Wildlife Photography across the Water: News - 1Dmk3 Update

Monday, 23 March 2009

News - 1Dmk3 Update - Test shots

Further to my post on Saturday, I promised some test shots for you.

The first two are screen grabs from Breezebrowser showing the AF points lit. In each case I specifically use an off centre point, as this was one area that the 1D did not perform as well, and was mentioned in the recall note. I have to say I am happy with tis performance. Both of these images have some background clutter that was previously difficult for the camera to always separate - again no troubles here now.

The second two shots have been processed, but I have not cropped so you can see all the elements in the image that the camera had to contend with.

Again, I wanted to show performance with close background confusion opportunities. These two images are consecutive shots, taken at 5fps, my usual default for multi shots. This time I used the centre point, AI servo, 70 -200 f2.8 set at f2.8. Not particularly posted for photographic merit, but from a test perspective.

If you want to know any of my other CF settings for this please let me know via the comments and I will be pleased to help.

If you want to the images slightly larger, just click on them, but remember to press the back buton in the browser to get back here

Martin

2 comments:

Anonymous23 March 2009 at 15:44
Well it looks they may have got it sorted.
My camera goes in shortly so I'll keep my fingers crossed. :-)

If it's not too much trouble, please can I take you up on your offer of CF settings info?
Be interesting to compare.
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WPATW23 March 2009 at 20:28
Hi Tony,

I will do an update on these later on the week, probably Friday with a few links to some other useful bits of info

Martin
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.