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Most of the camera nowaday, giving animal eye detection, tracking but limited the AF mode where mostly by either a “zone” or Full screen (mean if we want Bird eye detect, we either limit ourselves either using “dedicated zone/zone size” or “full sensor screen”
*** have a look at the youtube sharing
But Why do I like the AF mode by using different area? single point sometime is very useful when obstacle is infront of subject.
few months ago my friend introduce to me “DxO PureRaw 2” for very good noise reduction. I am bit busy last few months and finally I have time download to check out ISO performance of Fujifilm XH2-S , CANON R7 which both APS-C sensor which most the users concern on ISO performance. But we know when smaller sensor normally has more noise with bigger sensor camera (with same megapixel). Too bad both camera raw files are not supported by the DxO PureRaw 2. But I decide to make a simple test with CANON R5 & A1
几个月前，朋友介绍了这款新的软件。大概是降噪非常好，比我之前介绍的Topaz Denoise 好。
我一直较忙，这几天终于有时间坐下清理照片。处理一些事情。还有最近试了2架新的半幅的相机（富士 XH2-S & 佳能 R7) ,大家（包括我）都有点担心噪点问题。因为我们这的摄影环境都较暗。我们也希望有较长的焦距，半幅的相机都是我们想用可是主要担心噪点问题。
可是，这个软件 DxO PureRaw 2 尽然还不支持这两架相机，可是尽然已下载。我也试试在高像素相机之一的佳能R5 &索尼 A1 （迟一点会放上）
I only test 2 ISO – ISO2000 because this is my comfortable accept ISO for R5 and ISO6400 is my highest auto ISO set for R5 & ISO4000 for A1 .
– Click the picture to see original full size picture.
– the DxO PureRaw really process the raw file into a DNG file with very good noise-details balance output.
– please support original software
iii. SONY A1 : ISO2000
iv. SONY A1 : ISO4000
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3 days with CANON R7 + RF600mm F4 – IS, Battery life, AF, ISO samples
Field experience with Fujifilm X-H2S + Fujinon XF150-600mm f/5.6-8
I am glad been given a chance to use the new CANON mirrorless camera R7 with RF600mm F4 for 3 days.
When I have the camera with such period, I know I can’t try everything I want to try but for another successor after R5/6/3 think most of the people will have same believe and doubt as me
1. AF should be as good as the R5/6/3
2. such high megapixel, how’s the ISO performance
3. Image Stabilizer – as think this is one good camera for bird watchers who normally shoot handheld
– should have more time to try with RF100-500, RF100-400, EF 100-400, EF400 F5.6 etc
4. video quality, overheat concern
5. buffer as only SD card supported
6. Video AF
7. Battery life
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For me, I am concentrate on few above which I “worry” about
AF
ISO performance
Image Stabilizer (which affect the Image quality – ISO)
Battery life
Video Quality (after recent so many good video hybrid camera)
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Here is my 3days real field experience for above mentioned concerns
update 20220618
– this is one most important criteria for most of Bird Photographer as in many cases we do require to handheld to shoot with smaller lens and most of this situations when we inside forest which also having lowlight.
– if the IS efficiency is high, mean we can get higher success rate picture with lower shutter speed .
– I am using R7 with CANON RF 100-500mm which also 160-800mm (35mm equivalent) and I tested all with 500mm (800mm 35mm equivalent). without any tripod, monopod just handheld with various shutter speed and 10-50 shots (average)
– 我在测试佳能的新R7与RF100-500mm。这个测试是为了试机身+镜头防抖有多好。因为这可是我们选摄鸟器材的蛮重要的一环，因为在马来西亚很大部分时间我们都在林里拍鸟。都是不容易带脚架与蛮暗。手持摄影需要好的防抖功能让我们在较慢的速度下拍到我们要拍的鸟。
update 202206
– due to work nature, I am capturing still and video handheld 90%. So IS always one of my very important criteria to choose my “working birding equipment”
– another quick test how’s the IS for video with CANON R7
– 工作关系，我几乎都是手持拍摄（照片，视频)。相机+镜头防抖功能变成我主要选择我的摄鸟（工作）的其中一个主要的功能。
– 当我拿到R7，这是我要测试的其中一项。手持视频
case 1 : 1/15s
– shooting 1/15s total 59 shots and 20/59 is focus which giving 33% I would say it is very good
– one of the amazing battery life mirrorless camera so far
– 3 days in the row, shooting from 7am – 2-3pm without power off the camera
~1200 pictures
~10-30 video (4k)
ALL 3 days still have >50% battery remain
– without any doubt or different, the AF capability to find subject eye (bird eye) simply awesome. AS GOOD AS R3, R5 and R6 for bird eye detect, I dont have enough time for flying tracking (only very quick tried)
– the best part is this camera use R3 AF method e.g. when use ZONE or single point in R5/6 the eye detect cannot be use. So most of us use method of either
a. let’s the camera find the bird eye in full screen – some of us just don’t trust the camera. So dont border of using this method but for me this is very fast and 90% trusted method
b. use one button for single point focus than AD-ON (any other button) eye detect
– this is a much slower way of AF which require single point to point to the bird than need press a button to have eye detect than follow by shutter button for picture capture !!!!!!! not only slow with so many button pressing more camera shake created
– now, we can use single button set to single point, zone, full screen as long as the point, zone or camera found the bird. The “eye” will be focus and track
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with such high megapxiel 32.5 MP, think everyone most worry is the ISO management.
here are some pictures sharing
series of picture (full size) 800-10000 (sorry for accidentally deleted ISO400 pictures and due to environment here we seldom use anything lower than ISO800
I also make a simple Topaz Denoise (default auto) to have a look with minimum post processing result.
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Series 1
RAW – JPEG (direct from Adobe camera RAW no noise reduction)
JPEG – denoise using Topaz Denoise AI-clear auto
100% crop at ration 16:9 (for above)
*click the picture for full size picture
i. ISO800
ii. ISO1250
iii. ISO1600
iv. ISO2000
v. ISO3200
vi. ISO4000
vi. ISO6400
vii. ISO8000
viii. ISO10000
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My personal view, for such a high megapixel APS-C camera as expected it provided so much details and with noise when ISO increase.
Based on the simple noise reduction (one click) the picture image quality seem well balance with details+noise at ~ISO3200. Extra post processing should able to produce more clean picture.
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Let;s wait for coming sharing
Image Stabilizer efficiency
AF Tracking
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More pictures series
Series 2
RAW-JPEG direct no Noise reduction
This is one of main reason of why R6 is so powerful for Wildlife Photography.
*** I will slowly update here with various testing environment
I am purely using
1. full screen AF “Tracking”
2. Servo AF – AUTO
3. Animals detect
4. Eye detection
5. Continuous AF
6. I can’t use my viewfinder while I am using Atomos Ninja so the movement may not smooth like my normal tracking and sometime I just can;t locate the
bird fast without viewfinder
– another sample of how fast the Full sensor eye detection AF from CANON EOS R6
LOW LIGHT AF – ANIMAL Detection, Eye Detection
– a very lucky night outing nearby my house area, just hope for some nightjar but hear this owl calling and manage to locate it and did some Low Light AF with screen recorded
– 非常幸运的晚上，在家附近以为找只夜鹰展示R6的晚上对焦能力。竟然遇到这猫头鹰。
看看，R6对焦能力。在这么暗的情况。也轻易找到动物+眼。
AF TRACKING
1. this is simply one out of many test going to share … how the AF work on Bird in flight (moderate) .
用Atomos Ninja 錄佳能 R6 的取景器。希望讓更多朋友看看，它的對焦能力。
– can see how is the AF lock and track the heron even it accelerate and change direction but the R6 just continuous focus and track
here is some other Testing I do
CANON EOS R6 AF test1 : Capability find the bird | liewwk Nature
CANON EOS R3 AF test4 : Heron flying across different Background | liewwk Nature
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One of the reasons to own 8k video most probably is to crop the video like this one to get more clarity (but I didn’t reduce it to 4k just want to show 8k video and zoom in)
let’s have a look at 4k and tell me how’s this video looks like? very good? good? normal?
update 202101
Dusky eagle-owl, 乌雕鸮, 烏雕鴞, Bubo coromandus, ウスグロワシミミズク, BURUNG-HANTU BERTANDUK KELABU ASIA
– one of the 8k 25p video by CANON EOS R5
– trying to zoom in ~100% crop (picture mode), no sharpening
– my 2016 Mac Book Pro 13″ not able to play the video file. I just put into Premiere Pro and export it to MP4 with Zoom in effect
佳能 EOS R5 的 8k 視頻。 我的蘋果 MBP 13″ 2016沒辦法做太多的後期。就切到～100% （照片）
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Another testing on CANON EOS R5
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finally on hand with production Canon EOS R5 for 2 days. managed to test standard function, ISO performance, Raw file capability (Shadow and highlight recovery) and AF : Animal eye tracking on birds
For wildlife Photographers, few things about AF bordeing us : AF speed, AF accuracy, AF tracking capability
*** yet to have time setup screen capture to show the R5 AF capability and hope I can make one to show
for the 2 days bird photography with the R5
Day1 : standard shooting experience, Handheld IS capability , ISO, Shadow and Highlight recovery
Day2 : I shooting Tv mode , Full Animal eye tracking
Here, I will sharing real Tropical forest field experience on using the R5 … few simple conclusions before start some sharing
1. the AF to lock the object
i. normal condition – EOS 1Dx m2 definitely faster and R5 is faster than my 5D mark4
ii. low light condition – EOS1Dx m2 faster , R5 is good compare to 5Dmark4
iii. back light condition with shadow highlight backgroup (not just pure sky)
– EOS1Dx m2 faster, 5Dm4 slow but R5 seem can’t really look for the object (small object on the overall frame) . the R5 just can’t get the lizard or the trunk nearby to focus for long (and I am still looking single button to change AF to MF peaking to solve this easy .
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2. Animal Finding — > Eye Tracking
– I was amaze by A9 with 600mm FE year back where my guest using it to find the the bird !!! As long as we point the camera and len toward bird direction with some minor complex object (with pure sky there are no problem at all) the A9 will automatic found the bird and keep tracking it !!!!!
so I also try to use R5 , I know where is the bird and point R5 with EF-R adapter 500mm EF IS4 II toward the direction . the Camera did found the tiny flowerpecker if it move/jump but it stay and just moving it’s body .. I still can’t depend the R5 help me find where’s the bird yet …
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Tracking : this TOTALY change my thought of Mirrorless camera !!!!
As long as I can find , focus the bird (use shutter button focus the bird) than I use the AF-on (configure to Animal eye focus) it will track the bird head/eye in any conditions : dark, backlight, moving, flying small object etc
Even, the Green Iora is far and small in this case. After I got the bird focus and press AF-On button, the eye tracking just work seamless (no matter it change head direction, jumping etc)
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situation where birds flying with plain sky … it is incredible fast to get the camera to focus on the bird .. as long shutter speed fast enough , shooting swiftlet is like “makan kacang putih” (Malaysian say) …. picture below .. point my camera and len toward sky with any bird , and press the AF-On button which is Animal-eye tracking than within very short moment it will lock the bird and fire shutter ….
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We always do have problem shooting bird in flight when bird flying toward us with speed . the AF not easy to lock the object firmly , even yes we need luck , high skill (camera and tripod handling) to have higher success rate for Bird in Flight toward us .. which is different from side way flying which many way can make higher success rate
Very lucky day, we have this Owl for us to try the animal-eye tracking AF … with condition
– bird flying from about 200m toward us about 20-30m toward us and than to right
– Canon EOS R5, R-EF adapter , Canon 600mm F4 IS2
– Tv mode set to Auto ISO, 1/2000
– This test , using single focus get the bird focus when it flying toward us than using Animal-eye tracking for full sequence shooting of ~3s
– Mechanical shutter
– among 29 frame pictures captured , only 1 frame missed and 1 not capture correct (due to moving my camera slower than the bird flying)
simple video show how each the bird flying toward us
each frame as below 2048px
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I always love to record wildlife in better video quality since CANON 5dm2
one of the reason I am quite interest on CANON EOS 90D is the capability of record 4k video
I did quick record with below condition
– handheld
– low light , while shooting picture ISO1250, 1/20, F5
– no edit , just trim and uploaded full size to Yoututbe
– internal Mic
update 20191023
another quick record of 4k using the 90D
*** I move the camera toward the flower into center … the camera auto get the bird focus and the AF point show it focus or trying focus on the “moving object” – bird
in case , anyone interest on the bird .. it is Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
click on the link and choose Video Quality to 2160 (4k)
overall, the quality look good.. but the size seem very small compare to 1dxm2 ???
in case you interest on Malaysia Partridge series | liewwk Nature
Phasianidae Series: Partridge | 雉科: 鹧鸪 | liewwk Nature 8-4 [update 20240331]
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I am bringing the 90D for my Guiding work last week, but due to the special task and low light condition. Plus the High megapixel of the camera , I would say it is not suitable for me use handheld … lack of IBIS high shutter is require so ISO has to push to higher which rarely lower than my acceptable level (<3200)
with the Tripod I managed to test 2 subjects that many of us concern
1. ISO performance of such high megapixel Camera
2. AF especially Liveview tracking ? (do I need ? and we know it is typical way of us Optical Viewfinder of DSLR) but I still test it after saw the performance of A9 + Sony 600mm F4
but here I am sharing ISO performance only
as usual all picture
1. EOS 90d
2. Canon EF 300mm F2.8
3. Canon 14x TC III
4. AV mode
5. remote shooting with phone
6. AF use Liveview tracking all (all sample below)
7. open with Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (no NR mean no NOise reduction full size with 240 ppi)
8. NR mean use auto setting of Define2
9. I also resize to 2400 at long site to at ~A4 size of print
10. Click the link for Larger size (un crop) picture
11. I add in a SONY A7r4 RAW file No NR and CANON EOS 90D RAW no NR (on software
[both on body high ISO Noise Reduction -Standard]
both 100% crop
ANYONE can tell which is which ?
as below
100% crop above picture
A. ISO100 , No NR
ISO100 , NR
I forgot ISO200 … hmmm so continue with ISO400
B. ISO400 , No NR
ISO400, NR
C. ISO800, No NR
ISO800 , NR
ISO1000-2000 is my common use ISO range so I add on 1250
D. ISO1250, No NR
ISO1250, NR
E. ISO1600 , No NR
ISO1600, NR
F. ISO2000, No NR
ISO2000, NR
G. ISO3200, No NR
ISO3200, NR
H. ISO4000, No NR
ISO4000, NR
I. ISO6400, No NR
ISO6400, NR
J. ISO8000, No NR
ISO8000, NR
I am not really interest on anything more as the details start losing when ISO5000-6400 and at 8000 . the grain is too much for this high megapixel camera
I am overall ok with ISO2000-3200 for small print and as usual web use ..
ISO2000 ~A4 size
I am still on tour, and hope I got more chance to test further and try edit for bigger print and to know the limit that accept by myself
my Quick indoor test previously
and stay tune , hope I still can hold this unit for more testing on AF
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After long wait, a crop camera body with very attractive specifications … I am going to have this camera for next few days on field test on Birding ..
before bring out to field, I need check overall menu function , AF performance , additional functions etc .. OVERALL it is almost as easy as previous EOS camera .
So I take opportunity, quick test on ISO that I always use 800,1000,1600,2000,3200,4000,5000,6400
Simple tests with below criteria
Very Quick Test of CANON EOS 90D + EF100400 II
– Handheld
– Open with Adobe Photoshop CC 2017
– NoNR – No Noise reduction
– NR – Noise Reduction with define2
– Camera Noise Reduction set to standard
Sample of ISO 800 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 800 NR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 1600 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 1600 NR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 2000 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 2000 NR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 3200 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 3200 NR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 4000 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 4000 NR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 6400 NoNR (click the image to see full image)
Sample of ISO 6400 NR (click the image to see full image)
Overall the noise control without any noise reduction, the noise level is quick high at ISO3200 and above . But with very minimum Noise Reduction with define2 … its’ look good with very good details remain
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Did 2 round of simple test outdoor but the lighting condition seem not a good equal compare .. so finally managed to have both indoor to test both 1dx Mark1 and 1dx Mark2
very simple test
1. AV mode, F8 , meter at same area
2. ISO100 with exp 0, -1,-2,-3,-4,+1,+2
3. ISO200, 400,800,1600,3200,4000,6400,12800,25600
4. all with select portion to 100% crop
5. all picture open with Adobe Camera Raw (CC) and NO Noise reduction, sharpen
6. liveview with timer 2s shooting, on tripod
Physically , not much change but it do have the Liveview Video-Still switch which one of the MAJOR missing of mark1 !!!!!!!!!!!
Below are the pictures sample
ISO100 1dxm1
ISO100 1dxm2
click link below for all ISO100 full size
100% crop for ISO100 exp -1 for 1dxm1
100% crop for ISO100 exp -1 for 1dxm2
100% crop for ISO100 exp -4 for 1dxm1
100% crop for ISO100 exp -4 for 1dxm2
both ISO100 Exp0 100%
1dxm1
1dxm2
here is the links for
100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO1600
100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO1600
100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO3200
100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO3200
100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO6400
100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO6400
100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO12800
100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO12800
*** not really accept noise level >6400 so just share the full size picture of 25600 … no 100% crop pictures
for the simple test , my personal feel on the 1dxm1 vs 1dxm2
1. mirror shake seem less on mark2 especially the slow fps which is 6fps . mark2 seem seem almost no mirror shake at all
2. AF for liveview seem much faster for mark2 , non liveview seem faster too but not significant as the liveview AF
3. ISO from 100-3200 seem almost same at exposure 0 , mark2 may be slightly better than mark1
4. all pictures shoot within same environment , same ISO, same shutter speed, same aperture … but mark2 seem slight brighter especially on shadow area .
5. ISO4000-25600 …. hmmmm mark1 seem better at shadow area ?
6. for shadow area recovery for -1 stop seem not far different . but for 2,3,4 stops under… mark2 have better software capability to recover better …. much better ….
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