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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX vs 1D IV ??

« on: January 23, 2012, 03:51:41 AM »

Put another way, if you buy a FF camera but then have to crop all your images to 1.3x or 1.6x FoV, you're throwing away the IQ advantages of FF over the smaller sensors, and so you might as well just get the cheaper camera (from an IQ standpoint).  Conversely, if you only need to crop a few of your images, the IQ with the FF will be a decided advantage.  That might mean getting longer lenses to compensate for the loss of 1.3x crop...which suits Canon just fine...

Neuro - this was well stated -so true.

Like some of you, that Spot AF is a necessity for me as well.  The 7D spoiled me on this and it's availability with all lenses.  It's a must have. Does anyone have a tally as to which currently available Canon DSLR bodies have this feature on FF for all lenses?

Yes, the 1d X.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark II or 1D Mark III

« on: January 23, 2012, 03:45:26 AM »

i would say take the 5d mk2 over the 1d mk3 for the following reasons

smaller form factor
Full frame benefits
if you crop the 5d mk2 image to 1.3 crop you get 10mp anyway so same res as the 1dmk3
about a stop better high iso

the only thing better in the 1dmk3 is weather sealing and good AF (assuming you get a late model that didnt have AF problems)

..and more than twice the framerate, plus all the good stuff to customize. Can't remember if the mkIII had it, but one function I can't live without in the mk4 is the ability to set upper and lower limit of shutterspeed. The only way to shoot concerts.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark II or 1D Mark III

« on: January 22, 2012, 09:49:34 AM »

The metering on mine 5d2, and three friends of mine, always underexpose by a full stop. Really annoying. You have to constantly take one image and check and adjust. But I have come to the conclusion that a FullFrame camera is the only SLR worth owning, yes and I am serious. My 24 L II, 50 L and 85 L have been 60% wasted on the mk4 compared when used on the 5d2, my god those lenses are so much better on fullframe.....

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1dx is it all hype or the camera we have been waiting for?

« on: January 22, 2012, 08:51:52 AM »

From my personal experience the 5d2 is superior to the mk4 at lower than 400 iso, but at 2500 and up, the mkIV is much better, at least it has noise that is more easily removable with Lr. And better looking noise.

Remember that the mk4 is better at half stops , 160, 320, 640 and so on, whilst the 5d is better at full stops.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is the AF really that bad on the 5Dmk2

« on: January 22, 2012, 05:37:57 AM »

Hi I'm considering purchasing a 5dmk2 as a third camera since the prices are really good at the moment, but it seems to get a lot of bad reviews regarding it's auto focus. Can you 5dmk2 owners share your thoughts and is the AF really that bad. I would be using it for weddings and portraits.

Thanks

No,  c'mon.. almost half the wedding photographers out there use it...  too many people worry about shooting test cards and not enough about real things and people..

I'll second that! Same I say about the 50 L. A truly wonderful lens, but if you shoot test-charts at mfd, it seems to suck, but put it on a 5d and it will blow your mind.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: How many 1D X pre-orders will be fulfilled on release?

« on: January 19, 2012, 04:07:02 PM »

IF the S100 is a reference, we won't see the 1d X until june.... I really hope not, because I'm without camera, and I have some serious withdrawal right now....

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX vs 1D IV ??

« on: January 19, 2012, 03:04:28 PM »

No zone-af or spot-af on the mk4...

The 1D IV does have Spot AF, however, it's only available when using a supertele with a lens AF stop button.  On the 7D, Spot AF is available with any lens.

Yeah, I know, but to me, it's so stupid to only have it with the supertele's, I left it out on purpose especially since I used to own the 300 2.8 and saw how cool the spot-af really is, only to back to my 85 and miss because it can't do spot...

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX vs 1D IV ??

« on: January 19, 2012, 02:40:35 PM »

but i missed the ZONE and 4 point expansion options.

They are there on the 1D4 - I use expansion by default.

1D4 has:

- left/right expansion
- one point all round(9points)
- 18 point expansion

The 1D4 has a whole bunch of options around the AF and the AF points mostly (from memory) the same as the 7D plus a few extras.

No zone-af or spot-af on the mk4... The X will get the same layout , Q-button, as the 7d..

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why canon?

« on: January 19, 2012, 07:55:43 AM »

I wanted the cheapest and smallest, so when the 350d came out, that was the answer. Simple as that, but I kept using Canon because I liked it better and still do. The ease of use is what's important to me. I need to find the settings I need, fast, and at that Canon is simply the best.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX vs 1D IV ??

« on: January 19, 2012, 06:59:53 AM »

I was referring to the impact on lens use ...

I am amazed that you think there is a HUGE difference in ISO peformance - I can only assume you are pixel peeping because I cant see any noise from the 1D4 on my A3 prints. Glad to hear you like the smooth background of the 5DII - I got a lot of smites when suggesting the background of the 5DII was better that of a crop ... As Neuro says - the 1D4 is a compromise camera - it is nearly the best at everything.

The 1Ds3 has a much better AF than the 5D, is full frame and available now .... used prices have tumbled since the 1DX anouncement

Well, pixel-peeping, I do all editing at 100% crop, so if that's pixelpeeping, then yes. But it IS a huge difference. Especially when applying sharpening, you can see the noise pops out right away with the mk4, but the 5d you can really push it, and it just gets sharper. Shadow areas are much cleaner (This is all Lightroom-processed) Maybe that handles the file better from the 5d? But my guess is , as you said, it's a jack of all trades. I'm hoping for the 5d-IQ with all other things being a true 1-series speedfreak for the 1d X. I'm testing a BETA-X on 26 and 27th of january, I can try to post what I learn from actually use it here. I didn't get to use my own memorycard, so no pictures, but I will surley scrutinize and pixel-peep way beyond 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX vs 1D IV ??

« on: January 19, 2012, 03:54:47 AM »

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The jump from the 1.6 to a 1.3 is not such a big leap -

It is quite a big leap in terms of dof and IQ. And it's the same leap up to FF from 1,3 crop. After using the 1d4 for two years, and selling it, I know borrow my gf's 5d2, and the difference in smooth background and overall feel of the 5d makes my 1d4 look like the 7d when I had the mk4.

For me, the only SLR, is a fullframe now. It is such a huge difference in IQ from the crop-sensors. The difference in noise between 100-400 iso between mk4 and 5d2 is HUGE. The 5d has none, but the mk4 has too much. It doesn't get much more noise as you climb the iso-ladder, but dissapointing to see what you get at 100-400. Now, the 1d X needs to get here fast, I miss my AF...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Battery Issues?

« on: January 18, 2012, 05:18:29 PM »

How come this topic gets no replies, when the "fixable in firmware" topic is flooding with responses? I think the battery issue is MUCH bigger deal and it could possibly stop the camera from hitting the shelves entirely.

A shop in Norway taking preorders has posted stock to: "Unconfirmed 19th of April"

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Battery Issues?

« on: January 17, 2012, 05:32:56 AM »

i just heard a rumor that 1DX will hit retail market unitl early May

Do you have a link where this is stated?

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: G1X Prime?

« on: January 16, 2012, 06:36:26 PM »

But, the x100 is so slow.... almost as bad as the X1...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Battery Issues?

« on: January 16, 2012, 05:42:54 PM »

Come on Canon...

I have 6000 EUR at home in my desk...
just waiting for the day of the day :-)

I have 50.000 norwegian kroners here doing the same. Complete insanity I can't spend them when I want too. For those who doesn't bother to see exchange rate and wonder if you'll save money if getting it in Norway, it's $8229.. (yeah, that's what it costs up here...)