photos of hans koot

<p>http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/06/21/testing-photos-from-the-lytro-camera-images-you-can-refocus/<br>

some nice examples</p>

<p>Like Keith said, you need steady hands for a tele if you shoot handhold. Handhold a wide angle is the better walk around lens (even then you still need steady hands...)</p>

<p>Basically its simple Brian, Just shoot RAW and learn your way through it. All settings you like can be applied in the RAW editor or photoshop. As you are used with postprocessing you will find it more easy and enjoybale working with RAW. then working with scanned slides. (I changed some years ago). I use most lightroom at the moment. you can try this a while for free to see if it suits you.</p>

<p>I advise you first to learn to work with the histogram, which is essential for good digital shooting. You need to be able to work well with it while shooting (so in the lcd put also the histogram, exposure is sufficient) and in the postprocessing. You best look at the web to find out, otherwise I will have to write a tutorial here... :-)<br>

good decision cheers!</p>

<p>Hi Paul, I think as you well understand, the basics are very simple. Sensor size and having fast lens or not. These natural laws dictate the designs the builders can achieve. As good customers we would of course like to have a small but fast lens with a big sensor in a handy body....good luck with deciding<br>

cheers Hans</p>

<p>i imagine the canon 100mm is macro will make an interesting portrait lens too. good luck with choosing :-)</p>

<p>@Dave..<br>

The prints. The difference starts for me especially in the less exposed parts, where the 5 dmkII seems to be capable to capture more data then the 7d. the 7d gets more and more easy ' muddy' there. With even and carefully exposed subjects it may be hard to find a difference indeed. Though these situations occur (a perfect and especially even lit scene) , they are not the daily practice for landscape photography. Also I find noise control is better in the darker parts of the image with the 5dmkII. I imagine though anyone can work on that if required to some extent. In practise I find the 7d requiring a more perfect exposure and the 5dmkII more 'forgiving' in that. (yes I know all should be proper exposed of course !, but again sometimes I am happy to be able to recover some data available in raw). In general the 5dmkII gives me more data to be able to work on an image (bright and dark parts). As addition I have the impression the real iso of the 7d is about 1/3 stop less then proposed, meaning you have to overexpose some to get good noise behavior, at some more risk of overexposing.<br>

Just my findings,& opinions from how those camers behave in practice in my situation and by no means a law for everybody!<br>

Cheers!</p>

<p>I dont know by own experience, I have the 100-400 and i shot with the 70-200. I like them both but i never tested with the tc. Here a link that might help some to make up your mind. http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/index.php</p>

 

<p>But i will give my small contribution. My partner and I own both and for us the 5dMKII is the one we like more, no doubt there for us.</p>

<p>The risk of putting a question here is to end up more confused......</p>

<p>Didnt read all, my excuses, but the camera may accidentetly have been set to spotmetering.</p>

<p>or making some fun out of the relief its not their gear lying there.....</p>

<p>Thank you Paul :-)<br>

It seems more to be a case like ' don't try this at home"<br>

My partner sends you her condolences.. she was very shocked when I showed her the camera (as much as nikonist shooting with canon can be...) she is still crying....</p>

<p>There must be other ways when you want a new model...</p>

<p>It confirms my experience with the 100-400. Its very sharp on my 5dmkII. It improves even significant at 7.1. Only regret its not an f4 lens :-) I did not use the new combo (70-200 with 2x) yet, though having also a 70-200 at f2.8 is intersting at the price of only little loss in quality.</p>

<p>Hi Landrum , nice :-) we, my partner and I, used the 100-400 on 7d and it sucks. We also used it on the 5dmkII and we have a really great combo with that. Maybe other, more expensive lenses it will do the trick, i don't know. With 2Ti maybe different as well. Better first check by renting to see if you have your winning team.<br>

I see there are many different experiences, and the problem is they may be true. For me the bigger pixels indeed make a difference in less exposed areas, the darker parts or some underexposure. </p>

<p>some pixels are more equal than others... </p>

<p>We (my partner and I) used both, 7d (5 months) and 5dmkII (1 year) and are going to sell the 7d. We find while in focus the shots are not really sharp (my partner says it sucks). Exposure we feel is volnurable, you cannot easy underexpose with it, and therefore dark or darker parts of images loose detail relatively fast.<br>

If you go to use the 7d you best expose to the right to get proper results. i personally think the real iso is 1/3 to i/2 stop lower than given. At first we really loved the handling of the 7d, shooting with it is a real pleasure, like being in a sports car! But the results simply cannot convince us. Please don't feel offended if you're happy with the 7d, these are just OUR experiences (we may have a bad copy), we evaluated for ourselves and we decided to change. Our advice will be clear now :-)<br>

If you shoot mainly landscapes whats you're problem with AF? I find it at the 5dmkII very accurate, though not as sporty as the 7d.</p>

<p>nice review here <a href="http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/articles/canon_15-85_17-85_sigma_18-125.htm">http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/articles/canon_15-85_17-85_sigma_18-125.htm</a> you can see for yourself if its worth it</p>

<p>hmm if you loose assignments you better consider upgrading bit more. If its the way you receive more orders, get a 7d, in spite of the beyond broke situation. Try in your family if you can borrow? It sounds as if you will have a fair chance to earn it back (ask at your offices, why not?). I wish you lot of succes!</p>

<p>the xt is good, not heavy and not catching lots of attention. which is great for travel and journalism imo. The lenses will make the quality of your shots for a large part, so I see no big reason to change. You can tell people you use this one for that reason :-). But if you do change, a good sec hand 40d might be the way to go, good, rugged, and not very expensive. </p>

<p>I used it and its very good, no hesitation, it will fit very well with your kit. </p>

<p>new try, different shot, all data available on screen</p><div></div>

<p>server error , i will try later can't get through.</p>

<p>shot of last week 2x magnification no adjustments, ligthroom. a 7d with old 100mm macro. no CA in the corners. iso 250 and handheld (sorry for that, i have this available).</p>

<p>Congrats for the winners, its been great pleasure to join it.</p>