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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Inside the Canon EOS-1D C

« on: January 09, 2013, 08:22:27 AM »

actually, when you download any canon firmware update you agree to these terms:

You shall not alter, modify, disassemble, decompile or otherwise reverse engineer the Software and you also shall not have any third party to do so.

I hope this announcement will be enough to make people leave us alone about hacking the 1D

Easy to write, not so easy to enforce.

E.g. John could ask Peter to download the firmware for him. Peter did not ask John to do anything with the firmware, and John did not agree to the terms. John doesn't even have to name John, so Canon would have to prove in court that Peter downloaded the firmware himself.

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Lenses / Re: Did you use a UV filter on 70-200 f2.8L IS (I or II) during its last use? (Poll)

« on: January 01, 2013, 02:09:33 AM »

This is an expensive lens, so it's to be expected owners would like to protect it.

Of the lenses I have, it's the one I'm most worried would be damaged, though I have my photography equipment insured.

Yet, I don't use a UV filter for this lens. If I was shooting in a hostile environment, say a desert or rain, I would use one. In the urban environment I usually shoot, I feel using the hood when shooting and the cap when returning the lens to the bag are sufficient protection, and wasn't disappointed so far.

Another angle is that a quality 77mm UV filter isn't cheap either. It's cheaper than the lens or fixing it, but I would still worry it would get damaged, so why use one unless it's actually needed?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Accessory for Induro PHQ3 head to allow rotation around nodal point

« on: December 28, 2012, 10:21:48 AM »

A macro rail would work, or a nodal slide from RRS: ...

Thanks!

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EOS Bodies / Re: An EOS 3D Mention [CR1]

« on: December 28, 2012, 10:18:30 AM »

Canon has eight lines of DSLR bodies (xxxxD, xxxD, xxD, four single digit bodies, and EOS-M) requiring two lines of lenses, exclusive of video cameras.

Isn't Canon already stretching itself thin enough w/o starting another line of bodies?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Accessory for Induro PHQ3 head to allow rotation around nodal point

« on: December 28, 2012, 09:32:12 AM »

I plan to buy an Induro PHQ3 tripod head, and noted - w/o surprise - that in order to have a camera + lens rotate around the lens' nodal point, a third party accessory would be required.

What would that accessory be? Would a macro rail do the trick?

Thanks!

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Lenses / Re: Announcement on January 8, 2013? New Lenses [CR1]

« on: December 24, 2012, 07:52:04 AM »

There is a fly in the ointment ... Great rouse to stem the sigma tide

I'm considering the Sigma in place of the 35mm f/2 - the price of the mk1 L is far too high for me, and the mk2 L would be even more expensive.

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Lenses / Re: Announcement on January 8, 2013? New Lenses [CR1]

« on: December 23, 2012, 08:45:58 AM »

I hope so - a savings account would be opened just after the reviews of the EF 14-24mm f/2.8 would be released.

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Lenses / Re: The great battle: primes vs zooms

« on: December 18, 2012, 05:53:27 AM »

The 2nd might be best for my bag,  but I just don't have the $ to buy all those primes.

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Lenses / Re: Patent: A New Canon EF 50 f/1.2 & Suggestion of a Full Frame Mirrorless?

« on: December 17, 2012, 05:41:47 AM »

Also, that means another line of FF mirrorless lenses...*shiver*

Yeah, thats really the piece that makes this technology pretty far off. To actually release a full-frame mirrorless camera with all the lens options a pro would want (fast zooms, primes, tilt-shifts, super teles, etc), it'd take them years to fill out the line. Even if they release the body in the next year, it's probably 3-4yrs down the line until its a viable option as a system. That also assumes 3rd party manufacturers get behind it, otherwise it's probably 5-6yrs

The whole point with a mirrorless is it's small size, which makes big lenses - such as super teles - pointless.

So I think the FF mirrorless' line of lenses would be small, say primes from wide up to ~100mm & couple of fast zooms in same focal range.

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Lenses / Re: Recommendations for three weeks in the Middle East

« on: December 16, 2012, 04:29:33 AM »

I took
1Dmk2, 17-40, 24-70, 28-135(cheapo), 70-200, 50ml 1.4, 100-400(hardly used), 1.4extender(didn't use), 580exii flash(used in shuks...markets), tripod (must have for those awesome night shots of old buildings..Gitzo 2451 carbon, spare battery, lots of cards, laptop, external drive.

If you go to the markets, take filters and/or lens cleaning kit.

I went to "shuk hacarmel" in Tel-Aviv with a friend to shoot a video, and there were 2-3 people in the market who didn't want to be shoot and just pushed (assertively, not brutally) the lens away with their hands, leaving finger prints on the front element.

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EOS-M / Re: To buy M or not to buy M?

« on: December 16, 2012, 03:55:47 AM »

I have one with the 22mm and EF adaptor. I got it so I don't have to lug my 5D3 everywhere.

A lot of people here bash the EOS-M for what it isn't supposed to be. Those opinions are misguided because the EOS-M isn't supposed to be your DSLR substitute. What it is is a compact with impeccable image quality, full manual control, AF points you can virtually focus anywhere in the scene. And to top it off, can use EF/EF-S lenses! The EOS-M is for those wanting to jump in the photography scene but don't want to get a chunky DSLR. Eventually when those people buy EF/EF-S lenses it'll be a much more economical transition to a DSLR.

What I expect from a compact interchangeable lens camera is to have small lenses. I'm not going to buy it just because it has a good alternative to the EF 35mm f/2 & can mount my EF lenses w/ an adapter.

If there were EF-M 15mm f/2 & EF-M diagonal fisheye, I would seriously consider it. An equivalent of the EF 24-105mm f/4 would help.

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Lenses / Re: 50mm upgrade or 85mm coverage?

« on: December 12, 2012, 09:29:24 AM »

Why not consider the Canon 85mm f/1.8?

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Lenses / Re: New Tilt-Shift Lenses in 2013 [CR2]

« on: December 10, 2012, 12:55:25 PM »

anyone else interested in a 35mm tilt shift?  the 17 and 24 are great (have both), but sometimes a little wide still.  45 strikes me as a little long, but a 35mm would be fantastic!  that or an aps-h 7dii...

I thought about looking for a Canon FD 35mm TS Lens & an adapter.

Then again, the TS-E 24mm f/3.5 + EF 1.4x mkIII Extender would be pretty close to 35mm f/5. As both have good IQ, and TS-E lenses are not expected to be fast, a TS-E 35mm lens might not have a big market.

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Lenses / Re: Recommendations for three weeks in the Middle East

« on: December 09, 2012, 09:54:45 AM »

machine gun and bullet-proof vest ?

If he takes a GPS to keep him out of area A, he has a greater risk of being stabbed during an argument over parking space than getting hurt in a terrorist act.

It's winter in Israel, so some protection against the occasional rain shower might be called for.

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Lenses / Re: New Tilt-Shift Lenses in 2013 [CR2]

« on: December 08, 2012, 09:18:52 AM »

A TS-E macro (= 1:1 magnification) lens?