https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/05/11/its-a-whole-new-1dx-mark-ii-world-hand-holding-800mm-iso-4000/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Wed, 25 May 2016 22:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/05/11/its-a-whole-new-1dx-mark-ii-world-hand-holding-800mm-iso-4000/comment-page-1/#comment-1734902 Wed, 11 May 2016 17:34:19 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=33052#comment-1734902 I have been testing my 1DXII for a week now.
1. Love the return of the red focus square.
2. As I mentioned in prior post, noise is improved remarkably. 4000 ISO is nothing. Try 6400 and 8000. A touch of Neat Image and it is good to go. I have now made noise profiles all the way to ISO 51200 with good results. Remarkable improvement.
3. No longer limited to single center focus point with f8 lens/teleconverters combinations. And focus is fast.
4. Screaming fast frame rate.
5. Still feels like the bodies I am used to using.
I think I am in love.

]]> https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/05/11/its-a-whole-new-1dx-mark-ii-world-hand-holding-800mm-iso-4000/comment-page-1/#comment-1734900 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:49:04 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=33052#comment-1734900 WOW !! I see minute noise in the turnstone crop, Almost none in the sanderling crop. Remarkable.
My favorite is the turnstone for: action—really shows running with only one toe on the sand, reflection of feet, camera on same level as bird, white, clean background, whole bird sharp, perfect head angle.

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