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Sports / Re: Cars cars cars (and some bikes)

« on: May 11, 2013, 10:18:58 PM »

my humble amateur contribution to this topic, long beach drifting race
tamron 70-300 from the bleachers for the first two, canon 100L macro for the last two

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Interesting contest from Tamron

« on: May 02, 2013, 04:40:17 PM »

If I photograph a group of friends smiling and holding up their index and middle fingers, while sitting behind the cracked windshield of a blue, 1950's T-Bird that they've just washed, does that count for 9 or 10 of the photographs?!?   

I'll give you 9.  I don't think it would count for the cooking utinsel.

the hood could be open with someone cooking an egg on the engine

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HDR - High Dynamic Range / Re: Post your HDR images:

« on: November 21, 2012, 03:00:36 PM »

playing with the tone mapping in lightroom....

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Macro / Re: Playing with water drops

« on: November 12, 2012, 02:21:26 PM »

Can you explain better how are you doing the different color drops? do you use different liquids?
They look great , thanks for sharing

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EOS Bodies / Re: DxOMark Sensor Performance: Nikon vs. Canon

« on: September 25, 2012, 05:37:48 PM »

Meh, Use your filters. I've seen plenty of good landscapes taken with crap cameras. I could use a D30 and get a good landscape.

what does an answer like this even means?
let's all go back to film then, i've seen plenty of good landscapes taken with film cameras.

He posted a comparison between the two sensor and the Nikon/Sony one is unarguably better.
Does this means that you cannot take beautiful pictures with a 5D Mk3? NO
Does this means that for a lower price Nikon is offering a camera with a better sensor that let you take beautiful pictures easily? YES

why can't people just admit that? customers should push their brand to do better, not settle down saying "nah i don't care if the competition is offering a better product for less money, I'm happy with what I have, please next time charge me more and remove some features, I will be willing to pay for it anyway".

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: A positive feedback for 6D

« on: September 25, 2012, 03:06:49 PM »

has any of you actually read that "test/review/comment"? is ridicolous, it doesn't mean anything

6. The result was blowing away my mind. The confirmation with 50mm 1.4 came immediatelly! The focus set perfect and I first could see what I shot on the screen! I did this maybe 10-15 times, turned the camera to the side and did a portrait of a backlit visitor sitting half in the darkness. Focus was perfect. The 5D II in compare was surching, surching, surching. It did not confirm. I repeated the test with the man and it was surching and surching and at least confirmed, too. I shot the pic but I can not say if it found the correct focus, because it was a 1/15th shot wide open and I could not hold it (sorry, I forgott to check the ISO setting). The pic done with the 6D was rasorsharp at ISO 25k.

i cannot believe how many fanboys here are finding excuses for an AF system like that that is what, 10 years old? when nikon on the other side is offering PRO-AF on even their lower-end cameras.
As long as people using canon products won't complain canon will keep using this kind of, sorry for the french, sh*t policy with their new products, not giving a damn of what the offer is like on the other side of the market.
I've always shot canon and probably always will since i like more their lenses but this doesn't mean that canon shouldn't try to offer a camera of the same level of a D600 if it's going to price it the same for instance; canon sensors are already a joke compared to the latest sony ones, they should've at least make some effort on some other aspects (and please don't mention wifi/gps)

My 2c

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Samyang 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Announced

« on: September 24, 2012, 09:18:28 PM »

any more news on this lens? a price/date?

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Birds with attitude

« on: September 02, 2012, 05:09:24 PM »

_MG_2142.jpg di ocangelo, su Flickr

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Macro / Re: Canon 100mm IS USM L Macro Photos

« on: August 22, 2012, 07:07:23 PM »

Briand what kind of apertures have you used on those spiders? the exif on flickr are missing...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Hands-on Video of the Canon EOS M (Italy)

« on: July 23, 2012, 02:02:00 AM »

Thanks. I thought I heard something about a master flash. Interesting.

yeah she says that you can attach a master flash in order to control other units (i'm italian too)

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EOS Bodies / Re: where to sell canon gear, I'm moving to Nikon

« on: June 07, 2012, 01:12:32 AM »

it would be nice to have a section here on the forum (maybe divided by continent) to sell used gears

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D mk II still a viable option?

« on: May 22, 2012, 01:08:16 AM »

i'm only an amateur and i don't shoot any sport but i was in the same situation and i decided to go with a second hand 5d mark ii for $1500, i'm loving the fullframe and i would never go back to crop!

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM

« on: May 03, 2012, 12:16:21 PM »

love this lens cannot wait to try it on a fullframe

500D, ISO 100, 1/160, f/5.6 @ 17mm

IMG_9307.jpg di ocangelo, su Flickr

Very Nice... and with FF, you will be able to get the whole peak on the right side, and perhaps land it in the rule of thirds grid too 

thanks, I didn't frame it  "on the right line" on purpose because it was cutting too much on the left side (like that slope on the forest) and the panorama wasn't enough "spaced".

that place (scotland, top of the old man of storr) is beautiful anyway... have to go back there one day!

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM

« on: May 03, 2012, 03:41:32 AM »

love this lens cannot wait to try it on a fullframe

500D, ISO 100, 1/160, f/5.6 @ 17mm

IMG_9307.jpg di ocangelo, su Flickr

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF50mm f/1.4 USM

« on: May 03, 2012, 03:39:06 AM »

my contribution to this amazing lens, both taken with a 500d

ISO 200, 1/500, f/2.2

_MG_0706.jpg di ocangelo, su Flickr

ISO 400, 1/100, f/1.4

_MG_0864.jpg di ocangelo, su Flickr