Eye Macro Shot with Canon 5D Mark III and Kenko Extension tube set

Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
ISO: 12800
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Focal Length: 100mm
Flash Used: No


Kenko Extension Tube : also called Extension rings are extremely useful in macro photography. they dont contain any glass elements and are hollow. what they do is, move the lens farther from the image plane. 
They are placed in between the camera body and the lens.


The Kenko Extension DG set consists of 3 rings or tubes at 12 mm, 20 mm and 36 mm, which can be used either singly or in combination depending on the magnification required.

Canon 5D Mark III Low Light Concert Pics, High performance in Low Light

Last weeks concert i attended at B52 in Bangalore will be a memorable event in my life for the following reasons

1. Its the first time i get to see Albatross live dishing out their twisted version of old school heavy metal with several slices of horror (lyrical content)
2. also the first time i get to witness Kannada Old School death metal band Dhwesha
3. But most importantly i finally get to use the 5D Mark III at a concert!!!

The Riff 52 gig on March 31st, 2012 featuring Shepherd, Dhwesha, Albatross and Bevar Sea in the first metal concert/gig in India to get covered with the Canon 5D Mark III

the venue was pretty perfect to test out the low light capabilities of the 5D Mark III. i had earlier posted some low light pics of people who were posing for me and sitting still but concert photography is a totally different ball game. No time for poseurs here. 

ok, speaking of the venue, its actually a photographers nightmare. The light was the lowest i have seen in all the gigs i have previously covered. and i was so tempted to use the 50 mm f 1.2 L prime lens but then again decided to go with the wide angle zoom 24 to 105 f/4 L IS USM lens. 

i shamelessly used the external flash for 95 percent of the concert but here are some pics with ISO ranging from 6400 to 12800 something i am sure was never done before.

Light Trails in Concert Photography featuring Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Bevar Sea

ISO: 400
Exposure: 2.5 sec
Aperture: 5.6

I recently attended a concert in Bengalooru , India on the 31st of March 2012 with 4 top bands dishing out music from death metal to stoner doom and old school.  The bands that performed that night were

• Shepherd (Doom from Bangalore)
• Dhwesha (old school death metal from Bangalore)
• Albatross ( Horror metal band from Mumbai)
• Bevar Sea (Beer soaked stoner doom from Bangalore)

and to my luck , this would be the first gig in India to be covered using the Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

i decided to get creative with the pics here as the venue was really small and crammed. there was no stage for the musicians and the audience was 2 feet away from the band. to make things worse, most photographers who turned up to cover the event were pretty much disappointed coz the lighting was abysmal.

Canon 5D Mark III Low Light Photos, test shots and Review

yes, i am passionate about photography and i have been a Canon fan boy for as long as i can remember, so u can imagine my excitement when i had made a decision back in October 2011 that i was going to purchase the yet-to-be-released 1DX model.

fortunately 5 years back i had invested in postal savings and the timing would be right for me to pick up the 1DX. but Canon made another announcement sometime in Feb end early March about the release of the Mark III, the successor to the awesome Mark II and now i was again confused on which to buy.

weighing the pros and cons i finally decided to go for the Mark III after discussing with several eminent photographers like Dr. Krishna Mohan and my good friend Krishna Prasad. and its probably the best decision i have made in a long time.

61 AF POINTS : is truly remarkable. its the same as the 1DX and makes the previous Mark II with just 9 AF points seem primitive.
If u can see the pic below, i selected manually the tip of my friends finger to be focused shooting under low light and all i can say is WOW.