Please excuse the text photo overload (Robert - feel free to move the post if you wish) - as you know I picked the new body up on Thursday, had a brief play with the settings on Friday before my first race meeting on Saturday - for racing I shoot jpeg because of the amount I take and for quick uploads for editors etc. so getting a good set up really helps - I am suitably impressed, coming from the mk1 I wasn't expecting too much difference but how wrong I was. Even at such a difficult circuit to cover to get anything with a nice backdrop.
Feels and sounds a world apart, focus lock and tracking is / was outstanding - the ones I missed were purely 'user error' without a doubt, Saturday was the 70-200 2.8 mkII with the mkIII 1.4 extender in the morning and the 200-400 in the afternoon a full 9 hours trackside - I discovered that a full battery (with viewing / deleting and menu adjustments on the fly) would do 1647 large jpeg (quality 10) shots to shut off - yep, can live with that.
Controls etc are as good as identical to the mk1 so changing settings whilst still shooting was a breeze, as I don't 'do' video I didn't bother forking out the extortionate amount on a cfast card as well, just used the 32gb sandisk - to date I have never 'machine gun' shot, I may catch 2 in a row but prefer to anticipate the moment - great feeling when you gauge the slight dip in the track to get the one wheel airborne on a single shot!
Anyway - enough drivel, few from the first outing.
#1 - had to try the 1/13 pan
#2
#3 - managed the colours really well especially in bright direct sunlight
#4
#5 - wanted a shot to show off to the sponsors, should able to read this okay ;-)
#6 - last one for now
My only regret is that I didn't buy the MKII sooner. Just working through Sundays photo's now so will probably add a few more (sorry)
.DAVID.
Feels and sounds a world apart, focus lock and tracking is / was outstanding - the ones I missed were purely 'user error' without a doubt, Saturday was the 70-200 2.8 mkII with the mkIII 1.4 extender in the morning and the 200-400 in the afternoon a full 9 hours trackside - I discovered that a full battery (with viewing / deleting and menu adjustments on the fly) would do 1647 large jpeg (quality 10) shots to shut off - yep, can live with that.
Controls etc are as good as identical to the mk1 so changing settings whilst still shooting was a breeze, as I don't 'do' video I didn't bother forking out the extortionate amount on a cfast card as well, just used the 32gb sandisk - to date I have never 'machine gun' shot, I may catch 2 in a row but prefer to anticipate the moment - great feeling when you gauge the slight dip in the track to get the one wheel airborne on a single shot!
Anyway - enough drivel, few from the first outing.
#1 - had to try the 1/13 pan
#2
#3 - managed the colours really well especially in bright direct sunlight
#4
#5 - wanted a shot to show off to the sponsors, should able to read this okay ;-)
#6 - last one for now
My only regret is that I didn't buy the MKII sooner. Just working through Sundays photo's now so will probably add a few more (sorry)
.DAVID.
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