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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens - Birds In Flight AF Testing Woodbridge Island / Cape Town
Objective: Testing the Canon EOS 7D Mark II body / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens with AI Servo / Zone AF Manual Selection.
Autofocus: Zone AF Manual Selection
I've tried this a few times before, but this week I made an conscientious effort in giving the Zone AF Manual Selection more attention in terms of my Birds in Flight photography with this starling coming in for landing on a lamp post.
Over the last couple of months I've preferred the Canon EOS 7D Mark II's Large / Wide Zone AF Selection, but the Zone AF Manual Selection is a consideration for smaller / mid-size birds in flight. Please note that my AF interpretations / conclusions are based on my own experiences in a single birds in flight shooting environment - a specific AF selection may provide for different results in other environments (with other in-body settings). I have found that the Large / Wide Zone AF Selection to be effective for small birds in flight photography.
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II : Zone AF Manual Selection |
Lightroom Post-Processing
All images processed in Adobe Lightroom 6. Converted from RAW to JPG. Lens profile correction. Minor colour correction. Some noise reduction
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 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
- Lexar Professional 800x / 120MB/s 32GB CF Card
Manual Mode Settings
- Shutter speed: 1/5000s
- Aperture: f/6.3
- Focal length 400mm
- Auto-ISO (ISO 640)
- Continuous shooting mode (10 fps)
- AI Servo / AF Mode Option (Zone AF Manual Selection / Case 1)
- Lens AF On / No IS / Handheld
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens (Zone AF Manual Selection - Starling in Flight) - Cape Town |
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens (Zone AF Manual Selection - Starling in Flight) - Cape Town |
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens (Zone AF Manual Selection - Starling in Flight) - Cape Town |
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens (Zone AF Manual Selection - Starling in Flight) - Cape Town |
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| Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens (Zone AF Manual Selection - Starling in Flight) - Cape Town |
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