Recent content by ^^Gord^^

Got my 7D grip today. Build quality is a little bit better than the previous ones, especially the battery cover. It has the same texture as the body and the curving to it gives a much better fit to the body. The minor changes to the shap is noticable as soon as you hold it in the vertical...

Yeah, I think you are right. That's interesting Paul. I've just got two Transcend 600x UDMA6 cards and thought I'd try them out. 7D with fixed prime, manual focus, high speed shooting, 1/8000s, f/9, ISO 6400, fired through a remote release and aimed at a light bulb. 16 high speed RAW...

CT, Silent shutter us on by default. Try switching that off and see if the shutter sounds better. Gord.

Anyone got a release date yet?

I still think the 1DMk2 can hold its own. The AF system is very good and its metering system is still way ahead of the 40D (not used a 50D but I'd expect it's the same as the 40D). I do fine the 8 megapixel count is limiting especially with it being 1.3x crop as well, the blacks are noisey and...

I'm not sure at this stage if it's the lens not being able to react fast enough or if the auto focus isn't able to keep up / correctly calculate where the focus should be. I use the centre focus point and there shouldn't be anything between me and the subject. 45 point selection is worth a...

I did wonder if malla1962 was trying to make that point mho, hence why I ask him to clarify. When I read the Canon whitepaper on it, it does exactly say what you are saying for Moderately Slow and Slow but it then changes it's description for Moderately Fast and Fast. I understand the point...

You are correct, the word speed in my post is a little vague. The time taken to calculate the autofocus takes the same so it doesn't directly control the performance but the sensitivity controlled by C.Fn 20 will affect how fast (or slow) it will look for a new AF lock or discard the current...

Absolutely agree but I'm losing my AF lock, that is my entire issue. Either the AF can't calculate it fast enough with the TC slowing the process down, the AI Servo is miscalculating where to set the focus when the plane has changed from being head on to side by side or when I'm panning I'm...

Do you want to clarify that so more? Are you saying that the setting doesn't take affect when you are in AI Servo mode but does in other AF modes? Or are you picking up on my use of the word speed rather than sensitivity?

Thanks for the replies. You're splitting hairs, speed / sensitivity it's in effect the same thing. True, but I'm shooting with the centre focus point only with or without the TC so I'm not really making use of the other cross type AF points. I think using all the focus points would...

The 400 L f/5.6 handles it fine. From what I've read the 1.4x TC slows the AF by about 55% which is a pretty big hit! It's mean to make it more accurate. My take on the situation is the same as yours but I'm trying to minimise the impact if possible. With the 300 f/2.8 + TC I tend to be...

Hi all, I'm using a 1D Mark II with a Sigma 300 f/2.8 and at times a Canon 1.4x II TC. As expected, I'm taking a big hit on my auto focus speed when I have the TC on. When taking photos on a plane coming towards me it all works fine but as the plane passes me and I turn to pan it I'm...

In the aviation world you get this happening. People making holes in airfield fences to put their lens through or leaning ladders against them are the most commons things. Although, there was also a couple instances of people on ladders under the approach! :cuckoo: Things like that generally...

Here you go.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVz5vhNvskk F-4 Phantom doing 500mph into a section of concrete wall similar to the one used for the reactor.