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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 12:27:36 PM »

I agree with whoever said that, except for the 10 fps, they look more like 70D-like specs.

I doubt we'll see the 7D AF in the xxD anytime soon.

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 12:24:56 PM »

Sensor size FF = 24x36 = 864sqmm
Sensor size Canon aps-c= 22.2x14.8 = 329sqmm

So a 21 mp APS-c sensor would ramp up to 21*(864/329)= 55 mp.

The ratio of the areas is 2.63.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format

How about keeping it simple and call it 1.6 x 1.6 = 2.56?

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon Center Pinch Lens Caps Now Shipping

« on: February 25, 2013, 06:10:48 PM »

Some posters here make it sound like they're such Canon fanboys that they won't buy 3rd party lens caps. Unbelievable. Do you have to get Canon-branded camera bags and tripods too?

I once had a Nikon-branded lens pen. Shoot me (with a gun).

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Canon General / Re: Canon Experience Stores Coming Soon [CR3]

« on: January 11, 2013, 11:53:43 AM »

Singapore has one too. I don't know why this is news, since they are many in Asia, as reported by many here.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Inside the Canon EOS-1D C

« on: January 10, 2013, 01:12:08 PM »

I guess a bunch of people here ingested the naive pill this morning.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Preorder the new Canon PowerShot and Vixia Products

« on: January 08, 2013, 12:15:31 AM »

The N is $299 —that's all you want to know.

Judging by how Canon prices new products these days, it's probably worth a look when the price tanks to $150-$180.

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PowerShot / Re: Canon Announces The PowerShot N

« on: January 07, 2013, 04:45:11 PM »

Really? I still think the 5D3 has a craptastic sensor, with its decade old DR capabilities.

Not everyone bends over to Canon's marketing machine. Me and most of my friends are still shooting our 5D2s, happily waiting for the 5D4 / 5DX or whatever the next generation will be called.

I guess people who think the 5D3 is a great upgrade from the 5D2, will also like the Powershot N. They will buy anything that Canon throws at them.

Dude, just get a D600.  The grass is really gDReener, the colors are bDRighter and you'll be just DRelighted with the non-craptastic (but possibly oil-spattered) sensor.

Absolutely!  Why wait for the 5D4, or whatever Canon "throws" at you next, when you can have the D600 right now!?  Just get a D600 ... now.  Thankfully, Nikon has no marketing machine whatsoever.  They just engineer pure goodness and then sell it at a loss so that photographers can live better lives.  They don't spend even a dollar on marketing ... it's all pure word of mouth with one Nikonian spreading the good word to another.  Those of us who bend over for Canon's marketing machine must suffer with the craptastic sensor of the 5D3.  The decade old DR is just killing our photos, but we don't know any better.  Oh woe, if only we had more DRRRRRRRR ..... 

He didn't mention Nikon at all, did he? It's funny some just assume if you chide Canon, you must be a Nikon fanboy. From the sounds of it, he and his friends are still Canon users, so am I. So if you're a Canon user, you must never say anything bad about Canon? Is camera brand loyalty a religion now?

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PowerShot / Re: Canon Announces The PowerShot N

« on: January 07, 2013, 04:27:35 PM »

Really? I still think the 5D3 has a craptastic sensor, with its decade old DR capabilities.

Not everyone bends over to Canon's marketing machine. Me and most of my friends are still shooting our 5D2s, happily waiting for the 5D4 / 5DX or whatever the next generation will be called.

I guess people who think the 5D3 is a great upgrade from the 5D2, will also like the Powershot N. They will buy anything that Canon throws at them.

Dude, just get a D600.  The grass is really gDReener, the colors are bDRighter and you'll be just DRelighted with the non-craptastic (but possibly oil-spattered) sensor.

You miss his point. He would be just as harsh on Nikon if they pull the same stunt that Canon did. Think for yourself, and not give in to the corporate marketing machine, be it Canon, Nikon, or any other.
 

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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS Resolution Tests

« on: January 04, 2013, 03:41:49 PM »

You will have to pry my 24-105L off my cold dead hands

Why? The tamron and 24-70 IS clearly test better, especially at 24mm.

As always, everything is a package deal....lets not discount the added reach the 24-105L offers with IS and decent IQ and contrast.

24-70 f/4 also has IS

24-105 has added reach, but also added distortion and a 70-200/300 lens delivers much better 70-105mm quality plus a LOT more reach.
But I guess it depends how you shoot and what your aims and goals are.

I will give you that the 24-70 IS can currently be had for nothing less than $1500 and the 24-105 LNIB split from a kit for like $700ish.

I don't think it's fair to compare the long end of a standard zoom to the wide end of a telephoto lens, especially since the 24-105 is known to be weak at the long end, possibly as a compromise to give the wide end better performance.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS in Stock at B&H Photo

« on: January 04, 2013, 10:59:53 AM »

...IF u don't like Canon strategy or product's there is an alternative solutions & it is good as Canon just no need to stick with it & complain how bad they are.

I can complain all I want... and I will give my opinion, and my opinion of your opinion.  And I will stick with Canon and the products that make sense and are relatively well priced.  This is not it, and I will, as I see fit, complain about it wherever I want!

If you don't want to read my complaints, don't read them, but don't tell me not to complain.
Rafa.

Apparently you are a complainer & you like the useless debates, Complain whatever you want about Canon, me, my comments with yourself but please stop filling the forums with you moaning posts.

I think his point is that he has every right to post on this forum as you do. But you seem to want to dictate that only posts favourable to Canon and its products and pricing strategy are sanctioned here.

It always amazes me when people would do and say things that are against their best interest. Now, don't we all want high quality, innovative Canon products at the lowest possible prices? Unless you are a Canon employee or shareholder, we should all be on the same side. But think about what you're doing, Canon introduces a lens twice as expensive (current street price) as a similar lens, with less focal length and as yet undetermined quality. When enough people rush in to pay what Canon demands, the bean counters are going to say to themselves: "Hey, we price this thing $400 more than we should, but people buy them anyway. Guess we should price all future lenses really, really high!" On the other hand, if all Canon hears is, as you call it, moans and complains, maybe, just maybe, they will be more realistic next time they try to price their products into the stratosphere.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS in Stock at B&H Photo

« on: January 03, 2013, 06:57:20 PM »

Canon strategy is for jokes.
I do believe Canon died after the 5D2.
I chose Canon then, i wouldn't choose Canon now.

I don't know what Canon is thinking but there is no reason to buy an overpriced lens with shorter tele end than 24-105
no reason at all!
lighter? smaller? how much is it? tiny? i don't think so.
They should make an 24-70 2.8 IS or an 24-105 f/4 IS II

The huge problem with canon users is that they don't demand! they compromise and that sucks. I can't take Canon seriously when third party solutions like magic latern unlocks a ton of features that Canon could blend in with a firmware upgrade, while nikon does that in the first place.

I can't take it seriously when i see no drastic development in sensors.
Did canon ever fixed her dynamic range or the noise in lower ISO levels and banding issues as well? NOPE

I'd like to have a FF camera, i was about to buy 5D3 or 6D but i see both of those cameras aren't worthy of their prices, while D600 is a steal!
24-70 2.8 II is a big disappointment (no IS and over expensive)
24-70 f4 IS too (too expensive and since 24-105 exists and it is a GREAT lens for all around use, no reason to buy this 24-70 f4 is)

So i'll stick with my old rebel 600D which is best value of money, plus the magic latern which makes this toy camera, a real camera, and when i feel the need to change equipment, i'll sell everything and move to nikon unless canon starts thinking of making products instead of toys.

Funny...I do not see that I would say a MUST have lens in the bag, just like 70-200 f2.8 IS II for FF.

Until the 24-70 f/2.8 IS shows up, that is. And don't even think about paying less than $3000 for it.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS Available January 7, 2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 06:54:38 PM »

Comparing MSRP to MSRP, the new lens is 30% more expensive than the 24-105.
Comparing current street prices, it is 100% more expensive ($1500 compared to $750).

What about comparing initial MSRP when lenses were first launched? You may even find the initial offer prices of the 24-105 HIGHER than that of 24-70 f/4 now.

What matters is, if I'm looking to buy a f/4 standard zoom TODAY, I'm looking at either the $1500 24-70 f/4, or the $750 24-105 f/4.

I suspect Canon is intending to discontinue the 24-105 very soon, leaving Canon users with the 24-70 f/4 as the only choice for Canon f/4 L standard zooms.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS in Stock at B&H Photo

« on: January 03, 2013, 04:19:40 PM »

I'am so excited about this lens specially for it is Macro capabilities,

You may be better off getting the 100L if macro is your thing. I wouldn't get this lens for serious macro work.

Small size regarding the IQ i'am sure it will be better than the 24-105 F4L i don't believe the theory of a new product worse than the old one also i don't care about web sites reviews.

History is littered with examples of companies coming out with products worse than earlier offerings. Not all web site reviews are worth reading, but I wouldn't discount all of them either.

The price is high but for me still cheaper than getting 2 lenses, any way if any body don't like don't buy it there is no need for complaining or whining. 

Well, thanks for your unquestioning support for Canon. Hopefully it means Canon has to ding the rest of us less to please its shareholders.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS Available January 7, 2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 03:48:07 PM »

They are only looking at the resolution in center of the lens (my subjects usually aren't right there, are yours?).

When I shoot portraits, yeah, my subjects are usually in the center. Even when I shoot other things, I want the center to be good as well.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS Available January 7, 2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 03:33:04 PM »

It actually isn't that much more expensive than the 24-105 MSRP of $1,149.00 USD

Comparing MSRP to MSRP, the new lens is 30% more expensive than the 24-105.

Comparing current street prices, it is 100% more expensive ($1500 compared to $750).