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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS-1D X Canon USA Press Release

« on: October 19, 2011, 09:34:51 AM »

With this camera I think Canon will push more people like me toward the Leica S2 for their studio needs and the 1DX will serve as an on location, editorial, sports and events camera. I was hoping Canon would fill that high resolution gap with this camera because buying into the Leica system is ridiculously expensive, not to mention I'm not all that crazy about their overly simplistic interface. I've been on the fence about whether to take the financial plunge into the Leica world hoping Canon would introduce something in the 25-35MP range to compete with the S2, but it seems now I don't have a choice. 

I'm still new to this whole photography thing, so excuse the ignorance.  What does the Leica give you in the studio that the Canon does not?  Thanks!

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS-1D X Canon USA Press Release

« on: October 18, 2011, 11:25:27 AM »

Bye bye Canon, hello Nikon.

You won't be seeing me here anymore, good luck with new Prosumer 18mp camera kids, and keep an eye on EBay, all my lenses etc will be there soon.

LOL Sorry, you'll just have to learn to frame your shots properly to begin with, instead of relying on cropping a 50MP file. Or yes, you can switch to Nikon and work with 12MP out of spite LOLOL Priceless

I suspect macfly is referring to the rumored 36 MP D800.  If you do a little digging into macfly instead of bashing him (which I admit, I was guilty of in the past), you'll find he's a pro with an impressive portfolio, and often shoots with medium format bodies in addition to dSLRs.  He appears to have a real need for higher resolution for print ads (thus the MF cameras), and was clearly hoping for a higher MP body from Canon, from a professional perspective.

Having said that, for me, 18 MP is just fine...

I don't think it's the need for mexapixels that is the cause for bashing, it's the smugness in the "prosumer" comment that leads to bashing.  If he'd said "I'm disappointed because I could really use higher MP" I don't think anyone would think the less of him.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The New EOS [CR3]

« on: October 14, 2011, 08:00:47 PM »

I wonder if it will have the GPS capabilities like the d3 line.

I see lots of comments about GPS and honestly I don't quite get it.  Is it for landscape/street photography to note where you were, or what's the purpose on a pro level camera?  (This is an honest question, not sarcasm or anything.)

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EOS Bodies / Re: The New EOS [CR3]

« on: October 14, 2011, 02:03:44 PM »

It does intrigue me that this site has been pretty replete with "it's not about the pixels" posts, but now all the sudden, it's "where's the pixels?!?"   

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EOS Bodies / Re: The New EOS [CR3]

« on: October 14, 2011, 12:10:52 PM »

I'm willing to bet that the other performance aspects of this camera are over the top and I'm fairly certain at least someone somewhere once took a good sports photo at 18MP.   

Sure they did.  But would it have been as good if they had to crop it to 10 MP to get the framing they wanted?  What about the shooters with 400/2.8 lenses - often you need f/2.8 for the stop of light, so the 500/4 is not a good solution to get back the 1.3x, not even considering the cost...

I agree, but in my mind that's what the 7D is for.  Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if this camera were 40MP if that didn't come with a cost in other areas.  But I think the 1.3x is kinda no man's land for a lot (most?) of us--either go FF or 1.6.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The New EOS [CR3]

« on: October 14, 2011, 11:44:33 AM »

Well, I won't be buying a 18mpx full frame camera. Just not going to happen. I'm sure it'll be great for wedding photogs. It's going to be much less useful for studio, sports, and landscape shooters.

I've said before and I'll repeat. This makes very little sense to me.

So how is 12 FPS and 61 AF points "less useful" for sports?  And although I'm all for higher megapixels, I'm willing to bet that the other performance aspects of this camera are over the top and I'm fairly certain at least someone somewhere once took a good sports photo at 18MP.   

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EOS Bodies / Re: The New EOS [CR3]

« on: October 14, 2011, 11:28:27 AM »

Yeah baby!  Now I just gotta figure out what bank to rob so I can afford one....   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Next EOS not a 1Ds4 or 5D3.... could be a 1D Mark 5? [CR2]

« on: October 10, 2011, 11:07:26 PM »

I really doubt from a marketing perspective they would release a FF 1 series pro camera with equal or lower MP than the predecessors. Or one that doesn't equal or better the 3 year old D3x.

I know that there are so many arguments disputing the relevance of megapixel counts. But from a sales and branding perspective, being in line or ahead of your previous line and competitors and the continuation of a progression in increasing MP (that the average consumer watches) is important.

It isn't just the pros that look at 1d releases and pro camera releases... many rebel and 7d level consumers/prosumers follow these cameras, just as we all look at ferraris yet drive bmws/fords etc.

I guess I tend to disagree on what the average consumer is watching.  I think the consumers that can afford a 1x are going to be saavy enough to understand MPs are not the defining factor, and those that can't afford it simply look at "what brand are the pros are shooting?" or else ignore the top end altogether.

Personally I tend to doubt the MP would be that low as well, but I'm also willing to say it's not out of the question if the rest of the performance is over the top.

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EOS Bodies / Re: CPS Event on October 18 in The Netherlands

« on: October 09, 2011, 06:10:59 PM »

As has been noted before, it's not just what equipment you own, but you must also meet this requirement:

"Applicant must be:
An individual, self-employed or an employee of a professional imaging business, that, as a full-time profession, is directly involved in the creation of images; either moving or still. "

 

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Canon General / Re: Nikon's FB Page "A photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses..."

« on: September 29, 2011, 10:09:18 PM »

Give a novice a 300D with kit lens (55-250 or 75-300 III) and ask him to use Auto mode/P mode (like P&S) and ask him to take a portrait at 100mm. Using a tripod and natural light coming from a window.

Give the same guy a 7D and a 100mm f2 or f2.8 with the camera on the same tripod and all he has to do is pull the trigger in auto mode.

Which one will be better?

Did he need to understand it to the maximum? All he did was pull the trigger.

Even for complete noobs, better gear will make a difference... some difference 

I whole heartedly agree with this.  It is (or at least can be) similar to golf.  I suck at golf.  I will always suck at golf.  However, buying a good set of clubs helps me to suck just a little bit less at golf.  Similarly, I may never be a great photographer, but decent equipment can help some of my pictures to suck a little less.  I doubt anyone on here woud say a photo out of kit lens is going to match the exact same photo taken with L glass.  Without changing the composition or the lighting or anything else, it should be sharper with better color, etc., all the great things that L glass can give you.

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 5D Mark III on Novemeber 3 [CR2]

« on: September 26, 2011, 02:56:12 PM »

Is the Date just a coincidence?

3rd of November ... MK III

3rd Anniversary to the day of the release of the video "Reverie" filmed with the 5D MK II?

Any Numerologists??

(Credit to Vincent Laforet's Blog)

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2011/09/22/will-the-number-3-be-a-significant-number/

Not only that, but it will be 33 megapixel, improve ISO performance by 3 stops, and sell for $3k!   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Having Multiple Camera Systems

« on: September 06, 2011, 08:37:44 PM »

For indoors, AJ's recommendation of the Tamron 17-50/2.8 is a solid lens.  It is not going to deliver the IQ (image quality) of something like the 24-105/4.0L, but based on your description of what your doing with it I'm guessing the extra range of the Tamron would be more important to you the ultimate quality.

The IQ of the Tamron 17-50/2.8 non-VC lens is actually very good and well on par with the 24-105/4.0L lens on a crop body. The downsides are a noisy focus motor, no IS (the VC version is apparently not as good) and limited build quality, but the IQ and price are outstanding and as such an incredible value.

Ya know, to be fair, our initial comparison between these two left us using the 24-105 almost exclusively (between these two lenses that is) but as I sit here thinking about it I cannot say for sure that it actually was IQ and not other things such as motor noise, focus speed, etc.     I may have to break the Tamron out again and do a little more head to head comparison on them.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Having Multiple Camera Systems

« on: September 06, 2011, 06:00:25 PM »

I don't quite understand the purpose for going with 2 different systems here, and off the cuff the biggest downside is that you are buying 4 lenses but only get use of 2 depending on which body you use.  If you are within a single system, then you don't have to worry about which lens goes with which body--you get 4 lenses (budget and interest permitting) that cover any situation you can come up with regardless of which body you are using.

As to particulars, I'm going to have to disagree with jimmy156--the 70-200 2.8 is an incredible lens, and I have on many many occasions just handed it to a random person and said "here, try this" and they fall in love instantly (and are able to take decent shots without "practice/experience".)  I don't shoot a lot indoors, and with that being said I almost never take the 70-200 off the camera.

For indoors, AJ's recommendation of the Tamron 17-50/2.8 is a solid lens.  It is not going to deliver the IQ (image quality) of something like the 24-105/4.0L, but based on your description of what your doing with it I'm guessing the extra range of the Tamron would be more important to you the ultimate quality.

I realize this doesn't answer all your questions, but hopefully it'll at least help you narrow things down or give you things to think about.

$4000?  Happy shopping!!   

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Canon General / Re: Accent color shots

« on: August 29, 2011, 09:27:23 PM »

That make sense to "line up" the background blur with the angle of the board--I may have to try that. 

More of my concern is the "ghosting" around the kid herself which was a different step than the background blur.  Without any sort of effect/blur it didn't look right, so I feel like what I have is an improvement over nothing, but it still feels a bit ackward.

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Canon General / Re: Why does it say PowerShot SX30 IS under my name here in Canonrumors

« on: August 29, 2011, 04:47:51 PM »

Its just as well the grading doesnt extend from 18-55mm efs to 1200mm L

okay, that made me really laugh--I'm glad I wasn't in the office!