01 June 2020

Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Auto-ISO / Low Light Shooting

Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Auto-ISO 2000
Auto-ISO / Low Light  Birds In Flight Shooting with Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Telephoto Lens - Cape Town

Objective: Low light testing of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II's Auto-ISO ability in early morning / changing light conditions.

Shooting Conditions: Early morning during / after sunrise with a slight fog in the air. 


Images
All images were captured in Manual Mode: Multi-shot / continuous mode at 10 fps AI Servo. Post-processing done with Adobe Lightroom 5.7. RAW to JPG conversion with some sharpening and noise reduction applied.

Location
Milnerton Lagoon / Woodbridge Island Cape Town (Birds in Flight Photography)

Canon Gear / Memory Cards

  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera body 
  • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens
  • SanDisk Extreme 64GB 120MB/s CF Card
  • Lexar Professional CompactFlash UDMA 7 32 GB
  • Sandisk Extreme Plus SDHC™ UHS-I Card 95MB/s 32 GB


Exposure / Other Settings: Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens

  • Manual Mode
  • Aperture: f/5.6 - 6.3 
  • Auto-ISO 1000 - 2000 
  • Focal Length: 400mm 
  • Shutter speed: 1/3200 - 1/4000 seconds 
  • AF on - Case 1 / Zone - Wide-Zone
  • Lens Autofocus on
  • Handheld
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens - ISO 3200 f/5.6 1/4000s  - Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens - ISO 3200 f/5.6 1/4000s  - Cape Town

Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens - ISO 1000 f/5.6 1/4000s  - Cape Town


Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens - ISO 1250 f/5.6 1/4000s - Cape Town


Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens ISO 1600 f/5.6 1/4000s - Cape Town


Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens ISO 1600 f/5.6 1/4000s - Cape Town


Canon EOS 7D Mark II: Low Light / High ISO Shooting Woodbridge Island Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens - ISO 2000 f/6.3 1/3200s  - Cape Town


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