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Bob

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Dale,
I know what you mean, but he WAS plastic or maybe painted plaster LOL
-bob
 

Jeremy

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4"x6" platinum / palladium print on vellum subsequently dry mounted to watercolor paper and waxed.

Canon 1Ds Mk2n with Nikon AiS 50mm f/1.2.
 

Terry

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LJ - the polo shot looks great. When you say long lens, what do you consider long?

p.s. I'm not a vegetarian :p
 

LJL

New member
LJ - the polo shot looks great. When you say long lens, what do you consider long?

p.s. I'm not a vegetarian :p
Terry,
The polo shot was taken with a 400mm f2.8L IS. I would like to work with the 600mm f4L IS for some of this, but I manage to get pretty decent results on the 1.3x crop of the 1DMkII (520mm) and adding a 1.4x telextender at times to get a 730mm f4, give or take a few mm ;) I like to shoot pretty wide open to get the isolation, and the 400/2.8L IS is perfect for this kind of work.....but it is a beast to tote around :eek:

A polo field is 300m long by 150m wide, or approximately the size of 9 football fields, so the area to cover is quite large, and those horses get moving at 30-35mph in full gallop when running down a shot. I usually shoot with the 400 on one body, a 70-200 on another, and a 24-70 on a third body so that I can get action far and near. (I sort of chuckle when I read about folks complaining about a heavy camera bag....try lugging three 1-series bodies with that glass plus batteries, monopod and flash for the awards stuff after a match in the 90 degree temps down here in Houston!)

LJ

P.S. The Asado type BBQ is a near ritual among the Argentine polo players and their grooms, meaning 2-3 of these per week after a big match. Lots of protein for sure.
 
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LJL

New member
Dynamic, wonderful polo shot. I suppose you need all the speed you can get, not 5D territory.
Thanks, Arne. I have never tried to shoot this sort of stuff with a 5D. There is a pretty high demand on AF speed for starters, and the 1-series bodies seem to have more than a bit of an edge over the 5D/5DII. Then there is the shutter lag....never an issue with the 1-series, and maybe not now with the 5DII, but was a problem with the 5D for some shooters. Lastly, there is a the fps speed, and although I rarely fire more than a burst of 2-3 frames, the time between frames is what matters. So when folks say 4-5fps is plenty fast, I disagree, since it is not about shooting 4-5 frames in one second but shooting 2 frames in 1/6 of second that matters more. Finally, the lens speed really makes a difference also. To feed the fast AF of the camera, you need f2.8 glass for the most part on this sort of shooting. I even have a Sigma 120-300 f2.8, but it's AF is just not fast enough for keeping up with my shooting. Sometimes speed does matter ;-)

LJ
 

Bob

Administrator
Staff member
My biggest beefs about the 5D2 are:
1) rotating mode switch needs a lock other than the strip of gaffer's tape I am now using
2) lens caps are terrible since they are edge pinch. Can't get them on or off with hoods on unless you have very thin fingers. I am using Nikon center pinch caps instead.

As for the viewfinder, 98% is fine for me, I often am grateful for the bit at the edges for straightening.
If you want to complain about shutter lag, then have a MF back and a cambo or Phamiya as your "other" camera, or even an M8, it is not bad at all, but having owned a D3 for a short while, I understand what you are talking about.
-bob
 

Arne Hvaring

Well-known member
Bob, I'm surprised at your complaint about the rotating mode wheel. Mine is rather stiff and snaps decisively into position, I don't think I've ever accidentally moved it. Perhaps yours can be repaired/thightened?

As for the viewfinder I guess it is much a question of habit. Having used exclusively cameras with 100% coverage (1Ds, D3) lately, it's a bit upsetting not knowing precisely where the image begins or ends.
 
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