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Middle of No where - Sky Watch Friday

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:23:00 +0000

I've not been updating my blog for long time. Today, I would like to share the sky watch shot from me taking from the middle of no where. This is my photo.

Please see other skywatchers via this link

Have a nice day.
Digital Shutter Mania

Have you see the horizon yet?

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:46:00 +0000

Everybody nowadays seem to be in a hurry and need for success. However, many people don't realise they are ruining their life gradually. I agree that every one must be serious on what they do but people must take care themselft as well. Many people have been working for very long hours without caring about thier health, families, friends, etc.

What for???

Everthing must be balanced : ) Long journey must be gradually made.

Have a nice day.

Super Moon 2011

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:37:00 +0000

Super Moon is the Biggest Full Moon in 18 Years since 1993 occurs Saturday Night. I was on my drilling rig and had chance to take super moon photos with little Sony compact digital camera (Search Amazon.com for sony compact camera). You can see that the moon was very bringt and you also see reflection on the water.

Location: Gulf of Thailand

These are good shots which I would like to share with you.

Photos from Makhabucha Day

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:45:00 +0000

These are photos that I took on 18 Feb 11 (Makabucha Day) at Wat Benchamabophit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Benchamabophit
It was a pretty good day for me and my girlfriend. We went there and had Wian Tian which is walking clockwise 3 rounds around the main temple.

These are photos which I would like to share with everybody

Bangkok on Sunny Day (Suthut Temple) - Sky Watch Friday

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:32:00 +0000

I've not been posting my photos for long time. Anyway, I just come back again and today I would like to share this nice sky watch shot, Suthut Temple.

How I take this shot?

I use my ultra wide lens, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs, with B+W 77mm Circular Polarizer MRC Filter. I use CPL because I want to have high contrast in the sky (deepen the sky) and my ultrawide lens captures all of the architecture of the Suthut Temple.

Please see other skywatchers via this link

Have a nice day.
Digital Shutter Mania

Canon Lens Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:08:00 +0000

Let's test yourself with the Canon Lens Quiz I

Download HERE

3 Tips to Get Right Exposure for Landscape Photography

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:48:00 +0000

The most critical technique for landscape photography is about getting the correct exposure. The photographic tool has limited capacity to record certain range of lighting. People eyes can see high range of color tone from shadow to high light but camera sensors or films can not do that. Therefore, the major obstacle of landscape photography is variety of lighting while photographing. Moving from darkness to brightness area of scenes showing differences in lighting conditions can result in various exposures of each area, often more than even the best equipment can handle. This article will demonstrate you several ways to cope with various lighting conditions in the landscape photography to get the right and amazing landscape shots.

Firstly, one solution is to average lighting from two or three areas in the scene characterized by similar levels of lighting. The classic number of area is 3, the first one for a shadow tone, the second one for a highlight tone and the last one for areas with medium intensity lighting called mid tone. At this point, using a spot metering from cameras helps you find the correct 3 exposure values for each area and then average lighting value where you want to give more importance on the final images. This method requires a lot of experiment and experience and it will be a lot easier for a digital camera to do than a film camera because you can see the result right away.

Secondly, a better approach is to use graduated ND filters whose purpose is to balance the lighting between shallow and highlight areas therefore overall lighting is more homogeneous and manageable from the camera.

Thirdly, using modern digital cameras and good image editors as Photoshop, GIMP, etc can solve the problem of extreme lighting condition by shooting different shots, each with the correct exposure for a particular area of the scene and then put them together into a single image in a post-production phase. Final photos produced from this digital process are called “High Dynamic Range” or “HDR. It may take time to do this digital process but it can give you truly amazing photographs.

Canon EF 70-200 F4 L IS Lens Review

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:35:00 +0000

Canon EF 70-200 F4 L is, one of famous telephoto lenses of the photography world today, is comprised of 4 main important parts which are lens construction, a lens body, IS (Image Stabilizer system) and an aperture.

Firstly, the lens construction is composed of 15 lens groups and 20 lens elements with a filter diameter of 67 mm and it has a focal length range from 70 mm to 200 mm. Moreover, there are 2 UD (Ultra-low Dispersion) lens elements and 1 fluorite lens element which help dramatically light dispersion, color balance, image sharpness and a vignette while minimizing ghosting and flare. It has the closet focusing distance of 1.2 m and the maximum magnification of 0.21 m. It is used for dispersing light reflected from objects into an image sensor in a camera.

Secondly, with a total weight of 760 gram, the lens body has a diameter of 76 mm and a length of 172. It has a strong white magnesium alloy case with black rubber cover at a zoom ring and a focal ring and a red ring showing as the Canon professional lens, called L-series lens, around a front part of the lens. It is used to protect the lens elements, the aperture, dust and moisture from outside.

Thirdly, the aperture is made of 8 circular diaphragm blades. Its maximum aperture (F-Stop number) is 4 and its minimum aperture (F-Stop number) is 32 throughout all focal length. Moreover, there is no an aperture ring at the back of the lens so the aperture must be adjusted by the camera only. Its functions are for controlling the amount of lighting coming into the image sensor and depth of field.

Finally, IS (Image Stabilizer system) contains a special gyro system which shifts lens in the gyro system in the opposite direction of hand shaking both x-axis and y-axis in order to compensate vertical and lateral movement of hands while taking photos. Consequently, the motion of IS will cancel out hand shaking directions and the light coming into the image sensor will be steady. It is very useful when photographers would like to take photographs in low shutter speed condition and it gives an equivalent effect of shutter speed approximately 4 stops. With the IS, it helps considerably photographers to get sharp images in low shutter speed condition.

In conclusion, the 4 main important parts of the Canon EF 70-200 F4 L is lens which are the construction, the lens body, the IS (Image Stabilizer system) and the aperture make this lens as the outstanding professional telephoto lens.Please find the good offers for the Canon EF 70-200 F4 L is listed below.

Powershot SX 20 IS - Quick Review

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:12:00 +0000

Today I would like to share about a good digital camera brand from Canon, is the model Powershot SX 20 IS. Introducing its characteristics, its own strengths and weaknesses.
Two characteristics that distinguish it from similar models are the 12.1 effective megapixel sensor and a powerful 20x optical zoom. This allows us to make good wide angle zoom and built allows us to zoom in and back without having to take so the entire visual field.
In short, a little gem technology can help and make photography a lot easier for you and satisfying. The controls of the machine are good and easy to use, also I think the big TFT display of 2.5 "makes everything easier and immediate. A digital camera can not only make great photos without having to be of particular genes of photography, but also can record video clips of 1280 x 720 pixels at 30 frames per second. Once registered you can also see directly on your HD LCD screen as the machine is equipped with integrated HDMI connection.
For photographs, the Canon has a program SX20IS smart car that has fewer than 22 scene modes and stored according to weather conditions, the available light and reflections choose if you want the automatic mode, the scene better.

The price is actually low compared to other products in the same segment, considering the fact that with 350 Us , you may consider purchasing a SLR, but its relation to a product like this, The Powershot SX 20 IS wants to differentiate, presenting easy to use, with average size and a relatively low weight.

For who is seriously thinking of buying a camera, already puts into account the fact of always having to bring along at least a minimum of equipment, and having to manage a car whose weight is not just content, together with the fact that the machine is not made to fit into a jacket pocket.This PowerShot instead, I would say it is the alternative for those who do not want to spend over 400 euros for a camera, but who want the very satisfactory results and the ability to manage the machine settings to your liking, without having carry equipment, and without having bad neck or arms after a hundred shots.After this introduction, let's analyze the product itself.

Let's say that the setting of the handle is a classic of a bridge, with the shutter button and zoom control in much the same objective level, which lets you put your hands in order to optimize grip on ' object, which however, is easy to handle.The LCD back is not very big, it's true, but it has the advantage that it can be rotated 270 ° vertically and 180 ° horizontally, making them convenient in several cases, such as reading with the sun behind, tilt difficult to machine, timer, etc..The car has still another display, smaller, guardian of the optical viewfinder (which are not optical), which is still useful if you resumed under a bit 'difficult.But who wears glasses, however, can not use?Wrong. Here Canon pulls out the gem from higher machine: a wheel next to the mini-LCD adjusts with a lens system between the eye and displays, fire on the display itself, then search for optimal viewing.The flash is "hidden" and the door where you enter may be closed or opened manually. In case someone forgets if doing a dark recovery, the machine still advocates "lift".But if you are not satisfied with the performance of flash based, the machine can be connected to an additional external flash that can be any of the Canon EOS series.The aim is equipped with optical image stabilizer, 20X optical zoom and will resume in exceptional players even far away.Rear side of the LCD are the classic Canon buttons: menu, display, and the usual two concentric circles, which allow you to manage, with the central button functions or to confirm a menu item, and the outer circle, placed to the cardinal points, the various settings quickly, as a macro, self timer, ISO and manual focus.Here again, Canon brings out a touch of class. Outside of these circles, there is a circular ring that swivels 360 degrees, which can be used in many areas: fast sliding menus, photo viewing, and management of manual focus.To complete the overview on the back, there are three buttons near the top right, one for photo viewing, and the other two for the management of exposure and auto focus in the various shooting modes is not fully automatic, on the left Instead there are only a button for flash settings, a fully customizable, to take what we want to hand before a shot, and a button for video recording.The outputs in the machine, in addition to traditional USB are 3 A / V normal, power and HDMI. Managed memories are SD with SDHC support, and are simple AA batteries, which are used optimally(Eg, Energizer Lithium 650 shots in a month, do not give more battery).
The classic ring can be rotated at the top, next to the button click, enables rapid mode selection that interests us. It ranges from traditional fully automatic mode, the management or separate shutter opening goal until that full manual, and then move gradually in the rotation, a special shooting mode, shutter speed from a shooting indoors with low light.

In automatic mode, the recovery is very simple. Just point the subject, and the car, alone, will find that what we are framing: a landscape, a flower or a person. This will be clearly marked on the screen, and recovery will be focused on it, thanks to an advanced face recognition.The latter not only improve exposure and focus of the face, you notice if the person is making a face or her eyes closed, suggesting to stall a bit 'before making the shot.

In automatic mode, however, we are free to manage the flash and red-eye correction. The automatic mode then, is really good because you can shoot faster without losing too much adjustment, but allowing us to make small corrections that we use most often.
The macro mode is very efficient. I can handle a little good for closeup 'overlapping mode and super macro shooting to 0 cm (!) Is something never seen !!
The full manual mode, however, can have fun by changing the various settings we like to get the desired effect. They range from the choice of shutter opening time, the choice of the ISO, the aperture value to manual focus, an excellent run through this ring around the buttons in the circle. In each of the automatic mode you can choose the "Burst", which allows shots in succession until you press the shutter button.
The scenes selected then, may be useful for obtaining good results in special circumstances, for example snow, indoors, festivals, fireworks, and in case of low luminosity, they may use up to 3200 ISO.Video mode is in a sense, in my opinion, a bit 'superfluous. That's because thanks to a separate button to capture image and video capturing in any shooting mode you are, you can record a video, select the size.Even in this mode, we find truly extraordinary things that this machine can do. Apart from the extraordinary shooting in HD, with 1280X720 resolution, the audio recording is performed by two microphones, an L and an R, which allow you to capture the sounds as almost perfect, at least for a camera. At any time then you can change the optical zoom, and the machine will focus the image, but if someone wants to hear "director", is free at any time to activate the manual focus, and to manage will. When stuferà, you can turn it off, and the unit will do the autofocus. Same goes for the Management of brightness. Also, if you see the video shooting a scene that we would capture a picture, just press the button normal shooting and the car will do a photo while shooting the video, making it available along with other first shot.
Finally, let us then analyze the results. Apart from the resolution, very good (4000x3000), and high-quality JPEG compression (averaging 1.60 MB image), the photos are almost always taken as the photographer wanted.
The focus, even in automatic mode, very rarely is unconvincing, and the colors are always rich and vivid, even when shooting without flash in low light. Image noise (ie what is grainy) really is imperceptible at low ISO, and 800-1600, while somewhat 'this (we're not on a camera, remember) do not bother because "softened" by the filter.Then you notice definitely an improvement over the previous version (SX10), spite should handle a larger resolution.

The HD videos are really spectacular, but a little 'heavy' and manageable, with fatigue from computer graphics components recently.
Overall, I rate this camera 5 stars because the camera and video recording made me really think. Management options, really huge, already is intuitive and very fast after a few uses, and really seemed to be able to give all my will to this object, which in addition to complying helped me where I could be wrong sometimes. The Powershot SX 20 IS is a good camera with good technology without being overly complicated, with a VCM engine that ensures both that is the focus zoom not only fast but also quiet. You can find it at a cost of between 350 US. This is highly recommend Powershot SX 20 IS.

Canon Powershot SX200 IS – Good or Not?

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:03:00 +0000

I tested Canon Powershot SX200 IS and I would like to show my small summary about this small point and shoot camera.

Canon Powershot SX200 IS has a lot of features as follows;

* 28 mm wide-angle lens and 12x optical zoom
* 12.1 MP
* Compact design available in three colors
* Quick DIGIC 4
* How Smart Auto Scene Detection technology
* Motion Detection Technology
* Face Detection Technology
* LCD 3 "
* HDMI and HD movies
* Manual control mode

It equips with excellent zoom/wide angle and, stabilized Canon lens. The shots were beautiful. I must say that this camera is very well and with a little experience, you can make several shots with high quality photographs.
What’s more, the colors are accurate and it has many functions that you can play with. The one I love is the changing color detail feature that tends to emphasize one type of color making the other shades of white / black.
The macro function of Canon Powershot SX200 IS is extremely good with 12 million pixels and it can make them a few centimeters away from the object. Macro shots I took are brilliant.

The position of the flash is a little uncomfortable but then you get used it after using for awhile. The point where the flash is just what comes out when naturally resting your finger to hold the camera.

The wheel on the top allows you to select the shooting mode (manual, semi-manual, automatic, set and shot). Movies are made in HD with sound. The yield of the movies is excellent and comparable to those made by a camera. The lithium battery and has excellent durability.

Conclusion
The Canon Powershot SX200 IS is a good choice for you.

I wish this post will be advantage for you.

Canon 550 D Small Review

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:49:00 +0000

Canon 550 D Small Review

PHOTOGRAPHY
Fully automatic mode

It is like a compact camera with a wheel which you can set the various modes of the camera. For beginners like me, there is the fully automatic mode, which is ideal for spontaneous pictures. The images are razor sharp and the resolution of the hammer.

I have a hamster and although I have photographed him from a distance, you see the zoom the individual hairs and small claws in a great quality. Class!

Manual modes

Here begins the real part of an SLR camera. I have now read the popular literature and bought a tripod. Terms such as ISO, shutter speed and aperture slowly lose its mystery and it is amazing what makes this camera special recordings. When one combines the various settings are correct here also the dream images, and even at high zoom levels on the PC still razor sharp.

VIDEO

Again, I am arrived. The camera records in full HD and it is between 24 (CINEMA), 25 (PAL) and 30 (NTSC) select frames per second.

I film at 30 frames a second, because I find the picture in pans So at the softest. Even a conversion to NTSC DVD works great. There can be converted to DVD-PAL system I do not recommend. The image is Hackel and dull the sound. So first check whether the DVD player and NTSC TV-DVD's coped.

The quality of the videos is bombastic (compared to my camera) and my Samsung LED is the picture better than digital TV. For serious recording I definitely recommend a tripod.

The film is certainly a bigger challenge than with a conventional camcorder. You should use the manual focus if you want in between Focusing new, because the automatic right is loud and ugly the picture falters. But I feel this as a benefit, because with the manual focus is really nice to make transitions.

If you go from a dark room in a light within a film, the image stops briefly, the exposure parameters again.

CONCLUSION

I fully recommend the canon 550D .

Today Flower - Nice Flowers from Northen of Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:37:00 +0000

I wish you would enjoy watching my photos.

Photo info:
Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)
Lens Tokina Macro Lens 100mm f/2.8 AT-XM100PRO D in Canon AF Mount, Shutter speed: 1/125, F 4.0, ISO 200.

Please visit http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/ and see how wonderful of flowers from our bloggers around the world.Have a nice day.

Canon EOS 550D and EOS 7D ISO Comparison

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sat, 29 May 2010 03:36:00 +0000

http://www.cameralenszone.com/canon-eos-550d-and-eos-7d-iso-comparison
I have a small test in regard to ISO comparison between Canon EOS 550D and Canon EOS 7D. Click HERE.

Sky Watch Friday: Bangkok at Chopraya River

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:10:00 +0000

Photo info: Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black) , Lens Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs Shutter speed 15 sec, F 11, ISO 100, light metering evaluative.
How I take this shot:

Please visit Sky Watch Friday to see other sky watchers around the world. I used low ISO at 100 and F at 11 in order to achieve long shutter speed. With long shutter speed, it created long light lines while boat was being sailed in Chapraya river. I used my graduated ND (Heliopan 77mm Graduated ND 4x Neutral Density Filter) to hold back exposure at the sky and took this shot before the sky would be completely dark.

Sky Watch Friday: Bangkok Night Time with Fisheye Lens

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:50:00 +0000

After sun set, I was at the top of my condominum, 25th floor, in Bangkok and I still waited for taking twilight shot. I put my camera on my tripod and I used my fish eye lens, Tokina 10-17 Fish Eye Lens

, to get curvature effect on horizon. Twilight showed its dramatic scene and I took this shot. This is my sky watch shot for this week and I wish you would enjoy watching my photo.

Any comments are welcome.

Photo info: Canon EOS 400 D, Lens Tokina 10-17 Fish Eye Lens, Shutter Speed 10 sec, F 11, Light metering - evaluative.

Please visit Sky Watch Friday to see other sky watchers around the world.

Sky Watch Friday: Bangkok Downtown

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:48:00 +0000

I capture this photo in late afternoon because I would like to use side light to make this photo more dimension. I went to the 14th floor of building and waited for the light a little bit to capture this shot. I was quite lucky as well because the sky was so clear at that time. I wish you would enjoy seeing my sky watch shot.

Photo info: Canon EOS 400 D, Lens Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 Shutter speed 1/60 sec, F 8, ISO 400, light metering evaluative.

Please visit http://skyley.blogspot.com/ to see other sky watchers around the world.

Sky Watch Friday: The Democracy Monument, Bangkok Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:09:00 +0000

I went to take some photos of The Democracy Monument, Bangkok Thailand. I was pretty lucky at that time because raining just stopped after raining cats and dogs for whole afternoon. I walked around a little bit to find the good location for my shot. Wow, I got my a nice location and then I put my camera on my Tripod and shot this shot. I used the rule of third and reflection to compose this shot. Moreover, I also captured the dramatic blue sky. Finally, I got my satisfied shot as you see in my blog.

Photo info: Canon EOS 400 D, Lens Canon EFS 10-22, Shutter speed 30 sec, F 11, ISO 100, light metering evaluative.

Note: The Democracy Monument (In Thai, called Anusawari Prachathipatai) is a public monument in the centre of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east-west boulevard Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang, at the intersection of Thanon Dinso. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount (Phu Kao Thong).

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Skywatch Friday from Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:41:00 +0000

Last shot from Songkha, Thailand.

Have a nice and lovely day.
I hope you enjoy watching my photos. What's more, please visit http://skyley.blogspot.com/ to see other sky watchers around the world.

Today Flower - Nice Flower from Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:47:00 +0000

I don't know its name again but at least it is such a beautiful flower.

If you know what name of it, please let me know : )

Photography Info: Canon Digital Camera EOS 400D, Tokina 100 mm Macro, f 4.0, Shutter Speed 1/250 sec, Focal Lenght 100 mm, ISO 200.

Please visit http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/ and see how wonderful of flowers from our bloggers around the world.Have a nice day.

Blue Sky for Skywatch Friday at Songkha

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:37:00 +0000

Happy new year my friends. This is my first post for 2010 : )

I took this shot at Songkha, Thailand. Not much to say....^_^
I wish you would enjoy watching my sky watch shot.

Have a nice and lovely day.
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Blue Sky for Skywatch Friday at Phu Kradueng Natural Park

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:47:00 +0000

For this week, I would like to share my sky watch shot which I shot when I went to Phu Kradueng Natural Park in the Northern of Thailand.

I use my ultra wide lens, Canon EFS 10-22, with my CPL to get this shot. I have nothing much to day but I hope you will enjoy my Sky Watch : )

Have a nice and lovely day.
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Sky Watch Friday:Koh Yor Songkha, Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:56:00 +0000

This sky watch shot was taken at Yor Island at Songkha province, Thailand.

I went there with my friend to take the sun set shot. At that time, the sky was so terrific so I did not only capture the sky but I also capture photo of my friend who was taking photo at that time as well in order to add a story in to this shot.

I wish you will enjoy watching my sky watch shot.

Photograph info: : Canon Digital Camera EOS 400D, Canon EFS 10-22, f 8.0, S = 1 sec, ISO 100.

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Canon EOS 7D Review

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:02:00 +0000

Great information from Photo.net for someone who are interested in Canon EOS 7D.

The Canon EOS 7D is Canon’s “state of the art” crop sensor DSLR. It’s not an EOS 50D upgrade, but rather a whole new level of DSLR positioned between the EOS 50D and the EOS 5D Mk II. In some ways you can think of it as a crop sensor version of the full frame EOS 5D Mk II at a price that’s $1000 less, although it has some features that even the EOS 5D Mk II doesn’t have.

I was impressed by the Canon EOS 7D. Clearly Canon has put some thought into this camera and made a number of changes that make the Canon EOS 7D the closest thing to a “professional grade” APS-C body that I’ve seen to date. With the advanced autofocus and metering, very high speed continuous shooting rate, large image buffer, wireless flash control, extensive set of custom functions and broadcast quality HD video, the Canon EOS 7D would be ideal for sports shooters and photojournalists, as well as advanced amateur photographers who want a “state of the art” crop sensor camera. The HD video features alone might make it a camera of choice for budding film makers too. The only downside of the camera might be that it’s so flexible and has so many customizable options that novices might be confused by all the choices it provides! There’s a good reason why the instruction manual runs to 275 pages.

Features of the Canon EOS 7D

An 18MP CMOS sensor with a “gapless microlens” design for high efficiency
A 920,000 pixel, 3” high resolution LCD
An all new 19 zone AF system with dedicated AF processor
HD movies at 1080p and 720p
Continuous shooting at up to 8 frames/sec
Shutter rated for 150,000 cycles
Integrated wireless speedlite control
Improved weather sealing
Microfocus adjustment on a fixed or lens by lens basis
4 levels of high ISO noise reduction
4 levels of auto lighting optimization
5 stops of exposure compensation (only 3 stops shown in viewfinder)
A 100% view optical viewfinder
A dual axis electronic level
An ISO range from 100-6400 plus 12800(H)
Contrast detection AF in Live View mode
Face detection in Live View mode
In camera illumination (vignetting) correction for JPEGs
A “creative auto” mode
HDMI output
Dual Digic IV processors
UDMA Mode 6 CF card support
LP-E6 battery (same as Canon EOS 7D)

Operating Speed

Like other EOS DSLRs, the EOS 7D appears to turn on instantly, taking less than 100ms to be ready to shoot. All other operations are fast too, no doubt helped by the new dual Digic IV processors. When reviewing images, the time for the display to update with a new image is under 1/2 second.

In high speed continuous mode, the EOS 7D meets Canon’s specifications of 3 fps in slow mode and 8 fps in fast mode. I actually measured 7.99 fps, but that’s close enough to 8. One strange quirk is that even if the shutter is manually set to 1/1000 sec and the lens is in manual focus mode (which should give the fastest possible frame rate), with the lens cap on the maximum continuous frame rate was only 4.25 fps. The manual warns that the frame rate may drop is the light is low (even with a fast shutter speed) – and indeed it does!
Bob Atkins - EOS 7D Shutter Assembly
Bob Atkins

With a mode 6 UDMA, 600x Sandisk card (pretty much the fastest card available right now), I got 20 RAW frames at 8 fps before the buffer filled (1/1000s, ISO 400) Then there was a pause of about 0.4 seconds followed by 2 rapid (8fps) frame, then another 0.4 second pause, then 2 more rapid frames and so on for about 5 seconds before the space between bursts increased to about 0.55 seconds. I didn’t measure the buffer capacity for JPEGs. since I gave up after 60 seconds of continuous shooting and 480 frames. Canon only claims 126 frames with a UDMA card, so the ultra speed mode 6 card may be showing it’s stuff here.

The use of high ISO noise reduction results in a significant reduction in the number of images which can be stored in the buffer, presumably due to the fact that the image processing power required for noise reduction slows down writing from the buffer to the memory card and so the buffer memory fills up faster.

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Sky Watch Friday: Simple Lift at Songkha, Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +0000

When the sun set, fisherman went back home. I was at Songkha Lake, the biggest lake in Thailand, in order to take some photos with my freinds. Sky at that time was such a dramatic scene given by nature and I also add people into the frame as well because I would like story into my photo : ) so I name this photo as "Simple Life". You can not see the people life like this in the big and crowded city. It was very nice time for me to be away of Bangkok, where I live, and touched something that I could not get from my town.

Photograph info: : Canon Digital Camera EOS 400D, Canon EFS 55-250 IS, f 5.6, S = 1/200 sec, ISO 200.

Have a nice and lovely day.I hope you enjoy watching my photos. What's more, please visit http://skyley.blogspot.com/ to see other sky watchers around the world.

Sky Watch Friday: Fisherman at Songkha, Thailand

noreply@blogger.com (DigitalShutterMania) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:16:00 +0000

I try to add a story into the sky watch photo as well; therefore, I shot this fisher man while he was throwing the net for catching fish. I wish you will love this sky watch shot for this week.

Photograph info: : Canon Digital Camera EOS 400D, Canon EFS 55-250 IS, f 5.6, S = 1/250 sec, ISO 200.

Have a nice and lovely day.
I hope you enjoy watching my photos. What's more, please visit http://skyley.blogspot.com/ to see other sky watchers around the world.