7D with 75-300mm at Bird Park.. good cheap lense

spurssy · 2nd April 2005

Just came back from the Bird Park.. gosh, was raining half the day... managed to take some photos.. and finally got to test the 75-300.. was quite satisfied with it, except for 2 issues - slow AF and CA. Will talk about these later.

Meanwhile lets see some shots! All photos not edited, only resized.

1. Trying this shot with 2 main problems; low light and thick glass panels.

f5.6, 1/30s, ISO1600
While not fantastically sharp.. I'm satisfied considered the abovementioned problems.

2. Loved the colours and sharpness (not bad lah) of this next one...

f5.6, 1/125s, ISO400

3. Bird of paradise, another favourite

f5.6, 1/25s, ISO200

*The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread).

spurssy · 2nd April 2005

4. Like the pose of this one.. and the details in the crown (or hair?)

f7.1, 1/125s, ISO200

5. I love birds of prey!

f5.6, 1/500s, ISO400

6. Nice bokeh I tot..

f5.6, 1/80s, ISO400

*The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread).

spurssy · 2nd April 2005

Finally, I can't resist posting 2 shots taken with the 28-75mm...

7. Chattering birds?

f3.2, 1/400s, ISO200

8. The tallest (Man-made) waterfall in the World?

f16, 0.6s, ISO100
AS probably helped here as I didn't bring tripod! But my elbow had some support.. just need to hold it still for the 2-sec timer to run.

That's all... will see if I have time to post a thread regarding the CA on the 75-300mm.

*The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread).

GENO · 2nd April 2005

looks like u did enjoy yrself with yr new camera right??

TME · 2nd April 2005

I did some shooting today too.... 182 shots in all, low light photography under rather difficult conditions.... basically a seminar... colour was very good, but the camera is darn HEAVY!!!!!

TME · 2nd April 2005

Like No. 7 the most!!!

BTW Spurssy... 2 questions for you... OT but.....

1) Are u a Spurs fan?

2) Where do you host your pics? Me looking for some webspace, preferably free.

Thanks!

deslim27 · 2nd April 2005

TME's question makes me check back on Spurssy's host.

Spurssy, is the picture looks exactly like the original? They look soft to me, wonder if anything to do with fotopic.net, as I noticed my pictures were degraded after I uploaded to fotopic.net.

TME · 2nd April 2005

DEs, is it your web browser? Cos I dun notice any softness... might be his shots though... but I cannot see anything unless maybe it's pointed out to me.

Drudkh · 3rd April 2005

I do find the shots a bit soft too. using LCD monitor.
to see if fotopic modified the photos, just compare the file size.

spurssy · 3rd April 2005

Originally Posted by deslim27

TME's question makes me check back on Spurssy's host.

Spurssy, is the picture looks exactly like the original? They look soft to me, wonder if anything to do with fotopic.net, as I noticed my pictures were degraded after I uploaded to fotopic.net.

Yeap, I realised it a few days back... I found out the file size is at least halved after uploading the files... I guessed Fotopic probably recompress all JPEGs with higher compression ratio. Well, beggars can't be choosers.

Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a PBase account... does anyone knows if I can actaully put a self-designed page on PBase?

To Answer TME's questions, yes, I'm a spurs fan ever since Lineker and Gascoigne played on the same field.

You can try FotoPic, but they have the abovementioned problems.

TME · 3rd April 2005

Woohoo!!!! Got a fellow Spurs fan on CS!! Kewl!

Thanks for answering my query about Fotopic... as u say, beggars can't be choosers... I use these online repositories to ask for advice on composition mainly.... so the reduced size is ok.

spurssy · 3rd April 2005

Originally Posted by Drudkh

I do find the shots a bit soft too. using LCD monitor.
to see if fotopic modified the photos, just compare the file size.

Here's what I hosted on Pacnet...

and FotoPic

Spot the difference!

Same file source, different hosted output... time to sign up for something else....

spurssy · 3rd April 2005

Updated all the photos with another host... everything should looked much Sharper now

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Drudkh · 3rd April 2005

lots of details gone man.

spurssy · 3rd April 2005

Originally Posted by GENO

looks like u did enjoy yrself with yr new camera right??

Not really new liao... just that I nvr really used the 75-300mm yet..

TME · 3rd April 2005

Originally Posted by Drudkh

lots of details gone man.

Actually I won't say that a lot of details gone... it's been resized so u're bound to lose some details already.... and the only portion that I can see straightaway as different is the area around the eyes where the contrast is higher than the rest... the Fotopic one is slightly more hazy and even then it is pretty acceptable to me... I was expecting much more difference than this!

deslim27 · 4th April 2005

Originally Posted by spurssy

Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a PBase account... does anyone knows if I can actaully put a self-designed page on PBase?

pbase allows once customization.. you've to read up the detail at the site. I just choose from one of the standard one.

deslim27 · 4th April 2005

Originally Posted by spurssy

Here's what I hosted on Pacnet...

Yes, this one is much better in term of sharpness..

spurssy · 9th April 2005

Upon reviewing all the photos, I realised the CA is actually not that bad, only in areas where there's start contrast between white and green.

Photo is a 100% crop.

Observe the region on its head.

Drudkh · 9th April 2005

it isn't that bad afterall even at 100% crop. the KM 28-75 exhibits worse CA than this.

2nd April 2005	#1
spurssy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 443	7D with 75-300mm at Bird Park.. good cheap lense Just came back from the Bird Park.. gosh, was raining half the day... managed to take some photos.. and finally got to test the 75-300.. was quite satisfied with it, except for 2 issues - slow AF and CA. Will talk about these later. Meanwhile lets see some shots! All photos not edited, only resized. 1. Trying this shot with 2 main problems; low light and thick glass panels. f5.6, 1/30s, ISO1600 While not fantastically sharp.. I'm satisfied considered the abovementioned problems. 2. Loved the colours and sharpness (not bad lah) of this next one... f5.6, 1/125s, ISO400 3. Bird of paradise, another favourite f5.6, 1/25s, ISO200 The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread). __________________ Adams Tan Flickr: Hawaii, Tasmania Last edited by spurssy; 3rd April 2005 at 12:53 AM.*

2nd April 2005	#2
spurssy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 443	4. Like the pose of this one.. and the details in the crown (or hair?) f7.1, 1/125s, ISO200 5. I love birds of prey! f5.6, 1/500s, ISO400 6. Nice bokeh I tot.. f5.6, 1/80s, ISO400 The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread). __________________ Adams Tan Flickr: Hawaii, Tasmania Last edited by spurssy; 3rd April 2005 at 12:54 AM.*

2nd April 2005	#3
spurssy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 443	Finally, I can't resist posting 2 shots taken with the 28-75mm... 7. Chattering birds? f3.2, 1/400s, ISO200 8. The tallest (Man-made) waterfall in the World? f16, 0.6s, ISO100 AS probably helped here as I didn't bring tripod! But my elbow had some support.. just need to hold it still for the 2-sec timer to run. That's all... will see if I have time to post a thread regarding the CA on the 75-300mm. The above photos has been re-host on another server due to problems with original host (For more info, see discussion later in the thread). __________________ Adams Tan Flickr: Hawaii, Tasmania Last edited by spurssy; 3rd April 2005 at 12:55 AM.*

2nd April 2005	#4
GENO Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Teddy Bear Land Posts: 2,859	looks like u did enjoy yrself with yr new camera right?? __________________ Take both its legs down first, then cuts its tail, next is shoot between its eyes:devil:

3rd April 2005	#13
spurssy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 443	Updated all the photos with another host... everything should looked much Sharper now . __________________ Adams Tan Flickr: Hawaii, Tasmania

2nd April 2005	#5
TME Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Clementi Posts: 6,188	I did some shooting today too.... 182 shots in all, low light photography under rather difficult conditions.... basically a seminar... colour was very good, but the camera is darn HEAVY!!!!!

2nd April 2005	#7
deslim27 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SG Posts: 2,603	TME's question makes me check back on Spurssy's host. Spurssy, is the picture looks exactly like the original? They look soft to me, wonder if anything to do with fotopic.net, as I noticed my pictures were degraded after I uploaded to fotopic.net.

3rd April 2005	#9
Drudkh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,019	I do find the shots a bit soft too. using LCD monitor. to see if fotopic modified the photos, just compare the file size.

9th April 2005	#19
spurssy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 443	CA in the 75-300mm Upon reviewing all the photos, I realised the CA is actually not that bad, only in areas where there's start contrast between white and green. Photo is a 100% crop. Observe the region on its head. __________________ Adams Tan Flickr: Hawaii, Tasmania