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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Recall?

« on: April 12, 2012, 02:59:28 PM »

Would they issue a recall for firmware problems? I have had no issues with mine at all. It has the "light leak" issue, but I'm not convinced that this causes a real world problem.

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: 5d MK3 Shows horizontal and vertical lines!

« on: April 06, 2012, 09:22:35 AM »

I'm sorry, but you have burned your 5D sensor...

Have you shot some laser?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=onkey5D3Yfk

Wow, good to know!

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: The moon tonight

« on: April 06, 2012, 08:56:13 AM »

Awesome picture!  May I ask what lense did you use?

Thank you! I used a 400mm f/2.8L II with 2x Extender II.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Apple update adds 5D Mk III RAW support

« on: April 06, 2012, 08:42:37 AM »

If you haven't heard, they updated Apple RAW support last night:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1513

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: 5d MK3 Shows horizontal and vertical lines!

« on: April 06, 2012, 08:35:14 AM »

I tried sensor cleaning but i dont know what else to do.

Your camera is defective. Return it. If the lines are there in Live View it has nothing to do with the memory card.

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5D MK III Sample Images / The moon tonight

« on: April 05, 2012, 10:01:40 PM »

Obviously, I have exaggerated the contrast. I think it's a neat look if not necessarily realistic. I used the same procedure as when I last shot the full moon in December on my Mk II. The Mk III image does show more detail, but I can't rule out tonight being clearer.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D3 at one week: a few surprises

« on: April 03, 2012, 10:04:06 PM »

Canon DLC has now posted an auto focus guide for 1DX / 5DM3: http://learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2012/1dx_guidebook.shtml?categoryId=12

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Lenses / Re: Do I go for the 85mm 1.2 L? Or do I go with this option instead...

« on: April 03, 2012, 07:54:45 PM »

its faster than the 70-200f2.8L II

I'm not sure about that...

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Lenses / Re: Do I go for the 85mm 1.2 L? Or do I go with this option instead...

« on: April 03, 2012, 11:54:32 AM »

Something that I should have mentioned... Canon 1.2L II has an extending barrel when focusing. By that I mean that the front element rides in it's own barrel which is smaller in diameter than the lens body. The gap between that barrel and the body is quite large and I wasn't comfortable using my 1.2 L II outside over the fear that one good gust of wind could blow crap right into the lens. The Sigma focuses 100% internally. This is a huge advantage in terms of lens construction.

One negative of the Sigma that I forgot to mention is the amount the AF/MF switch protrudes. I am constantly bumping it from AF to MF.

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Portraits with 5d3 and Sigma 85 F1.4

« on: April 03, 2012, 09:20:36 AM »

It's working quite fine on my camera! It does seem to focus on the cheeks instead of the eyes sometimes, but i'm prop just not quite used to the new system yet.

I think that in general this camera wants to focus on whatever is closest. I was using a single AF point for mine, but not the spot point and even the single point is large enough to encompass some cheeks or forehead when placing it over her eye. 2 of the 6 I took were focused on forehead rather than eye. Of course I was shooting hand held and moving even a 1/4" at 85mm f/2 would be enough to notice.

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Portraits with 5d3 and Sigma 85 F1.4

« on: April 02, 2012, 09:14:37 PM »

@ f/2 1/90s ISO 400 with 430EX II/Gary Fong for fill

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: This Weather is for the Birds!

« on: April 02, 2012, 02:04:32 PM »

What ISO?

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: National Zoo with the 5D Mk III

« on: April 02, 2012, 01:51:17 PM »

nice photos. I was there last winter and saw 2 guys with what looked like 800 or 600mm lenses, and a guy with a 70-200 IS v2. Then near one of the eating areas i saw 3-4 teenage girls with what appeared to be a bunch of different vintage rangefinders. Nice zoo, and again, nice shots.

I attracted a lot of comments...most common was "Look how big that camera is!"

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: National Zoo with the 5D Mk III

« on: April 02, 2012, 12:43:50 PM »

Love the National Zoo. Where are the Pandas?

Good question. I never saw them ;-)

I've lived here for almost 4 years and this was actually my first trip to the zoo. People seemed surprised to see the cheetahs out and walking around... I guess they knew I was coming.

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5D MK III Sample Images / National Zoo with the 5D Mk III

« on: April 02, 2012, 12:01:24 PM »

Shot with the older (mine has a 1999 date code) 400mm f/2.8L USM II and processed with Nik's ColorEfex Pro 4.

Also, I found the AF to be f*ing amazing and I am very happy with the sharpness (complaints I keep seeing on the forum).