Friday, August 30, 2013

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

REVIEW: Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender

Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender
Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender

This has been one of the most highly anticipated lenses from Canon because Nikon shooters have enjoyed a big 200-400mm for quite some time. Canon upped the ante by offering a built-in extender and brilliant performance. Is this beast worth it’s $11,799 USD price tag (at the time this was written) or is it just a marketing gimmick. Read on to get my 2 cents …

Carrying the 200-400mm around


Think Tank Photo StreetWalker HardDrive with 200-400mm, Canon 1D X, 1D Mark IV and more

At 8 pounds, this lens is like carrying a baby around – however it feels much heavier. I hear girly men whining all of the time about how the 3.28 pound 70-200mm is too heavy, so when you pair this beast with a 3.5 pound pro body like the 1D X, you are going to get tired arms quickly.

As you might expect, this lens also attracts the kind of attention that is normally reserved for someone driving around in a Ferrari. As a result, I found myself wanting to hide it in my Streetwalker HardDrive bag when it wasn’t being actively used. Fortunately it fits just fine in this bag and many of my larger Think Tank Photo backpacks and roller bags (click here to see my bag reviews) can handle it just fine.

Overall I found myself really loving this lens during my testing and the ability to easily flip the extender from 1x to 1.4x was delightful. I’d pay a few extra hundred bucks to have this feature on my 70-200mm because l love it so much!

During my field testing I always had this lens attached to a Gitzo GM5541 monopod with no head when it was in use. It’s just too big and heavy to wield freehand, but I was able to get sharp shots below 1/<focal length> thanks to the brilliant image stabilization performance.

My only real complaint about this lens is that it’s a big monster to have laying around the house when it’s not in use. As you can see from my unboxing article, this thing comes in a huge box and case so it requires some space planning for the average home owner.

Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II vs 200-400mm f/4L


Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II vs 200-400mm f/4L mounted to a 1D X

Anyone who can afford this 200-400mm lens is likely to also own the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens. If you are like me, the big question becomes – at 200mm f/4 how do these lens compare. Well, I’m glad you asked because I did a little bookshelf test on a tripod to compare just that. Here’s what I found:


Canon EF70-200mm f-2.8L IS II USM , f/4 @ 200 mm, 10s, ISO 100, No Flash


Canon EF200-400mm f-4L IS USM, f/4 @ 200 mm, 8s, ISO 100, No Flash

Despite being in identical conditions focusing on the same exact point, Evaluate Metering chose to create a longer exposure for the shorter lens resulting in an image that feels about one stop brighter. I see this most often with lenses that aren’t as bright, so this tells me that the optics in the 200-400 are very good and that they gather light much better, despite being a f/4 lens.

The other thing I see when I zoom in (which you can do by clicking both images to download the original) is that the 200mm-400mm is slightly sharper. I see this pattern repeated at f/5.6 as well, so I was happy to see that this is some pretty sharp glass (as one would expect at this price).

Compared to the Canon 400mm f/2.8L IS II & 600mm f/4L IS II

The autofocus and image stabilization of this lens feel on par to me to the Canon 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens, which is a great thing. To add the capability of zoom and a built-in extender with the only loss being a stop of light makes this a very compelling alternative to the 400 2.8. In fact, If I had an extra $12,000 sitting in the seat cushions of my sofa, I’d most certainly choose this lens over the 2.8.

I’d also pick it over the 600mm f/4L IS II USM as well because I’d gladly sacrifice 40mm (vs 560mm when 1.4x extender is active in the 200-400mm), a little sharpness, and a stop of light to gain the flexibility of a zoom of this caliber. A little crop and sharpening makes up the biggest differences, but having the flexibility to zoom in and out (especially on a safari) makes this zoom a much more useful lens.

While I do agree that the primes offer some improvements, the reality is that when you print images that have been edited from their raw files at 100% and view them at regular viewing distance, you aren’t going to see an advantage of the primes or disadvantage of the zoom. This lens also destroys the first generation 400 & 600 primes, so if you one one of those and are trying to decide what to upgrade to the choice is simple – get the 200-400 zoom!

The Value of 560mm (400 x 1.4x) vs 200mm

With no cropping, here’s the great range you can get of this lens on the zoomed in at 560mm (1.4x extender active):

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Canon EOS-1D X, f/5.6 @ 560 mm, 1/500, ISO 1600

and here’s how far you can go back at 200mm without moving your body:

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Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 200 mm, 1/200, ISO 320

and of course even 400mm with no extender is great, but not as significant as the 560mm maximum zoom:

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Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 400 mm, 1/200, ISO 320

As a result of the great 560mm performance, I found myself shooting at that focal length a majority of my day at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Sure, the 400mm images are slightly sharper, but I loved having that extra reach.

Here’s a 100% crop at ISO 1600 (which introduces some softness) of the lion yawn shot above taken at 560mm:

imageScreen Capture of a 100% Crop (some loss in fidelity)
Canon EOS-1D X, f/5.6 @ 560 mm, 1/500, ISO 1600

I’m plenty satisfied with that – especially given how high the ISO was for this shot.

More Real World Sample Images

Click here to see my gallery of sample in-camera JPEG images that were not modified in any way. Here’s a few sample images, but you can also see images of the same shots at different focal lengths in the gallery. Click any of the sample images in this article to see the full-size in-camera JPEG original file.


Canon EOS-1D X, f/5.6 @ 560 mm, 1/500, ISO 3200, Auto White Balance


Canon EOS-1D X, f/5.6 @ 560 mm, 1/400, ISO 3200, Shade White Balance


Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 400 mm, 1/400, ISO 800, Shade White Balance


Canon EOS-1D X, f/5.6 @ 560 mm, 1/500, ISO 4000, Shade White Balance


Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 200 mm, 1/400, ISO 800, Shade White Balance


Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 400 mm, 1/400, ISO 400, Shade White Balance

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Screen Capture of a 100% Crop of the shot above (some loss in fidelity)


Canon EOS-1D X, f/4 @ 200 mm, 1/800, ISO 800, Shade White Balance

Any questions?

Simply put, if these images aren’t sharp enough for you then you are probably living a miserable life always hating everything that comes out of your camera, or you’re spending six digits on photography gear in a question to find “the best”. Any real world application of the images at this quality at all of the focal lengths this lens offers are sure to please any client – especially after post-processing.

Conclusion

Before this lens was released, I lusted after the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II Lens. I’m glad Canon finally has something in this range, and the inclusion of a built-in extender was absolutely brilliant. I’m not so excited about the fact that for about $1000 more than the cost this lens I could get Nikon’s 200-400 AND a Nikon D4 (review), but if you look at the cost of Canon’s big prime lenses then this pricing makes sense.

While it’s hard to say this lens is “worth it”, I do think that if I was a frequent pro sports, wildlife shooter or safari shooter, that I’d make the investment in this lens. It’s super sharp, fast focusing, versatile and offers best in class image stabilization.

Personally I wouldn’t spend this kind of money on this lens and not pair it with the brilliant Canon 1D X. For as good as the 5D Mark III is, the image quality of the 1D X (and 6D really) is far superior so I’d want to get the best results I could out of a lens at this price point. The 1D X is also better suited for the type of action that this lens would typically capture as well. If you don’t already own a 1D X then that makes this a pretty expensive investment. What’s more, the size and weight of this beast require a Wimberley WH200 Gimbal head, a Gitzo GM5541 monopod and a Gitzo GT3532LS tripod (or their respective equivalents) to support it! This means you are looking at a kit over $18,500 to make the most of this lens, so for many the economics of ownership simply don’t make sense. Renting is going to most likely be the way mere mortals enjoy this lens, and I’d say it’s worth the steep rental fees to not have to store this beast when it is not in service.

Where to order

Click here to order the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender at B&H. If you don’t already own a Wimberley WH200 Gimbal head, a Gitzo GM5541 monopod, a Gitzo GT3532LS tripod and a Canon 1D X then you’ll want to throw them in your cart too – seriously.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

REVIEW: Sony DSC-RX100M2 vs RX100 with Real World Sample Photos (Review Part 2 of 2)


We took the Sony RX100 II for a trip to New Orleans to give it a real family vacation test
f/5.6 @ 25.32 mm, 1/640, ISO 160, No Flash, In-Camera JPEG, Vivid Mode (no edits)

In the first part of my review (click here), I just shared some pics. In this review I dig a little deeper in my thoughts about living with the RX100 II, and compare it to the RX100.  If you serious about purchasing this camera you should probably start with my RX100 review that I did in January of this year as this review will focus mostly on improvements that I discovered in this model.

The Same but Different

All of the things I liked and disliked about the RX100M1 carry over to this model, but there’s also some nice improvements that make it worth the upgrade. First and foremost improvements in its backlit sensor results in a noticeable improvement in image quality. In fact, I’d call this the best image quality I’ve ever tested in a camera this small.

NOTE: This camera does have a optical low pass filter.

Sony has a great web page discussing the features of this camera, but sadly they don’t do a good job of showing what’s new. Essentially what you get with this model are features to help it catch up (and surpass) the competition in the areas of WiFi, remote control from the phone (see below), and better video support.

This camera also supports NFC which really means a subset of Android based phones (Windows Mobile not supported), but I was unable to test it. It’s cool that it does it, but most won’t really get a chance to enjoy this feature. Click here to see a PDF with more info about this and other WiFi integration features.

This camera boasts 10 fps continuous shooting, but in real life at full resolution it’s no Canon 1D X that’s for sure. In fact, I’d go so far as saying don’t bother with continuous shooting with this camera unless you are in full manual mode as it does a pretty bad job out of the box (i.e., you’ll have mostly blurry shots nearly all of the time from what I saw in my real world testing).

Remote Control / WiFi Features

Join the RX100 II's private WiFi network from your phone
Join the RX100 II's private WiFi network from your phone
which is easily published using the Ctrl with Smartphone menu option

Install & Use the Play Memories App on your phone
Install & Use the Play Memories App on your phone
It features real-time preview and remote zoom and shoot

Once you do this, the camera is locked and may only be controlled remotely as shown here:

You can not operate the camera while connected remotely, but photos can get saved automatically on your phone!
You can not operate the camera while connected remotely,
but photos can get saved automatically on your phone!

Click here to iterate through some more of the screen captures I did from my phone when I was using this feature. The controls are very basic so advanced users will quickly find it frustrating, but having this ability can be handy for group photos where you want to include yourself in the shot. Sadly it doesn’t support bulb mode or any custom mode, so it appears to default to an auto mode when using this feature.

The only modes are Photo and Movie, but both work okay with some latency that can be a little problematic sometimes.

Photo taken with my cell phone as the remote control
Photo taken with my cell phone as the remote control using a GTI light box for lighting

You can also wirelessly connect to the camera from your computer better than any device I’ve used to date. Here’s a shot of the bundled Play Memories software for the PC while it’s automatically importing photos over WiFi using the Send to Computer feature:

image

If you have a WPS capable router at home, you simply need to press the WPS menu item on your camera and do the same on your router and pairing happens automatically with no typing. If you have to do it manually it’s a bit more cumbersome, but it works as expected.

Unlike some cameras where these features are more gimmicks, I was very satisfied with what I could do with this Sony camera. In fact, I wish my Canon DSLR’s and Fujifilm cameras had this level of WiFi integration!

Video

Using my GTI lightbox to light up my face, I took a little video using the remote control phone app and was very impressed with the high quality of the video of this camera:

In fact, it’s so good I wish I would have shaved my face and fixed my hair before doing the video!

Bookshelf Pics


f/2.8 @ 10.4 mm, 3.2s, ISO 160, No Flash


f/2.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/15, ISO 6400, No Flash


f/2.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 12800, No Flash


f/11 @ 10.4 mm, 30s, ISO 160, No Flash


f/4.9 @ 37.1 mm, 6s, ISO 160, No Flash

If your only criteria for deciding which camera to buy is image quality, then the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC RX100 II should rank very high on your list of cameras to buy. The image quality and color is excellent, especially when I compare it to its predecessor. Much of the improvement in image quality comes from improvements to its backlit sensor. This modification results in jaw dropping great image quality when you stabilize the camera or ensure that its using an appropriate shutter speed to freeze subject movement.

As usual, all bookshelf shots are done on a tripod using camera default settings with image stabilization (aka Steady Shot) and DRO turned OFF. I also set auto white balance and set noise reduction to LOW for this test as I felt the default noise reduction was aggressive.

I have RAW’s available upon request, but only upload in-camera JPEG to the web.

See part 2 of my RX100 review (click here) to see sample bookshelf images from the RX100 II’s predecessor.

The Wife Verdict

Nothing really changes from my previous review. My wife loved the size of this camera, but this camera’s love affair with 1/30 sec in aperture priority and 1/250 sec in full automatic (on very sunny days) resulted in a majority of the photos being blurry in real world use (even with Steady Shot on). The reason for this was often due the camera choosing the incorrect shutter speed (as previously mentioned) even in the auto modes, and its quick to jump to f/1.8. At such a shallow depth of field, even on this small sensor camera, incorrect auto AF selections put faces slightly out of focus.

If I wanted a sharp shot, I had to switch to manual which was a no-go for my wife. What’s worse is that manual doesn’t support Auto ISO, so manual is really old school manual which isn’t very family friendly. These are non issues for people who will use this camera like a manual DSLR, but cell phone point and shoot mom’s are not going to like this camera.

Given the fact that this camera is $100 more than its predecessor ($748 at the time of this writing), it’s price isn’t very family friendly either. As a result, it gets a “oh hell no” verdict from my wife who says she’ll stick with our Fujifilm X20

More Real World Sample Images

Starting with this image, all of the photos in the gallery (excluding the bookshelf images) used the Vivid mode with Medium noise reduction (the default). Many shots were done using the Auto modes because most were taken by my wife on our vacation. A few of my contributions to the gallery (like the cathedral interior shots) were done using manual mode settings.

All images below also had DRO (Dynamic Range Optimizer) set to Auto.

Click these images to view their original in-camera jpeg’s with only filename and metadata changes from their in-camera originals.


f/5.6 @10.4 mm, 1/500, ISO 160
It took pretty harsh sun like I had here for this camera
to jump out of its f/1.8 @ 1/30 or 1/200 sec comfort zone


f/8 @ 37.1 mm,1/200, ISO 160
Out of hundreds of gator shots during our tour,
we had only a handful come out that were not blurry - despite the blistering sun


f/4 @ 10.4 mm, 1/250, ISO 160, No Flash
Steady Shot worked properly here and extreme sun allowed for a good shutter speed


f/2 @ 10.4 mm, 1/200, ISO 160
The swamp pics turned out nice, but when compared to a 5D Mark III equivalents
I was glad that I didn’t ‘t leave the DSLR at home!


f/1.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/200, ISO 200
This is here just to annoy my son for not listening to me about poking his nose,
but I was impressed with how well the quality of this image was right out of the camera


f/1.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/125, ISO 3200, No Flash
User error here led to the wrong aperture and excessive shutter speed,
but I was very satisfied with the in-camera color and result


f/2 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 160, No Flash
DRO did its job properly here


f/1.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 500, No Flash
DRO still is no substitute for HDR when dealing with wide range lighting conditions,
but it does a good job with backlit scenarios


f/2.5 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 640
This was one of the few shots that reminded me that this wasn’t a wide dynamic range DSLR,
but it was easy to forgive its shortcomings when seeing how well it exposed the rest of the scene


f/5.6 @ 26.57 mm, 1/200, ISO 160
The geek in me got pretty excited at the detail in this shot that my wife took.
There is zero post-processing and zero additional sharpening here – WOW!


f/2.5 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 250
If your subject is static, then the slow default shutter speeds are
easily overcome by Steady Shot stabilization to give you an amazingly sharp result


f/4 @ 10.4 mm, 1/4, ISO 160, No Flash
This shot required stabilizing the camera with a stack of unsteady books
and holding very still. It took a few shots before I got one, but I was
really wishing I had a tripod about now!


f/2.5 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 200
DRO worked very well here to produce one of the best auto exposed shot
I’ve ever seen of stained glass. Typically this requires an HDR shot.


12416x1856 pixels pano at f/8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/500, ISO 160
Despite moving water, the stitching was excellent but the shot was more grainy
and had more chromatic aberrations than I’d expect under these conditions
with these camera default settings.


f/2.8 @ 10.4 mm, 1/30, ISO 160, No Flash,
Image quality was great, but I did struggle with white balance sometimes


f/9 @ 20.64 mm, 1/250, ISO 160
My railing acting as a tripod ended up being crooked so my horizon was off – sorry!
There was plenty of detail in this shot

Conclusion

The RX100 is still on sale these days for much less, but the improved image quality and new features make this camera worth the upgrade.In fact, the WiFi and wireless features had me calling this camera a phone about a dozen times in this article because it felt so phone like!

While the wonderfully compact design of this camera and its fantastic image quality suggests that it is a brilliant point and shoot, personally I found it to be horrible at that task. This camera demands the photographers attention and manual intervention in all situations except outdoors on sunny days. If you give this camera that attention (i.e., shoot manual) you’ll be rewarded with fantastic results from this tiny camera, but this simply is not a point and shoot for the non-geek photographer.

I love so many things about this camera, but alas I’ll have to send it back to B&H because it failed its job as a point and shoot just as bad as its predecessor. If you are the patient type who has a different camera as your point and shoot, then using this camera in manual mode will delight you with the gorgeous images its sensor captures. For this reason, I love this camera and so desperately hope that Sony will make it a better point and shoot in the next iteration. If they do that, I’ll buy one for sure – despite its obnoxious price. It really is that good!

If you do decide to pick one up and treat it as a point and shoot, just set your expectations low about the number of blurry images you’ll get (typically not discovered until you get them on your computer at home). If you do, you’ll probably love this camera – especially when it does occasionally nail a shot (typically because the subject can handle the f/1.8 at 1/30 sec camera default settings).

Click here to see the Sony support page with more information about this camera.

Where to order

Click here to order the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II Digital Camera from B&H.

I had significant scratching to the LCD that occurred during my review, even before I took it outside of my home. As a result I HIGHLY recommend a protective product like Expert Shield - THE Screen Protector for the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100 II. I prefer these over the ones offered by B&H.

BlackRapid SnapR 10 Camera Bag + Sling Strap is a great camera bag to consider for this camera as well!

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