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Software & Accessories / Re: question for RRS/Acratech (high-end) ballhead users

« on: May 17, 2013, 01:52:08 PM »

i didn't find much on the net as far as reviews of the feisol ballheads, but i did come across lots of praise for their tripods. Alas, my tripod is a manfrotto 055xprob, but i actually prefer flip locks so it works out for me. I do like how Feisol gives fairly detailed dimensions or their heads. If Induro had i wouldn't have fooled with that model i ordered. when i slapped it on my tripod it didn't even come close to covering the base plate. this cb-50 fits very well.   

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Software & Accessories / Re: question for RRS/Acratech (high-end) ballhead users

« on: May 17, 2013, 12:31:23 PM »

 I had a feeling you might respond and a feeling you might say that. Damn, that RRS piece seems to get love from everyone, it must be fantastic. perhaps with this feisol (a 160$ unit) i'm just putting more force into it than is reasonable. While I'm very far from Hercules i was carrying around 10ft sections of telephone poles yesterday. Again, it doesn't have any problem supporting my gear anywhere i put it, until i start looking for it's limits by adding my own force. i should probably just not do that. reminds me of that old joke when at the end the doctor tells the patient not to do that.
thanks neuro!

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Sports / Re: MotoGP Austin

« on: May 17, 2013, 12:15:50 PM »

nice! marc sure is something.

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Software & Accessories / question for RRS/Acratech (high-end) ballhead users

« on: May 17, 2013, 08:29:35 AM »

I have a question for you. one i might not want to know the answer to, but I'm asking anyway. Say you mounted  you camera plus 300mm f2.8 or so and then tilted it over into the portrait area of the ballhead a bit. not down on the stop, just off kilter a bit, maybe 45 degrees or so then locked it down. If you put you hand on the top of the lens, and put some force into it is it pretty easy to overcome the ballhead lock and get it to move? You see i'm in the process of replacing my manfrotto 486 with a stronger AS style model. that induro model i first looked at was underwhelming. Currently I'm fiddling with a feisol cb-50. It has no problem holding my 300mm in any position(it's got a 50mm ballhead so i would expect it to do pretty well), and really other than the nasty little hard plastic knobs, i don't have complaints, but it is easy for me to overpower it. But i have limited exp with these things. perhaps i'm expecting too much.

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Reviews / Re: Review - Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II

« on: May 15, 2013, 09:04:29 PM »

i agree with alan.
Also, i take issue with the reviewer's comments about the unflattering nature headshots taken with this lens. either i didn't read it correctly, and i might not of as i started to space out and skip over the boring stuff, or he is saying it's not good for head shots. if that's what he's saying, i really have to call BS. either he doesn't get that perspective isn't based on what lens, but on distances, or ....? or i don't know..... he likes big noses, and little ears. 
but maybe i'm silly, if you've got some examples of how a 300mm lens makes for crappy headshots i'd like to take a look.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III with Continuous RAW Video Recording

« on: May 13, 2013, 09:58:30 PM »

they should be. i hope they don't get any stupid ideas of shutting it down. It's a real + for them to have people like ML doing this.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III with Continuous RAW Video Recording

« on: May 13, 2013, 07:55:50 PM »

the videos look the same to me.

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Software & Accessories / will the BR FR-T1 work on Acra Swiss style plates?

« on: May 11, 2013, 09:08:29 PM »

namely really right stuff plates? I'm still on my quick release adventure, and i was wondering if I could do away with some stuff and connect directly to the camera/lens plate mounting screw. Currently i do this directly on the camera with this-http://holdfastgear.com/?products/the-camera-holdfast.html, but it isn't designed with the plate thickness in mind. I see Blackrapid has something that works with a manfrotto rig, but how about an acra style plate?
thanks!

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Lenses / Re: EOS 1V and new EF L II lenses. Match made in heaven or ziltch?

« on: May 11, 2013, 12:54:30 PM »

I can't see why they wouldn't work perfectly.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: I've had a revelation

« on: May 10, 2013, 03:05:12 PM »

I know what you're speaking of. When I look at slides from my 6x9 or 4x5 with my loupe, i can hardly believe it, it's amazing. once scanned though, at least by me and my crappy scanner, it's not so hot, but the slides themselves, WOW!

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Lenses / Re: Recommendations for a 180mm macro?

« on: May 10, 2013, 08:38:07 AM »

but for the high price, I'd rather have the sigma. I'm sure they are both more than sharp enough, with the nod going to the sigma if you really want to split hairs, but i'd be more interested in it over the canon simply due to the IS. 180mm + macro focusing distances = handholding problems, for me anyway. plus for macro stuff i don't use AF, so i don't care about any potential sigma AF gremlins.

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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera

« on: May 10, 2013, 08:26:36 AM »

how about black paper instead of white?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: dissapointed 6d 100mm f2 and 24mm 2.8 (non l)

« on: May 08, 2013, 06:49:47 PM »

i see this thread has gone to looney town, i'm out.

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Software & Accessories / Re: arca swiss help please.

« on: May 07, 2013, 09:22:24 PM »

I guess could have explained a bit, but I figured i wouldn't bore everyone. but, since you asked for it...

 when on a shooting job I usually wear a holdfast gear "moneymaker". it's a double camera strap over the shoulder thing that connects to the camera via the tripod mount. I love it, but i also use a tripod. If i put arca plates on my cameras and then attach that kirk 1inch arca clamp to my "moneymaker", I should then be able to detach my cameras from my person and slap them on an acra ready tripod. Hopefully this should be able to be done rather quickly. As a bonus i can finally put some locktite on it all. Currently I have to unscrew a little bolt from my camera/long lens to mount it on a tripod, and loctite would make that more difficult. Although the screw that attaches to my cameras has never loosened, it just bothers me.

 So i ended up going with some Really Right Stuff plates for my 5d, 5dmk3, and 300mm. Of course this all hinged on me having an Acra ready head, so I ordered an Induro BHL1 ballhead. The Really right stuff heads look great but they are a bit pricey. But, we'll see. I might go that route if the Induro fails to impress. I also ordered two of those 1inch Kirk plates. So I didn't really put too much of a ding on the card, it's just i really wasn't planning any of this, so it just feels silly to spend $300 bucks on this stuff. It's not like when you buy a lens that you've been researching for ages or something, but this should really make what i need to do easier.

Now if you guys are going to tell me "that head sucks, you should have looked at xyz", that's good to hear too. Adorama has a fantastic return policy.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: dissapointed 6d 100mm f2 and 24mm 2.8 (non l)

« on: May 07, 2013, 08:20:39 PM »

i don't think you've commented on what has been done here by a few members with your shot. are they fairly close to what you were hoping for? when you where getting stuff you liked with your older camera, were you also shooting it in RAW? have you changed your editing since? What about the "picture styles"? you say they looked pretty good on the camera's LCD but then not so much on the old computer? maybe you should shoot RAW + jpg, and see how raw's need some extra love, or just shoot jpg for a bit and see how that goes.

your posted shot certainly isn't lacking from recomposing, AF performance, diffraction limits, depth of field or bad lenses. I don't know the 24mm first hand but at f10 nearly every lens can get it done. i do know the 100mmf2 first hand, and it's very good.

I also wouldn't have guessed you used a CPF for that shot, not that it changes anything.