Canon 5D Mark 2 shot taken with the very good 100-400 IS and now, after some debating with myself, I tried more developers to see what would give the very best feeling for this shot. I used two developers that I think people use and you have them above. The RAW is also available if you want to try your way. Please leave your result as a comment. Now, Sigma. Please bring that SD15, or perhaps even that SD16 too? Look how bored I am. :)
It fits perfectly to have a post about my Canon 5D experience after my article from yesterday don’t you think? :D Anyways. Every wednesday evening I have open photography classes in a near by high school and this time I brought the Canon 5D Mark 2 with me – much because it’s still dark at this time of the year and indoor light isn’t perfect for any of my current Sigmas. So I went coupled with a 24-70mm and my Elinchrom Quadra. (Quadra is only used when I say so, or you see it).
OBS. None of these images will hurt your eyes. I promise! :D
OBS! These images has not been taken with a Sigma camera. :) (in case you didn’t notice)
They’re developed using Lightroom 3 beta 2.
Now, a tilt and shift lens has long been on the list of wanted stuff. And lucky for me my friend and fellow photographer Martin Carlsson went on vacation leaving his 5D M2 and TS-E 24mm with me. I’m currently trying to make friends with the lens – but I might add that’s easier than getting used to the 5D itself. I often find myself struggling with such a simple thing as changing aperture or switching back to RAW mode after camera forced me to JPEG without telling me. :) SD14 is soooo much simpler to use – much because there isn’t much you can do. hehe. (which in this case isn’t a bad thing)
Above two shots are both taken by Linn! :D (and yes, that’s the 17-70 2,8-4 OS in my hands)
A true classic type of shot that just HAS to be taken. :D
Another one that I until now only could do with some help from photoshop. Extremely satisfactory to be able to pull this off directly on the lens. Observe two things. Perspective is corrected and focus goes thru from front to end above pillows. Amazing really! I LOVE this!
Sigma, I know I tell you to do many things – but please consider making a lens like this one for ME!!! (And Bob wants one too!)
Alright, it looks like I’m more or less in panic mode here but that’s true. ;) I made so many edits, took scenes away and this and that – and after each time I processed the movie and was ready to upload – there was something that I wasn’t satisfied with. I have five different versions of the same movie with four different “pre talks” and finally I settled for this one. It has the worst beginning but hey, it’s me. :D – still it’s a bit long. It’s also supposed to be fun for my sister and her family to watch. :)
So how do I like the 5D Mark II compared to what I’m used too? Well, first of all – it’s a great tool! It’s easy to work with even if I’m missing some buttons – as a movie camera it’s great! After a day or two you feel that you have it all under more or less control and you can start to relax. It’s such a nice feeling to be able to go up to ISO6400 (or even higher) and still feel OK – and in really bad light too!
But, as a still camera even in good light I don’t like the output as much. I can’t get “that” from it – and I’m not that impressed with the 21mp resolution. Strange feeling zooming in to these large files and feel like like there should be more. Never feel perfectly satisfied. Oh well. The burden we three layer lovers have to bare.
But when light is bad, and ISO goes up then it leaves my Sigmas in the dust – you can take brilliant shots in ISO3200 (didn’t try much higher, only with video) and I always felt secure without extra light or the need of a flash. So would I like to own one myself? For sure! I can easily imagine myself doing weddings filming and taking pictures at the same time. At least try. :) Especially inside church where I today feel a bit bound by Sigmas bad light performance. But why is Canons shutter so loud?? aaaaa
Quadra
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