Canon R7, Ef 100-400 ii and 1.4 Tc Bif Photos. Are these acceptable?

It's probably sharp enough, but it's very noisy, so it's hard to fix. Are you sure that jpeg is straight out of camera? Is it from the raw file?  It looks like a gray, low light day.

Did you save the files with highest quality?

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

It's probably sharp enough, but it's very noisy, so it's hard to fix. Are you sure that jpeg is straight out of camera? Is it from the raw file? It looks like a gray, low light day.

Did you save the files with highest quality?

Lightroom mus have added some sharpening. I didn't do anythhing in lightroom just exported as a jpeg, didn't click any resoluion or file size setting while exporting.

OlcayK wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

It's probably sharp enough, but it's very noisy, so it's hard to fix. Are you sure that jpeg is straight out of camera? Is it from the raw file? It looks like a gray, low light day.

Did you save the files with highest quality?

Lightroom mus have added some sharpening. I didn't do anythhing in lightroom just exported as a jpeg, didn't click any resoluion or file size setting while exporting.

Ah

Lightroom = Noise with the R7 at ISO 400 and above......and lots of noise at higher ISO's.   Hence why don't use it anymore.  OK Topaz Denoise AI can do wonders.

OlcayK wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

It's probably sharp enough, but it's very noisy, so it's hard to fix. Are you sure that jpeg is straight out of camera? Is it from the raw file? It looks like a gray, low light day.

Did you save the files with highest quality?

Lightroom mus have added some sharpening. I didn't do anythhing in lightroom just exported as a jpeg, didn't click any resoluion or file size setting while exporting.

OK, so this is a file from Lightroom, not straight from the camera.  The process of editing or converting a raw photo can easily conceal low exposure.

I don't know how it got that way, but it's noisy. My guess is that the exposure is quite low for the illumination. In other words, underexposed. Could that be the case?

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

OlcayK wrote:

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

It's probably sharp enough, but it's very noisy, so it's hard to fix. Are you sure that jpeg is straight out of camera? Is it from the raw file? It looks like a gray, low light day.

Did you save the files with highest quality?

Lightroom mus have added some sharpening. I didn't do anythhing in lightroom just exported as a jpeg, didn't click any resoluion or file size setting while exporting.

OK, so this is a file from Lightroom, not straight from the camera. The process of editing or converting a raw photo can easily conceal low exposure.

I don't know how it got that way, but it's noisy.

One word - Adobe.  Noisy on crop cameras.

My guess is that the exposure is quite low for the illumination. In other words, underexposed. Could that be the case?

I tried the combo on a sunny day with good light. I was closer to the subjects and maybe I'm handling the kit better now. So after my first outing was kind of disappointing, now I'm quite pleased with latest photos. pretty common birds though.

I'm sharing some of them...

OlcayK wrote:

I tried the combo on a sunny day with good light. I was closer to the subjects and maybe I'm handling the kit better now. So after my first outing was kind of disappointing, now I'm quite pleased with latest photos. pretty common birds though.

I'm sharing some of them...

I like this shot a lot.

Crop sensor + TC + crazy compact non L zoom is pushing it to the max, and probably (well, likely) a little over the max of what the lens can deliver, however, for the weight and money I think this is a great result. I'm also not sure the RF 600mm f/11 would give a whole lot better result.

I'm staying away from this kind of photography, as it really gets too heavy and too expensive when you want the best or close to the best IQ.