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01-AUG-2009 John Cross Photography

July 31, 2009

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Late tonight I heard the mumble of voices across the road from me. Two guys were sitting at a picnic table chatting and enjoying an adult beverage and some chips. This is a very pleasant thing to do. I have done it many times. I decided I would like to capture the moment and whipped out my 5D Mk2 and 100-400 lens to see if I could get an image. Pushed the ISO to 6400 wide open and shot 1/4 second hand held. This is what I got. Yeah, not very good quality, but I did get something in terrible conditions.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/4s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso6400 full exif

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Dave Beedon04-Aug-2009 01:23
Good work! This excellent documentation seems to confirm that adult beverages were present during the event. With additional training, you will be able to satisfactorily hand-hold up to 7.1 minutes.
John Cooper03-Aug-2009 19:08
This really needed a comparison shot with your previous Canon body to see if it is a huge increase in performance or just a little bit, or none at all.
Or, a really horrible thought, worse.
Lee G03-Aug-2009 15:16
Not bad at all for hand holding that big lens at 1/4 second!
This looks like a meeting of bad guys from the X-Files series.
:)