IS with a 1.4x which created a lot of CA. Most of my OOF shots were definitely my doing; I found it challenging to keep on target with the weight at 10fps. I'm kicking myself for not using Highlight Priority.
