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Jeff Harper · April 3rd, 2011, 10:23 PM

Or whatever it's called. I used it extensively yesterday at a wedding. Results for me were mixed. In low light it is very grainy, very poor quality. In well lit conditions it looks great, I can't tell it was being used. It seems it's either awful, or excellent.

Martyn Hull · April 4th, 2011, 01:14 AM

Jeff i find 720P E-T-C worse than the other frame rates but as you say outdoors its not bad,only useing my 45-200mm lens at far off objects does it look poor ,there is some E-T-C in this film the birds were about 50ft away, YouTube - FILE ARNE MARCH 2011.mp4

Steve Montoto · April 4th, 2011, 06:34 AM

Jeff,

Did you notice what your ISO bumped up to (in Auto ISO) when in ETC mode? I was playing around with ETC yesterday also, but it was daylight at ISO 160. I haven't tried it in lower light yet.

Interesting that I did notice my Kipon adapter with my 70-200mm Canon IS 2.8 was soft no matter the mode, when testing. I got nervous so I put the same lens on my 7D and it was crisp aiming at the same object. I did use a Variable ND on both at 2.8 because I couldn't stop it down enough with the Kipon without the vignette.

Jeff Harper · April 4th, 2011, 07:22 AM

Martyn, I only used the mode indoors where there was lots of light, not outdoors.

Steve, the Kipon adapter is junk, IMO. I also don't like the look of my Canon 135mm in the footage Saturday, but I didn't take the time to set up I needed, we only had 20 minutes, which was not nearly enough time.

April 3rd, 2011, 10:23 PM	#1
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	ETC mode Or whatever it's called. I used it extensively yesterday at a wedding. Results for me were mixed. In low light it is very grainy, very poor quality. In well lit conditions it looks great, I can't tell it was being used. It seems it's either awful, or excellent. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

April 4th, 2011, 01:14 AM	#2
Martyn Hull Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 444	Re: ETC mode Jeff i find 720P E-T-C worse than the other frame rates but as you say outdoors its not bad,only useing my 45-200mm lens at far off objects does it look poor ,there is some E-T-C in this film the birds were about 50ft away, YouTube - FILE ARNE MARCH 2011.mp4

April 4th, 2011, 06:34 AM	#3
Steve Montoto Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 302	Re: ETC mode Jeff, Did you notice what your ISO bumped up to (in Auto ISO) when in ETC mode? I was playing around with ETC yesterday also, but it was daylight at ISO 160. I haven't tried it in lower light yet. Interesting that I did notice my Kipon adapter with my 70-200mm Canon IS 2.8 was soft no matter the mode, when testing. I got nervous so I put the same lens on my 7D and it was crisp aiming at the same object. I did use a Variable ND on both at 2.8 because I couldn't stop it down enough with the Kipon without the vignette.

April 4th, 2011, 07:22 AM	#4
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: ETC mode Martyn, I only used the mode indoors where there was lots of light, not outdoors. Steve, the Kipon adapter is junk, IMO. I also don't like the look of my Canon 135mm in the footage Saturday, but I didn't take the time to set up I needed, we only had 20 minutes, which was not nearly enough time. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."