-= 7D2 owners unite! Discuss and post photos!

airbutchie wrote in post #17285078
Something different from moi... Product photography for Nike...

Blurry Bred III's...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/q97x​1a Blurry Bred III's... by airbutchie, on Flickr

2000 Air Jordan Retro 3's in Blk/Red (BRED) colorway... 7D2 + 50L... ISO 100, f/16 @ 30 second exposure...

Awesome! Creative! Any flash or special lighting?

TMaG82 wrote in post #17284949
I'll be getting my Sigma 18-35 today hopefully and got my 7DM2 delivered yesterday. I'll have to get reused to canons layout after shooting with a D810 the last few months. It's a little shorter than the D810, which fit like a glove in my hand while the M2 is a little shorter but I'll get used to it.

You'll love the combo, although, if your 18-35 is anything like mine, you'll need to MA it with the dock (16 values to enter). Mine was all over the place from -20 to +20 so I am sending it off the Gentec (Canadian repair center in Ontario) along with my 7D II to let them do the calibrating. It's a wonderful lens when it works though

Yeah I've heard that optically it's incredible, but it's pretty picky about focus.

Has anyone use this body with 400mm f/5.6 and 1.4x? The reason I asked is because I started saving money for the EF500mm f/4.0L IS USM Mk1. I could have this body and EF400mm f/5.6 for a little bit more than half the price of 1 used EF500mm. I have the Tamron 150-600mm which I really like and adding 400mm f/5.6 for BIF would be a nice combo. IMO

Or should I continue save money for the EF500mm. I never use CC in all my camera gear because this is just a hobby and don't want to end up owing a lot of money that is why I save for each lens I want 1 at a time.

Julian and Butch and anyone I need your advise .

Ive used it with my 400 5.6 + Kenko 1.4 a few times now and it works great. The AF remains pretty quick and accurate but you are limited to the center point only plus 4pt expansion around that point.

foxbodychris wrote in post #17284594
What case # are you guys that shoot football using? I have a game Friday night and was curious as what to use. I'm thinking case 4. Thanks

Case 4 is good for football. I used that for both a 7DII and 1Dx and the AF performance was solid. The only thing is you might want to adjust the tracking sensitivity. I dropped it a notch (toward locked on) and it held the subject a little better.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17285189
Has anyone use this body with 400mm f/5.6 and 1.4x? The reason I asked is because I started saving money for the EF500mm f/4.0L IS USM Mk1. I could have this body and EF400mm f/5.6 for a little bit more than half the price of 1 used EF500mm. I have the Tamron 150-600mm which I really like and adding 400mm f/5.6 for BIF would be a nice combo. IMO

Or should I continue save money for the EF500mm. I never use CC in all my camera gear because this is just a hobby and don't want to end up owing a lot of money that is why I save for each lens I want 1 at a time.

Julian and Butch and anyone I need your advise .

Im gona tell you what Peter, there is nothing like the 500mm for IQ and speed, Im thinking about selling one of the grand kids to get one.

Keyan wrote in post #17285087
Both shots are cool, nice silhouette and sweet long exposure shot

Thanks!!!

ptcanon3ti wrote in post #17285110
Awesome! Creative! Any flash or special lighting?

Would you believe I just used a Maglight? Hehehehe...

Peter2516 wrote in post #17285189
Has anyone use this body with 400mm f/5.6 and 1.4x? The reason I asked is because I started saving money for the EF500mm f/4.0L IS USM Mk1. I could have this body and EF400mm f/5.6 for a little bit more than half the price of 1 used EF500mm. I have the Tamron 150-600mm which I really like and adding 400mm f/5.6 for BIF would be a nice combo. IMO. Or should I continue save money for the EF500mm. I never use CC in all my camera gear because this is just a hobby and don't want to end up owing a lot of money that is why I save for each lens I want 1 at a time. Julian and Butch and anyone I need your advise .

Hey Peter... Is there a reason your Tammy doesn't fulfill any of your birding needs? Or did you need a long prime for any other reason?

https://flic.kr/p/pR8G​9f 7d2 2x3

airbutchie wrote in post #17285250
Thanks!!!

Would you believe I just used a Maglight? Hehehehe...


Hey Peter... Is there a reason your Tammy doesn't fulfill any of your birding needs? Or did you need a long prime for any other reason?

Hi Butch it does but I always wanted that lens (500mm) I bought the 300mm f4L IS and still want it after I got the 300mm then I bought the Tamron and still wanting that lens. I am afraid that if I buy another lens like the 400mm f5.6 I will still want it.

1 of the reason I really like 500mm is instead of having to carry more than one lens in my bag or with me I will just have to bring the ef500mm plus of course the IQ and by adding the 1.4x or 2.0x will really give me a great reach and also I can have 1 lens for BIF and static subjects.

oscardog wrote in post #17285239
Ive used it with my 400 5.6 + Kenko 1.4 a few times now and it works great. The AF remains pretty quick and accurate but you are limited to the center point only plus 4pt expansion around that point.

Thanks for the info do you have a flickr account? or a link to your pictures with this combo? I appreciate it.

Pondrader wrote in post #17285248
Im gona tell you what Peter, there is nothing like the 500mm for IQ and speed, Im thinking about selling one of the grand kids to get one.

, My wife is already telling me that the cost of the 500mm will a year tuition of my 2nd grade son.

foxbodychris wrote in post #17284594
What case # are you guys that shoot football using? I have a game Friday night and was curious as what to use. I'm thinking case 4. Thanks

I've been using Peter Read Miller's settings for his 1Dx as far as Cases are concerned. However, lately I don't place emphasis on specific Cases anymore. I just start with Case 4 and tweak/customize to my liking. I place "tracking, accel/decel and AF point switching" in the "my folder" and tweak accordingly, so basically my Cases, if you will, are customized. One thing I will say is that for football, you want tracking setting at least to -1 and most likely -2 (setting I use on 1D4) to keep the focus on the target longer. I also have focus as the priority for both 1st and 2nd shot. Also, I now enable "[AF] Lens drive when AF impossible" something I did not do with the 1D bodies and see that when disabled and AF was not possible the bird was out of focus, but since activating it, I got more focused images. I am still in the "testing" mode and have a game this weekend to see how my tweaks work on larger targets.

Methodical wrote in post #17285291
I've been using Peter Read Miller's settings for his 1Dx as far as Cases are concerned. However, lately I don't place emphasis on specific Cases anymore. I just start with Case 4 and tweak/customize to my liking. I place "tracking, accel/decel and AF point switching" in the "my folder" and tweak accordingly, so basically my Cases, if you will, are customized. One thing I will say is that for football, you want tracking setting at least to -1 and most likely -2 (setting I use on 1D4) to keep the focus on the target longer. I also have focus as the priority for both 1st and 2nd shot. Also, I now enable "[AF] Lens drive when AF impossible" something I did not do with the 1D bodies and see that when disabled and AF was not possible the bird was out of focus, but since activating it, I got more focused images. I am still in the "testing" mode and have a game this weekend to see how my tweaks work on larger targets.

The part that seems to be missing here, though, and forgive me if it's known and I just missed it, is that the Cases are not simply different combinations of tracking, accel/decel and AF point switching....each Case uses a different, underlying algorithm for how it predicts/anticipates focus. So, those three things are modifiers for each Case, but the underlying math is actually different.

Millers settings. AF Mode (Red 4) I see this is not available on the 7D2.

Pondrader wrote in post #17285248
Im gona tell you what Peter, there is nothing like the 500mm for IQ and speed, Im thinking about selling one of the grand kids to get one.

That was funny right there.