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EOS Bodies / Re: Sell 5D2 for a 1Ds 3

« on: July 19, 2012, 06:41:56 PM »

I did the same as you - sold the 5D2 and got the 1DS3 instead of a 5DIII - due to the better metering. If has more than met my expectations

Here is one from today - my father's new cat.

1DS3, 70-200 f/2.8 II, 1/50, f/6.3, iso200

And here is one I took yesterday with my borrowed camera and lens:)

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EOS Bodies / Re: Sell 5D2 for a 1Ds 3

« on: July 19, 2012, 02:09:13 PM »

My new baby, thanks all, I cant believe this is a mint camera, not 1 scratch also,

thanks to this forum for all your help!

x

+1

Brilliant!

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Portrait / Re: First post - Sharing work

« on: July 19, 2012, 11:17:20 AM »

Oh it's important to make sure your subject is back lit also.  I'm currently editing a crazy big wedding, but as soon as I'm done will put up the effect on my blog.

Cool! Please post your address here, and I will add it in my favorites.

G.

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Portrait / Re: First post - Sharing work

« on: July 19, 2012, 03:18:30 AM »

awesome technique and shots i like the woman in the field one the most too
you should write a tutorial on the post processing part

+1

I have seen several videos on youtube on how to create this type of effect, but I think that the art lies in making it unconspiscious, like you have of the fair maiden in the tall grass. It also seems like it is backlit given the part of here dress that is semi-transluscent (is that an effect too?). This shot seems so dreamy and natural, and IMHO a brilliant shot!

I have the 135L, so that part is covered, now I just need a detailed instruction from you on how to make this so natural in photoshop;) Did you use the polygonal lasso tool?

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Lenses / Re: Wide Canon L choice: 14L II 2.8 or 16-35 II 2.8

« on: July 19, 2012, 03:03:07 AM »

Hello people,

Been lurking around this site watching various posts from time to time. I got a new 5d mark iii and my current lens set-up consists in a 24-105 (kit lens from my mk ii), 50L, 100-400L. I'm thinking of buying a wider lens than what can offer the 24-105 at the widest setting.

So which one would you recommend if any? Or stick to the 24?

PS: I'm amateur (ie i don't make money out of this).

Cheers

You have gotten good advice from experienced photographers here I can see, but I would still like to add a few points. Like you I am an amateur, who take less than 10 paying jobs a year (mainly to help me get more gear, since my wife does not include this kind of money obtained as part of the family income;).

I have the 16-35 II and it is great, but so is the 14 II also, albeit like mentioned by several here; less versatile. I am not sure if you use a lot of pola/ND filters and such, but that is easier on a 16-35 with its 82mm thread, as opposed to buy Cookin or Lee systems for the bulby front of the 14?

In addition, I would say that given your brilliant, but relatively limited lens range, I would go for the 16-35, and then maybee go to cover other ranges such as getting my favorite lens, the 135 F2.0L and even a separate 85mm (the latter I landed on a Sigma 85 1.4 after good advice in this forum), which gives you excellent lenses to cover portrait pictures also

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EOS Bodies / Re: Sell 5D2 for a 1Ds 3

« on: July 18, 2012, 05:17:04 PM »

You all been so damn helpful that's why I love this forum, I'm going to take the plunge tomorrow and see the camera and I may just come home with it, Im so damn excited!

+1
Awsome, let us know and post some pics too:)

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Portrait / Re: First post - Sharing work

« on: July 18, 2012, 06:03:38 AM »

My favorite is the last shot of the woman in the field. Amazing light and tonality.

Me too...  is there a particular technique to get this stytle of shot? Mind sharing???   

+1

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Portrait / Re: First post - Sharing work

« on: July 18, 2012, 05:15:43 AM »

My favorite is the last shot of the woman in the field. Amazing light and tonality.

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Site Information / Re: In Sympathy for CR Guy

« on: July 17, 2012, 12:33:14 PM »

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family in these tough times.

Gerhard

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Lenses / Re: Canon 85 1.8 vs. Sigma 85 1.4

« on: July 17, 2012, 12:28:35 PM »

Regarding AF mode...you wrote that you primarily use Al focus.  There are many people that believe this is the worst AF mode to use, and that using it results in far too many oof shots.

I leave my 5d3 on al servo because I shoot a lot of moving subjects, and then I switch to one shot with stationary subjects.

Thanks for the heads up:) I will try this. I just read on the differences when I got my camera, and took it at face value. I will try the one shot, and also I will try with the AI servo on still shots to see the effect.

PS: where do you write the gear you have below the line, without having to write it each time?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Sell 5D2 for a 1Ds 3

« on: July 17, 2012, 08:08:52 AM »

Quasimodo this is interesting, I am hearing focus problems with the 1Ds3 and this isnt what I want to hear, but what your saying is good news to me!

I posted my question in another thread that I started a long time ago when I was trying to decide which 85 to buy, the Sigma 85 1.4 or the Canon 1.8. I ended up with the former. .. Random Orbit suggested that the problem I had with the focusing with my 5D II might be solved by microadjustment..? It could very well be, but I am only borrowing the 85 1.2 for a couple of weeks, and microadjustment seems like so much hassle:)

I am no expert on cameras or lenses, and my own is a 5D II. I have borrowed this 1Ds III for a couple of years, and I would say for that price I would go for it if I were you. Remember also that the shutter count is to be considered to the fact that the latter can have more exposures than the former. I think the limit for the 5D II if my recollection serves me well is 150.000 before it should be replaced, and the 1Ds III 300.000? The latter is built like a tank, and feels also very much like outstanding quality in the hand.

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Lenses / Re: Canon 85 1.8 vs. Sigma 85 1.4

« on: July 17, 2012, 08:00:06 AM »

I think i know what you mean about spastic focusing

in low light if it hunts due to not enough contrast it can sound jittery because it hunts over a very short distance rather than racking the entire focus range like a canon lens hunting
while it can sound a bit wierd it will lock focus sh!tloads faster

This might be, but I am also starting to wonder whether the body (my 5D II) comes into play here? Here is what I wrote in a different thread here today:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8056.15

Might I ask a question which might seem quite uninformed?

My own camera is a 5D II with grip, and I am also now borrowing the 1Ds III. I have previously borrowed the 85 F1.2L, but then shot it with my 5D II. I had to throw away most of the pictures I shot with that combo (ca. 80%), and that is the reason I went with the 85 F1.4 Sigma instead (that and price of course:). I have now also borrowed the 85L, and I am using it on the 1Ds III, and I have an exponential growth in keepers.. This might be because I am getting better at taking shots, but I cannot shake the thought that the combo of the AF on the 1Ds III and the 85L works better than the 5D II and the same lens?

Were you using the center point of the 5DII and was the lens MFA'd first?  Shooting wide open with outer points on the 5DII will give lower keeper rates than the center point.  My old crop camera didn't have MFA and worked decently well with fast lenses.  My 5DII needs an adjustment of about +10 on the same lenses.  Were you using AI servo or single shot?

I rarely shoot with I servo (a few times when shooting high speed bikes on a track, and some testing with birds, otherwise I shoot AI Focus as a default (most of my shots are of people and things that hardly move). I have never microadjusted any lens on my camera, and have not seen the need...? That lens is the only one that I have struggled with, but as mentioned above, it works quite well with my borrowed 1Ds III. It could be as you suggest that microadjustment would solve it, and if I were to buy one I would have to do it. However I do not see myself buying one in the near future, since I just got my Siggy 85 1.4 which I am very happy with, and I have set my eyes on the new 24-70, and I would like to replace my 50 1.4 (just got it back from the shop) with the 1.2. Too many cool lenses, and not enough money:)

As a sidenot, although I love my Siggy 85 1.4, I have to say that the bokeh on the 85 1.2 seems more dreamy, or buttery, and color rendition is brilliant.

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Lenses / Re: Canon 85 1.8 vs. Sigma 85 1.4

« on: July 17, 2012, 04:36:31 AM »

I think i know what you mean about spastic focusing

in low light if it hunts due to not enough contrast it can sound jittery because it hunts over a very short distance rather than racking the entire focus range like a canon lens hunting
while it can sound a bit wierd it will lock focus sh!tloads faster

This might be, but I am also starting to wonder whether the body (my 5D II) comes into play here? Here is what I wrote in a different thread here today:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8056.15

Might I ask a question which might seem quite uninformed?

My own camera is a 5D II with grip, and I am also now borrowing the 1Ds III. I have previously borrowed the 85 F1.2L, but then shot it with my 5D II. I had to throw away most of the pictures I shot with that combo (ca. 80%), and that is the reason I went with the 85 F1.4 Sigma instead (that and price of course:). I have now also borrowed the 85L, and I am using it on the 1Ds III, and I have an exponential growth in keepers.. This might be because I am getting better at taking shots, but I cannot shake the thought that the combo of the AF on the 1Ds III and the 85L works better than the 5D II and the same lens?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Sell 5D2 for a 1Ds 3

« on: July 17, 2012, 04:22:25 AM »

Might I ask a question which might seem quite uninformed?

My own camera is a 5D II with grip, and I am also now borrowing the 1Ds III. I have previously borrowed the 85 F1.2L, but then shot it with my 5D II. I had to throw away most of the pictures I shot with that combo (ca. 80%), and that is the reason I went with the 85 F1.4 Sigma instead (that and price of course:). I have now also borrowed the 85L, and I am using it on the 1Ds III, and I have an exponential growth in keepers.. This might be because I am getting better at taking shots, but I cannot shake the thought that the combo of the AF on the 1Ds III and the 85L works better than the 5D II and the same lens?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: One way to win customers

« on: July 12, 2012, 02:38:22 AM »

FWIW, the ads you see on CR are not placed there by CR, for the most part they are served by Google Ads (which is why you see ads for a UK camera store, whereas I see ads for a US camera store, for example).

And this is what I see on the CR page in Norway;)