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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Do you trust your camera?

« on: May 15, 2013, 06:53:41 AM »

My trust varies very much depending on the lens I use. The 5D3 is working very exact most of the time but with some lenses I do not fully rely on the AF. E.g. I own the Sigma 50 and 85 and both are tricky with nailing the focus point. My favorite is the 70-200 which is spot on nearly 100% of the time.

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Lenses / Re: Just bought a new Canon EF 70-300L IS USM lens.

« on: January 09, 2013, 10:01:30 AM »

I also own the 70-300L and the 70-200L 2.8 IS II. I rate the IQ of the 70-200 slightly better and of course the 2.8 is awesome. But it is more of a special purpose lens. You think twice before you take it with you. I would carry the 70-300 with me at any time. It is very compact and light compared to the other zoom. Enjoy it! 

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Contests / Re: Gura Gear Giveaway!

« on: December 07, 2012, 05:04:05 AM »

I want to win! 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Asking for 5D III firmware improvements

« on: December 03, 2012, 06:09:41 PM »

1. AF focus speed with Speedlites

Read about this issue before but have not used my Speedlite so far. Just gave it a try now... 5D3 + 16-35L Mk II + 430EX II.

I switched of the light and started to focus in complete darkness with single AF point. At 35mm instant lock at different distances between 0.5 and 4m even with the most outside point. At 16mm the outside point is far away from the assist beam light so of course this does not work. But still instant lock with the center point. As long as the AF point is within the area illuminated by the assist beam I have no problems getting a fast focus lock.

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Software & Accessories / Re: What are most people using for processing RAW

« on: October 08, 2012, 12:34:29 PM »

. The import / librairies system with LR is just a useless nightmare to me

i guess you do no keywording?
anyway.... it is obvious that you have NO CLUE AT ALL what a library is usefull for. 

sorting you images into folders will help you nothing if you have thousands of photos and need to search for a motive.... and this is only one example when a database approach comes in handy.

try to find all images with a "ball" on a "beach" and a "sunset" in a 100000 picture collection.
 
takes me 5 seconds to search all my images for these keywords.

His statement was it is a useless nightmare for him. Maybe you have no clue yourself if you think only your requirements are valid. A library does not give additional features. Everything is possible without, it just takes more time. I don't do keywording myself but it is possible. Of course a database is faster when searching 100000 pictures but that is your requirement, not that of everyone else. I have other use cases that just don't work with a library. Not uneducated or naive, just different.

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Software & Accessories / Re: What are most people using for processing RAW

« on: October 04, 2012, 12:27:41 PM »

+1 for Aftershot Pro

The library concept of LR is a no-go for me. Tried it and considered the workflow horrible. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Used 60D or new 650D/T4i?

« on: June 11, 2012, 09:12:55 PM »

One more hint: with magic lantern, you can select not only one or all af points, but many focus patterns (points to the right, left, top, down, center cross, ...).

Doesn't sound too fancy with only 9 points. But might be a nice feature to have. ML is still on my list to look into. My understanding was that it is mostly useful for video which is not of a big interest for me, but now I am curious.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Used 60D or new 650D/T4i?

« on: June 11, 2012, 05:28:39 PM »

One more hint for the 60D. If you shoot fast moving scenes, with the multicontroller you can select every AF point with the press of just one button. It is more complicated to switch points on the Rebel and that was my main reason for upgrading.

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Software & Accessories / RAW processing for 5D3

« on: April 15, 2012, 07:31:00 PM »

Corel released the final version of Aftershot Pro 1.0.1 that has support for the new 5D3. So another choice to process your 5D3 CR2 files. I already gave it a trial today and it worked like expected.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 5D3 delivery starts in Germany

« on: March 30, 2012, 04:53:31 PM »

Just to let the german readers know... Canon started to deliver the 5D3 here. My local dealer told me by mail they will arrive beginning of next week and called me a little bit later to tell me they already received a few. I picked up mine some hours ago.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Pre-Order Canon 5D Mark III

« on: February 28, 2012, 06:32:16 PM »

I am one of the sub 3000 buyers. 3500 is just too much.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The new 5D Mark III ?!?! PICS!

« on: February 28, 2012, 12:21:26 PM »

Live View is even better because it uses an electronic first curtain, and that reduces the vibration even further than MLU alone.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I was not aware of this benefit of the silent mode feature. I found some nice sample pics here that make the difference quite clear:

http://krebsmicro.com/Canon_EFSC/index.html

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EOS Bodies / Re: The new 5D Mark III ?!?! PICS!

« on: February 28, 2012, 10:50:31 AM »

When I use my camera on a tripod, I simply look through the viewfinder whilst metering and then press the shutter release to lock up the mirror and the exposure (you are all using mirror lockup, right?).  I can then take my picture after several seconds when all the vibrations have died down and when I judge it to be the decisive moment. 

If you want to moan at Canon for excluding a feature that Nikon has, then try the lack of a direct mirror lockup button (OK, so it's a minor annoyance and there are ways around it).

I thought the direct mirror lockup button is called live view. 

Never used the original mirror lockup method hidden in the custom functions menu. In live view I can even visually control vibrations. Am I missing something?

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 600d or oncoming replacement

« on: February 09, 2012, 09:24:06 AM »

24-105mm IS L
17-40mm L or 16-35mm L
70-300mm IS L (or preferably 100-400mm replacement, if it ever comes)
100mm IS L Macro

+1 for Tijn's suggestions.

This lens selection is exactly what I use on my 60D crop. I find myself switching between 16-35 and 24-105 way too often. The 24-105 is not wide enough for a walkabout lens and the 16-35 is a waste of money without using its ultrawide capabilities. The telezoom and macro lenses are excellent choices for a crop sensor body though. If you want to stay with EF-S I recommend to look into 17-55 (and maybe 10-22 for landscape).

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II

« on: February 06, 2012, 01:57:18 PM »

this looks a lot like the 16-35 II, which is also a 82mm front.

Looks similar but definitly is not. The 16-35 does not extend when zooming and it does not have that gap visible in the picture where the inner barrel comes out...