Every time I shoot with the 7D in focal length-limited situations, I\'m reminded of what a great tool it is. Below are some examples from this morning\'s shooting. As I\'ve been doing for 6 weeks, I was following around the eagle fledgling whose nest I had watched for the previous 4 months. Had I been using my 1D Mark IV, I would have needed to use my 500/4 to get these shots. Had I been using a 1D Mark III, I would have needed a 600/4. But I had to work my way through the brush and marsh for several hours, and there is no way that I was going to do that with a 500 or 600 mm lens. Instead, I used the 7D with my 400 DO. Had I tried to use the 400 DO with the 1D Mark IV, I would have needed to use a 1.4x, which would have meant degraded image quality, slower AF, and, because of the loss of stop, shutter speeds too slow to capture the action. Had I been using a 1D Mark III with the DO, I would have needed a 2x, and that would have been a disaster on many counts.
I\'m not sure what more I could ask of a camera in focal length-limited situations than what I get from the 7D.
First, 3 consecutive shots from a burst of 7, all of which the camera allowed me to get in focus even with the busy background.
Every time I shoot with the 7D in focal length-limited situations, I\'m reminded of what a great tool it is. Below are some examples from this morning\'s shooting. As I\'ve been doing for 6 weeks, I was following around the eagle fledgling whose nest I had watched for the previous 4 months. Had I been using my 1D Mark IV, I would have needed to use my 500/4 to get these shots. Had I been using a 1D Mark III, I would have needed a 600/4. But I had to work my way through the brush and marsh for several hours, and there is no way that I was going to do that with a 500 or 600 mm lens. Instead, I used the 7D with my 400 DO. Had I tried to use the 400 DO with the 1D Mark IV, I would have needed to use a 1.4x, which would have meant degraded image quality, slower AF, and, because of the loss of stop, shutter speeds too slow to capture the action. Had I been using a 1D Mark III with the DO, I would have needed a 2x, and that would have been a disaster on many counts.
I\'m not sure what more I could ask of a camera in focal length-limited situations than what I get from the 7D.
First, 3 consecutive shots from a burst of 7, all of which the camera allowed me to get in focus.
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Two from another burst.
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And two more.
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Les
Aug 15, 2012 at 02:24 PM
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