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EOS Bodies / Re: Can someone debunk this Peter Lik picture... PLEASE!!!

« on: January 31, 2012, 07:38:57 PM »

ROFL

Ok for starters this is the same guy that stole trey ratcliff's HDR of time square and claimed it was his
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2011/03/31/peter-lik-your-thoughts/

it happens to be the exact photo that trey goes into great detail of the processing of it in one of his ebooks

SOoooo. I would take anything on the peter Lik site with a bag of salt... it might not even be his! 

Peter Lik only deals with high res for his work for sale. Not sure about this one. Did this person in question just give Peter his full res 21MP 16bit tiff file. Got to be joking aren't you? So now, you are saing Peter's a fraud. Duuuude, Peter isn't that much into HDR. Although he does shoot digital these days, his work is mainly 617 medium format film

I was simply posting the link to this previous incident, let people read it and make up their own mind about the guy.
The link is there, you can read it and make up your own mind about it.

I do think many of his shots are astetically pleasing however I have no respect for anyone that would take another persons image and claim it as their own.
seems i picked up a few more smites for pointing this out though

I dont have a problem with photoshoping, especially if its just a simple exposure blend of a double exposure. I mean its "fine art" this genre seems to mean anything goes with PP

I personally don't like alot of the stuff many fine art photographers produce. But if people are prepared to pay those insane prices then more power to them.

I do think this particular moon shot has had a little more than 2 shots of different exposures blended

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Software & Accessories / Re: Sling Straps: Black Rapid, Sun Sniper

« on: January 31, 2012, 03:21:23 AM »

I use my black rapid strap and love it.  I've never had the lug loosen, but I do check it occasionally if I'm walking around for a long period of time.

The neck straps give me a sore neck in just a few minutes.

I do not go back and forth from strap to tripod mount very often, or I'd get a clamp that attaches to a QR plate.

I also do not carry a really large lens on it, my 100-400mm L being the largest.  I could not imagine someone carrying a 300mm f/2.8 with it, for example, but there are probably a few that do.

I hung a 28-300 off a 1D on a rapid strap its fine even when travelling and sent quite a bit of time with it in this setup

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Lenses / Re: Canon vs. Tamron

« on: January 31, 2012, 03:09:12 AM »

i owned a tamron 18-270 once.... for a day before I sent it back because it was such a steaming pile of rubbish
soooo i would say it occupies the #2 spot but i'm not talking about ranking. It's just #2

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EOS Bodies / Re: Can someone debunk this Peter Lik picture... PLEASE!!!

« on: January 31, 2012, 03:04:49 AM »

ROFL

Ok for starters this is the same guy that stole trey ratcliff's HDR of time square and claimed it was his
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2011/03/31/peter-lik-your-thoughts/

it happens to be the exact photo that trey goes into great detail of the processing of it in one of his ebooks

SOoooo. I would take anything on the peter Lik site with a bag of salt... it might not even be his! 

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Lenses / Re: EdMika adapter launch - TS 35mm 2.8 FD - EOS conversion

« on: January 30, 2012, 07:30:16 AM »

i just got my adapter and i have to say it is totally cool to be able to use this 600mm f4.5 lens on my 1d3 and 5d2
with the precision matte focus screen on the 5d2 manual focus is pretty easy to nail with it

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D Mk2 ..... APS-H

« on: January 29, 2012, 10:43:46 PM »

If the 1Dx doesnt have f8 AF then I very much doubt any lower model will thats always been one of the big 1D differentiators.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D mkII upgrade with a mkIII or 1Dx

« on: January 29, 2012, 09:26:45 PM »

waiting for the 5D3s
and then i'll see how the AF is etc before deciding if i keep the 5D2s or sell them and get more 5D3s

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Lenses / Re: What about a new 50/1.4 ??

« on: January 29, 2012, 09:12:23 PM »

I'd like to see a 50 f1.4L of similar build to the 100f2.8L macro keeping the size similar to the existing 50f1.4
weather sealing would be nice and using the ENG plastics would keep it light and portable

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Lenses / Re: EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro vs. EF-S 60 f/2.8 Macro ?

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:48:36 PM »

If you are renting you may as well rent the 100f2.8L
but you can buy the older 100f2.8 non L quite cheap second hand, depending on the duration of use might be cheaper than renting

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Lenses / Re: Dead bug on the inside of my Sigma 50mm f/1.4 front element!! WTF???!!!

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:43:46 PM »

you could try a vacuum cleaner, yeah I read about this on the internet, and thought i would give it a go for dust
put you hand over the lens to body mount to sort of seal around it then put the vacuum cleaner tube into the top of your hand, I kept the vacuum on low speed and you can feel the air sucking throught the lens and out the back, I dont think low speed provides enough sucktion to risk damaging any internals.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D Mk2 ..... APS-H

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:33:06 PM »

It doesn't make sense to kill the 7D APS-C for the following reasons
- Wildlife/ sports people need the weather sealled great AF and the 1.6 crop
- It has a big following and there are high quality EF-S lenses that make it a formidable combo

I think the 7D will remain top of the crops, it will make sense to rationalise the lower bunch of crop cameras into 2 or 3 crop models only, I can see the xxxxD series being retired especially with a mirrorless option entering the market.

While I still prefer APS-H myself and I think a new APS-H camera will get a totally new name maybe a 6D be more sporty and priced around where the 5D3 will be up around $3k I guess, the 2 would complement each other well and I think.

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EOS Bodies / Re: *UPDATE* New High-End DSLR Later in February [CR3]

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:21:32 PM »

They're still making 5D2 and selling at around $2400.  If this "new high end" is announced at $2500, it will instantly kill the sales of 5D2 that they still have to clear the stock of.

If they are still making 5DII and expect to continue selling it after this new end camera is announced, it would suggest the following:

More expensive than the 5DII - If it would be at a similar price, it would instantly kill sales of the 5D as you say....no matter whether it is named 5D3 or not.

Not named 5DII or 5DX Canon will reveal a 5D3 at some point - but they will not be selling it alongside the 5DII - in fact, just announcing a 5D3 will kill sales of the 5DII, simply because it will create the impression that the 5DII is "obsolete".

So, again, IF they are still making 5DII and plan to do so for a while, it would actually make sense to have a February announcement of a $4000 "3D" (or whatever - just not a 5D3), and then a $3000 5D3 late in the year.

True, there is still that price point of around $2000 for a entry FF camera that sell like hotcakes
Nikon kept the D90 alive well after the D7000 and D5100 came out and it still sold well
so if they continue to sell there would be no reason for canon to stop making 5Dmk2s over all
the value for money of these cameras is very good

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Photography magazines

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:12:53 PM »

If you are beginner to intermediate have a look at www.photoradar.com
I think you can subscribe from there, they have quite well produced articles,
If you are looking for more advanced stuff I would look elsewhere

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EOS Bodies / Re: *UPDATE* 5D Mark III - February 7, 2012 [CR2]

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:03:03 PM »

22MP is really horrifying news. I will not buy that. Compared to my mk2 I need higher dynamic range, better high ISO performance and higher resolution. I think 48 MP would have been a good choice. Perhaps I will have to consider to switch to D800 if it is really 36MP.
I have no understanding what so ever for those who wants better dynamics and ISO performance but not higher resolution when it's clearly better with the better dynamics, ISO performance AND higher resolution. You must be stupid if you want 2 of 3 improvements instead of all 3.

The specification also doesn't make sense. I don't see the market segment between 1DX and 7D. What we need is high resolution, high dynamic range, high ISO performance and no banding. Of couse also improved AF compared to mk2. High speed isn't important since that area is covered by 1DX and 7D. Anyway with 48MP (or 36MP) there would have been possible to make a crop mode with higher speed.

DITTO! and perhaps they can make a new 5-500mm f2 Lens as a kit all for $2000

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 100-400mmL IS

« on: January 29, 2012, 05:59:26 PM »

The whole dust issue in the 100-400mm is an urban legend. I use mine on polo fields with horses flying by all the time and I have never, ever had a problem with dust. EVER. Somewhere, somebody decided that the push-pull system just HAD to attract dust, the idea caught on and it's attained a life of it's own. It's crap. It's not a problem. It never was a problem.

Now image quality... that's hit or miss. And the autofocus is slow. I don't love this lens, but it's serviceable.

ditto for the dust on the 28-300 never had a problem with it, once ou get the hang of the push pull zoom its very fast I found the AF speed on the 28-300 very quick, maybe not as quick as the 70-200 f2.8 but not too far off the mark, but As far as I know the 28-300 is rated as weather sealed where as the 100-400 is not "weather sealed"