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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Help with transition shooting from dark place to light place

« on: May 16, 2013, 01:13:27 AM »

...have the actor walk right into the lens at the end of your indoor sequence and right away from the lens at the start of the outdoor sequence...

this is what we are calling creative mind...  i do not know how to do video and rarely join on video topic.  this is the first time since i spot a really great comment.

i love it...

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Wrong Photography Ethics?

« on: May 09, 2013, 01:09:58 PM »

it is your images, you can do whatever you want your eyes are pleased right?  however, as far as i know, these type of images can not be sell to someone such as national geo.

were you using blend if split and layer mask technique to change the sky?  have known this technique for a while but have not had a chance to use it... very nice and clean sky replacement...

+1 to keep those trees.  without them, it is kinda little blank

final answer to your question:  NO 

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Portrait / Re: my first new born baby photos :)

« on: May 09, 2013, 11:03:50 AM »

ah... these images are cute and priceless, especially they are all done by parents.  wish that i used dslr back in the day when my first daughter seeing the first light in this world...  CONGRATULATION!...

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

« on: May 06, 2013, 03:07:07 PM »

i should have added, i did use a cokin CPL on a lot of these shots including this one.

what type of cokin did you use? (i.e. cokin a, p or z)

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 7D Rear Dial Cheap?

« on: May 04, 2013, 01:39:28 AM »

the wheel on my 7d felt solid, just like the top dial. there wasnt a pop or click sound either to the set button

mine is the same, it feels solid and i do not hear any pop or anything when pressing set button...

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is there a way to simulate 1dx C.Fn6 on the 5d mark III

« on: May 03, 2013, 11:49:01 AM »

Doesn't the 4-minute timer drain the heck out of your batteries?

yes, it does... but think about this way:  it is much much easier in controlling either aperture (i.e. changing dof... switching from shooting a group to a person) or shutter while metering is maintained the same with that function.

without this function, manual mode is much much slower IMO...

note:  i personally hate highlight alert... I LOVE MY HIGHLIGHT ALERT AFTER "INFO" BUTTON IS PRESSED, LIKE MY CANON 30D... PLEASE... PLEASE CANON...

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Lenses / Re: Canon 85L II AF speed on 5D III???

« on: May 02, 2013, 11:45:57 PM »

i do not have this lens to play with (wish that i have it, but it is kinda expensive.  i can not justify the price, yet i do not really have a need of it.) so i do not really know what is the real problem of retracting.  but to retract, you can put the cap on, point your camera to the sky or anywhere that does not have details to archive the focus , half press the shutter... then done.  i am not sure if this way would harm any thing, but i think it would not

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is there a way to simulate 1dx C.Fn6 on the 5d mark III

« on: April 30, 2013, 12:17:11 PM »

i was talking kinda the same thing in this forum before as well as requesting that feature on canon 5d mark iii, but seem like majority people do not use that kinda function.  i love to have those functions on my canon 5d mark iii.  with those function available, i am going to be act much much quicker in av/tv mode under low light or some situations that light is changed all the time (i.e. shooting in cherry farm in a windy day).  for now, i have to use manual mode for most of my shoot until i am having those function in my canon 5d mark iii

CANON CANON CANON.... please put that feature as an option on canon 5d mark iii since it is a semi-pro camera so that we can act quick on any mode.  another feature that has been removeD out is that "HIGHLIGHT ALERT SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY AVAILABLE WHEN PRESSING INFO BUTTON".  this feature is kinda handy on my canon 30d.  my canon 7d does not have this feature too, not sure why and when they decided to remove it out, but i am loving it.

in short, i guess the answer to your question is "NO" since i have digged in and find that function before.  there is a trick which is half press the shutter before the expiration

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Lenses / Re: Aperture and Light

« on: April 25, 2013, 12:01:42 PM »

well...  you do not need another 24-70mm mark i to test.  you can use your 70-200mm to test at focal range of 70mm (prefer tripod and correct distance since both lengh are different in length).  like neuro already said, "exposure would not be changed"... and i would say the same thing.

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Canon General / Re: That's my money you are profiting from Canon!!!

« on: April 24, 2013, 02:01:17 PM »

Neuro, I value your opinion very much! Could you please explain where I was wrong. By the way, I am qualified CPA (FCCA) and not photographer. Accounting and financial statement analysis are the areas where I have really deep understanding 

1. "accounting and financial statement analysis are the areas where I have really deep understanding".  yes, that is true but this is not required to have cpa license to perform unless generating an official document such as 10k (i am not an accountant but have worked for a cpa firm during college period.)

2. a company is launched to look for profit, not for public services (as an accountant, you should know this...)
3. tamron, sigma lens are cheaper than canon and nikon but SHALL not perform consistently as canon (as i have previously stated in other post.  this is due to proprietary interface contnrol designs.  this is the reason why zeiss refuse to make autofocus for both nikon and canon lens.  source of this information, i do not have it since this is my personal conclusion.)

4. as an accountant, one thing that you have forgotten to account is the cost of manufacture and r&d overhead (this sometimes costs more than you have thought...)

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EOS Bodies / Re: Bye Canon?

« on: April 23, 2013, 07:03:15 PM »

...I'been waiting so long fot the 70d.... Looks like I'm finally going to switch to Nikon after 8 YEARS Canon...

umm... you predict what will be changed in canon 70d in the last 8 years?  smart though... and much more smarter when switching to nikon 

meh... i am okae with what i am having now and will not switch to nikon.  anyways, i bet that if you want to sell your canon gears, put them on here... people are willing to buy it back from you as long as called prices make sense to them...  that would help me getting more budget to acquire new nikon gear...

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1dx plus 85 1.2 is great for night street photography.

« on: April 20, 2013, 01:56:12 AM »

great capture... but some countries, you would not want to take that kinda combo down on the street at night...

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Lenses / Re: Street Photography 35mm/50mm + DC？Help

« on: April 18, 2013, 01:45:31 PM »

if you really really really into street photography, then 28-300mm might be your choice imo.  jay maisel has been doing street photography for years and he is, most of the time, on the street with his 18-300mm.

however, for me, since i like street photogrpahy but not that really really really and not my main focus, i am either using my 24-105mm or 50mmm... only one lens when hitting the street... 

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Canon General / Re: Why do you do Photography?

« on: April 17, 2013, 09:33:49 PM »

Because if I draw a rock and a tree, I have to label them so you can tell which one is the tree.

Same here. In the seventh grade I drew a bird and people thought it was a frog! This way if they think a bird is a frog it is their eyesight that is in question

gotta love those sense of humor   

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Reviews / Re: Review - Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM

« on: April 17, 2013, 07:58:39 PM »

Another thread turned into a test chart comparison argument. I'm surprised there's no BBQ in these photos.

Notice how I don't do that in my reviews

THANK GOD!!!!!!

same here, notice that I have the both lenses and are a little bit allergic to peoples statements when they not have a clue what they are talking about and have not tested the lenses against each other
So here comes two new files. Which is best regarding bokeh ? f-1,4 from sigma and canon and the background
I see clearly green ca from one of the lenses, is this to short or to long from the sharpness plane and to the  back ground?

no more sensor, now talking about lens?  yes, i do know some of sigma lenses are better than canon but i prefer to use canon due to possibility of unknown unexpected/intermittent communication erroneous (proprietary interface specs and designs).  however, to match these two particular images together (not the rest of them):

   PULL BLACK TO THE LEFT TINY BIT PLEASE... MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST A LITTLE OF HIGHLIGHT... BUMMER

worth to risk? NO