Ive been away for the past week, so got a bit of catching up to do.
I went to Scotland for a week, inc going to the Edinburgh Tattoo. Normally id take my 5D4, and indeed it was packed, but at the last min i took my M50 instead. What made this different was i took my 24-70 f/2.8 mkii and 70-300L, instead of the 18-135 or 18-150. Its really the first time ive used the 24-70 on the M50, and i wasnt sure it would be wide enough. I did also take the 11-22 but used it more for when i wanted that look, rather than needing it.
I found i was swapping lenses a lot. Although i love the 24-70, it just seemed to not be long enough a lot of the time, so the 70-300 was on and off quite a bit. Had i taken the 5D4 those two lenses would have done well, even though the reach was reduced. i really do love the 70-300 on a crop.
While my composition isnt great, i could definitely see an increase in IQ uisng the 24-70, and it helped me get a bit more creative. it was nice having a low DOF.
What really knocked me out was the OOC JPG's. Because IOS cant work with .cr3 files i was shooting RAW +jpg, with the idea that i could play with the JPGs in LR mobile on my ipad, and do some proper editing when i got back home once i loaded the raw files up. To be honest i really didnt need to bother with the Raw files, the JPG were wonderful. They needed a bit of work to get them how i wanted them to look, but on the whole they needed much less work that the Raw files need. Its the first itme ive really used JPG from a proper camera, but i might stick with it and see how things go.
Anyway, sorry for going on and on, here are a few (from the raw files) from the first half of the holiday. Some look a bit over saturated so i need to fix that at some point. The perils of editing on an iPad i guess.
IMG_1489 by
Dave Pearce, on Flickr
IMG_1275 by
Dave Pearce, on Flickr
IMG_1228 by
Dave Pearce, on Flickr
IMG_1155 by
Dave Pearce, on Flickr
IMG_1350 by
Dave Pearce, on Flickr