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Video & Movie / Customer looking for videographer in SF Bay Area

« on: April 30, 2013, 09:04:20 PM »

I have a dear friend who has asked me to shoot video for a professional marketing gig however as a stills photographer, this is something I'm not comfortable with and I've told them.

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area and this project will most likely be somewhere near the East Bay Area or if you have a studio you can work in, location may not be an issue.

Any recommendations for a videographer you can share with me would be much appreciated.  Send me your info and I'll link you two up.

Thanks,
Mark

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Lenses / Is anyone using Nikon 14-24 on 5D3? Set up?

« on: January 13, 2013, 02:57:37 PM »

Wondered if any Canon shooters are using Nikon's 14-24 wide angle lens and their thoughts on this lens?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 1D4 error message 30 - Yikes

« on: October 29, 2012, 08:25:37 PM »

I picked up a used 1D4 last week that have 100K miles on it.  Seemed to work well, ran it through a couple of tests from what I can see on the fly and it worked and functioned as designed. Paid $2,600 for it. 
Shot two soccer matches this weekend and on the second day it pretty much crapped out at the third quarter.

I shoot Ai Servo high shutter speed on Canon glass, 70-200 2.8L II + TC 2.0X II onto 1000X CF card and SD card at  the same time.  RAW to CF and Jpg to SD.

'Err 30' pops up and tells me to shut down, remove and reinstall battery and start up again.  This didn't do anything and I could only take one shot.  I tried other modes with no success.  How frustrating.

Packed it up and sent it to Canon today for service.  I've got one more game and then team portraits to do next weekend.  I've got a 5D3 and 7D for back up but I've gotten attached to the 1D4 just recently.

Any other 1D4 users experience this?

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EOS Bodies / Trading 7D for 1D4 with high shutter count

« on: October 19, 2012, 10:18:42 AM »

Hey Canonistas,  I very much value your opinions and make most of my decisions through the experiences of others.

I'll keep it short. I shoot typically architectural and landscapes with the 5D3 but have been shooting soccer on the weekends with my 7D mainly for the extra reach and speed.  I upload images to SmugMug for players and their families to view, print, purchase.

Here is the question: I can get a 1D4 body with 100K shutter count as a trade for my 7D with $2K attached. My 7D has about 40K shutter count.  I think my biggest concern is the 100K shutter count on the 1D4. Replacing a shutter, I'm guessing, is about $300?  If so, it might be a good investment to get faster speed and better low light capabilities.

Your thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.

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EOS Bodies / Is there a way to confirm focus in Live View

« on: September 07, 2012, 01:11:14 PM »

First, let me say thanks for all the great knowledge and information I've learned through this forum.  I'd say I'm a bit addicted as it keeps me from my work. 

My question:

Is there a way to get focus confirmation in LIVE VIEW x 10  like we see when using the view finder with our MF lenses?   Depending upon the amount of light I'm shooting landscapes in, sometimes its very difficult to see the LCD and know for sure I'm perfectly dialed in.

I've used external monitors on previous shoots but sometimes the whole set up is cumbersome and the monitor resolution was not as good as the LCD itself.

Thanks in advance.

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Lenses / Filters for lenses that are not designed to accept filters

« on: August 24, 2012, 10:58:50 AM »

Saw this at the The Digital Picture this morning and found this interesting.  Not being able to filter a 17TSE drove me to the 24TSE-ii which is the sharpest lens in my bag given the focal length.

Here is the article link:
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=2906

I personally doubt whether you'd achieve uniform filtering due to the curvature of the lens. 

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EOS Bodies / 5D3 Viewfinder vs LiveView

« on: August 23, 2012, 02:37:54 PM »

I've posted test samples of images previously on this subject where my manually focused Zeiss lenses and/or Canon lenses with 5D3 are focused accurately through the VF and get the AF confirmation.  They print out and display super sharp on my screens.

Problem I'm having is when I focus in Live View x 10, there is no AF confirmation though the image is sharp on the LCD only later to see that the LV image in the computer is out of focus when compared to the VF image.

Yes, I've had my eyes checked reguarly.

With landscape or tripod mounted scenes, I much prefer to focus via LV than VF, however this is a problem.

Any ideas anyone?

Thank you.

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Canon General / Adorama issues anyone? Ever try to return a product?

« on: August 15, 2012, 05:34:53 PM »

My experience has been horrible more than once. Think I'd learn.

Anyone else?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Viewfinder vs LiveView on Manual Focus Lenses

« on: July 30, 2012, 09:55:48 PM »

Hi All,

This is my first 'test' and first post, so be gentle.  ha!

Using 5D3 with Zeiss 85mm 1.4 at f8.0.  Model: 'Bambi'..... (not her real name....)

Comparing manually focused lens through the viewfinder with audible confirmation against using LCD's Live View and magnifying x 10 to hit the focus point.

Conclusions: The viewfinder focusing was more accurate than Live View as you can see.

 I've also compared the IQ of Canon's 85m f1.2L II with Zeiss and found them very close overall but the Zeiss were much richer in color.

Thoughts anyone.

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EOS Bodies / New Canon 3D - how much and who would

« on: June 06, 2012, 02:27:02 PM »

Just for the sake of going broke, how much do you anticipate a 40MP 3D camera body will retail for?  And would you buy one?

My guess: $5,999 and 'YES!'

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Lenses / Pano question for 24TSE

« on: May 29, 2012, 01:46:09 PM »

I'm using a Really Right Stuff pano head assembly with the BH55 head and 5D3 and Canon 24TSE lens. 

Has anyone used a similar combination in the field by shifting the lens in both directions and then rotating the camera on the pano head to create a wider field of view?

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EOS Bodies / I love my 5D3, but...where is that 5DX?

« on: May 14, 2012, 12:44:14 AM »

I love my new 5D3 and its ISO performance improvements and speed from the previous 5D2, however, I was really excited when 'rumors' about the possible '5DX'  being a FF 30-40MP camera were flying around.  Any other shooters have new information on this pipe dream other than what has been posted previously in this forum?

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Lenses / Canon's new 24-70 2.8L II ship date

« on: May 10, 2012, 03:02:16 PM »

Does anyone have an update on the possible ship date for the new 24-70?

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Lenses / Infinity focus in manual mode

« on: May 10, 2012, 10:51:44 AM »

Need some feedback on this:  When I shoot in manual focus mode with any or all of my lenses and I need to max out to infinity focus, I find that the infinity focus is off just slightly and I need to push it back a bit.  This is true for all my lenses being 'L' lenses (24TSE-II, 16-35L-ii, 50 1.2L, 85 1.2L, 70-300L, 70-200 2.8L-II... and shooting with 5D3 and 7D bodies).
 
Do you find the same condition to be true?

As an example, wanted to shoot star trails and needed to focus at infinity. However, turning the focus all the way doesn't necessarily provide infinite focus even at all apertures. And with regard to the star trails, I typically would try F8 or F11.

Your reply very much appreciated.

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EOS Bodies / Any known issues with this combo: 5D3 + 1.4TC + 24 TSE II

« on: April 04, 2012, 03:38:03 PM »

Has anybody used or know of any issues with adding a Canon 1.4 TC to a Canon tilt shift 24 TSE ii on my 5D3? I could use the extra reach.