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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Anyone compared sirui and benro carbon tripods?

« on: April 10, 2013, 08:20:34 AM »

I have an aluminium Benro A-058-M8. This is their 0-series classic travel tripod. I also have a Gitzo 1542T.

From the build quality point of view Benro is really nice. The twist locks are smooth and lock positively. The metal parts are also high quality. For the amount of money I paid (around $80 about three years ago) it is an absolute bargain. That being said the Gitzo is slightly better in all aspects, but with a steep price. Bottom line is if you have the money or are in need of the best tested tripods in the world, go for the Gitzo or RRS. If you are on a budget, the Benro's will give you 90% of what the more expensive brands will, at around 1/2 or less of the price.

I have a Gitzo 2531 with a MArkins M10 and RRS clamp and then I bought a Benro 1681 Travel Angel for a trip to Europe and I must concur with all of the comments above - I am very impressed with the tripod. I paid $300 on eBay. I have no experience with Sirui...

I like the gitzo en markins but they are so mutch more expensive then a Sirui or a benro..

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Anyone compared sirui and benro carbon tripods?

« on: April 09, 2013, 03:59:03 AM »

Thanks for your all great reply's. I think I will give the N2204 with the K-20X a try.
I will to a nice outdoor trip for 3 weeks next summer in canada so the lightweight option should be great!

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Anyone compared sirui and benro carbon tripods?

« on: April 08, 2013, 04:57:17 PM »

I'm into a new tripod but the RRS and gitzo's are to expensive for the few times a year I want the use them. (I'm not a pro). Surfing the net, I've found carbon tripods from Sirui and Benro and they look nice stuff for the money.

I'm thinking about the Sirui N2204 or the Benro C2580T.
Has anyone experience with these brands and tripods?

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Software & Accessories / Move LR4 catalog of pictures from Windows pc to mac

« on: February 24, 2013, 02:26:58 PM »

Saterday I've bought a new macbook pro retina and now I want to move a LR4 catalog with pictures I'm working on from my windows PC to the mac. Is this possible without losing the work I've already done ?

If yes, what would be the best practice? The file locations will not match on the mac and via the network will be to slow.

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Software & Accessories / Re: new 13" MacBook Pro

« on: February 16, 2013, 06:35:16 AM »

I'm into the same situation. I really like the retina displays cause me also to look for a rMBP.
Are you also running Lightroom 4 and Premiere elements 11? How do they perform on the 13 inch?

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Software & Accessories / Re: Rucksack Camera Bags

« on: January 26, 2013, 07:38:23 AM »

Next Juli I probable will do a adventure trekking again through the wilderness of Canada.
I've did such a trip also last august and had my camera gear with me in a normal day pack of 40 liters. 300F4 in its own pouch and my 5DmkII + 24-105 in a holster. I also had non-camera gear with me like a raincoat, some food and water.
This wasn't ideal. It worked but it was mainly to slow to get my camera out and ready.

For my next trip I will certainly check out the F-stop Tilopa BC with a medium ICU in it. Why? Well, it should give me nice additional storage for non-photo gear. Second, because I can also unzip the backside, my camera should be fast to get from the ICU without taken the non-photo gear out of the backpack.

This solution sounds ideal because dedicated photo backpacks doesn't have a nice space for non-photo gear.

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Software & Accessories / Re: Any one with a Kata Pouch Sling Backpack PL-3N1-25 and canon equipment??

« on: November 20, 2012, 05:24:13 PM »

No one?

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Software & Accessories / Any one with a Kata Pouch Sling Backpack PL-3N1-25 and canon equipment??

« on: November 18, 2012, 04:19:54 PM »

If yes, do you think, the 300F4IS will fit into this one together with a 5DmkII + 24-105?

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Software & Accessories / Markins Q10 ballhead

« on: October 24, 2012, 05:22:56 PM »

Anyone using this ballhead combined with a DSLR comparable with the Canon 5DmkII? I think is great.

I have this camera with maximum a 300F4IS + 1.4TCII and according the shop, this ballhead is great of this setup. But... I actually would like to have a small to pack (traveller idea) tripod but it's hard to deside.

I liked the benro C2681T but it can't be bought without the B1 ballhead and according to Benro, this ballhead can be to light. So buying the C2681T leaves me with a unusable ballhead.

Which tripod do you use or can you advise to work with the the Q10?

Or should I leave the idea to have a traveller (small to pack) tripod and go for something like the gitzo GT2541?

If you have any advise, it would be great.

Thanks!

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EOS Bodies / Re: What will happen to 5Dii prize when/if entry full frame (6D?) is announced?

« on: August 31, 2012, 10:21:15 AM »

I've bought a 5DmkII two months ago and used is in august during a 21 days trip through British Columbia Canada. If BIF is your major goal, don't buy it, for everything else:

BUY IT.

it's amazing and I'm very happy with it. I've shot great looking picture with differs a lot from the 30D it replaced. I've compared it with a 7D. Also an amazing camera bit if you like to crop your pictures you'll defenately see the difference. The 5DmkII IQ remains great at pixellevel.

So, I'm a very happy 5DmkII user and from the money I've saved compared to the 5DmkIII, I could almost buy the 300F4IS. Just see:

https://picasaweb.google.com/tdieltjes/5DmkIISamples#

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS [CR2]

« on: June 26, 2012, 04:13:46 AM »

This lens comes to late for me. Next august I'll go to Britisch columbia and I need something longer then my 24-105. I think I'll go for the 300F4IS on my 5DmkII because I also have a 1.4TCii.

I don't have large hands and the push pull doesn't seems nice for me although the range is. But I expect I would use it 99% at 400 so why not the prime

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Lenses / Re: No Optimal Option for 7D Standard Zoom

« on: May 27, 2012, 11:25:42 AM »

A 24 is not wide enough for great landscapes I think.

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Lenses / Re: No Optimal Option for 7D Standard Zoom

« on: May 26, 2012, 07:04:26 PM »

yes that could be a great compromise

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Lenses / Re: No Optimal Option for 7D Standard Zoom

« on: May 26, 2012, 06:23:44 PM »

Yes I was lucky. This bear just came down the hill directly after the denali tourbus..

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Lenses / Re: No Optimal Option for 7D Standard Zoom

« on: May 26, 2012, 06:17:19 PM »

As dutch guy I hardly come in amsterdam. I liked vancouver but whistler looks amazing too.
The live in canada is so more relaxed then in europe.
Just take a car and driver over our highways....

Alaska is amazing too. Some of my pictures from the 30D are here:
http://www.pbase.com/tilburg2alaska/alaska