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PowerShot / Re: A New Large Sensor PowerShot Coming [CR1]

« on: May 08, 2013, 04:00:10 PM »

Same old 18GB sensor?

You clearly didn't read the first post ...

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Lenses / Re: I have just lost confidence with Canon Rumors & B&H

« on: April 17, 2013, 08:06:35 AM »

I saw the headline "new bigger savings from B&H". The lens I purchased yesterday, the 24-70 f2.8 ii is now $2099 vs $2049 I paid yesterday. How is this better??? My attempt at posting this earlier was blocked.

And your previous attempt was probably blocked because some words you used in a very specific way. It happens automatically (the forum moderator doesn't and cannot read all posts). This is to prevent spam and offensive posts. If such post slips through this automatic detection forum members have to report it manually to the moderator (with the link: "report to moderator" which is under each post).

If you used words like "Bigger saving", "B&H" and named various prices in the 'wrong way' it might be flaged as spam. Try make a post with words like "onisac" of "nrop" (but then backwards of course: it will probably blocked right away).

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EOS Bodies / Re: A Bit of EOS 70D Info [CR1-CR2]

« on: April 16, 2013, 03:35:18 AM »

Has anyone tested out the SL1's sensor yet? How is it performing? My bet is that the image quality remains the same. Canon would probably want to announce the 70D before the SL1 is released to the public because once they realize the IQ is not better than the old 18MP sensor, nobody is going to buy it.

There is a preview of the camera on dpreview (http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-100d-rebel-sl1/7). There are also test pictures. The high ISO ones (=6400) look quite fine to me. Noise seems well controlles (although it is hard to judge with limited pictures).

I think Canon should have made the 'new' sensor 19mp or so. This way people stop (intentionally) mixing up the new and the old one ... 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: ASP-C Canon body advancement - stuck/abandoned ?

« on: April 10, 2013, 07:10:57 AM »

Sorry, but I really don't see the point of your post. 

And on top of that: the OP is factual untrue. The 7d (2009) was released before the 550d (2010). Therefore the 7d can hardly be a repacked 550d ...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announcements on April 23, 2013? [CR2]

« on: April 08, 2013, 03:56:47 PM »

To pick one gallery, that exhibiting the work of the principal behind www.luminous-landscape.com, I imagine that the work being displayed has changed over time from being dominated by Canon sourced material to Sony/Nikon material if what he displays on the web is anything to go buy (and the fact that he no longer owns any Canon DSLRs.) Information about his gallery is at:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/about/gallery.shtml

If you read enough of the essays from professional photographers that write for the above mentioned website then you start to realise that Canon no longer features like it used to as a tool used by artists, never mind photojournalists, etc.

But please tell me why, if I look at the workshop section at "Luminous-landscape.com", I only see people with Canon cameras ...

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 100D Coming? [CR1]

« on: March 16, 2013, 09:22:12 AM »

It was also mentioned that the price of the EOS 100D was “a bit expensive”.

Compaired to what? and EOS M or a Powershot or a 1DX   

Probably "a bit expensive" for what you get ...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Confirms 70D; Future of Semi-Pro DSLR is FF

« on: February 04, 2013, 07:43:37 AM »

There is always that chance that maybe an APS-H 10fps 7DII with EF-s compatability is coming. I think it would be a fantastic idea If it plays out.

I think this is physically impossible. The image circle of a EF-s lens is too small to 'expose' the whole APS-H sensor.

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Lenses / Re: APS-C lens mm are correct

« on: December 05, 2012, 10:34:32 AM »

But why doesn't Canon print on the lens itself 29-216mm? The 18-135mm printing is misleading then.

Like rj79in said: it is a 18-135 lens. A reason why people use the 1.6 factor is that they want to compare different lenses (the "field of view" mentioned before).

For example: I'm going on a city trip and I want to make some 'general' photo's. I probably want to bring and standard zoom. But what is a standard zoom? If I own a FF camera it is somthing like a 24-105, on a crop 15-85 and on a 4/3 something like a 14-50. I own a 5DII and use the range 24-28mm of my 24-105 a quite often in these situations. A also own a 40D as backup. When I would bring a 18-50 it would be no good (it starts at '28mm' compared to my 5DII with 24-105). I won't get the same "field of view".

With compact cameras the problem is even worse. The Canon S100 has a 5.2-26.0mm lens, the Canon A1300 has a 5.0-20mm lens. Which one is best for wide angle photography (IQ excluded)? One whould say: 5.0mm is wider then 5.2mm but sensor size is different in both cameras. Therefore you need the crop factor. These are about 4.6 for the S100 and 5.8 for the A1300, this gives a eqv. 24-120 and a 28-140 lens. So the S100 is 'wider'.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Samyang 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Announced

« on: September 26, 2012, 03:10:50 PM »

There was supposed to be an announcement at Photonkia, but I guess it never happened.  The trail's gone cold it seems. 

I hope we hear more soon.

-Brian

They showed it/had it on display at the Photokina (at the Samyang stand). I asked about the price but they couldn't tell me. I also asked about it at the Walimex stand (Walimex is the same as Samyang but they didn't have it on display), they estimated it around 900 to 1000 eur.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Samyang 24mm f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Announced

« on: September 10, 2012, 04:57:09 PM »

Does anyone have good experience with Samyang lenses?  Are any of decent optical quality?

I've seen good reviews and bad ones.  The 14mm lens I bought was the most horrible lens I've ever owned, and went right back.  Others are very happy.  The issue seems to be poor quality control, or perhaps easily damaged construction that gets messed up in shipping.
I'd only buy one locally, or from Amazon Prime so that I could easily return it if its another bad one.

I don't think it is necessary a matter of poor quality control or an easily damaged construction (the contruction is actually very good). There are two versions of the 14mm lens: first there was the "IF ED MC" and then the "AS IF UMC". The first was not that good (see: http://www.lenstip.com/200.1-Lens_review-Samyang_14_mm_f_2.8_IF_ED_MC_Aspherical-Introduction.html (this page also includes a link to the review of the improved lens: http://www.lenstip.com/index.php?test=obiektywu&test_ob=239)). The second lens is better.