-= 70D owners unite! Post up pics and discuss!

bvsteyn wrote in post #16903516
So when you are shooting BIF you use the TV mode (to be able to set the shutter at 1250), and for everything else the AV mode? Or do you use mainly AV and set the AV to a value that is according to the shutter speed of 1250?

I stay in AV mode... set my ISO so I'll end up getting 1250 shutter speed, give or take. I pretty much stay at f/8 for sharpness when I'm photographing birds... standing or flying. I often mention the bright sunlight we have here for most of the day. I'm sure this factors in as well. When it's golden hour, I sometimes have to boost the ISO up more than I like but I've never had to shoot over 3200 outside to get the shutter speed where I need it to be.

So, for me, it's an easy setup....in AV, I start at f/8 and that really only leaves me with one adjustment... the ISO to get to the right shutter speed. If I had to open up the lens to keep the ISO under 6400, that is always an option: just shoot at f/5.6, but so far, I haven't really needed to do that.

Immaculens wrote in post #16902434
Many or all have now seen the new EF-S lens offering: 10-18mm IS STM

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=9677

Yaayyy!!! I finally have a wide angle in my price range!

sadly the 10mm aperture 'begins' at f/4.5..... not very good for star gazing... but interior shots and video on the 70D aught to be nice, and of course landscape. Its light and compact too ~

I wonder how this compares to the Sigma 10-20 and is it worth switching to gain the STM for video?

moltengold wrote in post #16903483
this is from the B&H web site
in the box
http://static.bhphoto.​com …s1000x1000/IMG_​324726.jpg

Thanks mate!

MikeDee wrote in post #16903658
I wonder how this compares to the Sigma 10-20 and is it worth switching to gain the STM for video?

I really don't know if I would have a reason to shoot video wider than 18mm actually.... and my 18-55 stm would do.

Bringing dinner home. I can't believe that blue birds lay there eggs and hach in a week and then leave there nest all within 4 weeks.

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Nightfire wrote in post #16904363
Bringing dinner home. I can't believe that blue birds lay there eggs and hach in a week and then leave there nest all within 4 weeks.

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Yeah, they don't go to college!... Nice capture!

Little Geese

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First moon shot with the hotness, typically i manually focus, decided to let live view do its thing.

70-200 F/4 w/ 1.4X TCII....super crop...

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@nightlife: nice blue bird!

It is going fast with new photos! Nice moon shots, birds, turtles..i'll throw in some more spider shots:

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Great shots continue .... love the bokeh on the foxgloves .... and more!


Few from a vantage point yesterday. The main road used to come over this hill with the most amazing views - when I remember I take the diversion. I'm trying to get a series of seasonal shots.

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This is a 'Tree Bumblebee' (Bombus hypnorum). Quite a small bumble, but none the less, a welcome flyer in anyone's garden. Queens, workers and males all have a black head, brown-ginger thorax, black abdomen with a white tail. The proportion of white on the tail does vary significantly but is always present. This species was first found in the UK in 2001, but is now found throughout most of England and Wales.


Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2014-05-16 10:17:55 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
ISO equiv: 160
Exposure Bias: -0.33 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK

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