Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

[Stephen]

Went out for a walk this afternoon with my new 5DMk2 and 100-400mm lens, and spotted this heron at a distance. The shot below was taken at 400mm but it still only fills a fraction of the frame. So as you see I cropped it in LR3 to see what I could do with the 21mp at my disposal. I didn't think the end result was bad at all. I don't often use the long lens, usually preferring a wideangle, but for stuff like this it comes into its own

[Barr1e]

Re: Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

It seems you can produce a very good image with the camera and its engine.

I must say I like the result.

Did you find the settings/buttons etc similar to your old model or was it a new learning curve?

Regards. Barr1e

[Pol]

Re: Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

Oooh that's very nice.

Nice setting, nice 'prop' for the bird, nice dof and a cooperative Heron who must've seen you coming and felt very flattered to be one of yer first, feathered-clad models to be embraced by a Yorkie giving his posh kit an airing.

Pol

[Stephen]

Re: Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

It seems you can produce a very good image with the camera and its engine.

I must say I like the result.

Did you find the settings/buttons etc similar to your old model or was it a new learning curve?

Regards. Barr1e

Hi Barrie, I've bought the 5DMk2 to supplement my existing camera the 1DMkIIN, an 8mp pro model. Frankly I don't want to get rid of it, its a brilliant camera and 8mp is more than enough for most of mine and my clients needs. However its a couple of generations behind now and as I'm doing a lot of work needing high iso work the 5DMk2 seemed the best route to go esp as it was a full frame model.

To be honest using the camera is in some ways easier than the 1D, its the sort of camera you can pick up and start shooting with. It uses many of the same protocols that many of the Canon EOS range use, notably the thumb wheel and forefinger dial. Also its similar to the old 10/20D models I used in the past, in so far as the layout of buttons are logical and easy to use. The 1D had a fairly quirky set of buttons where you had to press a combination of buttons with 2 fingers to alter settings. It was easy enough but took some getting used to. Essentially though all the controls you need on the 5D to get going are on the outside of the camera. So in answer to your question, I've found it exceptionally easy to use. For most work though I'll be using the sRAW setting of 10mp then when I need it I can switch to 21mp.

[ash]

Re: Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

Ya just showing off now with ya 21 squilian megapixels

I suppose you can't really appreciate the extra megapixels seeing the image at this size as I could have acheived the same quality crop with my measly 12mp

However if Ide have took the shot with my d90's cropped sensor at the same focal length I would not have had to crop the image as much as such you end up with pretty much the same resolution image.

Out of curiosity how many mpixels was the cropped image?

With respect im not trying to poo poo your post, its just interesting that you bring this up about sensors and full frame.

cheers
Ash.

[Stephen]

Re: Shooting Full Frame & 21mp

Out of curiosity how many mpixels was the cropped image?

Ash.

Not a clue Ash. Lightroom doesn't work like that, you simply select a crop area then export at whatever size you want. This is simply 800px high.