My New Toy

[Stu Bowie]

I picked up my 1D Mark IV on tuesday, and as yesterday was a holiday, I decided to try it out. I went to my local pond in Pretoria and came away with this Yellow-billed Duck. Im looking forward to shooting with it, as it is a big step up from my 50D.

1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp 0
Hand held

[Jack Breakfast]

Gorgeous, Stuart. How are you finding the 1.3 vs 1.6 crop factor?

[dankearl]

In your hands, the camera is going to shine.
Excellent flight photo, I am really looking forward to your future posts.
Congrats on the new toy!

[PhilCook]

Gotta love new toys !

Your images are great Stuart, and it seems things can only get better, and off to a darn good start with this shot

[christopher galeski]

very nice Stuart.nothing to say,everything spot on,enjoy your new toy.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hey Stu who's a jealous boy then!! Great shot,beautiful details and exposure, the light and angle from which you took the image appears optimal. Well done!!

[Ofer Levy]

Nice shot and congratulations on the new toy. Hope to see some more of the huge variety of birds you have in SA.

[Dumay de Boulle]

A Big Congrats mate... Enjoy it, looking forward to the results...You thought about getting a 400mm f5.6? I would like to see you using that combo!

[Satish Ranadive]

Heartiest congratulation Sir.Agree with Dankeral "the camera is going to shine in your hand".
As usual marvelous image.Love every thing in the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Colin Driscoll]

The way you made that 50D talk, I expect more excellence with the newy. Top shot for starters. Congrats!

[Karl Egressy]

Congratulations on the new toy. I used to like my 50D but I LOVE my 1D MIV.
As far as the picture goes, it is a great BIF image, Stuart.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much everyone.

Jack. I have only had one shoot with the MK IV, but I did notice the lesser crop factor after downloading. I feel over time that I will get used to it.

Dumay. After selling my house, wife and kids, I didnt have change to add another lens. If I had the money, I would probably go for the newer 500mm or 600mm, but in all honesty, I cant really see that ever happening - we all wish for nicer things.

[Grace Scalzo]

Congrats, Stuart. This is a beautiful flight image and I'm sure it will be the first of many with your new camera.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Congrats. I know you will make it sing.

I like the image on all accounts, pose, techs, etc. The water is so nice, I could see a bit more canvas all the way around, just personal taste.

Cheers

Randy

[Sachin Saraf]

Congratulations Stu on new toy...it will shine in your hands...How does IQ holds when you crop more than what you used to do with your 50D?

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice and congrats, excellent details which is a trade mark of the MK4!

Hope to see more photos soon

[Richard Unsworth]

Well done Stuart and congrats on the first shot with your new camera - remember you cant buy talent, and since you already have that dont worry about that lens

[Doug Brown]

Congrats on your new purchase Stuart! Looks like you are putting the new body to good use!

[Dumay de Boulle]

No worries, Im in the same boat. I had to sell my 500 but what can you do....Priorities. I just thought that the 400 (General use) would make more sense for birds and if you added the new 1.4 TCIII you would still get AF (Faster than the previous generation) at f8 when the reach is necessary and due to the higher ISO performance of the MKIV you could push it up to make up for loss of aperture. If you can do BIF with the 100-400 you surely could do it with the 400 f5.6 and the 1.4 ext III combo...Just a thought... I tried the combo on my 1DMKIII and TC II and the AF was similar or maybe marginally slower than the 100-400 but the results and IQ were ver good.

[gail bisson]

Hi Stuart,
A big congrats on the new camera, I am so happy for you and know that you will make some stellar images!
I am at the cottage on my IPad so can't really critique your shot.
Gail

[Tony Whitehead]

Great start, Stu. I've been looking forward to seeing a shot since I heard that you finally had the MkIV. Great to have a venue like AR close to home to do some testing.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, way to go. You had pretty good BIF results with the 50D...this one should rock in your hands. Looking forward to more.

Killer wing position and details.

[Gary Esman]

Looks like you have a pretty good handle on it already. Excellent shot here. Congrats on the toy!

Gary.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the kind words everyone.

[Arno Ellmer]

Congrats ,Stu ! You deserve your new toy and I wish you many great images going forward.Excellent capture of the YBD.I like the down stroke of the wing and the clear view of the speculum.

[Peter Seidel]

Looks like that combo produces detail in spades. Look forward to seeing more.

Pete