garycoleman wrote:
I just wanted to my sure nothing is wrong.
My new 7D makes a thunk sound from the mirror/shutter when taking a picture. I take this is normal? My XSi makes a clack sound like a normal SLR camera which is a huge difference than the 7D.
The 7D does sound different than the previous xxD cameras, at least the 30D and 40D that I've owned.
I would describe the 7D as a "thup" sound, kind of a muted slap or click, as if muffled by a pillow. The 30D and 40D shutter sounds are much sharper.
Don't know what an XSi sounds like, but I bet your 7D is fine.
If you search YouTube, I'm sure you'll find video/audio of the 7D shutter.
Ok, anyone care to compare the 7D shutter/mirror sound to a 10D? Preferably done by someone actually having both cameras... I remember the 10D has a nice, soft shutter sound, but if it's hard to describe a shutter sound in words, I think that remembering such a sound is even harder.
alundeb wrote:
Yes, I tried it on a sample crop from the intrent. Worked well on that. Run it in to passes, one vertical and one horizontal. Don't have access to a 5D2 myself. I have mentioned this a couple of times, but there is so much NOISE in the forum these days, so nobody seems to have picked it up.
You should give it a try, there is a free 15 days trial
This software does a great job at removing banding
kirry007 wrote:
Mine makes this sound, "Ka-Chingggg", cos every shot is a money shot !!!
Wanna hear the description of 8 fps burst ?
Kiran you crack me up man. 8fps sounds like this... "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg", "Ka-Chingggg" right?
Not even close, are you sure you are on 8fps ? Mine sounds like this "KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-CHINGGGGG" !! You need to send yours in....Canon can fix it , hopefully it's a firmware issue and not a worldwide recall.
kirry007 wrote:
Not even close, are you sure you are on 8fps ? Mine sounds like this "KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-KA-CHINGGGGG" !! You need to send yours in....Canon can fix it , hopefully it's a firmware issue and not a worldwide recall.
Hahah!! Ok I found the setting... now its sounds like k-k-k-k-k-k-k-kaching! Dude answer your phone.
Sorry, my cell battery was dead, thx for the hint. Yea, your new avatar looks great, let's see how long this one stays. .
Your avatar reminds me of this guy who tried to take me down with his P&S while I was shooting the Blue Angels. I was surfing through my viewfinder and I saw this guy. The 7D and 400 5.6 nailed him before he could, KA-CHING...I felt just like the sniper in Saving Private Ryan ( the rain/church scene in France)
kirry007 wrote:
Sorry, my cell battery was dead, thx for the hint. Yea, your new avatar looks great, let's see how long this one stays. .
Your avatar reminds me of this guy who tried to take me down through his P&S while I was shooting the Blue Angels. The 7D and 400 5.6 nailed him before he could, KA-CHING...I felt just like the sniper in Saving Private Ryan ( the rain/church scene in France)
Hehe... I'll keep it a while. I think its memorable and really shows off my true self hahahah Nice sniper shot btw!
cameron12x wrote:
Has anyone done any auto-bracketing and followed-up with HDR post-processing yet?
This is not directed at you, cameron, just a general thought:
Why is it so, that every time the Dynamic Range is questioned, we always hear that we should bracket exposures instead.
While, when people don't get sharp images, they are seldom met with suggestions about stitching multiple images.
I get the impression that trying to capture wide DR in one shot is considered a bad practice, while trying to capture maximum detail in one shot is good practice.
alundeb wrote:
I get the impression that trying to capture wide DR in one shot is considered a bad practice, while trying to capture maximum detail in one shot is good practice.
Naaah, I think that we're simply seeing an acceptance that at the moment (very) high dynamic range images are always going to need some sort of compromise and/or alternative approach in order to fully exploit the range in the image.
In Stoffer's shot, it seems pretty clear to me that a choice could be made to expose for the shadows - thereby minimising any potential issues caused by noise or banding - and take pot-luck with fixing the blown highlights in the sky with the appropriate software highlight recovery tools.
Or we could process the RAW twice, once for shadows, once for highlights, and merge them.
Or we could take a couple of bracketed-exposures shots and merge them.
We're not short of choices.
Personally I'd expose for the shadows on this one regardless of the camera I was using, because I'd rather have a washed-out sky than overly-noisy shadows caused by dragging EC and shadows up in post as much as this shot would require.
alundeb wrote:
This is not directed at you, cameron, just a general thought:
Why is it so, that every time the Dynamic Range is questioned, we always hear that we should bracket exposures instead.
While, when people don't get sharp images, they are seldom met with suggestions about stitching multiple images.
I get the impression that trying to capture wide DR in one shot is considered a bad practice, while trying to capture maximum detail in one shot is good practice.
No offense taken, whatsover...
I'm not familiar with the method of capturing maxiumum detail through multiple images. Can you explain more?
With respect to DR and HDR, I'm not questioning the inherent DR of the camera.
Depending on the intended final image, subject matter, and the shooting conditions, all cameras (film and digital alike) may benefit from bracketed exposures and post-processing to capture more of the DR in a given scene.
I just mean that for example landscape images can always benefit in resolution if you use a longer FL and stitch for panos. The strange thing is that this technique is never used to excuse poor resolving camera systems, while the HDR bracketing technique is used to excuse poor DR camera systems. When people want high resolution camera systems, they are considered as qualified and demanding photographers, but when people want high DR camera systems, they are considered bad photographers that don't know how to use a flash or exposure bracketing. There are numerous cases where HDR bracketing is impossible due to motion in the scene.
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