July 21, 2012
June 29, 2012
June 27, 2012
Cause and Effect
What could cause a a hardcore Photog to give it all up? I have often wondered.
If I lost my sight then I would have to call it quits. It would be hard without arms.
My gear has been through the wringer lately and I entertained the notion of a simpler way. Maybe a Rebel with a 18-200. Or the new 40mm pancake. Or nothing? It would be a huge step backward... Or would it?
Phothog
If I lost my sight then I would have to call it quits. It would be hard without arms.
My gear has been through the wringer lately and I entertained the notion of a simpler way. Maybe a Rebel with a 18-200. Or the new 40mm pancake. Or nothing? It would be a huge step backward... Or would it?
Phothog
June 12, 2012
The Gear Dominion
100-400
What else needs to be said?
Nothing.
But like all great things and ideals, anything more that is said reflects the beginning.
Which is amazing.
The Lens arrived yesterday.
I love its operational-ness
It functions beautifully.
Adding my Dad's 2x extender makes 200-800 awesomeness.
I will post pictures and a more detailed review.
But for now...
Me like.
Phothog
What else needs to be said?
Nothing.
But like all great things and ideals, anything more that is said reflects the beginning.
Which is amazing.
The Lens arrived yesterday.
I love its operational-ness
It functions beautifully.
Adding my Dad's 2x extender makes 200-800 awesomeness.
I will post pictures and a more detailed review.
But for now...
Me like.
Phothog
June 7, 2012
June 6, 2012
June 4, 2012
June 2, 2012
May 29, 2012
More!
I have returned.
10,000 miles.
37 US States.
Ontario, Canada.
Deserts, Forests, Beaches, Tropics and Mountains.
From Sea level to over 11,000 ft.
And only one speeding ticket.
And only one lens destroyed.
(And I finally graduated)
Right now I will leave you with our
first(and last) state: Oregon!
We have seen this part of the country before. I am still impressed with the wide open spaces of this great state.
Phothog
Camera: EOS 7D
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec.
Aperture: f/11.3
ISO:100
Focal Length:10mm
10,000 miles.
37 US States.
Ontario, Canada.
Deserts, Forests, Beaches, Tropics and Mountains.
From Sea level to over 11,000 ft.
And only one speeding ticket.
And only one lens destroyed.
(And I finally graduated)
Right now I will leave you with our
first(and last) state: Oregon!
We have seen this part of the country before. I am still impressed with the wide open spaces of this great state.
Phothog
Camera: EOS 7D
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec.
Aperture: f/11.3
ISO:100
Focal Length:10mm
April 24, 2012
Attempting Excellence
I have been working with some of long exposure shots with the 7D.
I am not impressed.
I am still tweaking the settings to achieve the highest quality image. It is difficult to get clean, low-noise images when exposed over a long period of time. Especially with 30 minutes plus.
I am trying out shots that are 60-90 min+.
Because of a sad anomaly in my 10-22 lens I am using an aperture of f/9 or more.(More on this situation later) My ISO is never higher than 800.
Still pretty sketchy. Lots of noise. I have yet to analyze the RAW images. They may have been kinder to the information. but for now I will leave you with this image I took a few nights ago.
I napped for an hour and a half in the cold and wet wilderness as my camera took the exposure. Interestingly after the shutter was closed it took the camera over two hours to finalize or write the data to the card(266x Kingston). I am not sure exactly how long it took as I went to bed and it was still writing 2+ hours later.
ISO 640
f/11
10-22@12mm
5458 seconds
I am not impressed.
I am still tweaking the settings to achieve the highest quality image. It is difficult to get clean, low-noise images when exposed over a long period of time. Especially with 30 minutes plus.
I am trying out shots that are 60-90 min+.
Because of a sad anomaly in my 10-22 lens I am using an aperture of f/9 or more.(More on this situation later) My ISO is never higher than 800.
Still pretty sketchy. Lots of noise. I have yet to analyze the RAW images. They may have been kinder to the information. but for now I will leave you with this image I took a few nights ago.
I napped for an hour and a half in the cold and wet wilderness as my camera took the exposure. Interestingly after the shutter was closed it took the camera over two hours to finalize or write the data to the card(266x Kingston). I am not sure exactly how long it took as I went to bed and it was still writing 2+ hours later.
ISO 640
f/11
10-22@12mm
5458 seconds
April 16, 2012
Gearness 2
External Pop-up flash. Great Idea. Not radio controlled. Light controlled.
This means that it has to be pretty much line-of-sight. Not 100%, but close. If I could get internal radio control in my Canon gear I would pretty pleased.
That said I like the pop-up flash feature on the 7D.
First usable picture does not fit the usual style of this blog. But it shows the effect well.
The pop-up did double duty as both trigger and fill.
Canon 7D
100mm Macro F/2.8@2.8
ISO 400
1/200 sec
This means that it has to be pretty much line-of-sight. Not 100%, but close. If I could get internal radio control in my Canon gear I would pretty pleased.
That said I like the pop-up flash feature on the 7D.
First usable picture does not fit the usual style of this blog. But it shows the effect well.
The pop-up did double duty as both trigger and fill.
Canon 7D
100mm Macro F/2.8@2.8
ISO 400
1/200 sec
April 13, 2012
Gearness
All week I have used the 7D. I have not spared it in anyway. I took it on my annual wild hawthorn photo-shoot. Which meant this year that the 7D was drenched. I eventually found cover from the pouring rain but everything was soaked through.
Ok, I have admitted before that I get my money's-worth as far as weather sealing. What about the other stuff? Video? Blah. End processing takes too long. Eventually I might try it out. Autofocus is vastly better than the 50D. Which wasn't too bad. It feels like I have a better lenses. Especially the 70-200. Hand-in-glove. Nice.
Ergonomics? no opinion yet. It is different but not in a bad way.
Favorite feature? I like the 100% viewfinder. I like the grids in the viewfinder. I like alot about this camera. But so far, and this is subject to change, the best is the Jpeg/Raw dedicated button. This is an amazing and innovative feature. For those not aware of this function, it turns on, for one shot, a simultaneous Raw and Jpeg record. It is my favorite feature.
A close runner up would be the pop-up flash. Normally I hate pop-up flash. I think I wrote on this blog about actually removing the pop-up on my Rebel. The 50D got its pop-up flash jammed or glued. But the 7D uses this pop-up flash to control speed-lights. Very cool. I messed around with it and found it quite useful. But I have yet to test it in a practical real application. Stay tuned.
Phothog
Ok, I have admitted before that I get my money's-worth as far as weather sealing. What about the other stuff? Video? Blah. End processing takes too long. Eventually I might try it out. Autofocus is vastly better than the 50D. Which wasn't too bad. It feels like I have a better lenses. Especially the 70-200. Hand-in-glove. Nice.
Ergonomics? no opinion yet. It is different but not in a bad way.
Favorite feature? I like the 100% viewfinder. I like the grids in the viewfinder. I like alot about this camera. But so far, and this is subject to change, the best is the Jpeg/Raw dedicated button. This is an amazing and innovative feature. For those not aware of this function, it turns on, for one shot, a simultaneous Raw and Jpeg record. It is my favorite feature.
A close runner up would be the pop-up flash. Normally I hate pop-up flash. I think I wrote on this blog about actually removing the pop-up on my Rebel. The 50D got its pop-up flash jammed or glued. But the 7D uses this pop-up flash to control speed-lights. Very cool. I messed around with it and found it quite useful. But I have yet to test it in a practical real application. Stay tuned.
Phothog
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