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Software & Accessories / Re: Flickr is now 1 Terabytes!! For everyone!!

« on: Today at 12:53:50 AM »

I'm glad I use Smug Mug.

+1
But, 1TB for those who like/use flickr is excellent.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 19, 2013, 07:08:27 AM »

Here is an image of a baby Pigeon, made with iPhone 4S ... this chick was well concealed in a corner behind the ledge of our office exhaust fan (I guess the Mama Pigeon was making sure cool air-conditioned air from our office to protect her baby from the intense desert heat ... what a smart move) ... the only way I could make this image was with my iPhone stuck through the exhaust fan, aiming at this bird, as the gap was too narrow for any camera, let alone my DSLR, to fit.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: May 19, 2013, 06:32:18 AM »

Long time lurker; first time poster.
This thread inspired me to start birdwatching.

Moobark, welcome to CR ... I really like the first pic ... very nicely done.

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Lenses / Re: Infra red filter - question

« on: May 18, 2013, 05:17:17 AM »

The 16-35mm is indeed not recommended for IR work. Here's a link on which lenses are suitable or not for IR photography: http://www.lensplay.com/lenses/lens_infra_red_IR.html

Cheers. 

Thanks for sharing this useful info.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: SL1 or Fuji X-EX1 or Sony Nex 6?? Would like your thoughts

« on: May 18, 2013, 04:07:31 AM »

The viewfinder was decent, much preferred to the Electronic viewfinder on the EOS-M and other ILC's.

EOS-M does not have an "Electronic viewfinder"

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

« on: May 18, 2013, 03:57:17 AM »

Magic Lantern RAW video for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III comes to the Mac & OSX
http://blog.planet5d.com/2013/05/magic-lantern-raw-video-for-the-canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-comes-to-the-mac-osx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Planet5dBlog+%28Planet5D+Blog%29

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:48:25 AM »

First time poster...

Nice ... Welcome to CR

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:46:24 AM »

Any feedback is welcome.  I'm still new to this whole photography thing.

Very nice pic, I like how you've included 4 different subjects to beautifully integrate in one image, colors are beautiful... does not look like an image made by someone who is new to photography ... you've done a great job! Keep up the good work!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: SL1 or Fuji X-EX1 or Sony Nex 6?? Would like your thoughts

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:39:57 AM »

I currently own a 60D with various EF lenses. I don't always want to lug that around and would like something lighter and smaller but still be able to get quality shots. While I know the SL1 can't be put in your pocket it can be thrown in a purse. All I would need is the body. My son has the Fuji which is fantastic but your talking 3x the price. Any thoughts? None of the stores around has the SL1 in yet so I can't really play with it.
Thanks !!!
thruthelense

Actually I too have been contemplating on getting the SL1 for myself (to have my Sigma 150-500 OS, permanently mounted on it ... which would give me an awesome 800mm reach, something which I miss after I sold my 7D & 60D) ... I had originally planned on getting a Sigma 150-500 OS for my Nikon D7100 and sell my current Sigma 150-500 OS for Canon Mount ... but I'm still a bit undecided about which one to get ... so thanks for asking this question, its helping me out as well ... having read some of the replies here, I am now leaning towards EOS SL1 (100D), but still undecided

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: SL1 or Fuji X-EX1 or Sony Nex 6?? Would like your thoughts

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:25:17 AM »

I hate bringing my 5D anywhere because it is so large. It doesnt matter how well the 5D takes photos if it just stays home most of the time.

That's a really lame excuse for keeping an awesome camera at home ... unless of course the person is physically incapable of carrying that camera.

There's a reason DSLRs ate their lunch:

What does that mean?
BTW, I agree with what you said about mirror-less cameras.
Cheers

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: What equipment to bring to get the stars

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:15:02 AM »

Don Haines & Tron, thanks for sharing those awesome tips ... I've never photographed stars before, so its nice to learn some cool tips.
Cheers

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: F/8 Autofocusing impressions

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:08:48 AM »

I haven't used f/8 yet on my 5D MK III coz in order to to use f/8 to AF I first need to buy a tele-convertor ... its funny that for almost a year, there been so many people who were cribbing about not having f/8 AF function on 5D MK III, but hardly anyone is talking about what it is like having f/8 capability, now that it is available. Hope this thread has more entries of people who have tried out the f/8 AF.

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:29:18 AM »

Here is another one ... these were the only flowers on this tree, all the rest were dead ... it was unusual to see these flowers next to the road side in the intense desert heat.

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 16, 2013, 06:20:19 AM »

This one is from yesterday late evening ... while all the flowers around it were wasted or dead, this flower somehow survived the intense desert heat.

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Landscape / Re: Sunset landscape

« on: May 15, 2013, 03:46:29 AM »

Hello CR!

Here is my latest work, feedback would be nice!

Shot with 7D - 17mm - F/8 - ISO 400 - 1/20 sec

Beautiful image ... I would leave the image the way you captured it ... perfect!