Yipee....good for you, congrats!!!! Can't wait to see some images ..... I think you won't regret it (I sold my 7D2 many moons ago)
Yipee....good for you, congrats!!!! Can't wait to see some images ..... I think you won't regret it (I sold my 7D2 many moons ago)
R7, 100-500mm test. How is ISO 10000 fully usable?!? by Dave E, on Flickr
On Flickr - Namethatnobodyelsetook on Flickr
R8 | R7 | 7DII | 10-18mm STM | 28-70mm f/2.8 | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 | 50mm f/1.8 | 85mm f/1.8 | Laowa 100mm 2X Macro | 70-300mm f/4-5.6L | RF 100-500mm f/4-5-7.1L
Slight improvement in technology from the 7D2
Here's an R7 100-500mm + 1.4x shot of a GBH, and the 100% crop around the eye. Shooting semi-hand-held (I believe I was resting on the railing of a bridge). The 100% crop has the same processing, except luma noise reduction is dropped to 0. A touch of clarity and contrast may be accentuating the noise.
Great Blue Heron by Dave E, on Flickr
R7 100-500mm/1.4x/100% crop by Dave E, on Flickr
Last edited by DavidEccleston; 09-10-2023 at 05:37 PM.
On Flickr - Namethatnobodyelsetook on Flickr
R8 | R7 | 7DII | 10-18mm STM | 28-70mm f/2.8 | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 | 50mm f/1.8 | 85mm f/1.8 | Laowa 100mm 2X Macro | 70-300mm f/4-5.6L | RF 100-500mm f/4-5-7.1L
The full frame shot is nice and looks even better on Flickr ..... can you share the EXIF data?
I suspect Topaz DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI would make it really pop.
The cropped image is pretty noisy but you may be surprised what they can do there too.
I specifically left out the noise reduction on the crop to give a sense of what the camera/lens combo can capture. There are some single-pixel wide details, so the resolving power of the lens+extender is there.
Full EXIF is available from Flickr, but to save you a click: EOS R7 RF100-500mm + 1.4x -- 700mm, F/10.0, 1/400s, ISO 1250.
On Flickr - Namethatnobodyelsetook on Flickr
R8 | R7 | 7DII | 10-18mm STM | 28-70mm f/2.8 | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 | 50mm f/1.8 | 85mm f/1.8 | Laowa 100mm 2X Macro | 70-300mm f/4-5.6L | RF 100-500mm f/4-5-7.1L
Thanks. I think it's a very good combination for situations where the light is good. At f/10 you may have difficulty in low light but, as you said, resolution and sharpness is good. It's possible the sample image you posted is a little under exposed which can accentuate noise. Congrats on the new gear, I am confident it will be really fun for a long time.
Congratulations on the new gear and the beautiful results you shared!
I had planned to rent the RF 100-500mm for my birthday, which was over the weekend. Coincidentally, the main subject I found was a GBH.
My usual longest lens is the ancient EF 400mm f/5.6 with a 1.4X teleconverter. Naturally I compared the two. The RF 500 is sharper and focuses faster, though the performance gap between it and the old lens was less than I had expected. The camera was an R5 in crop mode. So not an R7, but I thought the comparison might still be interesting in this thread.
For sure, David's results were significantly better than any of mine.
500mm f7_1 ISO 500 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
560mm NR added by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
I expected him to disappear in a puff of smoke behind the cape!
560mm f8 ISO 800 by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
Posing like the villain in a melodrama.
Last edited by Minerve101; 09-13-2023 at 08:36 PM.