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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"

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Lenses / Re: Canon 16-35mm L IS USM - Need ND Filters, recommendations ? Question

« on: January 29, 2012, 02:21:02 AM »

i got the lightcraft workshop variable ND 82mm it flares out to 86mm and comes with an 86mm centerpinch lens cap and doesnt vigentte on full frame

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EOS Bodies / Re: Tastes Great...Less Filling

« on: January 28, 2012, 07:11:36 PM »

none of those options for me, so far the rumours of the 5D3 indicate its exactly what i'm looking for

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

« on: January 28, 2012, 07:08:15 PM »

While the specs are very likable (61-point AF/7.5 fps), with an AF system that is similar to what Nikon has to offer in their D700 or the upcoming D800, this is simply too close spec-wise to the 1D X. This is seriously going to threaten both the 1D X's position, as well as the 7D (including it's successor) as a sports oriented, fast machine. A 5 fps is more reasonable. For the megapixels 22 is pretty good, I like how Canon decides to stay around this limit, however, can it compete against Nikon's much confirmed 36MP D800? We have yet to see how they perform... And by the way, from the leaked images, to me that's much of what the Mark III will look like and I am very impressed by how they modifies it and applies a 7D layout to it. It just looks more ergonomic and well designed than the Mark II.

OTOH, 5fps with 22MP would get slammed by a 36MP 4fps FF and 16MP 6fps APS-C dual D800 with Nikon's best AF.

If it can perform well at high iso then I agree with you completely, although havent there been rumours in the nikon world of its high iso performance being not so flash?

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

« on: January 28, 2012, 07:02:10 PM »

APS-C does not give better IQ than APS-H all you have to do is look at the samples here at various isos
http://www.thedigitalpicture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-7D-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx
compare the 7D with the 1D4 and even the old 1D3. If the 7D could match the 1D3 i would have retired it long ago and been using a 7D instead however that "fuzziness" you get means the APS-H still has the edge. Who knows what will come in future cameras however I think if they avance the tech of APS-C then APS-H can equally be advanced to continue to provide high IQ levels.

I also personally love using the 16-35 on APS-H as I find it performs better than the 24-70 f2.8 on FF and better than the 17-55 f2.8 on APS-C. thats just my take I am sure lots will disagree though. Personally an APS-H body complements having a FF body perfectly.

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

« on: January 26, 2012, 08:26:41 PM »

I think that the main reason they won't be putting an APS-H sensor in a non-1D line camera is that they don't want to risk 1DIV users trading down due to their loss of pixels on target in the 1D X.  If they put a 24MP APS-H sensor in a 7D-esque body and charged a 5D MkII price for it, there might be some who'd be tempted. 

Sorry but this makes NO sense, canon have already sold the 1d4s and made their money they dont give a damn what happens to used prices. in fact they would love for all the 1d4 users to trade down. more sales for them!

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Brief Specs? [CR1]

« on: January 26, 2012, 08:18:37 PM »

I don't really see the 5D and 7D line merging as they will occupy very different price points, the 5D will debut at 3k or more the 7D will sit under 2k. the lower end of the market is where there will be a shakeout especially with mirrorless on the way. the xxxxD xxxD and xxD line occupy a space that will really only fit one low end DSLR once the mirrorless moves in i think mirrorless will wipe out the xxxxD and xxxD lines leaving the xxD as the entry level DSLR with the 7D remaining the weather sealed crop flagship
then I am hoping they bring out a new small form factor APS-H
2 FF bodies 1 APS-H and 2 APS-C bodies plus the new mirrorless I dont think they will produce a MP monster this round I tihnk they will wait and see the fallout from the D800 with its rumoured lack of high iso performance that will upset alot of Nikon wedding photogs

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 70D... not a new question...

« on: January 25, 2012, 04:50:08 PM »

there is very little difference between the 600d and the 60d if you need something now get the 600d save a bunch of cash and then you can look at selling it and upgrading when the 70d come out if it gives you what you want but at least you are shooting now. there are some pretty cheap deals around on 600d cameras. if you keep waiting you will never shoot anything because the day after the 70d come out i guarantee rumours will start about the 80d

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Lenses / Re: f2 2x zooms

« on: January 25, 2012, 04:26:03 PM »

yes but that lens is nearly a 3x zoom by keeping the zoom ration down to only 2 you would require slightly less complicated optics and surely the size would be reduced somewhat. I'm not a lens designer so only making some guesses here.

also with the 4/3rds f2 i think you will have more like f2.8 or more Dof performance compared to fullframe due to the significantly smaller sensor it'd be interesting to see direct comparisons of say a 5dmk2 with70-200 f2.8 vs this 4/3 35-100 f2