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Edit: Kernuak - just saw your website, please disregardI did enjoy it, but the lights were a bit shy. In fact solar activity (at least the important bits) was low for the whole of November and most of December. Had it not been for f/1.4, I would probably have struggled to get any decent shots, whereas this past week, I expect f/2.8 would have been more than wide enough to get good shutterspeeds. What I liked most though I think was the polar twilight on the one clear day we had. It was an odd sensation not seeing the sun for a week.You have been to Tromso I observe. Did you like it?
Canon did not give people enough reason to buy a 1DsIII over the 5DII. I would think they would want to avoid that in the future. Though in this case the 1Dx has the speed of the 1D which will give more do distinguish it.Actually, a number (I don't actually know how many) of the big name wildlife photographers (i.e.those who could afford and justify the expense) had both the 1d and 1Ds lines. The idea was that the 1D would be for times when pure speed and extra reach was needed and the 1Ds for when better image quality was more important and the frame rate less so or when a larger size image was required. The focus and frame rate were significantly better on the 1Ds than the 5D line, plus the weather proofing meant they weren't driven by the weather. Professionals simply can't afford to stop shooting, simply because their cameras might get wet. I would think those reasons were good enough to differentiate. Before his switch, Ole Liodden posted a number of blog articles when the 7D came out about the weather proofing of that camera specifically, but also Canon cameras in general, stating that a number of 40Ds and 5Ds failed in the cold arctic conditions, yet the 7D (although with limited experience) carried on. He also told a story of him dropping his 1DsMkIII in the water and it carried on working without problems.
), I set the sharpening for the 7D at around 40, instead of the standard 25 for Adobe RAW. Also though, I rarely go beyond ISO 1600, and if I really have to photograph in that low light, then I switch to the 5D MkII. It isn't often I need to go beyond ISO 1600 and if I can reduce the shutter speed by using a tripod, that is an option, as is a beanbag. I tend to avoid noise reduction (exept to a minimal level in ACR), as it damages the fine detail, which is very important for wildlife. I'd rather have a bit more noise, than not be able to see the feather or fur detail.
That's a pain.There is already a RAW file available in a follow-up post on Aerture Academy, linked in another thread here.
Unfortunately he has only posted the RAW of B3J8584.CR2, while the top LCD info is only visible in B3J8582, which is only available as a JPEG that I could find...
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Pretty good point - doesn't a RATE button point more towards a 7Desque sports/action model, than a 5D Mark III?The 7D was released with the Q button, but a few months later the 1D MkIV was released without it, so it wouldn't be the first time that a feature was tried out on a lower spec camera to see how things panned out. The Q button is now of course on the 1D-X.
Yes, you can reprogram what the button does, but why would they make a dedicated, named button if it wasn't for people who're needing to rate pictures.
Would a wedding photographer or landscape photographer be using this as much as a sports photographer skimming through pictures reviewing what's come from a series of burst shoots, or such?
Opposing argument - why isn't it on the 1DX?
But countering that, the 7D is the second oldest and there are a number of high profile sports events coming this year (e.g. Olympics and European Championsips, for which Canon is a major sponsor). Of course, it could be neithermaybe because the 5D MkII is one of the oldest models in the canon line-up?
Based on what? An n=2 for the 5-series and an n=1 for the 7-series? One point isn't even enough for a trendline...
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