[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

I hate the 5DII and the brick....
I need more money. Very nice quality even at 2.8

what don't you like about it? just the weight?

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

yeah, for that shot I was more concerned with side to side shake. I had it attached at like 4-5 different spots on the car today. Drove around in rush hour traffic with it on too.

people give you funny looks?

[rodi]

nice. we mounted our Red camera to a 60s T-bird and drove around town all afternoon last year. good times.

[Weebl]

Originally Posted by The1

what don't you like about it? just the weight?

Jealousy.
Both items have such superior image qualities when I get them I'll be as happy as signing on the line at the BMW dealership getting some other car. At least I know I'll be able to get the camera before another car.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Jealousy.
Both items have such superior image qualities when I get them I'll be as happy as signing on the line at the BMW dealership getting some other car. At least I know I'll be able to get the camera before another car.

ahhhhh, i see

The two of them together make a very nice pair for walk around use (aside from the weight)

I'd recomend though as soon as you get it, get a side strap for it to take the weight off your neck, it is needed.

And the auto-focus isn't the end of the world depending what you were shooting with before/currently. You just need to learn how to get it's attention. If i'm focusing on something and it doesn't grab focus right away, i refocus on the side of the object where the object and the background intersect and i can get focus almost instantly.

People that sit there and let the focus hunt, they aren't aiming at something that has some contrasting elements. Makes all the difference in the world.

this is where the conversation in the other "general photograhy" thread is interesting right now. I will pick a contrasty part on my subject, then recompose slightly, and i will then do a slight manual adjustment if needed.

either way, I pick up my 5D before i pick up my 7D about 9 out of 10 times. But it really depends what i'm shooting that day.

the 2 lenses i always have attached to my 2 bodies are the 24-70 and the 16-35 (which i'm in love with)

[Weebl]

LOL.
Now I officially hate you for having two of the best zooms.
I will pick out the edges and fine tune if needed just like you posted. It works!
I'm dying to see what the 5DIII will have vs the MkII. I hope it gets the 1D auto focusing. Then I will have to buy it.

I wonder how many pints of blood that will take?

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by The1

people give you funny looks?

they do that even when i don't have a huge camera rig on my car.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

LOL.
Now I officially hate you for having two of the best zooms.
I will pick out the edges and fine tune if needed just like you posted. It works!
I'm dying to see what the 5DIII will have vs the MkII. I hope it gets the 1D auto focusing. Then I will have to buy it.

I wonder how many pints of blood that will take?

look at it this way, when people like me have lots of toys that you like the looks of, we can give good reviews and advice from experience with these products

I really hope the 5D3 gets the 1D auto focusing system, and the infra red flash remote built in or even get a built in radio controlled one (that's wishful thinking) I really like the remote flash control on the 7D, so it would be nice to see on the new 5. After that, there really isn't much else it needs other then to update the video stuff, but that's about it.

a dream on the other hand, change the metal body to a carbon fiber body and lose some excess weight but when a lens is on, it's pretty well balanced.

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

they do that even when i don't have a huge camera rig on my car.

good point, these cars get looks, and yours with all the work done must get some extra looks.

[slavik]

[The1]

very nice are all these cars in NJ?

you're making me want to go for a drive and visit

[The1]

further testing of 135 F2L lens

shot at 2000ISO and F2

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

further testing of 135 F2L lens

shot at 2000ISO and F2

2000? Or 200?

[The1]

2000 that's how the 5D2 handles

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

2000 that's how the 5D2 handles

That's majorly impressive. Virtually no noise.

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

That's majorly impressive. Virtually no noise.

that's ever so slightly noisier then the original because i bumped up exposure a tad, left of her face was a little dark... But DxO does pull some noise out too...

But that's the reason why we use the 5D mkIIs i can get higher ISO then that and still print a nice 8x10 wouldn't want to go much larger then that though.

[The1]

Originally Posted by The1

that's ever so slightly noisier then the original because i bumped up exposure a tad, left of her face was a little dark... But DxO does pull some noise out too...

But that's the reason why we use the 5D mkIIs i can get higher ISO then that and still print a nice 8x10 wouldn't want to go much larger then that though.

that being said.... here's roughly about 100% crop of the image, as you can tell, i shook a tiny bit, it was pretty dark in the living room and i snapped it quickly at 1/125th but you can see the noise a little closer in too.

so high ISO definitely isn't as clean, but you avoid hot spots a lot better with the 5DII

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

that being said.... here's roughly about 100% crop of the image, as you can tell, i shook a tiny bit, it was pretty dark in the living room and i snapped it quickly at 1/125th but you can see the noise a little closer in too.

so high ISO definitely isn't as clean, but you avoid hot spots a lot better with the 5DII

Yeah, you can see the noise there, but hell, my pics look like that at 400 ISO.

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Yeah, you can see the noise there, but hell, my pics look like that at 400 ISO.

haha, well just remember, what you see on the monitor isn't what a picture looks like printed. If i printed this, it would be really clean.

400 ISO on the T1i still prints really well, and i've printed a few from when i had that body. It's just the modern age of pixel peeping has made us greedy.

I forced my buddy with his 60D to take a shot at 1600ISO (which he was mad at me for) then i printed it as a 5x7 and he loved how it turned out. You're never going to see the noise on most of these cameras below 400ISO when printed at a normal photo album size. You might even be able to do a really clean looking 4x6 at 800ISO on the T1i. I never tried to go that high with it. It always scared me.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

further testing of 135 F2L lens

shot at 2000ISO and F2

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

SS was 1/125th on 135mm focal lenth at F2, so i was a little stretched for the ISO, i could have gone up a stop and gotten a better shutter speed, but i didn't want to sacrifice any more quality, sadly i moved a little and it blurred slightly.

it was a 1 shot deal unfortunately she had to get back to school.

and thanks, I'm liking how the 135 F2 is handling the bokeh i think it's going to help out a lot on photoshoots with brick walls around and such.

[slavik]

Originally Posted by The1

very nice are all these cars in NJ?

you're making me want to go for a drive and visit

this recent picture was taken last year down in the everglades during a mile event...

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by dcstep

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

Dave, have you gone through the videos from Zack's workshop? It's kinda interesting how he slams Av mode a ton. I use Av mode a lot too, but I guess it depends on what you're shooting.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Dave, have you gone through the videos from Zack's workshop? It's kinda interesting how he slams Av mode a ton. I use Av mode a lot too, but I guess it depends on what you're shooting.

I started with AV mode for a bit, then switched primarily to M as i got tired of accidentally blowing out the background and stuff if i wasn't watching the meter.

And since watching the Zack stuff, i've toyed around with setting my exposure and just leaving it unless i had to move it because i moved into different lighting, it's definitely worth while.