First manual shots with 40D 70-200 L F2.8

[Striker (Tony)]

Ok today was my first go getting away from the auto settings and Av and tried full manual with a little bit of information given to me by Dave (Ving) yesterday.

Shots taken down at Manly Harbour Brisbane today lunch time.

Images taken with Manfrotto monopod.

I hope we have some yacht lovers.

It waas pretty windy but not uncomfortable.
I am generaly happy.

[Dennis]

Looks good to me Tony. Nicely sharp and well exposed. Now, in the 4th shot, I got a little giddy looking at the sloping horizon! LOL!

Cheers

Dennis

[ving (David)]

great stuff tony, they would have been rather dificult to expose properly. i especially like the first and last ones

[Striker (Tony)]

Thanks guys, there my favourite too Dave,

I was ready to catch them tip over as they got close a couple of times.
Do my manual setting look ok...????

[ving (David)]

crickey look at your shutter speed! i dont think my camera goes that high!
1/8000th sec!

you could have gone for a lower iso (50 or 100 or whatever your camera does) to improve IQ and reduce grain even further, but these look good

[Striker (Tony)]

OK ta thanks Dave.

Will keep experimenting.

[AlexN]

I generally shoot with the lowest ISO speed the shutter speed will allow.. in full light, ISO100 all the way.... if your shutter speed was 1/8000th then Im sure ISO50 would be fine (if the 40D does 50??)

They look well exposed, not over blown in the highlights, and you did as dave said, pick a tough place to manually expose... water/blue sky and white boats are hell...

You've done very well.

[Striker (Tony)]

PLease let me know if my thinking is wrong but the reason I used ISO200 was so I could use the shorted exposure time as the object I was imaging was moving so this was done to keep the image sharp. If I was to use say Iso50 with approx exposure time of 1/2000 4 x slower would the image be as sharp and does ISO really make that much difference for extremely short exposure times like this.
Remeber I am new to this so I am trying make sence of all this.

[AlexN]

unless whatever your imaging is moving faster than say, 150 - 200kms an hour, going over 1/2000th will not make a difference...

With a 200mm lens (without IS) I would always attempt to keep the shutter speed above 1/250th for still objects, and 1/500th or so for moving... but I've never had a problem with 1/2000th bluring due to motion.

[ving (David)]

gday tony... as alex said, 1/500th would heve been enough to freeze the action so you could have easily gone for a lower iso

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice shots mate.
Rich colours and very sharp detail.

I'll echo what's been said here about lowering the ISO.
With such a bright sunny scene ISO 100 is ample.

Geez this is a great lens isn't it?
Hope you're happy with it.

[h0ughy (David)]

looks pretty good - was that a Pelican sailing class???

[Striker (Tony)]

Thanks guys,

Will focus on lower ISO and increase shutter length.
Thanks for the tips...very much appreciated.

Yes very happy with the lens but lets face it wouldn't know the difference between a good and bad lens unless you told me.

No Houghy my single day of Pelican imaging has finished and there is not even a shadow of a pelican in sight...lol
Thanks again guys your help is much appreciated and I can see myself understanding the basics already.

[beren]

Very nice Tony, sharp as.....congrats on the new lens, recently got the Nikon {} equivalent absolutely love it the difference between it and a kit lens is easily noticed even when shooting pelicans