Canon feature 21
Photography News | Issue 54 | photographynews.co.uk
speeds around 1/125sec. When I switched to the 24-70mm f/2.8, I pushed the ISO up to ISO 3200 and could see no noise on the camera monitor. In processing, I added a small amount of noise reduction but I was impressed with the high-speed skills of both DSLRs and images were crisp, low on noise and rich in colour. It was high-speed skills of a different sort when we ventured outside where guys were demonstrating callisthenics and parkour. For a leap off a hillside I set the EOS 5D Mark II to continuous drive and, making sure the shutter speed was fast enough, I started shooting as the guy ran and hurled himself into the air doing a front somersault before executing a perfect landing. The camera’s top 7fps shooting speed may not seem that fast compared with what’s available now, but it is still quick and very useful. My brief stay in Milan was already coming to an end as we headed to the city centre and
The results, though, I am very pleased with and already several detail-packed A3+ prints adornmy walls – and the quality of full-frame shines through
the Duomo at sunset. We didn’t have a great deal of time, especially after the intense bag security check, so I headed straight for the rooftop terrace for some setting sun shots, stopping for some candids and general views across the rooftop on the way. The EOS 6D Mark II fitted with a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM proved a great combination for these subjects. With light fading, the lens’s IS system helped me to get sharp shots even at 1/30sec and long focal lengths. By the time I got to the roof, the announcement went out that we had ten minutes before closing time so it wasn’t long before we were back on the ground and heading for the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Its ceiling is amazing and worth shooting looking straight up with a wide-angle. You get decent effects with a 24mm or 28mm but events take a serious turn for the really dramatic with something even wider. I shot it using the 11-24mm f/4, first at the 24mm setting before trying at 16mm and then 11mm, which is the shot shown on these pages. All the shots were handheld and pin- sharp, the hefty combination helping me deal successfully with shutter speeds down to 1/15sec which I needed even with the lens wide open and ISO 800. My time in Milan may have been brief but I managed to shoot a decent number of images and even now, a couple of weeks later, I’m still working my way through them. The results, though, I am very pleased with and already several detail-packed A3+ prints adorn my walls – and the quality of full-frame shines through.
Above Lying down and shooting straight up with an EOS 5DMark II fitted with the 11- 24mm f/4 at 17mm. Shot in aperture-priority AE, the exposure was 1/160sec at f/10 which included exposure compensation of 1.3EV. Below Taken with an EOS 6DMark II with a 24-70mm f/2.8. The exposure was 1/500sec at f/7.1 and ISO 100 and the shadow detail enhanced in Lightroom.
Images above The EOS 5DMark IV has a resolution of 30.4 megapixels which makes the camera’s top continuous shooting speed of 7fps even more impressive. This sequence was shot at that top speed with an exposure of 1/500sec at f/4 and ISO 400.
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Canon, canon.co.uk Creative Chef, creativechef.co FabLabMilano (location of UV shoot), fablabmilano.it GiulioDi Sturco, award-winning photographer, giuliodisturco.com
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