In anticipation of an upcoming trip to Yosemite, I decided to upgrade my gear and bought a Canon 7D and a 24-105 f/4 L lens. Here are my first shots with my new setup. I am also getting a Gitzo traveller tripod with a Really Right Stuff ballhead, but I’m picking those up in the USA when I get there. So here I used my ancient 20 pound tripod that shakes if I exhale while photographing. I can’t wait for that new tripod!
I always forget to cover up the eyepiece when I am not looking through it during long exposures. This was the first time I remembered (well actually I was reminded, thanks Ray) and was surprised to see the difference in exposure settings.
The 7D sounds impressive. Good choice. Can’t wait to see your Yosemite folio.
Looks like you and your new 7D have got off to a great start! Your old tripod may be headed for redundancy, but I recommend you keep your voice-activated assistant.
Any specific feature of the 7D that forced your hand to your wallet?
Hi Terry,
I was looking for my voice activated assistant the other day … seem to have misplaced it! 🙂
Yes, the 7D has a dual processor and a very strong shutter enabling 8 fps!! No more missing the wildlife shots, I hope. I had some great results with the whales lately. It also has 18mp, a more sophisticated sensor, better auto-focus mechanism, 100% viewfinder and probably other stuff I haven’t discovered yet. But the dual processor and shutter are the biggest difference I think. Oh yeah, and it has HD video which I haven’t tried yet. You can take still shots while taking HD video at the same time, that’s cool.
Anne.
After remembering to turn off my image stabilization for the first time, I forgot to turn it back on again and my (hand-held) shots of the big moon the following day were all a little soft. Live and learn…