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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Light Meter & SpeedLites

« on: April 08, 2013, 10:38:50 PM »

The light modifiers kill a lot of your flash output. You may have to try bare flash. In outdoor sun, keeping within a stop or two of ambient, bare flash should be acceptable quality. Better than no flash or on camera flash for sure.

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Lenses / Re: EF 300mm 2.8 IS - Anybody seen anything like this?

« on: April 08, 2013, 10:32:56 PM »

Could it be related to this firmware update?

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/ef_lens_lineup/ef_300mm_f_2_8l_is_ii_usm?pageKeyCode=prdAdvDetail&docId=0901e024805fb8c0

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1Dx and 5d3 New Service Advisory

« on: February 20, 2013, 06:36:28 PM »

Me too. Must be going to combine it with the other update coming in April.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: My brand new 5D Mark III - what am I doing wrong, please help!

« on: December 14, 2012, 05:10:24 PM »

Turn off auto ISO and shoot full manual. With constant lighting like that of a basketball court doesn't need auto anything to shoot with best results.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark III Minimum Shutter Speed Setting- Lets make some noise!

« on: October 18, 2012, 11:31:05 PM »

Canon would say, "Buy a 1D X, and you can set a minimum shutter speed from 30 s to 1/4000 s."

Or, they might point out that you can set shutter speed in Manual along with aperture and let auto ISO take care of the exposure.  Its hardly a big deal.  That way, you get that high shutter speed and just the aperture you want.

The problem then, is, you can't set EC in M mode with auto ISO. If you could, there would be no need for a min shutter speed in Av mode.

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Lenses / Re: I'm not impressed with my 70-200mm f/2.8L USM... so is it me or the lens?

« on: October 14, 2012, 05:18:46 PM »

Both of those are 1/400 at ISO 100. Crank that ISO up a bit, 1/800 at ISO 200 will be much better, but I'd even go 1/1600 at ISO 400. Won't be a problem with today's cameras.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: BG-e11

« on: September 29, 2012, 02:16:22 PM »

Are you using Canon batteries or 3rd party? I've found 3rd party will cause the battery icon to flash and show 100% until firing a shot, then it reads correctly, but I suppose there could be other issues with different 3rd party batteries.

I have the bg-e11 and haven't had your issue other than when 1st turned on as described above.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: /D: Embarrassing question

« on: September 18, 2012, 09:19:42 PM »

You can always download the manual from Canon.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras/eos_7d#BrochuresAndManuals

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Technical Support / Re: AFMA Misbehaviour

« on: September 15, 2012, 08:04:43 PM »

Forgot to say I was on 1.1.3 at the time.

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Technical Support / Re: AFMA Misbehaviour

« on: September 15, 2012, 06:24:45 PM »

Happened to me once. Thought it must have somehow been me until reading this thread. Were either of you using C mode on the dial?

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Technical Support / Re: Canon 5D MKII Mode Problems

« on: September 15, 2012, 12:18:53 PM »

Sounds like a short in the dial. And no, I haven't experienced that problem.

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Technical Support / Re: BG-E11 question

« on: September 09, 2012, 04:32:42 PM »

Why it wouldn't work with one battery? It's designed to hold 2 batteries to add extra usage time, but how about AA batteries? Does it only work with 6 or does it work with only 3 of them, thinking it won't but when that question came up so why not ask it.

Completely irrelevant. It takes 6 AA's to have enough voltage to power the camera. Each regular battery has enough power to power the camera on its own. Silly comparison.

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Technical Support / Re: BG-E11 question

« on: September 09, 2012, 10:10:41 AM »

Supposed to work with one, but I haven't tried it.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Raw, mRaw, sRaw of JPEG

« on: September 08, 2012, 10:31:06 AM »

I shoot jpeg when doing sports due to the large volume of files. RAW for everything else, or if the sports are under harsh sun where I need more leeway in editing.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D3 for sports/action?

« on: September 08, 2012, 10:04:12 AM »

Well, it definitely was inferior to the 1D X I have.  The silent shutter was nice, but I'm probably going to take my 300 f/2.8 next time and shoot with the 1D X.

In what way is it inferior? AF? High ISO noise? Etc.? I can see the difference in build, grip, etc. Interested in functional differences.