Canon Macro Photography: 2014

niedziela, 28 grudnia 2014

Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC - Photos (Canon 1DX)

Lens works fine, there are no problems with autofocus (bf & ff), picture quality is very good and VC works great (it's silent and this is very important when you're recording videos).

UPDATE (after 6 months)
Lens is in good condition, but it has dust inside. In the meantime I bought Canon 70-200/2.8 IS II, so now better option for me is 16-35/4 IS.

Pros:

- very good image quality from 4.0-11 (at 2.8 very good on 24 mm)

- VC is silent and effective (3 EV);

- price
- af works fine

Cons:

- high vignetting;

- distortion at 24 mm;

- AF is slow in low-light conditions (but it's still ok)
- flares & glare
- no weather sealed

Aperture - f/13.0; shutter speed - 1/50; iso 50; focal length - 35 mm

Aperture - f/11.0; shutter speed - 25s; iso 100; focal length - 24 mm (cropped)

Aperture - f/11.0; shutter speed - 30s; iso 160; focal length - 42 mm

Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 30s; iso 200; focal length - 38 mm

Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 30s; iso 100; focal length - 33 mm

Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/160; iso 50; focal length - 63 mm

Aperture - f/4.5; shutter speed - 1/50; iso 2000; focal length - 24 mm

Aperture - f/10.0; shutter speed - 30s; iso 50; focal length - 36 mm

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 10s; iso 50; focal length - 70 mm

Aperture - f/9.0; shutter speed - 30s; iso 125; focal length - 24 mm

Aperture - f/3.5; shutter speed - 1/200; iso 6400; focal length - 70 mm

Aperture - f/3.5; shutter speed - 1/80; iso 4000; focal length - 29 mm

Aperture - f/4.0; shutter speed - 1/100; iso 5000; focal length - 24 mm

Aperture - f/5.0; shutter speed - 1/250; iso 3200; focal length - 53 mm

Aperture - f/3.5; shutter speed - 1/500; iso 2500; focal length - 50 mm

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/160; iso 200; focal length - 51 mm (cropped)

Aperture - f/3.5; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 12800; focal length - 36 mm

Sample video (aperture at f8, focal length 70 mm, iso 6400, ALL-I, post process in Pinnacle Studio):

sobota, 9 sierpnia 2014

Canon 100mm f/2.8 L IS Macro - Photos & Videos (Canon 1DX)

This is my second maro lens. First was Canon 60/2.8 macro, I used it with Canon 60D for 3 years.
What can I say about this lens? It's sharp like 60/2.8 (I don't see big difference in picture resolution, but at f/2.8, 100/2.8 IS is sharper; 100/2.8 IS on 60D is worse than 60/2.8, so this is not good lens for aps-c in my opinion), it has IS and it's weather sealed. Video quality is much more better. On 60D videos are more blurred and there's a low level of moire.
Lens is very good, but I don't like noisy IS. I have a Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC and it's more silent in my videos. AF works fine, but it's very slow in the low light conditions.

There's a lot of reviews of this lens and my english is not good enough, so check my photos and videos ;)

Video (max quality, ALL - I, 30 fps):

My blog about my previous lens (Canon 60/2.8 macro):
http://canonmacrophotography.blogspot.com/2012/02/canon-60mm-f28-macro-sample-photos.html

środa, 7 maja 2014

Canon 300/4 IS - Photos & Videos (Canon 1DX)

There's a lot of reviews and my english is not good enough to describe my thoughts about this camera and lens, but I noticed big difference between picture and video quality (I am still using APS-C camera - Canon 60D and I took many photos and videos too with Canon 300/4 IS and Canon 60/2.8 macro lens).

I really like low noise at high iso (2000 is barely visible, 12800 is still ok when you will reduce noise, but max and useful, without losing much quality is 6400), better DOF and picture quality (sharper images, very low level of moire).
What I don't like? Sensor is a "dust magnet", so after a thousands of shots, I see black spots at f/8.0 -f/13, especially in the corners (which is very annoying in macro with my second lens - Canon 100/2.8 L macro IS).

I want to show you unboxing video and continous shooting test (with 100/2.8 L macro IS too) and photos (with exif data).

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/2500; iso 1250 (raw to jpg in fsviewer, no correction, neutral settings)

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/8000; iso 1250

Sample video

First two scenes (fire) recorded without external microphone, handheld (aperture at f/5.6).

Last two scenes (cyclists) with Rode Video Mic. I used camera rig (aperture at f/5.6 in the first scene & 4.0 in the second scene).

IS on + software stabilization. No sharpening etc. I changed only level of brightness and saturation (even on neutral settings, color - especially red, is too saturated).

In my opinion, image stabilizer in this lens is not good enough for videos and this feature is better in the latest lenses (like 70-200/2.8 IS II).

Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/640; iso 500

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1250; iso 2500

Aperture - f/6.3; shutter speed - 1/6400; iso 2000

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1600; iso 1000

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/6400; iso 2000

Aperture - f/8.0; shutter speed - 1/2500; iso 1600

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 3200

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/800; iso 2000

Aperture - f/5.6; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 2500

Aperture - f/4.0; shutter speed - 1/1000; iso 1000

Video quality test.

My priority was to take photos (it was my first time on a american football match), so I recorded few scenes (handheld, no external microphone, no color correction). First generation of IS will not help too much and it's not easy to use this focal lenght. Video quality is good, but better to use this lens for photos only or on tripod/camera rig, mainly in static scenes.