Time to try my new 5Dsr on some landscapes today , we are on our way to Snowdonia for the day. it will give me a chance to have a few practise images with big & little stoppers and the various settings on the camera.
First we will take the Terrible Twosome up to Cym Idwal before heading to Penmon Point lighthouse for the high tide just after mid day.
Firstly the standard "Devils Kitchen" view over Llyn Idwal The light is dull and lifeless unfortunately. Its blowing a gale up here , my new small Gitzo 0 series Mountaineer tripod is getting a good trial today in these conditions!
I am using live view today, i never used it on my old 5d mk2 but its very easy to use on this new body , and it shows a "predicted exposure" when using long exposures which is very helpful :)
25 seconds f14 with Lee Little Stopper ( 6 stop nd filter)
Chester being windblown haha iso 800 f10
A Shot with little stopper , the mirror is locked up in live view so i don't need to use that function but i am using 2 sec delay on my RC-6 remote. looking at these first images i think i can definitely go for smaller appertures than i have been shooting at today. reports i had read mostly said Dont shoot below f10 for sharpest image quality.
20 seconds f13 iso 100
Must get going now, don't want to miss the tide at Penmon!
Arriving at Penmon in time but find it is really windy, not what i need to shoot long exposures with the Lee Big and Little stoppers , But this is going to really test the new tripod for stability!
Now , as i walk down to the point near the rocks, i notice 2 other photographers Sitting on the pebbles quite away from the rocks , i say hello as i pass and they ignore me , just speaking welsh to each other!!! Normally photogs are always friendly!
I walk past them and set up on the edge of the Rocks , Then as i am looking through the viewfinder , they Both walk infront of me and block my view!!!!!!!!! Ignorant, selfish Twats!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Have no idea what is up with these 2 , they were not photographing anything when i got here and now they prevent me from shooting on this composition!!!!!!!!! I move over to the left and shoot with them just out of view , i have hung my camera bag from the tripod hook to help stability as its really blowing.
just 2.5 seconds f7.1 gives nice wave movement
Crop from above image.
No problem with stability on this Gitzo tripod then :)
The other 2 have now walked out onto the rocks in the above image so i am forced to move around to the right to keep them out of view! WTF!!!!!!
I wont say anything as i would more likely to tell them to F-off! lol
Live view is working well , the detail in the rocks is superb! I am very surprised considering the wind, and loads of on line reports that its hard to get sharp images with this camera!
At last They have gone!!!!! I can get out onto the rocks now to get the composition i had in mind. this is a 3 frame hdr processed in lightroom 6. 5 seconds at F10 The depth of field is same as my old camera being full frame but i have read that images get softer after about f10 . i will have to do some tests on that one , but presume in normal shooting it wont be an issue.
Conclusions so far - both viewfinder and live view are very good , image quality is without question. But i have only shot about 180 frames so far today and i have just noticed my battery is down to 16 %
What the hell is that all about! new battery on only 2 charge cycles , live view draining power?
will have to keep an eye on that with more re charge cycles on it.
We are off towards Newborough beach for sunset.
Its now £4 to park at Newborough warren car park!!!!!!
Walking across the dunes towards the beach in anticipation for the sunset , my hopes are dashed as i crest the dunes, a thick band of cloud has appeared and ruined it!!!!! Arghhhhhhhh
The beasts are going to get a good run anyhow :)
The sun is setting and at least there are reflections on the wet sand as the tide is going out. and the kite surfers are great fun to watch. all these images are hand held with 100-400 L ISO 200 & 400 F13
The end of an interesting day , frustrating with the weather but at least i have a few images to inspect. the battery life is a concern, 211 shots and i have 5% left , not good but hopefully that will improve as the re charge cycle increases. the long exposure image quality is looking good , but not done any really long ones today due to the wind. the colours of the images are very accurate from what i have noticed and the exposure seems better than my older camera with greater dynamic range. producing a lot less blown highlights on the histograms . Looking foreword to another test in the mountains soon , but that will have to wait until i am back from a few days in Berlin.
