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Lenses / Re: How to get / test a good copy of a L lens?

« on: February 21, 2012, 03:02:16 AM »

........... but there's a shop closer to Germany i've never been to. ...............

What is the name of that shop?
Thanks!

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Black & White / Re: Black & White

« on: February 20, 2012, 10:34:39 AM »

The water mill

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Black & White / Re: Black & White

« on: February 20, 2012, 10:16:06 AM »

I believe there is no difference using B&W in camera to post-processing into B&W rather than the advantage of being able to see on the spot if the lighting is good/interesting when using B&W in camera. By using B&W in camera you can correct your shot at site if lighting is not to your satisfactory

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Black & White / Re: Black & White

« on: February 20, 2012, 09:05:57 AM »

 Africa Museum

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III & 5D X Specs?

« on: February 19, 2012, 07:56:31 AM »

if they change the AF between the 2 versions it would make more sense.

Yes. That makes sense. Creating an entry FF (being MKIII) and a middle level FF (being 5DX)
 A lot of APS-C users that want to enter the FF would have a smaller stepup. That would be good news!

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Lenses / Re: 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 vs 17-40mm f/4L for a crop camera

« on: February 19, 2012, 06:54:07 AM »

I am also in the process of buying a new general purpose lens. Currently having an APS-C lens covering 17-70


I have been reading many reviews and also reading comments of users regarding Canon 15-85 and Canon 17-55. The 17-55 comes to my favour though it has less reach for me. But I do not want to be limited so much when taken photo's indoor. Having a constant aperture of f/2.8 is helping a lot. And, the reviews claim that the 17-55 is sharp wide open and from edge to edge. But the 17-55 has a little bit troubles with flare compared to the 15-85 lens. You can manage around that - most of the time.
Of course the 17-55 and 15-85 are not weather sealed. So with the 7D you will have a weather sealed camera but not a weather sealed lens. The 17-40 is weather sealed. But according to reviews less sharp than the 17-55.


I decided to go for the 17-55 f/2.8 (currently around €830 without lens hood)

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Lenses / Re: 70-300L anyone?

« on: February 18, 2012, 10:38:06 AM »

I bought mine from Ebay from
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110733557235&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:1123
Trader name pheobe-e.
Mine was/is  very good quality and a dead paint colour and texture match for the 70-300L.
It was about £30 delivered and came in about two weeks (from memory).

Thanks. Got it

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Lenses / Re: 70-300L anyone?

« on: February 18, 2012, 09:00:03 AM »

Mine came from HK at a silly low price

Um, mine what? Lens or ring (Canon or 3rd party)? And what was this silly low price, other people might want to take that offer, too.

Btw: What 3rd party tripod collar do fit on the 70-300L? I am only reading about the ones that do not...

Sorry - the ring - cant remember exact details but was under 20 UK pounds through eBay - I bought it in June 2011. As you can see it is not a perfect colour match - but it is functional

Brian

Brian,
Does it have a name?
It is on my list though the Canon original is currently around 159 euro so I like to look for a reliable alternative

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III/X Variation & New Flagship Speedlite? [CR1]

« on: February 18, 2012, 07:24:06 AM »

  I personally doubt they'll be using the 1D4 system, they'd still have to redesign it from the ground up for a FF sensor anyway. I think it's much more likely that it will get a less robust version of the 1DXs 61 point. In that way they can increase the economy of scale by using essentially the same AF system in their entire FF line up.

True.

It was said that the 1Ds MK III and 1D MK IV were "merched" into 1Dx
So it is still possible that some of those camera technologies shall be used for the 5D MKII succesor.
Like for example the use of the AF of the FF 1Ds MK III. That's 45 point TTL and 19 cross-type

At this point without a CR3 (fact specs) we can speculate the game

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Software & Accessories / Re: Automatic Microfocus adjustment software

« on: February 15, 2012, 01:19:17 PM »

UPDATE FoCal:


A bug has been identified in FoCal 1.2.0 which affects FoCal Plus users when running the Fully Automatic test.  The symptoms are as follows:
 
- A message box being displayed with "The camera could not be configured for the test. Please retry",
- A message in the Info window "Failed to setup camera: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

The bug has been found and fixed, and FoCal 1.2.1 has been released

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Portrait / Re: Candid portraits

« on: February 15, 2012, 11:05:20 AM »

Thanks.
Ambient lighting. I have a favourite corner in the house with good light ....when the sun is shining ... [size=78%] [/size]

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Portrait / Re: Black and White portraits

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:11:48 AM »

Canon 7D
TV 1/80
AV 6.3
ISO 400
Spot AF
Tamron 18-270

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Portrait / Re: Candid portraits

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:01:51 AM »

Canon 7D
TV 1/80
AV 6.3
ISO 400
Spot AF
Tamron 18-270

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II? [CR1]

« on: February 14, 2012, 09:38:20 AM »

The only thing I want is the best pro body for my 17-55 2.8 IS. Right now, its still the 7D, right?

The difference in IQ between 600D, 60D en 7D is not big. Same sensor. Maybe very small difference in terms of ISO noise though I am not sure.


A new camera with new APS-C sensor will for sure give better IQ with your 17-55 2.8.
Not likely this lens wil be updated soon

but right now, as Dbleznak asked, it's still the 7D...

I would say so.
DxOMark does not have a comparison of the Canon 17-55 2.8 with a Canon 60D or 600D
It only tested with the 7D (and older APS-C Canon camera's)
Here is the link: http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Lenses/Camera-Lens-Database/Canon/EF-S-17-55-f-2.8-IS-USM/(camera)/619/(cameraname)/CANON-EOS-7D

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Software & Accessories / Re: Automatic Microfocus adjustment software

« on: February 14, 2012, 08:35:39 AM »

UPDATE FoCal:


FoCal 1.2 completes support for all AF microadjust capable Canon cameras by adding support for the EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1D Mark IV.  There are also some extra features:
 
For all versions of FoCal:
 
- A new method of restoring settings after tests which gives an indication of operation and is more reliable
- Slight tightening of the tolerance for Target Setup
- Slight tweaks to the test report
- Some fixes to Manual Mode to better support non-English versions of Windows
 
For FoCal Pro:
 
- An "Expert Mode" panel in the Settings window for FoCal Pro users which allows changing of the defocus method, test aperture and test ISO
- More accurate Target Optimisation functionality which should better remove the effect of small position changes during the test