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Quick question for anyone:

How long did the firmware upgrade take?

thx

Updated just now ... took 4 mins 10 seconds using the CF card. SD may be slower.
Bah! These accountants! Expecting light to travel at a constant velocity!

I couldn't help it, neither could you ;D ;D ;D

Cheers ... J.R.

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Quick question for anyone:

How long did the firmware upgrade take?

thx

Updated just now ... took 4 mins 10 seconds using the CF card. SD may be slower.

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Did anyone notice that the date-stamp on the file is 8 April 2013? What was Canon doing delaying it for 22 days?

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EOS Bodies / Re: 60D on the way out?
« on: May 04, 2013, 07:08:36 AM »
the 60D is really unuseful today; more or less the same features of XXXD line

You know, it's true.  I bought a 60D over 2 years ago and it's just sitting around collecting dust now that it's become "unuseful".  It used to take great pictures and fulfill ALL of my needs but now, it's pretty much just a piece of crap - barely useful as a paperweight.  It's weird too - my needs haven't changed, but somehow the camera has.  Odd...

I think I'll just throw it away.   I wouldn't want to burden someone else with such a "unuseful" piece of junk.  DAMN YOU CANON!

/s

On a serious note - you'd think photographers (who are MOSTLY a reasonably intelligent group of folks) would understand that NO camera is designed to be EVERYTHING to EVERY PERSON.  But somehow this goes over the head of most...

That's not really fair... it makes a fine paperweight.

Not really ... it's too large to be a "fine paperweight"  :P

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EOS Bodies / Re: 60D on the way out?
« on: May 04, 2013, 03:35:39 AM »
Big sales on the 60D around here.... Body for $700, with 18-200 for $1000, and for some inexplicable reason, with 18-200 and tripod for $1900..... Bet they don't sell any of the last package....

Kind of looks like an attempt to clear out the 60D stock before the 70D is announced.

I hope this doesn't mean that the 70D will be a mix of a somewhat updated 60D and a crippled 7D 

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Lenses / Re: GND Filter Recommendation
« on: May 03, 2013, 08:29:28 AM »
I'd suggest you plan for a Filter Holder system like LEE / Cokin / Tiffen. A number of companies (Schneider, Singh Ray, etc.) make excellent filters which can be used in the holders. 

The biggest benefit of using a holder system is that every time you buy a lens of a different filter thread size, all you need is an adapter and the same filters can be used on all lenses. 

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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 03, 2013, 08:24:34 AM »

yes yes the generics are just as good, but if your gonna spend $2000 on a lens whats another $13 for the original

Only my hard earned money (which I don't earn from photography).

But then it is entirely possible that photos with the lens cap on will be remarkably better with the original than the generic ... now THAT's an upgrade!  :P

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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 03, 2013, 08:17:20 AM »
Cool ... but at $ 100, I'll probably wait for the Chinese variants  :P
Save more money and get Chinese lenses as well. And bodies.

Bad advice ... they don't have sufficient DR  :P

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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 03, 2013, 02:11:12 AM »
Cool ... but at $ 100, I'll probably wait for the Chinese variants  :P

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Canon General / Re: That's my money you are profiting from Canon!!!
« on: May 03, 2013, 01:57:24 AM »

So much for people who were anticipating a fall in prices of Canon products due to JPY devaluation.


Weaker Yen may yet lead to reduction in the average price of Canon products.  Most likely this will not be everyday shelf price (MAP price) but average price reflecting discounts and promotional $ available to retailers.

That was really the point I was trying to make. It is because Canon has revised its profit guidance upwards (due to a weaker JPY) means that it is increasingly unlikely that the USD prices will be reduced.

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Street & City / Re: Question about long exposure and filters
« on: May 02, 2013, 03:12:30 AM »
I finally made the decision to go in for the LEE filter system and things are way much better.
I know you were the only person who got the LEE big stopper from B&H recently, so stop making the rest of us jealous ;D

Ha ha ... but I must correct you, I was one of the two CR members who got the Big Stopper. There was another CR member who saw my post the other day!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Black blob problem
« on: May 02, 2013, 12:00:07 AM »
Agree with what has been suggested by pbd & mt. spokane. 

The shot seems to have been taken with white fluorescent light coming from the left casting deep shadows in the already dark clothing. It appears more of an issue with the lighting than the camera.

A few more points - 

What camera were you shooting with. I have this weird problem with my 5D3 and the 6D which "seem" to underexpose by 1/2 or 2/3 of a stop. Maybe you are experiencing a similar phenomenon.  I usually compensate this by ETTR and bringing down the highlights in post.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Black blob problem
« on: May 01, 2013, 11:22:48 PM »
Hi,

Maybe you need to post some samples for the sake of illustration.

Regards ... J.R.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon are you listening?
« on: May 01, 2013, 09:37:55 AM »
We want more, MOAR!!!

Build us a camera that has more of this and less of that, and much more of this, and could do this with only a little bit of that, and doesn’t need that in order to do this. 


This = DR, MP
That = FPN

And it must cost less than this and definitely less than that…


This = Nikon
That = ??


And another thing: we want it now, we want it yesterday and we will want more tomorrow, and all the demands will have changed by then so stay awake!


Canon: All lines in this route are busy ... please try calling after 6 months (we may replay the same message of course)

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Street & City / Re: Question about long exposure and filters
« on: May 01, 2013, 06:51:02 AM »
OK, thanks for the gear tip. I am actually moving back to Europe in a few weeks and will hold any further investments until getting back. Also, this is a first try and I will see if I get hooked, looking at your pictures and if I could at least get close to that, I am sure I will be.

We have some beautiful landscape areas with creeks and a big lake close to our summer house. I'll likely continue to practice there before I'd go all in on more gear for this area.

Interesting comment about how you meter. You're on a quite advanced level. I have a lot to learn just starting out with it. I checked out a couple of videos and will shoot in AV and let the camera give me the shutter speed. It's a start and I don't want too much to think about.

Again, many thanks for all the info.

J

Good luck. You are blessed to have those potential subjects around you. Make do first with what you have and shoot in the golden hour/blue hour for optimum results. Long exposure photography is indeed a very interesting genre. As you already shoot in RAW, I also suggest you shoot in either MANUAL or BULB mode for more flexiblity as you don't have enough control of the shutter speed in Av mode. The key to long exposure photography is controlling your shutter speed but watching out with your aperture as well. Also, set your ISO as low as possible. Long exposure may also result in high noise(even at ISO 100) and this you'll have to find out yourself as you get along.  :) Vignetting is also another issue but this can be addressed easily in LR or PS.

+1

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