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EOS Bodies / Re: The final firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II?
« on: August 28, 2012, 12:29:11 PM »
What does it hurt or cost Canon to send out an update for a premier camera that has been very popular and is still for sale as new product? It is very good PR IMO.

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The 5d II is a great camera and I can say I do not have any focusing complaints. The number of keepers I get are extraordinary and I shoot a variety of subjects. The IQ is also amazing.

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I loaded it on the 5d II and love it. It remains on your card so it works only when a card with the software is loaded. When you take out that card the camera returns to the Canon firmware.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Show your love for the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS
« on: August 21, 2012, 01:04:33 PM »
Great shots all around. Bob Ansela thanks for starting this posting as don't remember anything like it about his lens. We have so many good Canon choices but this is one often overlooked.

I have owned this lens for five years and I can recommend it. It packs small, is light and it is much more discreet than my white telephotos so I carry it more in the cities on my trips abroad. I find it plenty fast for focusing and only dislike trying to use the polarizer with it. I guess the fact this lens produces sharp images, has good contrast, produces natural saturation and has a very good IS system makes it a frequent option for me. I have taken it on every trip since I bought it even though I own two L lens that cover some of the same ground. It is very practical.


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Software & Accessories / Re: Lightroom 4.1 Running SLOW!
« on: June 02, 2012, 04:55:31 PM »
There are serious problems with 4.1 and just going to the Adobe forums will educate you. Stay away...

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They have a ways to go...sad really for such a fine company.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D mk3 - A few complaints
« on: May 29, 2012, 01:41:23 PM »
The 5d3 is a great camera, you keep complaining about sharpness, Canon came right out and said " we intentionally have made the files soft to allow the user to sharpen as much as they like" I use CS5 and have had great results in both noise and sharpness. I tried uploading the canon disc to my mac laptop and it wouldnt take, it would though on the newer imac, both units are Intel, go figure.

 I recently shot a night job at 5000 asa, all action, car chases at night on the Vegas strip using the 24-105 and 16-35, sometimes with a pola and some without. My biggest complaint.... The Live View button. Its in the worst possible place. I am shooting action with a sport finder, so I've removed the plastic eye piece, while shooting I quickly change from vertical to horizontal, with and without the sport finder, when shooting while looking thru the finder my face was constantly pushing against the Live View button, I didn't know what was happening, the camera was freezing up, the screen went black, I was losing valuable shots, until I realized what was happening.... This was very annoying to say the least, aside from the focus points I couldn't see, at least on the 5d2 I always knew my point of focus was, other than this we got a great little camera for a fraction of the 1d mk4, and the X to come.

this is quite an old thread my first copy was faulty and i returned it and got a new one the new one
is completely different to the first copy and so far is awesome even without any AFMA on any of my lenses

If so, maybe this thread has served it's purpose and should be erased....

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Mine runs much slower than 3.6 - looking forward to Adobe fix.

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EOS Bodies / Re: What to do?
« on: May 18, 2012, 04:29:49 PM »
His "knighthood" was announced today. Threy just might use him to light the Olympic Flame in the Olympic Stadium.

For some  reason, I imagined them literally using him to light the torch, like a giant flame.

For that purpose they would need to add his Spice Girl in his life to that hot picture

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EOS Bodies / Re: What to do?
« on: May 18, 2012, 03:48:53 PM »

What do you guys think? I am on to something promising?

You could complain to the television networks about the overloaded network time for the Olympics and accuse Canon of product placement with all those white lens at the torch ceremony.

I know, he should also contact all those photographers who didn't read this blog first on the dangers of Canon  :)

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EOS Bodies / Re: What to do?
« on: May 18, 2012, 03:37:29 PM »
ROFL
I hadn't thought of it that way. Many people have certainly converted complaining about Canon to a new art form. Some are seriously worried and others just can't help themselves.

Too bad I love my 5DIII but the Canon 1D X will certainly be a whole new ball game (and opportunity of sorts) I can't afford to play in - I would probably love it anyway.  :)

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 7D to 5D Mark III
« on: May 14, 2012, 11:16:36 AM »
These are two cameras that play in different leagues.

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Sadly, one of Adobe's great drives is find ways to force you to upgrade. They do it in many ways but not allowing the latest raw engines for the latest cameras to be used by existing products is one of the many ways they employ. Of course, it was unconscionable to use a security flaw in this instance to further force an upgrade to a safe product and so they reversed themselves.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon fixed 5DIII light leak with tape
« on: May 04, 2012, 09:24:31 PM »
For those thinking of going to the dark side because of tapegate here are some real problems you may be enjoying soon on your D4 and D800:

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/05/04/nikon-offers-temporary-fix-for-d4d800-lock-up-issue/

http://fstoppers.com/news-nikon-d800-has-confirmed-focusview-finder-issues

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: The 5D Mark III Fix
« on: May 04, 2012, 11:21:00 AM »
Check out the lensrental.com dissection of a Nikon D7000 and see how this camera is routinely manufactured using tape. Yes tape just like that tape people are still howling about here.

http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/04/d7000-dissection

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