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Jef96 - auto white balance.

DoubleL wrote in post #14877538
A apologize M2. I see this can be taken as a black cloud and that this section is not for critique.

Good on ya ....

PhotoGeek wrote in post #14875588
I got my camera on Thursday, and other than a few shots around the house that night and last night, today was the first outing with it. It now has 267 clicks on the shutter.

The outing was to a varsity high school volleyball tournament. At that level, the play is fast, and movement is not easily predictable like that of a runner. In my opinion, it is one of the hardest sports to shoot, and really tests the AF system. I've been shooting the sport for about five years with a 1D Mark III.

For this outing I shot ambient, 14 fps, manual exposure, Case 6 default settings, AI servo, manual point selection with expansion to the surrounding 8 points (slightly above center in portrait orientation), AI servo 1st image priority set to focus, and AI servo 2nd image priority set to equal, AWB under fluorescent lighting, and RAW. I usually shoot in bursts of 2 to 5 shots.

First sequence using the 135 F2L. Target player was #2, middle hitter. ISO 8000, f2.5, 1/1000. The images were imported into LR4, and the exposure was brought down 1/2 stop because they were overexposed. No other adjustments were made, and they were exported and converted to JPEG at the largest file setting. These are clicks 131 - 135 on the camera.

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I need to make a correction.

Both bursts were at 12fps, not 14.

PhotoGeek wrote in post #14877814
I need to make a correction.

Both bursts were at 12fps, not 14.

I was wondering how you managed to maintain such sharp focus between shots with the mirror up!

Thanks for the clarification.

Waiting for volleyball season to start here, but still enjoying the X

joe9047 wrote in post #14877963
Waiting for volleyball season to start here, but still enjoying the X

So nice to see a hummer at a flower instead of a feeder! Very nice shot!

Which lens?

Yogi Bear wrote in post #14877976
So nice to see a hummer at a flower instead of a feeder! Very nice shot!

Which lens?

Thank you. These flowers are growing wild in my backyard and I think the hummers are addicted.

I used the 300 2.8L with the 1.4 extender.

Solved my imagebrowser problem - downloaded the latest off the support site and it now works but it's a cruddy 'modern' program I've still got ver 6.6 on my system and that's a lot better as you can compare multiple images. The new one seems to be set up to just dump shots onto f/b and twitter

Now I've come up against the AFMA bug - let's hope Canon sort this out sharpish as I like the ability to have orientation specific focus points... I found the bug is not consistent as it is OK on some lenses and doesn't work on others

1dx + 100-400 @ 6400 ISO:

Fantastic image Bigcountry. Since you posted this shot, I assume you were able to run faster than the guy standing next to you.

PhotoGeek wrote in post #14877786
Jef96 - auto white balance.

The 1DX WB is really good and far better than my 5D2 which didn't cope at all with indoor sports shots like yours. Great to know, thank you for that.

Jason, That bear shot is sick, sick, sick!!! I see you had success in Alaska. Post some more, Please.
-Steve

For anyone wondering, B & H finally received another shipment and is processing orders. I just got my confirmation notice as well.

JH

navydoc wrote in post #14880918
Fantastic image Bigcountry. Since you posted this shot, I assume you were able to run faster than the guy standing next to you.

According to the EXIF the shot was at 180mm YIKES

bigcountry wrote in post #14880837
1dx + 100-400 @ 6400 ISO:

That is just fantastic and if it is at 180mm that then becomes mental......