New 1DX and 24-70L II lose their cherries together (1st shot)

[Sitting Elf]

This is the very first click out of my new 1DX and new 24-70L II. Sigh... no longer virgins!
No changes to menus. Just put on the lens, went outside, turned the camera on, aimed and shot. (Just wanted to see what came out)

Pretty impressed with result. Now to have fun with the menu's. That will be exciting... maybe!
Camera came back with f/7.1, 1/400, 160 ISO

 

[cpsico]

Looks like a match made in heaven!

 

[Menace]

I'm sure you'll cherish this moment for years to come

Congrats

 

[wickidwombat]

there isnt enough dynamic range...
you should have bought a nikon so you could pull 18 stops out of those shadows

 

[PeterJ]

Camera came back with f/7.1, 1/400, 160 ISO

Sounds like first shot in green box mode, hope you don't break in everything without more loving care

 

[mrmarks]

Congrats, you lucky guy!

 

[Canon-F1]

my casio Z50 does as good....

 

[Marsu42]

my casio Z50 does as good....

... not if the statue is moving really fast and in unpredictable ways, that's when the fast af of the non-IS lens and the stellar tracking capabilities of the body can show what they can do :-> ... no, really, I'm just envious, if the op has fun with that gear it's absolutely fine by be.

 

[rpt]

there isnt enough dynamic range...
you should have bought a nikon so you could pull 18 stops out of those shadows

LOL! As though we are short on threads that quickly meander over to such topics.

 

[Diko]

Congrats... if you decide to throw that devine equipment any soon... let me know

 

[tron]

there isnt enough dynamic range...
you should have bought a nikon so you could pull 18 stops out of those shadows

LOL! As though we are short on threads that quickly meander over to such topics.

Also, you should have photographed your lens cap ;D

 

[AudioGlenn]

man... gear envy 8)

 

[Loswr]

there isnt enough dynamic range...
you should have bought a nikon so you could pull 18 stops out of those shadows

LOL! As though we are short on threads that quickly meander over to such topics.

Not even remotely! Because Australia, as everyone knows, is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not help but bring up the fact that while Sitting Elf is enjoying his new gear, for now, soon DxOMark will release their Overall Score for the 1D X, and that will surely cause him to want to get so slobbering drunk, he can't even buy brandy.

 

[Jamesy]

You have Statues in your backyard?

 

[Sitting Elf]

Yeah.. we have a few. The one pictured is about 2 feet tall. Took the shot at ground level.
My wife likes the little statues around!

 

[K-amps]

Congrats Elf.... liking this better than your 7D?

 

[Jamesy]

Yeah.. we have a few. The one pictured is about 2 feet tall. Took the shot at ground level.
My wife likes the little statues around!

Here is one of our backyard Garden Gnome taken as a test shot with my 5D3 and 70-200/F4/IS @5.6 (which is the sharpest aperture for that particular copy of the lens per FoCal Pro).

 

[Loswr]

What sort of fantasy land is this? We have picture of a gnome in a thread started by an elf on a forum with lots of trolls.

;D

 

[hediz]

What sort of fantasy land is this? We have picture of a gnome in a thread started by an elf on a forum with lots of trolls.

;D

Ok, now this made me laugh.

thanks neuro!

 

[dstppy]

my casio Z50 does as good....

... not if the statue is moving really fast and in unpredictable ways, that's when the fast af of the non-IS lens and the stellar tracking capabilities of the body can show what they can do :-> ... no, really, I'm just envious, if the op has fun with that gear it's absolutely fine by be.

I'm guessing you're living in Narnia if the statues move really fast and unpredictably? ;D