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PowerShot / Re: A New Large Sensor PowerShot Coming [CR1]

« on: May 08, 2013, 11:52:49 PM »

Canon needs it. I have the SL1 right now and it is actually smaller than I thought with pretty good quality. Paired it up with the 40mm f/2.8 pancake and it works nicely. However, I still long for that Fuji X100s. It just looks unbelievable. Take a look at those High ISO files too, Amazing. You can download the RAW files from the review at: http://learningcameras.com/reviews/9-other/137-fuji-x100s-review

Canon should be able to do this if they wanted to although I'm wishing for a viewfinder. Big help on the Fuji so I'd like it there unless it means a way bigger camera.

thanks for the review
I'd be interested to see a head to head review vs the sony rx1

just some feedback
- these reviews have improved light years from when they started - good job
- I particularly like how you are integrating close ups more and more of features buttons  screens etc while talking and not having such long period of the video just focused on the speaker.
- more cut in's of images is good to show things
- still not quite there yet though there is still too much screen time of the dude juggling the camera or lens or whatever from hand to hand, this is just not interesting to watch for too long and it gets boring really quick.
- you had a crazy exposure change half way through this one
- wearing sunglasses is annoying especially with so much time of the view on the speaker.
- maybe make the reviews more dynamic, move around I think having a seperate person to take the vid my make it more interesting rather than the selfie style video.
- some features weren't mentioned x-sync speed?

but overall good information and good to see these reviews improving

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EOS-M / Re: My Eos M review - Part Two

« on: May 08, 2013, 07:46:35 PM »

Ivan, your reviews were very informative and fun to read. Your photographs are fantastic, I really like your 'display' of colors, for a lack of better terms. I can't describe how they look to me, but I really like them and all your examples. Like Paul, I also am a new owner of the EOS-M and am itching to get out and test it's video capabilities, which I bought it for. Thanks again for sharing your reviews here. Eric

put magic lantern on it. it really takes the camera to another level

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EOS-M / Re: Filters for M

« on: May 08, 2013, 07:42:24 PM »

i bought 52mm filters that way they also fit my 40mm pancake and voigtlander 20mm as well as the 18-55 ef-m
then bought a 43-52mm step up ring witch can be a cute lil lens hood on the 22 if you like

i got a hoya CPL
a hoya IR 720nm
and a B+W 10 stop ND

52mm are cheap!

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Reviews / Re: Review - Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM

« on: May 08, 2013, 07:36:47 PM »

That said, I would get the Sigma if I would choose between them. I would do that even if it was 90% as good as the Canon, as I am one of the price sensitive ones...

put it this way i got a brand new sigma 35 f1.4 and a 2 year old used canon 135 f2L for what a canon 35L would have cost me
I think the IQ out of the sigma beats the 35L although i have only tested and not owned the 35L
still thats not saying the 35L is not a great lens i almost pulled the trigger and bought one the day sigma anounced the 35!

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Software & Accessories / Re: Honda to start selling ONLY stretch limos

« on: May 08, 2013, 02:59:38 AM »

But I hear they will have cloud-like ride and handling
so quite you will be able to hear the cash register ticking over every mile
ooops did I say cash register I meant odometer

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Canon General / Re: Desired fantasy gear

« on: May 08, 2013, 02:36:36 AM »

Am wondering what gear we all want that is not being manufactured yet but we wish it were.

I start:
A focusing screen (for cameras that accept interchangeable screens eg 1dx and 5d2) with proper split screen focusing aid. This will help me use Zeiss lenses better and focus manually Canon lenses in low light etc.
And, if I could: 24-105 f2.8 IS with good corner sharpness. This will be my ultimate travel lens.

Thank you.

I agree with you ive longed for a 24-105 f2.8L IS for ages

I'll add my
35-85 f2L IS with IQ as good as the sigma 35 f1.4

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Tripod and multiple camera straps

« on: May 08, 2013, 12:21:15 AM »

A tripod head with quick release plates and just buy two plates, one on each camera?

Suggest an L bracket for each camera - let's you turn the camera vertical without putting weight off to the side of the tripod (ball head).  Plus I have plates on all my lenses.  To save a few $ is not worth the hassle of moving plates between lens.  And the better L brackets (or camera plates) are custom for each body.

As far as BR strap, I trust an anchor point I screw into the plate or body.  I am not comfortable with a small clamp (e.g., the Kirk system) which could get loose and have camera crash to the floor.  Too bad there is no L bracket with an attachment point that does not interfere with mounting on a ball head.

this is what i do
however i took a dremel to my really right stuff L brackets so that the black rapid  FastenR-T1 thats fits inside and flaps down and hides when on a tripod
also a side benefit of it being a dremel hack job is there is quite a bit of metal on metal friction resistance that stops it coming unscrewed. Mine have never even come close to accidentally unscrewing

works really well

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Lenses / Re: If the 7D M2 will be delayed until 2014, will the 100-400 also be delayed?

« on: May 08, 2013, 12:07:42 AM »

also the 100-400 wont come out until the 200-400 comes out and it's still off being tested on the lochness monster so who know when we will see any of them!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: dissapointed 6d 100mm f2 and 24mm 2.8 (non l)

« on: May 07, 2013, 11:31:33 PM »

i did use a cokin CPL on a lot of these shots including this one.

I see...in that case, a little softness at f/10 (which should be quite sharp, otherwise) doesn't come as a surprise.

yep i think its inferior quality filter that might be the culprit try a high quality hoya or B+W

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Lenses / Re: Cheap fisheye for canon full frame?

« on: May 07, 2013, 08:44:38 PM »

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Samyang-14mm-f-2.8-IF-ED-UMC-Lens-Review.aspx

the samyang 14mm is supposed to be pretty good

I got the 8mm for my EOS-M and i'm very happy with it on that little camera for the odd occasion i want to use a fish eye

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Waiting for a Sigma 50 "A" like their 35 to appear?

« on: May 07, 2013, 07:49:38 PM »

valid points GMC

I think sigma zooms to date have definatley not been nearly as good as some of their primes

I only have the sigma 85 the 50 and the 35 primes

the new 35 is in another league to the other 2 and quite fankly one of the best lenses i've ever used

the 85 is very very good i use it alot (I use this lens more now than the 70-200 II and that is at weddings)
its sharper at f2 than the 70-200 is at f2.8 its lighter and less obtrusive it is my goto portrait lens.

the 50 well its ok but not great like the other 2 lenses its not really much better than the canon 50 f1.4 and its bigger and heavier

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Lenses / Re: Stuck on whether to return sigma 35mm for 35mm 1.4L or 35f2 is

« on: May 07, 2013, 02:37:00 AM »

Update on Sigma 35mm. I took it in locally and they saw I was AFMA to +10 and they actually put it at about +15 internally so my camera is spot on and I am at 0 in camera. That makes this lens that much sweeter. Glad I took it in. If you buy a Sigma and it seems off send it in is my advise.

thats what my siggy 85 1.4 was like sent it in to sigma and a week later it came back spot on
glad its working for you now
it will be interesting to see how much tweeking we can do when the sigma usb docks come out

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 7D Mark II in 2013? [CR2]

« on: May 07, 2013, 01:01:16 AM »

Btw, does anyone have an opinion on the ridiculous apple tv ad campaign, where they state emphatically "more pictures are shot every day with an iPhone, than with any other camera"...?  Talk about a claim that is difficult to back up...especially since it can't possibly be true.

meh it probably is true they do need to add in the disclaimer
"please note 99% of these photos are hidiously noisey washed out selfies of people with little to no photographic skill that will propogate though the facebookosphere for eternity"

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Future of EOS M [CR1]

« on: May 07, 2013, 12:56:48 AM »

Thats what I'm saying Marsu.  With the right settings I don't think the AF is really all that bad.  I wouldn't recommend it to my mum, because she would want it just to work out the box, and I take the point that every review, every forum and everybody who has read a forum (and even those who haven't touched an M) says..

Out the box with the flexi zone left to auto, it's slow and it hunts.

With a dabble in the menus, point select, AF+MF enabled and continual focus switched off, it is about 65x better.

Now I know that 99% of the target users probably aren't going to get beyond A mode.  But for folk who used EOS before, who know what the AF settings mean, you can get better results out of the AF.

something I have found taking pics of my 5 month old baby girl while i'm holding her.
with the eos-m and 22mm lens is super handy because its light and easy to hold in 1 hand
the 22mm minimum focus distance is only 150mm so i can hold her on my lap and take a quick snap and still get a decent angle without waking her up. the AF speed doesnt matter here anyway

overall as an auxillary camera i really like the EOS-M but I couldnt live with it as my only camera

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EOS-M / Re: EOS-M tilt shift adapter ?

« on: May 06, 2013, 08:25:20 PM »

thats exactly what i had in mind however nikon F mount WTF?
why not at least make it canon FD mount to EOS-M
not quite sure why they would make nikon f mount over a canon mount