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Software & Accessories / Re: Advice: Black Rapid shoulderstrap

« on: June 14, 2013, 05:59:24 PM »

I use a BR strap with a 1D X and heavy lenses (including a 600/4 II).

You might also consider a dual Spider Holster. I use a single one (on a Lowepro belt) with the 1D X and a white zoom (70-200/2.8, 28-300, 100-400), works very well.

All my carriers are set up for Arca Swiss plates (which are on my camera/lenses).  For the BR straps, I use a Kirk 1" clamp on the lugs, and I have the Spider Arca Clamp.

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Lenses / Re: 400 2.8 vs 200-400 4.0 1.4

« on: June 14, 2013, 09:06:09 AM »

The 200-400/4+1.4x seems like the perfect safari lens, and I do like the convenience of a zoom.  The other day, I was a little too close to some herons/egrets I was shooting, zooming out would have been nice.  But I just removed the 1.4x from my 600 II, framing was plenty loose enough, and I was still a stop faster and had better IQ than the 200-400 @ 560/5.6.

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Site Information / Re: CR wobbly

« on: June 14, 2013, 08:01:16 AM »

Wobbly again for me, but only from my iPhone and not from my Macs, and not consistently.  The cross-platform randomness, variable location of the HTML code on the page, and the fact that a refresh seems to get rid of it, makes me think this might be due to a faulty banner ad being called.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Patent: EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS

« on: June 14, 2013, 07:14:46 AM »

If the 100-400 is as good as Canon's recent new offerings, then it should be markedly better than the 70-200L II + 2x III.  Hopefully, it'll take extenders well and give us good IQ at 560mm, which is about as far as we can get with a mobile hand-holdable system.

Hopefully, it'll take them at all.  Lots of people are clamoring for a rotating zoom like the 70-300L.  What if that plus a compact design means the lens loses extender compatibility??  Why would they do that?  Consider...all along the 'barrier' was 400/420mm.  If you wanted longer and still wanted AF, you shelled out the big bucks for a 1-series body or a supertele.  So now that they've put f/8 AF in a 5-series, perhaps they'll take away a 'cheap' 560mm f/8 IS option with good IQ.  Not really trying to be the voice of doom, here, but we all know that Canon giveth and Canon taketh away (AFMA on the 60D, anyone?).

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Software & Accessories / Re: Cheap tripod

« on: June 14, 2013, 02:18:44 AM »

With apologies, for under $100 you'll get cheap, but not good. 

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 10:29:00 PM »

WAIT A MINUTE!!!!! How did we get from censorship to Squirrels???

Blame the guy from Australia...as everyone knows, Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the squirrel in front of you.

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 10:17:11 PM »

At least you didnae say English.  If theres wan thing we Scots hate mair than a Grey Squirrel it's been cried English. Oor Scottish Squirrels are ginger, like oor heids an oor drink.

Our grey squirrels are grey - that's a proper American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. But you can call him a wee ginge if you like. 

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 09:25:31 PM »

Now, that squirrel is the best post on this thread 

Totally agree, and for some strange reason they look smarter than the ones we have, probably speak "American" though.

This, from someone who's loo flushes backwards. Sheesh. 

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 09:07:25 PM »

I thought it was only Americans that didn't do Geography, everybody knows where North America is, even if North Americans don't know where anything else is.

Of course we do Geography.  You Europeans from the UK are the ones with geography problems.  Take Chris Columbus, for example, who produced the Harry Potter movies and also sailed the ocean blue and thought he'd landed in India. See, we do history good too just like we do english good. 

I'de rather go outside and take a Photo of a Squirrel.

Been there. Done that.   


EOS 1D X, EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM, 1/320 s, f/4, ISO 6400

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Software & Accessories / Re: How to make sure checked camera gear is safe

« on: June 13, 2013, 08:49:40 PM »

Clever idea.  If you trust the TSA, that is.  At least there's no need to be concerned about a Pelican case being inappropriately frisked.

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 08:43:45 PM »

civilised

Us North Americans find your uncivilized spelling of that word to be bollocks. 

Keep calm and carry on...

Do you mean 'We' North Americans?  Don't bastardize the language we gave you. 

How about we say that I meant US North Americans, so as not to include our neighbours to the north in that statement.  After all, CRguy is Canadian, and I wouldn't want to get banned for no good reason...   

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 08:39:15 PM »

I'll admit that I don't remember the context, but I do recall Canon-F1 calling another poster a moron.  Obviously, the post was deleted by the mods.  Who knows, maybe the poster was one, but that doesn't make it acceptable to state that. 

I'm sure it isn't easy to moderate a (relatively) high-traffic forum like this.  The TDP forums in which I participate might get 5 posts on a busy day.  This board sometimes sees 5 posts a minute. 

Anyone who believes that the ability to delete a post or ban a member (when signing up with a new name is not exactly a challenge) is 'power' to be 'abused', has some odd definitions of those words.  Dare I say, no one is forcing anyone to participate here, so if you don't like it, you can simply stop visiting the forums.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Patent: EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS

« on: June 13, 2013, 07:21:35 PM »

With a FF kit, this would be a tempting upgrade path from the 70-300L to get a bit more reach...

I'd say that will depend on the physical specs of the new 100-400L.  While I'd appreciate a step up in IQ and IS, I find that the current 100-400L delivers excellent images.  But I'm still considering (and will likely purchase soon) the 70-300L as a travel lens. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Patent: EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS

« on: June 13, 2013, 07:07:33 PM »

There's always a smarta$$

Watch it, crasher7 crasher8 crasher9. 

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Site Information / Re: banning people for nothing at canon rumors

« on: June 13, 2013, 07:01:46 PM »

civilised

Us North Americans find your uncivilized spelling of that word to be bollocks. 

Keep calm and carry on...