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The new 90d is a mighty capable camera imo
Love those mountain bike pics on your Flickr.
The new 90d is a mighty capable camera imo
Great set as always. Where were they taken?Few from Saturday morning. Still enjoy using the 7D II
Great set as always. Where were they taken?
Very nice I have seen Marsh harriers at Rainham Marshes but even with a 150-600mm I can't get that close.Cheers, taken at Keyhaven (Milford on sea)
Cheers, taken at Keyhaven (Milford on sea)
What is the opinion of 7Dii owners regarding the R7 ! ?
Been waiting for a 7D MKII replacement forever, in the meantime I tried the Sony A9 and 200-600mm. Loved that combo and although no bird eye af once it locked on you just couldn't fault it. Had it been 45mp I would have kept it but 24mp just doesn't give enough cropability for wildlife.
As for the R7, it's definately not a 7D II replacement but I think it's the best we are going to get ... I would have happily paid up to 2k (or even a little more) for twin CFexpress slots, bigger buffer, better build, grip connections and a stacked/BSi sensor but Canon think this body will sell and so do I .... in bucket loads.
Had the R5 for a while then sold it as it was basically being used as a crop wildlife camera which cost a lot of money, AF is superb though and R7 is supposedly better.
My R7 is on preorder .....
For example couple years ago I tried holding a bazooka sigma 150-600 contemporary lens still at full 600mm on a moving Tiger at distance while holding my breath and ensuring the AF square is over the Tigers eye !
Wells let say that most of the images were not keepers ! ! lol
I used the 7D MKII this morning with the Sigma 150-600mm Sport which has another Kilo in weight over the contemporary and I was shooting terns in flight.
Eye af would have got me about 75% more keepers I reckon .... less weight would have saved me a trip to the chiropracter.
Tern by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Tern Fishing by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
Great images,
what AF mode do you use, AI Servo for sure, what AF points do you use is it zone as expandable AF point would be very challenging ! ?
9 point expanded but I am constantly changing between that and single point.
Sony was so much easier, hoping bird eye af is easier still, even face detection would do most of the time ... I have a full sequence of this duck landing and spraying water everywhere .... every one missed the head.
IMG_3353 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr
I was at beaulieu motor heritage museum new forest last month and there was a falcon short display. Now I had the wrong lens ( 18-50 ) and worse of all I was sitting under its flight path merely 50-70cm above my head and even though I had my Sony A6000 I had not ( to that point in time ) set a sport mode settings on the camera. I had lots of potentially killer shots, however i used too slow shutter speed,...arrrrrrrrrrrr ! ! ! ! !
You are using the sigma sport a lot lately, have you cancelled your gym membership ! ? Lol
Cracking image BTW
I might get my 7Dii out soon and take it to the zoo along side my R7 for fun day of comparisons !
Any regrets? What did you replace it with?Sold mine last week, it was (still is) a great camera IMO
Any regrets? What did you replace it with?
I have just ordered a R7, still have my 7Dii and 1DX. Main use will be bird photography.
Given that the R7 has no physical connections for a battery grip, I’m surprised Canon haven’t come up with a Bluetooth grip for it.I mainly use a Sony a9 but replaced the 7D II with an R7 and if I'm honest love the tech in it but loathe the body size so rarely take it out.
I'm actually on the brink of selling the R7 I detest it that much, just a proper grip would make so much difference.
I know there's no proper grip available but have you considered one of the grip extensions out thereI mainly use a Sony a9 but replaced the 7D II with an R7 and if I'm honest love the tech in it but loathe the body size so rarely take it out.
I'm actually on the brink of selling the R7 I detest it that much, just a proper grip would make so much difference.