-= Canon EOS R7 owners unite! Post photos and discuss.

Optiq wrote in post #19401981
That number can be reduced by about 1/3 if people would only start using the MQ button instead of creating back to back, individual posts every time. MQ stands for multi-quote. Yes, it's a tiny bit more work while compiling your reply but it would make for a cleaner and easier to read forum experience. In this 82 posts for 20 hour period, I counted at least 10 occasions where there were 2 or even 3 back to back posts from the same person. The MQ feature would allow for the same thing with LESS posts and would be MORE organized and easier to follow.

I've wondered what that was. Thanks for the info!

Optiq wrote in post #19401981
Watch, now there'll be a couple of dozen posts scolding me for moderating!

Not me.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19401865
New Macbook Airs just launched, with the M2 chip. They look very nice. But I never had a laptop. And I would still want a large screen. So better wait for a M2 Mac Mini.

The Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports make it easy to attach an external monitor to a Mac laptop. If the monitor does USB Power Delivery (most that I've seen do), it will charge the laptop while it's attached. If the monitor has a built-in USB hub, you can attach peripherals and external drives, all with the single cable connection to the laptop.

There are also USB-C hubs and Thunderbolt docks available with all kinds of ports: USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, SD, audio, etc. All through the single cable connection to the laptop.

FWIW, I use an M1 MacBook Pro with a 27" Dell monitor and an OWC Thunderbolt dock. It replaced a 2013 iMac and I love being able to disconnect the laptop and take it wherever.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19401954
female Mallard coming in for a landing. Landed about 15 feet from me.
Canon R7
Canon 100-400Lii @ 400mm
1/1600 f/8 ISO 3200

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The best thing to me is that at 400mm I was able to get the duck in the FOV and she came in right near me. Here is the full frame "raw" JPG from the camera.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19402002
Levina
I know how tough swallows are to capture! I get about a 2% hit rate if I am lucky! Are you using BBF or SBF?

They're fast birds, yes. I love shooting them. I do it every summer. I always used BBF on my 1D cameras, but after buying the R6, I put the AF back on the shutter button. I think it's faster and gives me more options with the back buttons. I just don't see a reason for BBF any longer. Not now the entire sensor is basically one giant focus point.

I saw you mentioning shooting swallows with your 600/11. That will be extremely difficult. These are fast, erratic flying birds and the FOV on a 600mm is way too narrow. I understand the idea behind it, but it doesn't work well. I too started out, 10, 11 years ago with longer focal lengths, with my 400/5.6L and the 1.4xTC. That didn't work well. What I have learned over the years is that shooting them from up close with shorter glass is much more effective. So for years I used the bare 400mm. Or my 300/4L even. These barn swallows nest mostly in human made structures , at least here they do, in barns (ha!), under roofs or bridges. When I go to the fields, they're hard to miss, so I position myself close to their nesting place. There's a dairy farm with a big barn where I go to every year. The owners know me and I'm allowed on the premises, which is very nice. So I'm close to the birds and they're fine with that as they're very comfortable with people. They literally fly around my head when I'm out there. Long glass won't do any good there. Shorter glass is better. I never had a zoom lens and that was a whole different experience today, because now I could zoom out to around 200mm or so, find a bird that came my way, lock onto him, track him, zoom in and start shooting him. That worked pretty well.

Here's another shot. I processed the raw file but out of my element with new apps and a different workflow.
It was a day with ever changing weather and light. From sunny to clouded and dark. Difficult conditions.
EDIT: I've changed the pic. The other one looked awful on my iPad. I think, I hope, this one looks better. I desperately need a new monitor!

mcoren wrote in post #19402022
The Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports make it easy to attach an external monitor to a Mac laptop. If the monitor does USB Power Delivery (most that I've seen do), it will charge the laptop while it's attached. If the monitor has a built-in USB hub, you can attach peripherals and external drives, all with the single cable connection to the laptop.

There are also USB-C hubs and Thunderbolt docks available with all kinds of ports: USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, SD, audio, etc. All through the single cable connection to the laptop.

FWIW, I use an M1 MacBook Pro with a 27" Dell monitor and an OWC Thunderbolt dock. It replaced a 2013 iMac and I love being able to disconnect the laptop and take it wherever.

The problem is, I don't think I'm a laptop person. I never had one. Never needed one. Never wanted one. For mobility I have my iPhone and my iPad. I love both. The only reason I need a new Mac is photo editing as I can't do that on my iPad, it just doesn't work. But everything else I do on the iPad. Actually I think the M1 Mac Mini with 16GB and 1TB SSD would suffice for what I need it for. I'm just worried that 16 gig RAM isn't enough. And these things aren't upgrade-able and I plan to do a long time with a new computer so it needs to be a bit future proof.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19401958
ISO 6400

Mallard at Ellis Pond Norwood MA
Canon R7 100-400Lii @ 400mm

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Thats going to work for me. Not bad at all for 6400

Plus you were at F/8....F4 glass is going to drop that ISO

Dave63401 wrote in post #19401918
When I was going thru this decision, I took some of my own files into a Best Buy and was able to look at them on Full Hd and 4K. Saw detail in my photos I had not seen before and ended up with 4K on a laptop. My current monitor is a Dell 27 inch 4k(3840X2160). Dell P2721Q 27 Inch 4K FHD.About 700-750 new when I got it 1 year ago (but got a open box on amazon when they had a extra % on prime day used for $235}. Current new is around 625-675 from 3rd party amazon sellers.
I have been very happy with it. That Eizo looks very nice.

I've been thinking of doing the same: going to a store and just look at the differences. Bringing a few images of my own is a good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I have to get a new display. The NEC monitor I have was wonderful but it has a yellow tint in the upper left corner that is growing. Calibration is still possible, but targets cannot be met any more. I have no idea at the moment how my images look. Everything looks off. I really need something else. I am procrastinating though because I want the Eizo but it's expensive. I also need a new Mac. And I bought a new camera. It's getting a bit much...

mcoren wrote in post #19402006
I've wondered what that was. Thanks for the info!

And four back to back posts from you, including this one in your reply

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19401803
I love having the ability to hear the camera taking pics in ES mode. I have set volume to the lowest setting so I hear a very soft rrrrrr…, so soft it won’t scare away anything. In fact I doubt anyone but me can hear it. But it’s nice to have.

I agree. The total flexibility with sound is awesome. If you like it loud, make it sound loud. If you like it soft, hey just set it soft. Me, I like Depeche Mode

I think in a couple of camera generations there will be no mechanical shutters left. We'll have some sort of a "global shutter" on the high-end and stacked sensors on the lower-end cameras. The "shutter" will be called the senor protector, which is closed when the camera shuts off or for changing lenses. Then we will say something like: "I remember the days when the senor protector was called the shutter and its speed was used to control the exposure time." and someone will add: "That's nothing, I remember when there was a mirror in front of it!"

umphotography wrote in post #19402042
Thats going to work for me. Not bad at all for 6400

Plus you were at F/8....F4 glass is going to drop that ISO

I am happy with the high ISO performance so far, but what really sold me on the R7 was the superb AF!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19402040
They're fast birds, yes. I love shooting them. I do it every summer. I always used BBF on my 1D cameras, but after buying the R6, I put the AF back on the shutter button. I think it's faster and gives me more options with the back buttons. I just don't see a reason for BBF any longer. Not now the entire sensor is basically one giant focus point.

I saw you mentioning shooting swallows with your 600/11. That will be extremely difficult. These are fast, erratic flying birds and the FOV on a 600mm is way too narrow. I understand the idea behind it, but it doesn't work well. I too started out, 10, 11 years ago with longer focal lengths, with my 400/5.6L and the 1.4xTC. That didn't work well. What I have learned over the years is that shooting them from up close with shorter glass is much more effective. So for years I used the bare 400mm. Or my 300/4L even. These barn swallows nest mostly in human made structures , at least here they do, in barns (ha!), under roofs or bridges. When I go to the fields, they're hard to miss, so I position myself close to their nesting place. There's a dairy farm with a big barn where I go to every year. The owners know me and I'm allowed on the premises, which is very nice. So I'm close to the birds and they're fine with that as they're very comfortable with people. They literally fly around my head when I'm out there. Long glass won't do any good there. Shorter glass is better. I never had a zoom lens and that was a whole different experience today, because now I could zoom out to around 200mm or so, find a bird that came my way, lock onto him, track him, zoom in and start shooting him. That worked pretty well.

I had been using my 100-400Lii at 400mm as I see the Swallows at the pond and yes they are fast and usually 75 to 100 yards away from me. I have been trying the RF600 and yes it is tough to get them in the FOV, more luck than anything.
I am thinking of trying my 400L f/5.6 as it is lighter than the zoom and I am using the zoom virtually all the time at 400mm anyway.

trying to start at 200 and zooming in to 400 for me has been a bit of a bust as i am not coordinated to remember to zoom many times. I try to follow one flying away from me and then turning at right angles and diving into the water.

I will be processing a few of my swallows this weekend.

A couple images from this morning. Trying the R7 with the RF100-500.

From today. Harsh light...

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19402058
I am happy with the high ISO performance so far, but what really sold me on the R7 was the superb AF!

I had been using my 100-400Lii at 400mm as I see the Swallows at the pond and yes they are fast and usually 75 to 100 yards away from me. I have been trying the RF600 and yes it is tough to get them in the FOV, more luck than anything.
I am thinking of trying my 400L f/5.6 as it is lighter than the zoom and I am using the zoom virtually all the time at 400mm anyway.

trying to start at 200 and zooming in to 400 for me has been a bit of a bust as i am not coordinated to remember to zoom many times. I try to follow one flying away from me and then turning at right angles and diving into the water.

I will be processing a few of my swallows this weekend.

The 400/5.6L is a great lens for swallows. I've shot most of my swallows with it but I was always much closer to them than 75-100 yards. So much so that I sometimes brought my 300/4L. Is there no way you can get closer? Surely there is way to find out where they nest, so you can position yourself nearby. That would make shooting them much easier for you. And then you could use your 400/5.6L or your 100-400II which are much better lenses for shooting these little bullets.

Zoom lenses are something to get used to. I always shot with primes. The 100-500 is my first zoom lens and it's taken me quite a bit of time to get used to it or rather to remember that it actually CAN zoom at all. But today it proved very useful with the swallows. Still, they're hard birds to shoot, that's for sure.

A couple wading.