FYI-Sports Illustrated Settings For 1DMKII

[robekert]

Bookmarked this site some time ago. It must have been in anticipation of getting the 1DMKII. It is the settings that Sports Illustrated wants their photographers to use. I found it to be a very interesting site.

http://www.siphoto.com/?canon1DM2.inc

Rob

[khkohl]

Thanks for the post. Hopefully I can use it this week!!!!!

[Jon Borcik]

TTT :)

[GenEOS]

I used to shoot all the sporting events I covered in RAW only.
But with the extreme file sizes and number of frames used shooting an event now, I am opt to shoot high jpegs only.
I will continue to choose which events I need to shoot RAW on, but generally speaking, I am going to be shooting jpegs.
The quality is there, even in the jpeg.

SI says to set H jpeg at 7. I would set it a bit higher at 8 or 9.
The SI shooter's I have seen posting over at sportsshooter.com say they don't delete images, they send in everything. Most can't afford the pockets full of CF cards shooting like that requires.
For normal folks on a budget, you have to balance quality, speed and available room. I don't like to chimp+delete in the field...I can miss action and it leaves room for me screwing up and deleting something I did not want to.