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Tried the 1D MarkII today!

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great

scroll bar on my laptop's touchpad is too sensitive
Drago1919 said:
tletu said:
-tung
Ulysses said:
But have you really looked at the EXIF info?
  1. 9149 taken at 1/40s, at 40mm. Pretty stable and reasonably sharp.
  2. 9451 taken at 1/25s, at 40mm. Camera shake evident, no surprise.
  3. 9153 taken at 1/50s, 40mm. Focused slightly left of center. Decent.
  4. 9163 taken at 1/60s, 17mm. Not the best F.L. for this lens but
nice again.
  1. 9172 taken at 1/80s, 17mm. Not the best F.L. But considering all,
not bad.

I don't know that there are any excuses to be made for the camera,
but the lens on it is certainly performing about as you'd expect
for the 17-40L under these conditions and lighting. Considering
that, a 10D or D60 might not have focused at all on some of these.

John Harrison wrote:

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Ulysses
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Tung Le Tu
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^^ ' nothings ever final until you run out of time ' ^^
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Tung Le Tu
 
LOL. know what you mean.

I agree completely, these photos look very good considering the speed/settings shot at..
tletu said:
scroll bar on my laptop's touchpad is too sensitive
Drago1919 said:
tletu said:
-tung
Ulysses said:
But have you really looked at the EXIF info?
  1. 9149 taken at 1/40s, at 40mm. Pretty stable and reasonably sharp.
  2. 9451 taken at 1/25s, at 40mm. Camera shake evident, no surprise.
  3. 9153 taken at 1/50s, 40mm. Focused slightly left of center. Decent.
  4. 9163 taken at 1/60s, 17mm. Not the best F.L. for this lens but
nice again.
  1. 9172 taken at 1/80s, 17mm. Not the best F.L. But considering all,
not bad.

I don't know that there are any excuses to be made for the camera,
but the lens on it is certainly performing about as you'd expect
for the 17-40L under these conditions and lighting. Considering
that, a 10D or D60 might not have focused at all on some of these.

John Harrison wrote:

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Ulysses
http://www.ulyssesphotography.com
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Tung Le Tu
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^^ ' nothings ever final until you run out of time ' ^^
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Tung Le Tu
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^^ ' nothings ever final until you run out of time ' ^^
 
Does your computer have an automatism, that responds in the same way to each and every Mark2 thread?

Stefan
John Harrison said:
Ulysses said:
HappyCamper said:
I had a chance this morning to try out the new 1D MarkII
(production model) today at Downtown Camera in Toronto.

In a word........awesome!
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Three words:
1. Good
2. To
3. Know

Heheheh...
John Harrison82293 said:
Coming from the 10D, this camera is (obliviously) far superior in
the performance department. Fast like don't ask focus, under
typical store lighting. It was set in AI Servo mode and with the
shutter button half depressed it would focus instantly as I panned
it around the store.
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Fascinating. I'd wondered about that. I'm glad to hear you trialed
for this.
John Harrison82293 said:
The rapid fire ability, even in the store lighting is something to
behold. Like it has been said before, it is like firing a machine gun.
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Now were you panning around as you were doing the rapid fire? And
was each of those frames in sharp focus?
John Harrison82293 said:
The lenses on the camera was the 17-40. I have my reservations on
this lenses, but I think my 16-35 is sharper.
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I dunno, man. At least at f/4, I like the 17-40L. I'm not a big fan
of the 16-35. But I'm not trying to argue over it. Some folks like
it, and others are kind of so-so on it.
John Harrison82293 said:
I didn't have a chance to compare the weights of these two lenses
as people were anxiously waiting behind me to get their hands on it.
It felt lighter overall then my 16-35 mounted on the 10D with
battery grip and two BP-511's. Is the 17-40 that much lighter than
the 16-35?
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As you mention later, I think what you probably felt was that the
camera was more balanced. This can give the impression of feeling
lighter since your wrists aren't being forced to twist forward by
the weight of the gear.
John Harrison82293 said:
I know for sure that it felt very well balanced in my big hands and
just as good holding and using the portrait shutter button.
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I had a chance to check out and shoot with a Mark II at a tradeshow
recently. I too was surprised by its balance and fantastic feeling.
I have to admit: The 10D felt pretty decent in the hand a year or
so ago. But when trying out the Mark II and then the 10D body, and
going back and forth because I couldn't believe the difference in
the feeling in-hand, I'd have to say that even in this department,
the Mark II is just so many cuts above where ergonomics are
concerned --- weight notwithstanding.
John Harrison82293 said:
I have a few more and may post them later if someone wants to see
them?
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Don't hold back! :)

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Ulysses
http://www.ulyssesphotography.com
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Thanks Stefan,

You saved me from saying it. He must have a MACRO made up for that line to save him typing it everytime.

Maybe I wasn't as steady as I should have been under those lighting conditions?

Regards.
Erick
Stefan Klein said:
Stefan
John Harrison said:
Ulysses said:
HappyCamper said:
I had a chance this morning to try out the new 1D MarkII
(production model) today at Downtown Camera in Toronto.

In a word........awesome!
Click to expand...
Three words:
1. Good
2. To
3. Know

Heheheh...
Stefan Klein said:
Coming from the 10D, this camera is (obliviously) far superior in
the performance department. Fast like don't ask focus, under
typical store lighting. It was set in AI Servo mode and with the
shutter button half depressed it would focus instantly as I panned
it around the store.
Click to expand...
Fascinating. I'd wondered about that. I'm glad to hear you trialed
for this.
Stefan Klein said:
The rapid fire ability, even in the store lighting is something to
behold. Like it has been said before, it is like firing a machine gun.
Click to expand...
Now were you panning around as you were doing the rapid fire? And
was each of those frames in sharp focus?
Stefan Klein said:
The lenses on the camera was the 17-40. I have my reservations on
this lenses, but I think my 16-35 is sharper.
Click to expand...
I dunno, man. At least at f/4, I like the 17-40L. I'm not a big fan
of the 16-35. But I'm not trying to argue over it. Some folks like
it, and others are kind of so-so on it.
Stefan Klein said:
I didn't have a chance to compare the weights of these two lenses
as people were anxiously waiting behind me to get their hands on it.
It felt lighter overall then my 16-35 mounted on the 10D with
battery grip and two BP-511's. Is the 17-40 that much lighter than
the 16-35?
Click to expand...
As you mention later, I think what you probably felt was that the
camera was more balanced. This can give the impression of feeling
lighter since your wrists aren't being forced to twist forward by
the weight of the gear.
Stefan Klein said:
I know for sure that it felt very well balanced in my big hands and
just as good holding and using the portrait shutter button.
Click to expand...
I had a chance to check out and shoot with a Mark II at a tradeshow
recently. I too was surprised by its balance and fantastic feeling.
I have to admit: The 10D felt pretty decent in the hand a year or
so ago. But when trying out the Mark II and then the 10D body, and
going back and forth because I couldn't believe the difference in
the feeling in-hand, I'd have to say that even in this department,
the Mark II is just so many cuts above where ergonomics are
concerned --- weight notwithstanding.
Stefan Klein said:
I have a few more and may post them later if someone wants to see
them?
Click to expand...
Don't hold back! :)

--

Ulysses
http://www.ulyssesphotography.com
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The salesman has seborrheic dermatitis.

VRF
BTP said:
HappyCamper said:
I had a chance this morning to try out the new 1D MarkII
(production model) today at Downtown Camera in Toronto.

In a word........awesome!

Coming from the 10D, this camera is (obliviously) far superior in
the performance department. Fast like don't ask focus, under
typical store lighting. It was set in AI Servo mode and with the
shutter button half depressed it would focus instantly as I panned
it around the store.

The rapid fire ability, even in the store lighting is something to
behold. Like it has been said before, it is like firing a machine
gun.

I brought my own CF card and shot off about 25 or so frames and not
one was out of focus. I know my 10D would have been taxed in the
auto focus department under these similar lighting conditions.

The lenses on the camera was the 17-40. I have my reservations on
this lenses, but I think my 16-35 is sharper. If I had time I would
have liked to try a 24-70 on it, but I will have to wait until my
Mark II arrives shortly.
I didn't have a chance to compare the weights of these two lenses
as people were anxiously waiting behind me to get their hands on it.
It felt lighter overall then my 16-35 mounted on the 10D with
battery grip and two BP-511's. Is the 17-40 that much lighter than
the 16-35?

I know for sure that it felt very well balanced in my big hands and
just as good holding and using the portrait shutter button.

I was using my old 256 Transcend 25x card and as mentioned before
the pictures where on the screen before I could look down.
Write speed it amazingly fast compared to that of my old and sold 10D.

Below I have links to the full resolution JPEG's that I took today.
I briefly looked at the EXIF data in Zoom Browser and the colour
was set to Standard, Sharpening set to zero. I should have changed
it but it was in AV mode set to f/5.6 and f/4.

I guess I will be able to play all I want sometime in the next
couple of weeks. The sales rep at the store said that it will be
here before the end of the month as Westfall had mentioned on RG
site.

Be warned that these following linked photos are full size, 4mb+
files.

They are nothing special just shots from inside the store. I doubt
they would let me stroll down to the park to shoot?

http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9151.JPG
http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9149.JPG
http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9153.JPG
http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9163.JPG
http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9151.JPG
http://www.erickdavis.com/1D_MarkII_Pics/100_9172.JPG

I have a few more and may post them later if someone wants to see
them?
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Brian
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Vince Fennell
 
NDA was just a joke. Graham asked not to post any pics on the internet buut after I saw Erick's I thought the rules changed. It was a full production camera, the same one Erick used on Sat. On Fri Downtown Camera let you book 1/2 hour time slots to try out the camera and i was able to walk around with Graham for a while. I found the high shutter speed too fast for just portraits and had to turn it down to low speed advance. I was taking 2 and 3 pics of everything but will use it on high for shooting my motocross.

i was able to take abuot 100 pics but the sun wasn't co-operating. It was very overcast and just after I left the sun broke through and was very dramatic.
There was no word on the release so I can't wait because my M2 is paid in full
 
be over this week. I am just as tired of hearing how WELL they sharpen up. I need reasonable sharp pics out the cam so they don't show halos when sharpening. We have heard everything for crummy lenses to crummy photogs to cover the unsharp pics from the markII. Don't you think I am tired of excuses for the camera. Guess I will know myself in a week or so.
JR.
 
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