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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF135mm f/2L USM

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:26:12 PM »

My most willing subject....

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:25:13 PM »

Millennium Park?

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:24:22 PM »

I have a 135L that is fun to use, but I can't pick out the 135L images from the 85/1.8 images without cheating.

The way I can tell the difference between the 85/1.8 and the 135/2 is the bokeh.  The 85's bokeh is a teeny tiny itsy bit nervous where as the 135's is smooth as butter.

That said, I love the 85/1.8; it's a true gem.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF135mm f/2L USM

« on: May 13, 2013, 04:29:56 PM »

Not a good photo but: bokeh!



I love how this lens can be so sharp but render so softly at the same time.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: May 05, 2013, 08:35:32 PM »

One more in the same vein.  10 sec. exposure (obviously!) and second curtain sync.

Nicely executed.  Photography done right

Seriously nice! Fantastic!

Thanks! Initially, I just wanted a straight lume shot with no motion but I accidentally wound the watch while setting it up so the plan changed. It turned out a bit better than I might have hoped because you can actually see the individual beats of the chrono hand.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: May 05, 2013, 12:57:39 AM »

One more in the same vein.  10 sec. exposure (obviously!) and second curtain sync.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L IS USM

« on: May 03, 2013, 03:52:18 PM »

I am thinking about getting this lens. My question though for those of you who have it, concerns the tripod ring. Did you purchase one? Or do you attach your tripod to the body. Canon selling the tripod ring for an additional 300 bucks, sort of negates the cost advantage this lens has over the 100-400.

Where are you seeing that price?  It's $170 at B&H.  Still stupid expensive but not $300!

I have the ring as I shoot off of a monopod quite a bit and everything balances better that way.  I bought a cheap eBay knockoff first but regretted it almost immediately.  The Canon ring is MUCH better.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5DMK3 new firmware - Silent shooting in "one shot" is now very loud???

« on: May 03, 2013, 10:10:31 AM »

I want to fix the focus performance with a speedlite AF-assist beam but do not want to get new problems.  So has anybody else seen issues with the new firmware?

I've had no issues with it but I have not used it a ton.  AF-assist speed is WAY up.  Much improved. 

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: May 03, 2013, 09:41:29 AM »

A little in-camera multiple exposure.



One shot ISO 1600, f/11, 30 seconds for the night sights.  One shot 1/200, f/11 with flash (can't remember the power off the top of my head) for the rest.  Just a bit of standard adjustments in LR, contrast, NR, sharpness, plus de-saturation of blues as my backdrop can sometimes turn a bit blue under flash lighting.

I'm sure I could have done this with one long exposure + flash but I had never used the multiple exposure feature of my 5D3 and wanted to play with it a bit

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: May 02, 2013, 12:48:22 PM »

the other niceties might be; bokeh, IS, internal focusing (lens stays the same length), weather sealing etc were enough for me to get the L.

I'm pretty sure the non-L focuses internally as well.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

« on: May 02, 2013, 11:43:57 AM »

The Magnolias are out and close-ups with UWAs is a favorite undertaking of mine.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: May 01, 2013, 09:31:46 PM »

Magnolias in bloom



100% crop

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

« on: April 15, 2013, 09:25:44 PM »

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Lenses / Re: 135mm vs. 100mm macro

« on: April 15, 2013, 09:20:31 PM »

I have them both as well.  As said above, they're different lenses and I use them for different purposes.  I tend to use the 135 for general photography and the 100L in studio (I don't do portraits).

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 7D MKII USB 3.0 very important

« on: February 21, 2013, 10:47:50 AM »

RE: PoE via GigE, according to Wikipedia it provides maximum of 25.5 Watts with up to 57 volts at 600 mAmp. Not sure how that corresponds to the power draw of a 5d3/1DX type camera. Other thing to think about though, is that they then need to add the charging circuit stuff into the camera, which adds a bit of complexity and cost to the camera. Not saying it's a lot, but it's something more to add. Maybe use PoE as an alternate power source alongside the battery.

PoE for tethered shooting is super interesting.  The LP-E6 battery of the 5D3 is 7.2V and 1800 mAh.  This means it's approx. 13 watt hours.  From what I can see, since I don't really shoot video myself, battery life is about 90 minutes of video.  Which means the camera draws somewhere around 8.7 watts for video.

So, the 5D3 for video would be no problem for PoE.  Shotoing stills with AF and IS shouldn't be a problem either as there's quite a bit of room there as well.

Now, the 1DX, I don't know.  It uses a 11.1 V battery @ 2200 mAh so it is 24.42 watt hours. I can't find any stats for the 1DX and video but it would probably be OK as well.

Now, charging and using the camera at the same time may be too much for PoE but just for use for external power and tethered shooting makes a lot of sense.