7D II - what are your recipes for birds?
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Could you be more specific? "Birds" is too broad an ask.sanjosedave said:7D II - what are your recipes for birds?
sanjosedave said:7D II - what are your recipes for birds?
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sanjosedave said:BIF mostly
Thank you Alan for your contribution. I hadn't thought to dedicate all 3 Custom modes to birding which is silly of me since my 7DII does only birding!AlanF said:iso 640 is standard for me, higher values are too noisy for cropping. There is some shutter shock at up to 1/200s so use silent mode for slow speeds. My lenses (100-400mm II, Sigma 150-600mm C, 300mm f/2.8 II + TCs) all work best wide open. I use back-button focus, A1 servo, low-speed continuous shooting unless high speed is necessary, centre spot focussing (often best for BIF as well), plus appropriate tracking, and AV mode set to iso 640 and widest aperture. I put these plus RAW into custom setting C1. C2 has the same but + 1 ev for shooting against a lightish background, C3 has +2ev for birds in flight against the sky or small birds silhouetted against the sky so I can switch in an instant. The regular AV mode on the mode dial has variations of these depending on circumstances.
Yep. I upgraded to the 7DII and the actual noise performance is about 1 stop better but the way the noise is rendered makes it easier to manage and for me it is about 1.5 to 2 stops more useable.KfirGuy said:Out of curiosity (and because I am unable to start topics of my own), what has your experience been with regards to noise when shooting birds in flight? As a regular photographer of the more metallic and less feathery birds, noise in the sky at even ISO 100-250 on my 7D has long been my biggest frustration. Do you find the 7DII to perform materially better in rendering sky at all?
Stewart K said:Many thanks to AlanF and Sabaki, I have been struggling to achieve that "perfect" clarity in a lot of my images with my 100-400L & 5DIII combo and have been seriously considering selling the lens for the Sigma 150-600S. Your settings have given me a lot to think about and I will be heading out to try them out prior to my trip to Kruger National Park in September, here's hoping that my soft images is 100% user error and not some problem with my lens!!!
Many thanks again for your help & support with various novice questions, this is why I love CR 8)
Mikehit said:KfirGuy said:Yep. I upgraded to the 7DII and the actual noise performance is about 1 stop better but the way the noise is rendered makes it easier to manage and for me it is about 1.5 to 2 stops more useable.
That is reassuring to hear! I had been concerned that the issue would persist. But a combination of 1-2 stops improvement and easier to manage noise would be a nice shift, and would forestall the need to consider full frame expense 8)