1D X Mark II Owners Unite! Discuss & Post Photos

robamy wrote in post #18029635

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HrgB​mU Ruby Throated Hummingbird by A & R Photography, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HNDz​f5 The Happy Couple by A & R Photography, on Flickr

wow your "flicker" is amazing...

jwcdds wrote in post #18031625

Did you use LV to focus?

digital paradise wrote in post #18031646
Did you use LV to focus?

I tried, but didn't quite work. I stopped trying quickly because I wasn't sure how long the hummingbird would stay perched. I'll have to take some time to see if LV will focus beyond f/8 some other time.

dzaneh wrote in post #18031627
wow your "flicker" is amazing...

Thank you very much

Phoenixkh wrote in post #18031597
How does Capture One compare to the Nik Collection?

No clue, didn't even know that Nik did RAW conversion.

Do be aware that Capture one has been doing RAW conversion since before Adobe ever put RAW into PS, let alone came out with LR.
That makes Nik a johnny come lately.

I have always liked the results from Capture One free trials. Price tag was too much for an PS owner. This was before CC came out.

Has anyone seen or heard any rumors of a firmware update?

I absolutely love this beast of a camera. The only thing I'm not enjoying is that my LCD screen on the back is quite yellow. Wish I could calibrate that.

First Flower in Capture 1
- watched a few videos to get the gist of it
- for those that do video work and are use to colour dials it will be more familiar
- there is a tool in LR, the Radial Filter tool, that I use a lot to make a certain area pop or fade, that I wish Capture One had (does it?)
- Capture 1 does not have Tamron Lens profiles which I find interesting

The Tamron 45 makes for a good semi macro lens

The one thing I will say about the 1Dx_II that I never did with any other Canon camera is shooting handheld in live view - if you have an IS lens, and you aren't tracking anything, the weight / mass of the camera - and the zero shutter effect shooting in live view, never mind the ridiculous burst speed, actually makes it very useful - this is how I did my macro shots today - it is like releasing a silent assassin mini sniper rifle - it was windy out so I had to shoot at higher shutter speeds

1/400, F4, ISO 1250

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/H1r6​q5

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #18031906
No clue, didn't even know that Nik did RAW conversion.

Do be aware that Capture one has been doing RAW conversion since before Adobe ever put RAW into PS, let alone came out with LR.
That makes Nik a johnny come lately.

Nik works within both PS and Lightroom.... I was trying to figure out the overall look of the two. I've seen some great stuff from Capture One. I've had great results with Nik, probably because it's so easy to learn.

What's the cheap lens? Photo looks awesome.

ISO 4000, 1/200, F7.1 with Tamron 45mm VC

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the ants were going to town on these about to bloom flowers

Tamron 45 @ F7.1 1/400 iso 1250

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Hwn3​TL

Continuing the studies of Bluebird (which brutally ran off the Treeswallows
Yes, typical of my area, blessed with a perfect crap grey sky.
No C/C, I know I've a long way to go with the Bluebirds-

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