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Landscape / Re: Canadians post your long weekend landscapes

« on: May 21, 2012, 02:16:46 PM »

Sibbald Point Provincial Park, 7D + 17-55mm.

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Lenses / Re: EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 HELP

« on: May 15, 2012, 12:04:30 AM »

I also like mine! I pretty much use it all the time except for birding.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=449.msg52111#msg52111

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1D X shooting birds

« on: May 12, 2012, 02:18:14 AM »

I realize the birding community overall is small in the big picture of but I hope they address the F8 enigma for those who can't get their hands on 1D series. For that reason alone I grabbed a Mark IV just last week. I'm sure the 1Dx is a VERY competent advisary and Nikon shooters use full frame successfully but I still believe that Canon is superb comparitively in IQ when extenders are necessary.

I second this.
I'm also holding onto my 7d real tight. Even w/ 400mm and 1.6x crop factor (640mm effective), I find myself constantly cropping for small and shy birds.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D2, 5D3 and Megapixel Insights

« on: December 14, 2011, 11:00:47 PM »

I would not hold my breath for 5dIII to be $2000. It will be around $2500-3000 when released. The recent price drop on 5dII has more to do with retailers during holiday season than anything. It might even go up slightly early next year until 5dIII announcement. Hopefully around CES, but more likely to be Photokina.

Sony is showing some promising results from the NEX7 but that is just one mirroless camera with a crop sensor. There are a couple of hurdles Sony needs to pass first before they can challenge Canon & Nikon:
1. Fix A77. If anything, the A77 (APS-C sensor) proves Sony is lacking in one area or the other when it comes to producing a conventional DSLR. That translates into a big unknown for their full-frame DSLR.

Why does the A77 sensor need improving? It is better than any Canon APS-C sensor.

2. Get the lenses on par with Canon & Nikon. What's a camera system without proper lenses to max out its potential? At this moment, NEX7 is heavily relying on lenses manufactured by others, like Leica. It is accetable for now with an adapter but what does that tell you about Sony as a brand? Is that the kind of company people wanna invest money into? There's no easy way to do this and it will take a long time.

The important point here is that Sony is bringing new lenses to market - they're not just sitting around doing nothing.

Personally, I would not bother with a Sony full-frame even if it's priced at $2000. I have invested in Canon's gears and I have no intention of switching unless my disposable income just shoots off the roof so that I can buy Sony stuff on the side.

Right, so Canon already owns you and has nothing to fear from you deciding to spend money on photographic equipment from Nikon/Sony.

But there are many millions more people out there that have not yet bought into a lens system from either Canon, Nikon or Sony....

OK. I get it you're a BIG fan of Sony. So what exactly are you doing here on a Canon Rumor forum? Trying to persuade people to join your cause?

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D2, 5D3 and Megapixel Insights

« on: December 14, 2011, 09:14:44 PM »

My ambition is really low.

My wish list for 5D3:

- Improved & cleaner sensor at high ISO (1+ stop improvement over 5D2)
- 19 cross-type AF points,
- weather seal,
- LP-E6 battery pack (If they update it, just make it compatible with 7D/60D and vice versa.), and
- SD/CF slots,
- f-stop adjustable in Av mode for video (just like 5D2, whereas 7D/60D just have either full auto or full manual mode).

If 5D3 comes out with that for $2,600-$2,700, I'll buy it in a heartbeat.

I like the first 4 points but I'm a bit greedy on ISO! 2 stops would be nice! After all these years and only a mere 1 stop increase will sure let down a lot of people.
Throw in a wireless flash control and I don't care about SD slot or video function.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D2, 5D3 and Megapixel Insights

« on: December 14, 2011, 06:17:17 PM »

The 5D3 will not be above $3k.

The 1Dx is a pro only tool, so it's priced accordingly.  But the 5d3 will be pros/semi-pros who buy it.  What happen since the 5d2 was planned and came out. The economy crashed and still hasn't recovered.

Curiously, the 5D2 was announced in September of 2008, right in the middle of the first big recent crash. Up until a few months ago, its price was steady at around $2599. Thus it could be said that the status of the economy had little to no impact on the ability of Canon to sell the 5D2.

The 5d3 will be right around $2500-2750.

I'm holding out for Canon to break the $2000 price barrier with the MSRP of the 5D3.

Recall that in other comments on this website that someone from Canon said that their biggest problem in engineering was bringing in all of the requisite features at the correct price point.

So ask yourselves, what price point would Canon be designing the 5D3 for? $3000? $2500? $2000?

The Sony Alpha 900 was the first full-frame camera to be sold at under $2000 but didn't really take off. With all of the excitement around the NEX and latest A65/A77, it is going to be a completely different story for the A9X and I can't see why Sony would price it higher. Sony wants to disrupt the stranglehold on the FF DSLR market that Canon/Nikon have and the best way for them to do that is with good quality, compelling features and a very attractive price. If Sony's latest announcements are anything to go by then Sony will deliver on all three fronts. We can pretty much forget about there being new compelling features in a 5D3 because that just isn't how Canon do camera design. So what's left? Quality & price. Consider that the 24MP APS-C sensor from Sony is delivering excellent IQ for the NEX-7. Given that the FF sensor for the A9X is going to have bigger pixels than that, it stands to reason that the A9X will have IQ that is at least as good as the NEX-7, if not better. So if Canon are insistent on delivering an 18MP 5D3, expect it to be the cheapest (or close to) FF DSLR announced in 2012 and for the feature set in it designed to deliver that price.

I would not hold my breath for 5dIII to be $2000. It will be around $2500-3000 when released. The recent price drop on 5dII has more to do with retailers during holiday season than anything. It might even go up slightly early next year until 5dIII announcement. Hopefully around CES, but more likely to be Photokina.

Sony is showing some promising results from the NEX7 but that is just one mirroless camera with a crop sensor. There are a couple of hurdles Sony needs to pass first before they can challenge Canon & Nikon:
1. Fix A77. If anything, the A77 (APS-C sensor) proves Sony is lacking in one area or the other when it comes to producing a conventional DSLR. That translates into a big unknown for their full-frame DSLR.
2. Get the lenses on par with Canon & Nikon. What's a camera system without proper lenses to max out its potential? At this moment, NEX7 is heavily relying on lenses manufactured by others, like Leica. It is accetable for now with an adapter but what does that tell you about Sony as a brand? Is that the kind of company people wanna invest money into? There's no easy way to do this and it will take a long time.

Personally, I would not bother with a Sony full-frame even if it's priced at $2000. I have invested in Canon's gears and I have no intention of switching unless my disposable income just shoots off the roof so that I can buy Sony stuff on the side. Just like the CPU racing between AMD and Intel, AMD came up strong at one point but seems to have dialed down a bit these days. Nevertheless, the end result is that competition has created a whole bunch of happy consumers .

If a 24-70 f/2.8L replacement is announced next year, then it will probably initially be made available to 1D X buyers only, but I can't see it bundled with a 5D Mk.II replacement -it would be too expensive. 

Agreed. Besides, every kit lens so far has IS.

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Lenses / Re: Battle of the 50mm's - 1.8, 1.4 and 1.2L

« on: December 14, 2011, 12:30:21 AM »

I tested out both the 1.2L and 1.4 today in like 5 or minutes - really bad time constraints and there was really bad lighting in the store. I wanted to test out the sigma version but they didnt have it in store ha. They didnt have a chart so I couldnt do that ^ test.

I think I would need to spent more time testing these lenses.

Thanks to anyone who have contributed to this thread as I am also evaluating my options when it comes to 50mm & 85mm lenses.

As for the chart, you can print and bring one yourself. Just google "back focusing" (I know 50L doesn't have a back focusing problem as neuro already stressed many times...) and you'll find tons of info that provide you with the chart and how to test lenses. Good luck!

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

« on: December 13, 2011, 10:01:02 PM »

Got this lens with T1i kit. It has pretty decent image quality as long as light is not a problem and photos are not viewed on a pixel level.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon 50mm Æ’1.8

« on: December 13, 2011, 09:56:33 PM »

This little lens should be the 1st lens purchased along with the DSLR kit. IMHO, it offers the best image quality/$ value. Cheap plastic build, loud & slow AF, 5-blade bokeh noted by others have NOT affected me much.

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Lens Gallery / Re: EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM

« on: December 13, 2011, 09:44:26 PM »

I have to say, I am very impressed by the build and image quality this lens offers. It has proven to be quite handy during my trips abroad so it is one EF-S lens I intend to keep.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

« on: December 13, 2011, 09:33:22 PM »

Originally bought for my friends' wedding, it is now THE walkaround lens for me. It is noticeably sharper, faster, but also heavier and expensive compare to the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens.

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Lenses / Re: Buy a used 24-70 now or wait for new version?

« on: December 11, 2011, 09:04:38 AM »

My experience with EF 70-200 f2.8L is that the price of 2nd hand lens didn't drop immediately after the new version became available. This is very likely due to higher MSRP of the new lens, which in this case is $500. It took several months for a good copy of 2nd hand MKI to drop $200.

Again, like many others have said before, if you really need that lens now, buy it now. If not, what's the hurry? If you have the budge and the patience, you can even wait until next Christmas to get really good deal on the MKII.

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Canon General / Re: New lens: need filter advice

« on: December 11, 2011, 01:54:32 AM »

I use Hoya s-hmc for non-L and B+W mrc for L glasses.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D mkII - 7D

« on: December 05, 2011, 06:01:55 PM »

I use a 5DII and a 7D, more in tandem than one as a backup. The 5D does have a half to full stop better level for acceptable noise, but the 7D has vastly better autofocus and layout, and in a lot of the time I much prefer the 7D.

That being said, one of the nicest things about this setup is that you have 2 cameras with different qualities and most importantly, different sensors. It's nice to have my lenses do different things between the two bodies.

I'm a big proponent of having one APS-C body and one full frame body.

T

That's an interesting idea. One can be used for close-up and the other mounted with tele for candids. I have seen a wedding photographer (from the Nikon camp) using two bodies. I just don't know what they were at the time.

I upgraded to 7D from T1i back in September.  The choice was clear for me because I mostly shoot wildlife and 7D's focusing system is noticeably better. I don't have a 5D so I don't have a comparison about ISO but judging from the photos I've taken, I would probably refrain from using ISO above 800 for your clients if they want enlarged prints, as Neuro suggested.

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Lens Giveaway Contest / Re: *Contest* Flora - Post Here.

« on: October 12, 2011, 10:37:17 PM »

"La Vie en Rose". (Miniature Roses) Canon T1i, 60 Macro, f2.8, 1/80s, iso250