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Lenses / Re: EF70-200 f/2.8L IS ll refurbished @ Canon for $1699.20 & I'm screwed

« on: March 10, 2013, 11:29:16 PM »

Well this zoom may be a reprieve for my ef1.4xll. I have never been too happy with the results with it on any of my lenses and was going to unload it. I've read that the 2.8 plays very well with extenders, so it may have a new lease on life. As an aside, I ordered that lens at 9:22 this morning and it STILL hasn't shipped. Why is Canon always so slow?

It's Sunday and Fedex doesn't pickup today, so even if you got a tracking number it really wouldn't mean anything 

Later,
  pjdavep

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Lenses / Re: Weddings - prime only advice

« on: March 10, 2013, 11:13:43 PM »

My "prime" advice is to purchase the 70-200 mkII from Canon right now -
http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_275764_-1

$1700+tax and shipping is a heck of a deal.  Once you use the lens, you can sell it for no loss (or better) or keep it once you realize that it's pretty dern awesome 

Later,
  pjdavep

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Software & Accessories / Re: Lightroom 4 RC 64-bit ??

« on: April 18, 2012, 04:29:10 PM »

Googled stuff up. Found nothing. Never had issues before installing 4.1

I have a i7-950 @4Ghz, 12 GB RAM. 128GB SSD with 1.5TB Back-up HDD. I have a second set of 12 GB's that I swapped out and both sets had same issue.

Reinstalled.. works fine now (not installed LR4.1 yet... I am too scared): I say fine... but sometimes I will get BSOD's while the system is trying to sleep... which might be a driver issue, but before after 10 minutes of booting regardless of what i was doing, it would BSOD after every 10 minutes of logging into Win 7 Ultimate x64bit.

Again it could be just my system.

Could you possibly be running out of disc space on your OS drive?  Maybe LR4.1 installed some obnoxiously huge library?

Later, 
  pjdavep

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Lenses / Re: Lens Filter for 70-200mm f2.8 IS II

« on: December 03, 2011, 08:53:28 PM »

I recently upgraded my Hoya Super HMC filters to the Hoya HD line and am very pleased.  The new HD filters are SOOOO much easier to wipe clean than the S-HMC version.  They also claim to resist smudges thanks to the improved coating.  I can't speak on the B+W line, but when I was shopping it was my second option.

Later,
   pjdavep

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Site Information / Re: Password recovery issue

« on: November 30, 2011, 11:04:35 AM »

I had the same problem and finally emailed buzz@canonrumors.com since it was the only way I could find to get a hold of a human 

Craig reset my password for me, but I doubt he wants to tackle that task on a normal basis.  The email definitely needs fixey.

Later,
   pjdavep

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens $1974 at B+H

« on: November 29, 2011, 09:50:34 AM »

I ordered yesterday and was going to post about the newer low price, but my forum account was messed up.

When I ordered though, the shipping wasn't free.  A few hours later, they changed it to free shipping.  So I emailed BH customer support to request a shipping credit.  Hopefully they will give it to me...

I am upgrading a version 1.  Thanks to all the canon rumors folks for speaking so glowingly of the upgraded version two - that helped my decision 

Later,
   pjdavep

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EOS Bodies / Re: New Forum area proposal

« on: February 23, 2011, 10:42:14 AM »

www.amazon....

Done.

Correction - www.amazon.com/canonrumo-20

That at least gives some referral profits to this site! 

(that may not work, so you can just go thru the price watch links on the main page)

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EOS Bodies / Re: New Forum area proposal

« on: February 23, 2011, 10:06:16 AM »

Why don't you just cross reference asny store you find with canon's authorized dealer list?
http://usa.canon.com/app/pdf/dealer/CanonAuthorizedDealers.pdf

You wouldn't want to buy from a non-authorized dealer, would you?

Later,
   pjdavep

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Lenses / Re: Lens Recommendation for Weddings.

« on: February 21, 2011, 03:42:22 PM »

Hm, It's true that I didn't have a good wide angle lens on that list. I like to use some wide angle shots in my work. And I really do like the 17-55mm but I'm trying to stay away from buy to many more EF-S lenses as my goal is to go FF at some point.

What about the 16-35mm L or 17-40mm L?

I was in the same boat in regards to the EF-S thing, but I didn't really have any other choice.  I shunned the 16-35 because of no image stabilization (I must have shaky hands), and the 17-40 f/4L is not fast enough.  If you ever have to shoot a wedding in a dark church that doesn't allow flash, you'll understand 

Later,
   pjdavep

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Lenses / Re: Lens Recommendation for Weddings.

« on: February 21, 2011, 03:06:02 PM »

I have a:
7D Body
EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6. (I hate this lens.)
Tamron 60mm F2.0 Macro (great lens, slow AF)

Lenses I was considering:
EF 50mm 1.4
EF 24-105mm L f4
EF 24-70mm L f2.8
EF 85mm 1.8
EF 70-200mm f4 IS
Sigma 30mm 1.4

I help out my wife as a second shooter when she does weddings.  Although we have two flashes, we try to do most of the work using available light.  She uses a 5DmII and I recently upgraded from a 40D to the 7D.   The last wedding we did, I used the 24-70 most of the time and am now on the same page as the wife in regards to the lens - not good.  We may have a soft copy, because in my "studio" tests, I cannot get consistently sharp focus from the thing.  It's been to Canon twice in the last month, and may go again.   I'll probably start a separate thread about it.

Anyway, I found that the 24-70 range is not wide enough on the 1.6x crop of the 7D.  There were some instances where I couldn't get everything in the frame.   So today I ordered a 17-55 2.8 IS.  Supposedly it uses the same L glass, but it's not weather sealed.  That's a bummer, because i certainly don't want the thing filling up with dust, so it may just be my wedding lens.  It also sucks that since it is an EF-S lens, my wife can't use it on her 5D.

Bottom line is that you may want to incorporate at least one wide lens.  Something like:
Canon EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS
Tamron 60mm F2.0 Macro
Canon 85mm 1.8

You may have some money left over if you go the used route!

Later,
  pjdavep