01 October 2015

Birds In Flight Test with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Woodbridge Island

Birds In Flight Test with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Woodbridge Island Cape Town
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II / Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens - Birds In Flight

Objective: Testing the relatively new Canon EOS 7D Mark II body / EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM lens with fast Bird in Fligh Action shooting at 10 frames per second. Various ISO's / same Shutter Speed.

Note: Fast shutter speeds / panning hand-held in Manual. All images processed in Lightroom 5.7. Converted from RAW to JPG. Lens profile correction. Minor colour correction.

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Cape Town Location
Milnerton Lagoon Woodbridge Island, Cape Town

Equipment (Birds In Flight / Action Photography)
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera body 
  • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens 

Manual Mode Settings
  • Shutter speed: 1/2000s 
  • Aperture: f/6.3 
  • Focal length 349-400mm 
  • ISO 160-500 
  • Image Stabilization off 
  • Auto-Focus mode (Case 2 / Zone)
  • Continuous shooting mode (10 fps) / AI Servo 
  • Handheld


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Egyptian Goose in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 349mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 500 / 1/2000s - Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
Egyptian Goose in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 349mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 500 / 1/2000s


Greater flamingo in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s - Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
Greater flamingo in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s


Little Egret in Flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s - Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
Little Egret in Flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s


Doulbe-Breasted Cormorant in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s - Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
Doulbe-Breasted Cormorant in flight: Canon EOS 7D Mark II @ 400mm Manual Mode: f/6.3 / ISO 200 / 1/2000s

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