Friday, 1 May 2009

End of a long day



Its been a long day today. I am at last nearly rebuilt my system and also learnt a great deal about my new camera. The camera first. The photograph above perhaps summarises the experiences I have had with the camera today. This is from a series of shots of these mallards coming into land. I picked them up some way away and the camera focused in on them and as I panned the focus stayed locked on. I was able to utilise the 10 fps at the same time and everything worked out really well. This boads well for my next encounter with the Fulmars - I know have the equipment to be able to cope with their attempts at frustrating me.

Seriously through the lessons I have learnt today about the camera are these:
Always use the high setting on the motor drive (I know it is not really a motor drive but the name has stuck with me). I tried it on the low speed setting and found that when I needed a fast burst it wasn't there;
You can keep the ISO on a higher setting. On the 40D I always found that the results above 400 ISO were a bit woolly - this is not the case with the 1D and so I will keep the minimum ISO at 400;
The focus points are very accurate. The focus points need a little getting used to but once you have got the hang they are significantly better than the 40D. You have a load more to choose from and they are razor sharp. Its just a little more fiddly but it is worth it.

Overall it has been a tiring but rewarding day. Now for some well earned rest.

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