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

Will in Tejas wrote in post #17553742

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/stGb​NT Ruby throated hummingbird by Bill Morris, on Flickr

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Nice!!!

Doc

Thanks Doc!

McNeese72 wrote in post #17553591
I've bounced around trying various cases right after I got the 7DII during football and basketball. I eventually settled on Case 1 with the tracking sensitivity turned all the way down. I've stuck with that for baseball. Seems to work well for me.

I just have to make sure I take enough time to get the focus point (I use one point expanded to 9) on the player before I hit the back button focus. The 7D II focuses so fast if I'm too quick with the focus button before I am on the player, the camera will focus on the background or somewhere else and, since the tracking sensitivity is turned down it will never get on the player. And, if I'm shooting a burst, none of the following photos in the burst will be in focus because the camera is trying to stay on the background ignoring the player.

Doc

Thanks for the info buddy. I would like to know how you PP the pictures afterwards, because your 16000 ISO shots come out cleaner then my 6400 ISO shots. Lol

ACESFULL82 wrote in post #17553809
Thanks for the info buddy. I would like to know how you PP the pictures afterwards, because your 16000 ISO shots come out cleaner then my 6400 ISO shots. Lol

Well, I use Lightroom CC now, but did the following also in LR 5. I do my normal processing then the last two things I do is noise reduction and then process sharpening. With 16000 ISO photos I have gotten real aggressive with noise reduction, I usually leave the color noise reduction on the LR default of 25 because that has usually taken care of the color noise. With the Luminance noise on 12500 and 16000 shots, I run the slider up to 50 or 60 (in extreme cases). I then sharpen them by running the slider up to about 75 or 80. I then hold the Alt key (on a PC) and run the mask slider up until all I see are the edges (or just the areas I want to sharpen). That way I just sharpen the edges and don't bring noise from sharpening back into the background and other areas where I really don't need to sharpen.

I do get some smoothening and loss of detail. I try to balance it out the best I can. I thought the dugout celebration shot of the last photos I posted might have had a little too much noise reduction.

Doc

7D2 working it's AF magic

We are fortunate here in North Texas with all the rain - a few tornadoes as well - but we really needed the rain. The lakes are full for the first time in at least 10 years. Only downside is that I haven't seen the sun since updating to firmware version 1.0.4 and I am not the only one hoping for a little sunlight ... I thought this Blue Jay was going to ask if he could come inside to dry off for a spell

gschlact wrote in post #17551726
First game out with new 7dii. Some of these guys still fly even without wings. Most shots ISO 6400-12800, 24-70f2.8 II, f2.8 and ~1/640. (most had to be PP at least 1/3 stop or more due to auto ISO and bright green unis). I had lens correction enabled so lost Af point display data. Lens was mfa'ed.

so 24-70 huh... i did volleyball with my 85mm 1.8 and umm yeah too much on a crop indoor for volleyball.. I have no other lens (50mm f1.8 just didnt cut it.. )...

Such a challenge in these situations...

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robert614 wrote in post #17551263
A couple from the Monterey Grand Prix @ Laguna Seca last weekend.

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Nice shots, thanks for sharing them. I like the drama of the vignette.

Anyone update the firmware?

Aressem wrote in post #17556341
Anyone update the firmware?

I did. Camera is still working so I guess I'm alright.

Methodical wrote in post #17532091
Hello all. I've been away for awhile.

Absolutely spectacular!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17533401
Home and staring at the cardinals Just teasing with the frown, I love cardinals. Going through trip pics, here's one where the Black Chested let me get real close, well real close is relative-approx 20 feet away, and obviously stared at me like I was crazy-

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Amazing shot!

TeleFragger wrote in post #17556106
so 24-70 huh... i did volleyball with my 85mm 1.8 and umm yeah too much on a crop indoor for volleyball.. I have no other lens (50mm f1.8 just didnt cut it.. )...

Such a challenge in these situations...

I can definitely see he 85mm being too long. 50 1.8 not fast or accurate focusing enough. Maybe the 40stm is fast enough focusing? The v1 of the 24-70 f2.8 was fast enough focusing, but despite being good, wasn't sharp enough when combined with the 7dc at 6400iso. Otherwise, you might need to try the v2 24-70 and see just how fantastic it is to replace primes in this range.

After about a week of test shots, and overcoming a bout of sinusitis, last weekend I took the 7D2 out to the Georgia Renaissance Festival. First use 'in the field'.

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