-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (6)

UKmitch86 wrote in post #15540430
A couple from a afternoon out around London Bridge; first play with the Sigmalux, worried I had a soft copy in 'bedroom' tests, real world shows something completely different!

Those are awesome! The lens looks to be on point. Nice!

onurrus wrote in post #15542423

What a great shot.

newone757 wrote in post #15543282
Those are awesome! The lens looks to be on point. Nice!

I only used it at 1.8, but the DoF in those is so thin, I just can't really see it in the viewfinder! Still, hopefully I'll give it a stab at 1.4 soon enough.

Makes me laugh sometimes - the microadjust crowd would be fitting if they knew a dodgy QA lens and a non-MA 5Dc focused perfectly!

I do need to use back button focus though - anyone use that on the 5Dc? From what I've read and understood, it basically allows autofocus until you hit the back button, when thereafter it won't AF, allowing you to manually adjust or track a subject.

Have I understood that right?

I use back button for focus, it essentially takes the focus function away from the shutter button. I like it as I can now decide when and what subject the camera should focus on as it's not tied to the shutter. Note the camera will ONLY focus when you hit the back button. This makes it difficult if you hand your camera to someone to take a shot of you or your family, so in those situations I set it on auto which reassigns the focus back to the shutter button.

Alraes wrote in post #15539308
How do you get those results at 1.6 and under low light conditions?? Man, I have to go over 2.8 to get a decent overall focus in a similar photo!! Was it taken with auto focus??

Glad you liked it - yeah I was surprised by that photo myself - in regard to light, f/1.6 at ISO 640 with a flash will give you plenty of it. It was AF.

here are a few more with that Canon 50 1.4

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srika wrote in post #15544716
Glad you liked it - yeah I was surprised by that photo myself - in regard to light, f/1.6 at ISO 640 with a flash will give you plenty of it. It was AF.

here are a few more with that Canon 50 1.4

IMG_3059cf by Rasidel Slika, on Flickr

Thank you very much for your reply and examples, I just purchased the Canon 50 1.4...I will take some shots using the speedlight

UKmitch86 wrote in post #15544001
I only used it at 1.8, but the DoF in those is so thin, I just can't really see it in the viewfinder! Still, hopefully I'll give it a stab at 1.4 soon enough.

Makes me laugh sometimes - the microadjust crowd would be fitting if they knew a dodgy QA lens and a non-MA 5Dc focused perfectly!

I do need to use back button focus though - anyone use that on the 5Dc? From what I've read and understood, it basically allows autofocus until you hit the back button, when thereafter it won't AF, allowing you to manually adjust or track a subject.

Have I understood that right?

I use the same button to focus. It makes focus/recompose way easier . I also usually use it in Servo mode so it makes sense.

I know you guys are probably tired of seeing my kids but thats what I shoot when we dont go out . @ 1600 ISO I really dont mind the noise in this one. My only wish is that the ISO on the 5D went higher, its hard for me to get good exposure and fast enough shutter speed for kids in less than ideal light. But I'm learning.

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newone757 wrote in post #15545779
@ 1600 ISO I really dont mind the noise in this one. My only wish is that the ISO on the 5D went higher

You do know you can take the ISO to 3200 by turning the wheel until you get the H, right?

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #15547189
You do know you can take the ISO to 3200 by turning the wheel until you get the H, right?

Yes I do

3200 isnt that high. Its also expanded ISO so its not true 3200. If i want that I can do it in post. I'm referring to 6400 and up-like the reasonably usable 12800 of the 6D

^^ moot points regarding ISO, IMO.

the camera is old. it has strengths and weaknesses.

newone757 wrote in post #15547716
Yes I do

Understood. It's just that your post was a bit ambiguous on this so I though I would mention it.

srika wrote in post #15548013
^^ moot points regarding ISO, IMO.

the camera is old. it has strengths and weaknesses.

Agreed - like wishing it could shoot 10 FPS too.

Also keep in mind - one of the best cameras Canon ever made - the 1Ds Mark III - came out in 2008 - 3 years after the 5Dc. It's highest ISO? 1600 + 3200 in expansion. That was a different era of digital cameras, that was before the dawn of today's high-ISO technology. A dawn which started with the D300.

srika wrote in post #15548129
Also keep in mind - one of the best cameras Canon ever made - the 1Ds Mark III - came out in 2008 - 3 years after the 5Dc. It's highest ISO? 1600 + 3200 in expansion. That was a different era of digital cameras, that was before the dawn of today's high-ISO technology. A dawn which started with the D300.

At the risk of sounding like a cranky old man, coming from a film background we couldnt go above 400 without beginning to make some serious compromises with the quality of our images. You could push process some black and white film up to 1600 but it came with grain and that severely limited what you could do with the prints. High ISO is great but I think newer users fail to appreciate how far and how fast we have come to be where we are.