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Lenses / Re: Poll: Most Wanted New Lenses of 2013.
« on: May 16, 2013, 11:27:52 AM »
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Everything else can wait or use the older/current versions.
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Software & Accessories / Re: Adobe to Stop Making Packaged Software
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:30:13 PM »I'm sorry but I don't really get many of you guys. Lightroom stays as a standalone application. For some reasons, many amateurs think they have to have Photoshop (and it has to be the latest version, of course) to do their photo editing. Old version of Photoshop/Photoshop Elements/Lightroom may be more than enough for a lot of us. I personally have Master Collection CS5.5 which I got at a discount when I was a student and I'll use it until I upgrade to an unsupported camera or new OS.
I have to have the latest photoshop CS6 just to open my damn 5d3 raw files. That was the only reason I upgraded from CS4 and the only reason I upgraded to CS4 from CS2 was to open the damn raw files for the 5D2!
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Software & Accessories / Re: How do you print your photos for those who still do?
« on: April 19, 2013, 06:00:00 AM »Remember that if you buy the Pixma Pro series you should preferably print (size does not matter, so it can be very small) once a week to prevent it from drying out, thus having to waste a lot of ink when enabling the program to get it rinsed. Ink is always an issue, but it takes many type of 3 party papers, thus giving you the chance to print on excellent paper like Canson and Hanhemuhle and other great paper sources.
I print on my Pixma Pro9000 Mark II maybe a few 13x19" every 3 months or so. I havent had any drying up issues and the ones still in there seem to work and print fine. I though the "drying" up issue was with pigment based inks over the dyes in the Pixma series?
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Software & Accessories / Re: Help me finalize my tripod & ballhead choice
« on: April 15, 2013, 10:23:18 AM »
http://www.nikonians.org/tripods/tripods_5.html
I found this link very helpful in my tripod selection between Gitzo's Mountaineer and Systematic.
I at one time had a Manfrotto CXPRO3 with 488RC4 ballhead. The flip lever on the top plate of the ballhead got really jammed/stuck that at times it was hard to lock that I decided to just replace it with a RRS. I did swap out the top plate for a RRS plate and the screw didn't 100% secure in. I was at the RRS headquarters in San Luis Obispo and they kinda glued the bolt to secure the plate to the Manfrotto ballhead. In sum, it was fine for what as a cheaper alternative for 1-2 years until I finally upgraded and got a RRS BH-55. It may be overkill, but the large surface area of the ballhead I found welcome in composing the image, not to mention on my series 3 Mountaineer tripod the BH-40 is just too puny. Typically a BH-40 will serve you fine or a BH-30 if you want to go Gitzo traveler and fold up the legs.
Now my experience with the Manfrotto tripod was painful. The rubber covers caps at the end of the legs would get loose and come off compared to the Gitzo's that would screw in at the bottom. Additionally after numerous trips to the beach, desert, or other sandy areas bits and grains would get stuck in the flip lock joints and it'd be a pain to disassemble and clean compared to the Gitzo's twist/screw.
In sum my lesson learned, tripods depreciate in value significantly compared to lenses. If I could do it all over again, I would just wait and save and go with the best out there over upgrading a little bit to what my budget at the time could spare. I have carried my Series 3 Tripod which is a bit more sturdier/solid than the series 2 for up to 2 mile distance/hikes and I would push for that if you don't plan to do a whole lot of walking with it. Otherwise go with the Series 2 and a quality ballhead like a Markins, RRS, or AcraTech (you will probably need to budget around $1100).
Another ballhead brand to look at is the Acratech ballheads: http://acratech.net/
They are cheaper than the RRS, super easier to clean (don't have to take it apart or ship it back to RRS to clean), and one of the lightest on the market.
I found this link very helpful in my tripod selection between Gitzo's Mountaineer and Systematic.
I at one time had a Manfrotto CXPRO3 with 488RC4 ballhead. The flip lever on the top plate of the ballhead got really jammed/stuck that at times it was hard to lock that I decided to just replace it with a RRS. I did swap out the top plate for a RRS plate and the screw didn't 100% secure in. I was at the RRS headquarters in San Luis Obispo and they kinda glued the bolt to secure the plate to the Manfrotto ballhead. In sum, it was fine for what as a cheaper alternative for 1-2 years until I finally upgraded and got a RRS BH-55. It may be overkill, but the large surface area of the ballhead I found welcome in composing the image, not to mention on my series 3 Mountaineer tripod the BH-40 is just too puny. Typically a BH-40 will serve you fine or a BH-30 if you want to go Gitzo traveler and fold up the legs.
Now my experience with the Manfrotto tripod was painful. The rubber covers caps at the end of the legs would get loose and come off compared to the Gitzo's that would screw in at the bottom. Additionally after numerous trips to the beach, desert, or other sandy areas bits and grains would get stuck in the flip lock joints and it'd be a pain to disassemble and clean compared to the Gitzo's twist/screw.
In sum my lesson learned, tripods depreciate in value significantly compared to lenses. If I could do it all over again, I would just wait and save and go with the best out there over upgrading a little bit to what my budget at the time could spare. I have carried my Series 3 Tripod which is a bit more sturdier/solid than the series 2 for up to 2 mile distance/hikes and I would push for that if you don't plan to do a whole lot of walking with it. Otherwise go with the Series 2 and a quality ballhead like a Markins, RRS, or AcraTech (you will probably need to budget around $1100).
Another ballhead brand to look at is the Acratech ballheads: http://acratech.net/
They are cheaper than the RRS, super easier to clean (don't have to take it apart or ship it back to RRS to clean), and one of the lightest on the market.
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Technical Support / 30" Monitor Lenovo vs Dell?
« on: April 02, 2013, 03:42:54 AM »
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/04/01/lenovo-announces-thinkvision-lt3053p-that-covers-99percent-of-adobergb-gamut
I am curious to as spec wise, why this Lenovo is priced more than the Dell U3014 when the dell has usb 3.0 and a card reader? Or any other thoughts of other 30" monitors priced under $1.5k?
I am curious to as spec wise, why this Lenovo is priced more than the Dell U3014 when the dell has usb 3.0 and a card reader? Or any other thoughts of other 30" monitors priced under $1.5k?
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Technical Support / Re: im thinking about buying a DELL 2713HM - how important is wide gamut?
« on: March 27, 2013, 01:17:41 PM »I am a fulltime photographer and really like the 2711's and when working on photo's for print etc it's really good. But some of the work I deliver is digital only to consumers and that's where it goes wrong. I like my photo's light and fresh and I push that in my workflow. On my calibrated screens I have no blown out whites and really like the photo's. On the clients laptop / crappy screen with no wide-gamut the photo's are to white and have blown out colors.
My solution is placing de U2412m in sRGB mode and since it has no wide-gamut I use that screen to "proof" what the client will see.
Hopefully not to detract from the original poster's thread, but what you posted are some of the concerns I have in my search for a 30" monitor which for a budget under $1500 seem to be really limited to just the Dell and HP.
In regards to your solution of "proofing" what the client would see on their monitor, does this involve having to re-edit or tweak all your previous work for the client to be viewed on a standard non-wide gamut sRGB screen? I am just trying to get an idea into my work flow, if I will be doing "double-duty" in my workload with the use of a wide-gamut monitor.
Also, would it be easy to swap modes in these Dell monitors with minimal re-calibration work for the novice user? For example, these wide gamut monitors can be set to a sRGB mode for the 99% of the work I do, and then for that 1 picture the client wants an enlargement print, I can change the sRGB mode to a saved preset wide-gamut mode with minimal or no re-calibration work necessary?
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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Development Announcement in the Fall? [CR2]
« on: March 24, 2013, 07:15:37 PM »
I can forgive Canon for these past many years on holding out on a 14-24 lens, if they were waiting to see how such a lens would resolve with a high megapixel monster. In any case release both at the same time!
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Lenses / Re: 2013 EF / EF-S Lenses ... Canon, where are you?
« on: March 21, 2013, 10:17:07 AM »
9 more days or 5 business days left of a possible announcement in Q1 for Canon! At least we got a fantastic new EF-S STM kit lens over nothing!
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EOS Bodies / Re: Announcements on March 22, 2013? [CR1]
« on: March 07, 2013, 04:21:01 AM »
I would think a 14-24 would HAVE to be announced with a high megapixel beast as the 1ds3 was announced with the 14 II...so hopefully Q3/Q4 announcements this year, but would love to be proved wrong!
Lenses if anything announced with a crop camera this quarter I would guess:
+ 100-400 II or some 70/80-400 (Sony and Nikon have released similar lenses this quarter or would seem like a nice lens to announce with the 7D II later?)
+ 50 F/1.4 II / 50 F/2 IS or some new EF-S 35mm 1.8 (Nikon catch up)
+ 35mm 1.4 II
Though I could also see Canon not playing catch up again and throwing a curve ball with some new 45 and 90 tilt shifts! Or in tribute to the 17-40 released in early 2003 a new "affordable" <$1k ultra wide angle EF zoom version like Nikon's 18-35!
Lenses if anything announced with a crop camera this quarter I would guess:
+ 100-400 II or some 70/80-400 (Sony and Nikon have released similar lenses this quarter or would seem like a nice lens to announce with the 7D II later?)
+ 50 F/1.4 II / 50 F/2 IS or some new EF-S 35mm 1.8 (Nikon catch up)
+ 35mm 1.4 II
Though I could also see Canon not playing catch up again and throwing a curve ball with some new 45 and 90 tilt shifts! Or in tribute to the 17-40 released in early 2003 a new "affordable" <$1k ultra wide angle EF zoom version like Nikon's 18-35!
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Lenses / Re: 2013 EF / EF-S Lenses ... Canon, where are you?
« on: March 05, 2013, 02:02:27 AM »
I'm hopeful for this March announcement to see what is in store lens wise over 70D body wise. I just get a sense there is less rumors/hype/love to D-SLR lens over camera bodies each time I check this page and forum.
Past/Hopeful EF / EF-S lens predictions:
14-24 f/2.8L
35 f/1.4L II
50 f/1.4 II
50 f/2 IS
135 f/2L IS
100-400 II
Past/Hopeful EF / EF-S lens predictions:
14-24 f/2.8L
35 f/1.4L II
50 f/1.4 II
50 f/2 IS
135 f/2L IS
100-400 II
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Lenses / 2013 EF / EF-S Lenses ... Canon, where are you?
« on: March 05, 2013, 01:47:03 AM »
Since 2003, there has always been a lens announcement in Jan or Feb, not so this 2013 year.
Besides the "pre-announcements" of lenses in "development", lenses for the EOS M mount, or cinema based lenses ... where are all the announcements for real D-SLR lenses in production with an ETA release date & price from Canon?
2013 Announced Lens for Nikon DX / FX:
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
(ALL FX or Canon's Equivalent of EF full frame lenses!)
All Nikon camera related 2013 announcements: 15
All Nikon lens related 2013 announcements: 5
2013 Announced Lens for Sony A Mount:
Sony DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II
Sony Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM
Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II
All Sony camera related 2013 announcements: 10
All Sony lens related 2013 announcements: 4
2013 Announced Lens for Canon EF / EF-S Mount:
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
All Canon camera related 2013 announcements: 10
All Canon lens related 2013 announcements: 1
Besides the "pre-announcements" of lenses in "development", lenses for the EOS M mount, or cinema based lenses ... where are all the announcements for real D-SLR lenses in production with an ETA release date & price from Canon?
2013 Announced Lens for Nikon DX / FX:
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
(ALL FX or Canon's Equivalent of EF full frame lenses!)
All Nikon camera related 2013 announcements: 15
All Nikon lens related 2013 announcements: 5
2013 Announced Lens for Sony A Mount:
Sony DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II
Sony Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM
Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II
All Sony camera related 2013 announcements: 10
All Sony lens related 2013 announcements: 4
2013 Announced Lens for Canon EF / EF-S Mount:
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
All Canon camera related 2013 announcements: 10
All Canon lens related 2013 announcements: 1
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Nikon to announce a new 80-400 VR lens this week?
« on: March 05, 2013, 01:01:48 AM »
$2699 for the Nikon 80-400 more than the 70-200 2.8....wayyyy out of most of the "budget" telephoto users price range!
I can see that if a newer version of the Canon is ever released there will be all the same moaning and groaning of the current 100-400 telephoto users on a budget crying foul for price gouging of a newer lens that is over $1k more than the previous version...hmm kinda like the 24-70 II scenario! I guess no point in waiting for Canon folks on a budget in the telephoto range...might as well stick with your current 100-400 or 70-300L!
I can see that if a newer version of the Canon is ever released there will be all the same moaning and groaning of the current 100-400 telephoto users on a budget crying foul for price gouging of a newer lens that is over $1k more than the previous version...hmm kinda like the 24-70 II scenario! I guess no point in waiting for Canon folks on a budget in the telephoto range...might as well stick with your current 100-400 or 70-300L!
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Software & Accessories / Re: Backpack Suggestion
« on: March 02, 2013, 03:01:13 AM »Why aren't more backpacks designed like the Lowepro Flipside series? Walking around in a Flipside backpack in an urban setting provides a little more peace of mind against theft in crowds with the zipper on the "inside" to protect your equipment. Also on rural trails when you put the bag on the dirt ground to open it, you get the outside dirty instead of the side you put back on your back!
Is there any other brand that has a bag like this besides Lowepro?
F-Stop's Mountain series of backpacks does, such as the Loka several of us have.
Looked at the Loka, it just seems way too big of a bag for a day trip around town or a day hike. The Guru F-stop version seems more discreet and manageable for my needs. I am curious if its possible to detach the waiststraps on F-stop's backpacks?
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Software & Accessories / Re: Backpack Suggestion
« on: March 01, 2013, 03:49:08 AM »
Why aren't more backpacks designed like the Lowepro Flipside series? Walking around in a Flipside backpack in an urban setting provides a little more peace of mind against theft in crowds with the zipper on the "inside" to protect your equipment. Also on rural trails when you put the bag on the dirt ground to open it, you get the outside dirty instead of the side you put back on your back!
Is there any other brand that has a bag like this besides Lowepro?
Is there any other brand that has a bag like this besides Lowepro?
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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 12-24 f/2.8L [CR1]
« on: February 28, 2013, 09:34:10 PM »The question I have is what is the point of 14-24/2.8? I understand 14-24, but I don't understand the F/2.8 part in it - the purpose of F/4.0 is much more clear to me.
Even with the improved high-iso on the latest camera bodies, I would still say for astro-photography or indoor/outdoor low lighting events.