2009 Chinese National Day Celebration

2009 Chinese National Day + 30 year US-China normalization celebration at Indianapolis. CCTV and 凤凰台 may report this event.

All photos were taken with Canon 5D2 + Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS.

Thoughts about 5D2:

1. Excellent high ISO noise. Most photos were taken at ISO 3200. Photos were brightened in post processing, which means the effective ISO used were higher than 3200, yet no visible noise in the photos (I did not even bother with software noise reduction because I do not see a need for it).

2. The limited number of user selectable AF points does add some challenge to composing the photo. In photographing performance, focusing and recomposing is not a practical method. 1D3 is really good in this aspect. I do not know about 1Ds3. I know 1Ds3 has the same AF points as 1D3, but if its AF points are crowded in the center region, it is not that helpful in composition (do not forget its sensor is 1.3 times as big as 1D3's, which mean for the same AF system, the AF points will be concentrated more in the center region).

3. 5D2's AF speed is more than sufficient.


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所有跟帖： 

• 今晚10点盯着电视，就不上文学城了。 -车头- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:04:41

• It may not show up today though. -pieq314- ♀ (60 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:08:04

• Thanks ! -Fruitpassion- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:08:31

• You are welcome! -pieq314- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:15:08

• 拍的都挺好，最后一张曝光最准 -心晴-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:10:22

• Thanks! -pieq314- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:15:22

• 不错！这是排练吗？（背景太杂？） -chicago80- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:42:02

• No, this is the actual performance. -pieq314- ♀ (143 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:57:21

• Beautiful shots -笔名真烦- ♂ (98 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 12:42:41

• Thanks! -pieq314- ♀ (364 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 13:02:50

• One more question: did you turn off IS of EF70-200? -笔名真烦- ♂ (102 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 13:08:31

• No. I kept IS on. The lighting may change quickly, so the shut -pieq314- ♀ (126 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 13:23:50

• I didn't use AF-ON to get the AF on all the time... -笔名真烦- ♂ (345 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 13:29:50

• I use AI servo mode -pieq314- ♀ (307 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 13:42:35

• Excellent shot! -密码515- ♂ (70 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 14:23:50

• Thanks! -pieq314- ♀ (487 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 17:29:09

• Thanks for your advice. -密码515- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 18:58:30

• 第四张幕布的噪点一塌糊涂，是不是原片欠爆后期拉曲线过度？ -jbd- ♀ (118 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 16:43:51

• The dark region was brightened a lot -pieq314- ♀ (219 bytes) () 09/30/2009 postreply 17:39:05