The Phoblographer

What do you do on a Saturday night? Do you ever go out to shoot just for leisure? The chances that you do this during vacation are very great. If you are considering renting or buying the Sigma 70-200mm F/2.8 EX OS for Canon, a couple of tests doing touristy-things were conducted using this lens and the Canon 5D Mk II + 7D. Video, landscapes, and even ice skating were shot. If you want to catch up on the rest of our postings then take a look at our impressions, our sharpness test, and shooting squirrels.

Editor’s Note: This is a long and thorough post, so you may want to go grab a cup of coffee…or seven.

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If you have read Canon 1D Mk IV (Day and have seen the shots from the this review, well the shots of the soccer game here may give you a bit of De Ja Vue. I was also in the park that day testing out the Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 SLD DG Macro Lens. It was a nice day, there was a good breeze, not too hot. I had Recently got the the lens and this was one of my first big outings with it.

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Canon 1D Mk IV users will surely be using their cameras to shoot professional sports like baseball. I went to Central Park the other day to shoot a game in progress. The autofocus did not disappoint at all with this camera, nor did the high ISO performance. Though sports isn’t something I usually shoot and it requires paying careful attention to all the details, the tests I did showed that the 1D Mk IV was able to keep up with faster action the way that the Nikon D3s was able to.

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Now that the Nikon field review is over, here is a complete listing of postings for the complete review.

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The other day I took the Nikon D3s and 24-70mm F2.8 ED on the streets with me around Rockefeller Center. I tested out the high speed abilities on two famous street sports: ice skating and hackey sack. The results surprised me not only because of the fast shutter speed but also because of the tracking autofocus system. They worked wonderfully together with the lens to the point where I’m almost considering purchasing a D3s. More after the jump.

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The other night Canon invited me and a few other media people to kick back and relax with them in their private suite at Madison Square Garden. I took my 5D Mk II with 80-200mm F2.8 L along to catch some of the action. I can’t thank them enough as I haven’t been to a game in a while due to being very busy with life and other things. My photos aren’t the greatest, they’re far from it actually. However, I may soon be shooting an Islanders game with the 1D Mk IV.

In which case, you can possibly expect a nice field report to come. More photos after the jump. They’re large too.

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