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PowerShot Cameras / Re: *UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed

« on: January 10, 2012, 09:44:00 PM »

I just finished looking at the size of this thing. It is as almost as big as the T3i/T2i. (and weighs just as much 19oz) So much for the "pocket camera" theory.

It looks like a sweet camera. But really, for something THAT size (and price) you might as well carry around a Rebel, and if you do, you can at least change lenses when you need to!!!

I have nothing against the G1X. I have something against the price Canon wants for it considering the fact that a T2i has more megapixels, is almost the same size (within reason as a Rebel), you cannot change lenses (BIG factor) and the fact the T2i is cheaper at this time!

I am sure the market will support it, or at least for Canon's sake I hope so. But hey, even Ford made the Edsel. (j/k)

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: *UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed

« on: January 07, 2012, 10:50:29 PM »

I think it's a pipe dream, but hey...dreams are good!

If people didn't dream where would we be? I am sure everyone on here is here because we want some "inside" information on the technology that will be offered in the new cameras! Canon will produce whatever they think will sell and of course, we might get insights because a couple of reps sneek info now and then based on prototypes. Part of the business I suppose. How many rumors have you heard that were 100% accurate? Just about every camera that has been rumored has MOSTLY been true... so think about it.

I welcome a new  high-end powershot. $800 bucks? Personally, I will never buy it. Canon... if you are listening. A "point and click" no matter HOW advanced you make it, should NEVER cost as much as a DSLR. Just my opinion guys.

It's all in the lens... don't forget that... (Why? Show me a SMALL [point and shoot size] "L" quality lens... Which of course you WILL need for a FF or similar sized sensor!!!)

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: *UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed

« on: January 07, 2012, 05:02:55 PM »

I have to disagree there.  The best camera is the one you have with you.  IQ and flexibility are great, but they're not worth a thing if you don't have the camera with you.

Touche' I would have to agree with you on that. I carry a Powershot A590IS with me at all times for that possibility. I was just suggesting that 800 bucks is A LOT of money to spend on a pocket camera that cannot be "expanded" and more than likey will not have a lens that will bring true justice to a larger sensor. The lens is everything. That being said, there are plenty of less expensive Powershots out there that will fit the need.

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: *UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed

« on: January 06, 2012, 11:20:35 PM »

Isn't it fun to speculate when we'll find out who is right in a few days?

Of course.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Do you REALLY need a new camera?

« on: January 06, 2012, 11:08:30 PM »

I mainly posted the question just to get everyone talking. I drool over the rumors and camera's I do not have and want (I.E. 5D mkII). Just about ANY Canon, or camera for that matter (film or digital) will take a great photo.

You know??? It is amazing what we can do with what we have and can live without until they come out with something new. THEN all of a sudden, our lives change and we wonder how we lived without it all this time! (Think about this one guys... I mean really.)

To me? Buy what you can afford, go out take photos and learn your equipment, no matter what it is and have FUN! Even if you are a pro and this is how you make your money I have only one thing to say to everyone...

"Find something you love to do, and you'll never work a day in your life" (Author questionable, given to Harvey MacKay) I believe this 110% in everything I do.

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: *UPDATE 3* Canon PowerShot G1X Revealed

« on: January 06, 2012, 10:39:50 PM »

After reading the spec list, I would have to say that IF the starting price is $799.99 (or anywhere close to it) I would have to say NO. Wait, make that a H*** NO!

P&S are great cameras and everyone should have one. (I have a couple) I have even taken (or seen) some awesome photos that came out of P&S's. But 800 bucks? Now THAT is a lot of money to spend on a camera that you cannot change lenses on... I would hope Canon rethinks this one, or at least the rumors are false.

Even if the sensor is FF or even close... doesn't make much sence to "give" that much power to a non-lens changable camera... at least in my opinion. Besides ANY lens Canon gives it CANNOT give justice to the sensor, at least anything that they can squeeze into THAT small of a package. Guys sorry, lenses are better than sensor, period. Great sensors REQUIRE great lenses... without them the body is nothing.

Don't believe me? Pick up even the cheapest "L" lens and think about the fact that it IS in fact more expensive than the G1X and weighs more. APS-C, APS-H and esp FF sensors benefit greatly from good glass, no matter what the MP is. Remember we are talking about $800 bucks!!! Wow... You can get a 60D (body only) for that!!!

I would buy a T3 before I spent THAT kind of money on a P&S. (and it's cheaper and expandable... IE lenses!!!)

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EOS Bodies / Do you REALLY need a new camera?

« on: January 05, 2012, 12:30:25 AM »

I started digital photography with my trusty Canon A40 (2MP) back around 2001/2. I have always wanted to get into photography since I was a kid and my cousin was into Canon AE-1P's and film. Film was always "out of my reach" so I never sought it out.

After my first digital PAS (point and shoot) I upgraded to the Canon A80 (4mp) and loved it. In 2009 my wife and I decided to take the plunge and bought our first DSLR, a Canon T1i. We loved it. However, our biggest problem was we started "fighting" over who got to use it when. That is when I found a really nice, lightly used Canon Xti (for $350.00) in 2010 and started using that so my wife could use the T1i. I realized that I loved the XTi, but wanted faster FPS. The logical step up was the 40D. I bought one about a year ago and LOVED it. It ended up needing repairs and I replaced it with the 7D (long story....)

Honestly? After using the Xti for almost a year and then upgrading to the 40D and then 7D... I find myself really missing the Xti. Why???

To the point? The XTi was bullet proof in taking photos. If you were off in one way or another taking photos, one click and you always got the perfect shot! Even after taking pics with the T1i, 40D and now 7D, some of my best pics are with my XTi!!! I have found that the 40D and 7D tend to be more "touchy" with settings and I find myself having to "relearn" my camera all over again.

Am I saying that the 40D and 7D are rotten cameras? Not at all! They have "personalities" that need to be learned and mastered. What I am saying is that some of my best photos came from my "old" trusty XTi a 10mp camera that has been replaced by several camera bodies. It's a great camera.

Glass is better than camera body, hands down. If you think you need to upgrade your camera body, take a look at your lenses first. If you don't have good glass, I bet you will end up disappointed with your new camera as well. Taken from an old friend who I shoot with every now and then. "Learn the equipment you have and learn it well. You will find yourself 'out-shooting' everyone who thinks they need the 'latest and greatest' camera"

Truth is, a 10mp photo taken with a good lens is just as good as a 18mp photo taken with the same good lens. Guys, I am not taking about blowing up a photo to 40 x 30 or whatever. I am taking about good 'ole 8 x 10 and 11 x 14's. (maybe even 16 x 20) You know, REAL WORLD (non "pro") photos??? Come on, how many of us REALLY print photos over 11 x 14's???

Even so, my XTi did great photo prints (with good glass) up to 20 x 30.

Attached are a couple of photos from my XTi with good glass as an example. (BTW, they were compressed a bit (20%) for upload here. They may have lost a bit of detail in the jpeg compression!)

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EOS Bodies / Re: How often do you shoot video with your DSLR?

« on: December 24, 2011, 10:04:03 PM »

Video??? My 7D does video???

One feature I really wish Canon would leave out of their DSLR line. If I wanted a video camera I would have bought one!

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EOS Bodies / Re: What if - interchengeable sensors

« on: December 22, 2011, 08:55:46 PM »

What you propose would be the best and I'd love it too. But here we'd have interpolation issues which I really don't Know how to avoid.
Does anybody know if there were any tries of designing another type of sensor with some other than linear or rectangular rgb subpixels arrangement - ie in triangular arrangement? Or maybe splitting rgb dots in one dot (ie placing r, g and b subpixels over each other - some kind of layers)?
(Edited some grammar and meaning)

Well, DSLR's do this in principal already. You can choose a 6mp, 8mp, or 10mp (as the case may be) sized image already from most digital cameras. As you cropped down the image size (by simply selecting the pixels needed) the resolution would become whatever fit inside that particular crop. You would just take a image from the inside pixels, nothing more. Also being that it would be a smaller image, the DIGIC could process it faster. You would give up image quality for speed or visa versa.

The camera would only need ONE sensor (IE full frame ??mp) and you would simply use the pixels you needed. (full frame, APS-H or APS-C) I would imagine that even if the camera cost a bit more than normal, I bet several people would buy it because they would only need ONE camera for multiple shooting needs.

Look at it this way, my 7D can take HD video right? HD video is 1280 x 720. My sensor is capable of taking a still at a resolution of 5184 x 3456. So if my 7D can take a HD video at a smaller resolution at 30fps and process it quickly enough for video needs then my camera could also be programmed to take a photo at whatever resolution I choose! This is about programming the DIGIC to process the image, nothing more. I realize that there is more to it than that, but in principle it is that simple.

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EOS Bodies / Re: What if - interchengeable sensors

« on: December 21, 2011, 10:45:53 PM »

I would have to say that instead of "interchangable sensors", the best choice would be, a sensor that could be tailored to each shooting need.

I know it has already been rumored with a couple of camera bodies, but IF Canon made a (for the sake of arguement) a 28mp full frame sensor that could DO several different things.

IE, be programmed to...

1. Be a 28mp full frame, high (12800, example) ISO 4-5fps sensor (silky smooth images)
2. Be a 24mp full frame, low ISO (6400, emample), 10-12fps sensor (not so silky smooth, but trade-off for super speed)
3. Be a 18mp APS-H sensor (1.3 crop) low ISO high speed sensor, 16+fps
4. Be a 16mp APS-C sensor (1.6 crop) low ISO super high speed senor, 18+fps...

Low mp (14mp? 16mp?) and extremely silky smooth images at very high ISO (12800+)

You get the idea. One sensor that can be programmed to do whatever you wanted. There are times you want a full frame, "silky smooth" image (with low fps) and there are times you want the reach of a APS-C senor with super frame frates (I.E. 7D) Combine this with a body that can accept EF AND EF-s lenses and you get whatever you want!

You can't have it all, but I believe the technology exists that Canon COULD produce a multipurpose camera that could do allot of this and more.

"DIGIC" could be programmed to do each of these things. Trade one quality for another kind of thing... I also believe that if Canon went back to the "still" camera (and I hope they do, just MO) and took out video shooting you could squeeze allot of different sensor resolution programs in it's place. I would BUY this camera!

Just my 2 cents.

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EOS Bodies / Re: any flaws in the canon 60d?

« on: December 20, 2011, 12:24:36 AM »

are there any flaws with the canon 60d? i know its getting old, but...

Old??? Truthfully, NONE of the DSLR's that Canon has made are "old". I have a friend who still faithfully uses his Rebel (Rebel classic, 6.3mp) everyday and is still amazed at the images it takes. 6mp? 8mp? 18? 21? Does it really matter how many mp your sensor is or when your particular body was released? If the camera does what you ask of it and you are pleased with the results, is it "old"? Hmmm.... 

Lots of great Canon products out there. Find the one that suits your needs/budget the best and go for it!

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III - Poll

« on: December 19, 2011, 11:11:22 PM »

I won't vote. It will be announced when Canon feels that it is time. Nothing personal, just the way that it is.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Whortwhile to go for 5D Mark II?

« on: December 19, 2011, 11:05:33 PM »

Don't look at the 5D2 from a "time-line" point of view. Look at it from a "what can it do" point of view. Even though the 5D2 came out in '09 doesn't mean it lacks in anyway from being a "state-of-the-art" DSLR! It is an awesome camera. Who knows what the 5D3 will bring. Yes, I am sure it may be "better" in terms of ISO performance and such, but it is for you? Truth is, ALL of Canon's DSLR's, from the Rebels to the 1Ds series, they are all great cameras and they are all capable of taking superior photographs. Simply choose which one is right for you!

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EOS Bodies / Re: A little humor - Canon vs Nikon video

« on: December 19, 2011, 10:55:11 PM »

Now, I'm going to clean my gun when I get home... and my DSLR.

Well said. My gun IS my DSLR, (well at least according to the video. )

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EOS Bodies / Re: A little humor - Canon vs Nikon video

« on: December 19, 2011, 10:35:10 PM »

I thought it was a very well thought out piece of entertainment, designed to provide a laugh or two. I seriously doubt it was meant to offend or degrade anyone. If you choose to be offended then that is your right. My advice? Take it for what it was meant to be...