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
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
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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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