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Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Bird Photographers - How do you handle the noise? at 14/05/2009 - 23:58
Im finding the noise @ 800 iso really bad and in all honesty 400 iso isnt great either.
I shoot in Raw and have Noise Ninja but even that is struggling with the noise.
I assume the In camera NR does not apply to Raw images.
To give a comparison i have shots taken @ 1600 iso with a Canon 40D that are cleaner than 400 iso with K20D.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Bird Photographers - How do you handle the noise? at 14/05/2009 - 23:48
Craig, which reserve did you go to?
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Wren and a Robin at 14/05/2009 - 19:52
Looks like the fly in the first is Laying a Stick.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Garden Macros at 14/05/2009 - 14:45
[IMG]http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/CraigF1969/wren.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj132/CraigF1969/robin-1.jpg[/IMG]
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Wren and a Robin at 14/05/2009 - 14:44
This could yet prove to be an elaborate hoax.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on K7D announced in US? at 13/05/2009 - 20:48
Just looking for potential tog buddies.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Lanarkshire, Scotland at 13/05/2009 - 14:15
That sounds really strange, will do some tripod tests over the next few days but i have to confess i wont be a happy bunny if its not sharp @ 400mm f8.
Everything was blowing about today so its probably really unfair to judge it.
How long have you had it?
Paul
Those shots were all taken within 2 hours of getting the lens so i cant really judge it until i get a good few more hours of solid use with it.
The feeder and branches from those ones were blowing anything from 1 inch to 6 inches and the sun was high and around 11 o'clock to my position so that didnt help either.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Number of Birds from Today at 13/05/2009 - 14:11
Nice and sharp shots. #3 and #7 are really funny, I like them, shame that #7 is a bit noisy (seems to be oversharpened?)
Number 7 was a total opportunist shot, the bird (whitethroat i believe)was perched on a tree about 30 meters away and i did a handheld burst of 4 pictures with a 15 to 20 miles an hour wind hitting me side on.
Its not a common bird in my area so i thought any shot was better than none.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Number of Birds from Today at 13/05/2009 - 13:38
i find my sigama 150-500mm apo dg hsm soft at 500mm at f6.3 and doesn't get sharp untill f10, its a pain so i have brought a sigma 170-500mm apo dg non hsm, and its alot sharper at 500mm,f6.3, its sharper at f6,3 than f10 on the 150-500mm,
some nice shot by the way,
Everything was blowing about today so its probably really unfair to judge it.
Comment by CraigF1969 posted on Number of Birds from Today at 12/05/2009 - 19:26
