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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 7D: Buy now or wait?

« on: August 09, 2012, 02:12:15 PM »

I finally bought the 7d!  Found an insane deal on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290758446924

$1349 for 7d with US warranty, Canon 50mm f/1.4, and Sony 16 gb memory card. 

Finally, my 40d will be up on Craigslist!

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D - buy now or hold off?

« on: August 09, 2012, 01:59:10 PM »

I finally bought the 7d!  Found an insane deal on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290758446924

$1349 for 7d with US warranty, Canon 50mm f/1.4, and Sony 16 gb memory card. 

Finally, my 40d will be up on Craigslist!

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: July 16, 2012, 02:52:32 PM »

Used a Canon Rebel for this bald eagle. 

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Birds with attitude

« on: June 27, 2012, 01:28:24 PM »

This merganser was feeding on kokanee salmon.  Taken on my 40d with a rented L series lens.  The bald eagle was taken with a Canon Rebel. 

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Street & City / Re: C&C please

« on: May 25, 2012, 07:48:18 PM »

I'd also like to see it printed large because it looks like there's a lot of details that always look better on poster size prints.  I've noticed very simple photos look good on the web, but not always great in large prints. 

I do see something artistic in it too.  I see the rule of thirds both vertically and horizontally, strong vertical lines and high contrast.  I like that it's not distorted either. 

I think if the same image were by Andreas Gursky and printed giant size, it'd be worth millions 

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Lenses / Re: Advice/suggestions extenders

« on: May 25, 2012, 02:26:40 PM »

Personally I like to use my 40d for hard to reach subjects rather than my 5d and an extender.  I have the 1.4x mark II version and I'm pretty happy with it.  I've used it on a 100-400 L and had to use a tripod with live view to manually focus it.  You'll notice the viewfinder is much darker with the extender on.  The results weren't bad, I photographed an owl on her nest.

I've also used the extender on the 300mm 2.8 IS, and it still seems tack sharp.  On the 70-200mm 2.8 IS, it slowed the autofocus some, and noticed a slight degradation of image quality, but still perfectly usable. 

Overall, I like the 1.4 II extender and think it's worth getting.  I found one used on Craigslist for $170, and it'll probably be worth the same when I sell it. 

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Canon are you listening...?? NIKON D600

« on: May 25, 2012, 01:29:29 PM »

Sounds like a nice camera in theory, even if it does get produced good luck getting it in the next 5 years once you pre-order it with all of Nikon's production problems.