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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Lexar CF cards FAIL - Sandisk?

« on: March 18, 2013, 03:14:59 PM »

The reason I purchased all professional gear, is so things like this CANNOT happen.

Stuff like this can ALWAYS happen, that's why "professional gear" has two memory card slots.   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Bodies and cell towers?

« on: February 27, 2013, 02:40:22 PM »

There are definetely healh related issues to electro magnetic radiation (=antenna's).
Therefore, there are safe distance limits, see attached file

You're sure that that's "definitely"? I have yet to see anything that indicates that cell phone towers or cell phone use have any impact on humans whatsoever. Yes, there are the occasional "studies" that make the headlines in the main stream media but appear to be mostly questionable interpretation of data junk. I don't buy it. The various government regulations are totally random.

That's why I was interested on any potential harm to the camera gear. I'm not worried about myself.

It's your life, do what you want.  But I can tell you from personal experience EM fields can cause health problems: my wife had too high of exposure to one and now gets migraines being anywhere near even very low EM fields.  She can't even sit near a desktop computer (with the screen off) for more than about half an hour before she starts to feel ill.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon Center Pinch Lens Caps Now Shipping

« on: February 25, 2013, 05:36:45 PM »

I heard they have a light leak issue...   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Spec List [CR2]

« on: February 20, 2013, 04:19:45 PM »

I don't have anything new to add, but rumor has it (haha!) that Canon is not entirely oblivious to items on this website.  So with that being said, I'll throw my hat in the ring. 

It's simple for me: if it has better low and high ISO performance than my current 7D, I'll buy it.  If it does not, I won't.

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Canon General / Re: Do you see lenses when you check the time?

« on: February 17, 2013, 09:02:03 PM »

I think I'll have bigger problems if I see 70:200 on the clock...

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: a digital photography noob has a question about image quality

« on: January 30, 2013, 07:05:04 PM »

This thread seems surreal.  Unless shooting in the studio under carefully conceived lighting, good post production and printing small, how can so many people say the iq difference between a rebel and a mkiii is similar, not to mention indiscernible?  Call it microcontrast or pixel size, density, or whatever, there is a difference.  I've not used the 650d, but regarding the rebels and 7d, I've been there, done that, and not going back.  I don't think that once you shoot the mkiii in the real world, you would ever choose to shoot the rebel.  You can make truly great images with the xxxd, but not nearly as consistently as with the higher end tools.  As far as extra reach, I'll happily crop the 5d images.  Best of luck on your trip!

and i bet you can´t say what is shoot with what camera when i show you prints.

a nice read for you:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml

Maybe.  But take the two cameras, no tripod, shoot 500 photos throughout a day with varied lighting and subjects, and I'll guarantee you most of the folks here can tell you which is which. 

As others have said, with good conditions, an iPhone can take pretty decent photos.  So if you always have "good conditions" then use whatever the heck you like.  If you face uncertainty and want a higher number of keepers, then it make s a huge difference.

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II is a Peerless Performer

« on: January 28, 2013, 09:26:35 AM »

Remember everyone that DxO reviews are useless and biased towards Nikon.

So DxO saying the 24-70/2.8L II is great means nothing.

You are correct.  "With a DxOMark score of 26"--and that is supposed to mean something?   

However them saying that it's a great lens does not mean that it isn't (i.e. just because you're paranoid doesn't mean their not out to get you; a broken clock is still right twice a day; even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then, etc.)

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D3 quick start help

« on: January 24, 2013, 04:55:33 PM »

You do need some time to AFMA your lenses, and find out if that particular body over or underexposes, and if you are using flash, you need to check exposures as well.

Doh!  I would've forgotten AFMA--thanks! 

I have a firm policy against flash photography in athletes faces, so generally just go without so I'm not thinking about it.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 5D3 quick start help

« on: January 24, 2013, 04:03:07 PM »

Hey all,

I'm going to be shooting a CrossFit fund-raising event this weekend and plan to rent a 5D3 for it.  Everything I've read says you need some time to get up to speed with the camera, and I have exactly 1 evening, so I'm hoping maybe some of you experienced with the camera can help identify what settings I most need to get familiar with (or maybe even what they likely should be.)

FWIW, my experience is with an Xti, a 40D and a 7D.

In short this event will be indoor sports--crappy lighting, moving athletes.  For most of the events, the athletes will be moving in one spot, for example doing deadlifts or hand-stand push-ups.  There is a sandbag sprint, so that will be a bit different with the athletes moving linearly.  The other thing I'll be doing is spending very little time on one athlete/focal length.  Some of the events are as short as under four minutes, in which I'll have to capture 8 sets of 2 athletes each doing 2 movements.  I've done these events before with the above mentioned bodies, so I know what to expect as a whole; just looking for help to maximize my results with the 5D3 in this setting.  (Although now that I've said that, I'll retract it and say that I'm open to any and all suggestions as there's always stuff to learn--I certainly don't know everything!)

Thanks a bunch!

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Landscape / Re: Spiral Arm of the Milky Way above the Texas Desert

« on: January 22, 2013, 07:46:37 PM »

For those of you looking for dark skies, this light pollution map is great:
http://www.blue-marble.de/nightlights/2010

Great link--thanks!!

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Software & Accessories / Re: Help with Home Office Setup for Photo Editing

« on: January 22, 2013, 05:58:07 PM »

Not sure if you're just doing still, or doing some video as well.  If you're doing video, you're absolutely going to want to get your monitors (speakers...KRK's?) out from under the desk.  Depending on how far you want to go in that direction, some acoustic treatment of the room could be in order as well.

As a side note...I'm jealous!   

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Canon General / Re: Don't order camera gear from Dell.com online store

« on: January 18, 2013, 06:42:32 PM »

Just my 2 cents:
I just don't believe this story. I bought many items through amazon, BH, adoroma and ebay....never have this type of problem

I saw a new article the other day that there was a car accident.  I don't believe it--I've been driving for 25 years in all 50 states and have never had an accident.   

Just because it's rare and/or never happened to you doesn't mean it doesn't happen. 

As for the pictures being staged--I guess if I was photographing an unboxing I might include a cutting the tape shot.  And I'd certainly take pics (or preferably video) of every single step the second time around.

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Lenses / Re: Canon 24-70 ii - another superlative

« on: January 16, 2013, 06:30:11 PM »

But I will always sacrifice some versatility for speed, and primes do that quite nicely.

HAHA!  I had to read that 3 times to understand what you meant.  "Speed" for me means rapidly getting shots at all kinds of different focal lengths (action sports)--I can't do that very fast with a prime.  ;-)

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Canon General / Re: Why buy from a bricks and mortar store?

« on: January 16, 2013, 02:56:50 PM »

I go to my local store to test out gear and narrow my choices...

I buy local because if I (and others) don't, this will no longer be an option.

The nearest shop to me just south of Detroit is a good 35-40 minute drive.

That's pushing my definition of local--in your case I'd probably call "local" a loss and go online.   

Just for full disclosure, I'm not saying I buy everything local.  Where there is a huge cost discrepancy (greater than say about 20%) then I'll go online.  But I do try to support my local retailers (not just camera shops) when I can.

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Canon General / Re: Why buy from a bricks and mortar store?

« on: January 16, 2013, 02:28:58 PM »

I go to my local store to test out gear and narrow my choices...

I buy local because if I (and others) don't, this will no longer be an option.