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ISO 800
1/1250s
f/5.6
191mm
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I used the Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX for this photo. This is a rare 10X zoom lens at an affordable price. EX stands for excellence and should be on par with the Canon L lenses at half the price. This was the first quality zoom lens I owned and I used it for years without needing service. Horse racing events are best photographed in the rage of 50-400mm. Most photographers choose the 50mm, 70-200mm, or 400mm for this. It's an either or situation but with this 10x lens I have it all! There are some blown highlights in this photo. I noticed my 7D to overexpose sometimes when used under sunlight. Rather than wasting time on blaming poor light metering I set exposure compensation to -1/3 or -2/3 for the rest of my photos like what most photographers would do. |
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ISO 800
1/2000s
f/5.6
119mm
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In this photo I used the Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 VC made for EF-s mount only. This is really one heck of a lens with x15 zoom. I bought it during a trip to Japan when my EF-s 17-55 failed on me for some reasons. I went for this option since a vacation is a vacation and I am not suppose to bring all my lenses along to the trip. We all love the 18-200mm zooms. They tend to have more distortion and have smaller aperture values but it does the job. 135mm should give you good pics of the circuis and 200mm should give you pretty gd pics at the zoo for your reference. In this photo I want to test if such megazoom lenses can be used for action photography? Look at the photo and you do the decision. |
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ISO 2000
1/2000s
f/5.0
145mm
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Here I used the lens we all love. The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. It is widely used for sports as well as portrait photography. It creates very nice contrast and provides really sharp images. |
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ISO 2000
1/2000s
f/4.5
90mm
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Here is another photo taken with the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS. The subject is moving and photo is also taken in Al Servo mode. This is kind of a portrait photo and you can see how beautiful the bokeh is for this lens. |
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ISO 100
10s
f/10.0
17mm
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It's a special day today and we Chinese love to watch fireworks by the harbour. These photos are taken with a small aperture setting and left open for long exposures. I took the EF-s 17-55mm f/2.8 IS along to have some fun! |
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ISO 100
7s
f/10.0
17mm
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Another tip is to use a tripod and cable release. Its almost impossible even if you have a 4 stop IS lens to take photos of fireworks. I did the best I could to prevent camera shake but there were so many people my tripod gets a kick from time to time so remember to watch your tripod and camera. |
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ISO 160
4s
f/14.0
17mm |
One last photo with a slightly higher ISO setting. Too bad there were so many people in front of me but at least I still have some photos to share with everyone! |
I personally think that the AF of the 7D is quite responsive. Probably not quite the 1D but it's a big improvement over the Rebel series. There is something I learnt about the electronic viewfinder. Usually AF points illuminate in red. With the 7D bright areas show a black frame and darker areas show a red frame to show the AF point. I prefer everything to be in red so I disabled automatic VF display illumination and set it to enable (custom fcn III #8).
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