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AI Servo being put through its paces at the weekend....
Well they are certainly enjoying themselves
AI Servo being put through its paces at the weekend....
I can finally join the thread went and picked up my 80d today cant wait to get out there and have a proper play with it
to the fold, you have chosen wisely my friend
Thought I’d post this for anyone that doesn’t know this re: bulb mode in the 80d.....There I was with my 10stopper recently counting to 100 in my head when taking a shot in bulb mode. Little did I know that there is a timer on the top LCD screen that counts up in seconds how many seconds the shutter has been open for. Probably standard but I’d never shot bulb mode before and....well when I saw it I was delighted as its pretty annoying counting to anything more that 10! I thought it might help someone else if they never have used it like me. Cheers.
Has anyone gone from a Tamron 70-300 vc to the canon 70-200 L - is it worth it? I’m itching for an L series lens having rented one last year and this is in my sights.
Welcome to the club. You made a good choice with the 80D and 18-135. Thats my fav combo when using my 80D
If you want a 16-35 i would strongly suggest the f/4 version over the f/2.8mkii. It should come in just within your budget new, more so second hand (although not many of these come up soft sale).
The f/4 is just bettter all round IMO, other than its not f/2.8. I’d say to shoot large subjects up fairly close you won’t be lookin for a narrow DOF anyway. There f/4 is also sharper across the frame, although on a crop camera sharp edges are to be expected from most FF based lenses. Also the stabilisation on the 16-35 will allow you to hand hold at very slow shutter speeds. Good for lower light shooting and helps to blur crowds out at car shows etc. (sort of). Either way, you will get more value for money with the f/4, and sharper images. Dont get suckered in to having all fast lenses unless you know you need them.
Saying all that, I personally dont use my 16-35 on my 80D, as its not really much wider than the 18-135. I tend to use my very cheap 10-18 as my crop WA zoom. It’s a really nice lens and I’m very happy using that over my more expensive L lenses on the 80D.
Good luck with whatever you get though, and its all just my opinion.
You will get more distortion at the wide end the closer you are to the subject. You can definitely get non distorted images from this type of lens, but not if you are close to your subject. A lot of this can be corrected in software, but you do need to be aware of it. Have a look on Flickr etc for examples.Opinions are all good, thank you Dave. I've been into a few camera stores and not had any real decent advice as it seems they know less than I do!
I'll take a look at the 10-18, excuse my lack of correct wording but do you get any kind of image distortion at say 10mm?
My new 70-200 f4 with my 80d
So far, so good!
I just picked up one of those too, looks like I made a good choice. I wonder how many years you've got left getting pictures like that before they only go near each other to fight!!
That third image is a cracker! Come on then, what are the settings and techniques used ?
I'm currently waiting for a 80D to be delivered, hopefully by wednesday.
Over the years I've seen threads mentionng optimal settings on Canon bodies and just I'm just wondering if anyone has come across this for the 80D.
I've found this: https://ditchauto.com/top-5-settings-change-canon-80d/
He mentions that it's set to 'one shot' rather than 'AI focus' which I find suprising because because every Canon body I've used had a default setting to 'AI Focus'.
Any tips from you longterm 80D owners would be greatly appreciated.
The ring off the top of the mode dial on my wife's EOS 80D popped off yesterday. Unfortunately didn't see it pop off and couldn't the find it on retracing our steps across a playing field (needle-haystack situation). The mode button itself still functions fine. The camera is about eight months old and has not been knocked about, so we will contact the supplier and attempt to get it repaired under warranty.
I'd appreciate if anybody could pass on any pointers where I can get hold of a genuine replacement part in case we get stuck on the warranty thing?
I got a shot of the same car at Silverstone