I wish to head back to Bali and further afield in Asia soon with a new 7D and better glass and will be shooting a range of travel photography but more specifically some of the friends I will be seeing again, in similar situations as below.
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Exposure 1/500
Aperture f/2.0 (stopped it down a bit)
Focal Length 50 mm (the 1.8 prime, found it clear but very slow AF and limiting, may get an 85 1.8 instead)
ISO Speed 400 (was cloudy)
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Pixel peeping, the whole thing is slightly out of focus at 100%, so how is the best mode to focus on a moving subject; AI servo? Or would this be corrected with more experience or a faster focusing lens as the nifty tends to be very slow and irritable.
My main question is how do you get the razor sharpness and, more importantly, the colours you see in pictures like the one I will post below NOT MY PHOTO, in situations like the one above (with movement, though this one was shot cloudier than I experienced most of the time, think more harsh tropical sun and deep contrasts.)
Would my newly acquired 24-105mm L give better colours and contrast? Anything else I should know or have for shooting in the tropical light? Based on the sunny 16 rule I should be able to squeak 1/1000 and ISO 100 at f/5.6 in the brightest sunlight and work my way down from there.
