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Portrait / Re: Depth of Field, composition and thinking it through...

« on: July 30, 2012, 07:58:25 AM »

SandyP asked an very interesting quotation.
In my opinion a lot of us got very fractionated by there fast primes. And realising to have a hammer in there hands so every problem looks like a nail.
More DOF gives you a lot of challenges. You have to get your subject to the right location so you have to know some locations. There are more elements in the picture so composition gets more complex. You have to use light to separate your subject and the background and so on.
I like to start with the question "Is there some reason to go for a small DOF?" and if there is no reason go and solve the problems.

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Third Party Manufacturers / 3rd party stuff and canon RT

« on: May 29, 2012, 04:11:11 AM »

Hallo,

are there any rumours/news about 3rd party tools which are compatible to the canon RT-System (600EX-RT) like flashes or adapter?

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: New speedlites - Am I the only one...

« on: February 27, 2012, 07:26:57 AM »

If I am not completely wrong the 1DX has the ability to trigger other cameras. This communication canal can also be used to trigger or control flashes (in theory).

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Lenses / Re: Is the cost for canons teleconverters too high?

« on: November 30, 2011, 04:23:53 AM »

The Canon TC are expensive especially in compare to Kenko. The image quality dose not justify this price difference. The advantage of the Canon TC is that autofocus works with the 70 200 2.8L.
I thought about buying one of the 2x TC from canon but for some extra money I can get a a 300 f4. So I am not sure which is the better deal.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Information [CR1]

« on: November 30, 2011, 03:27:45 AM »

"no more than 18mp" sounds like open decision between  the 18MP of the 1Dx or a sensor of the video fraction. Probable we will see a 5C instead a 5DIII.
Interesting is how the price gaps between 7D, 5DIII and 1Dx are filled. What is with the rumored low price FF camera?

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Next Canon Flashes With Exposure Based on Color Temperature?

« on: November 21, 2011, 03:30:39 AM »

My first impression was a measurement system.  if you take two pictures/wb-measurements (with and without flash) you can calculate the impact of the flash because it has a defined color.
If your subject is fare away the impact of the flash is low and you have to increase the power.
This would allow more precise automatic flash adjustment. e.g. the overexposure on macro can be avoided or not to fire on landscape.

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Software & Accessories / Re: Canon Speedlite 680EX - Speculation on Details and Release

« on: October 30, 2011, 07:37:32 AM »

The lower ends of the Speedlites got the IR-remote feature so lets hope for wireless on 430 and 580 replacement. The dongle for the 1dx is probable able to trigger flash not only other cameras.
Looking into the 3rd party wireless systems shows that there is a lot room for improvement and a lot of money can be charged.
A extra device to control flash would be very welcome probably with a usable user interface. The ui of the flash is not really usable to control multiple devices. the menu on camera is deep in the menu structure an not easy to use in all situation (upright format, near to ground).

I hope for a new flash systems probable near to the release of 1dx

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: New Speedlites [CR1]

« on: October 27, 2011, 02:56:05 AM »

Are there any news about wireless?
The 1dx seams to have the ability to trigger other cameras, what dose this mean for flash 5dIII, or 7dII?