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Site Information / Seeing if my "camera" changes at 100 posts.........
« on: May 07, 2012, 09:13:06 PM »
I currently have 98 posts and this is my 99th. I want to see if my rating of PowerShot G12 changes when I hit 100.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Up the game
« on: May 07, 2012, 09:03:49 PM »I just need the best "film". And by best I mean the sensor with the highest resolution, widest DR, widest color gamut and lowest noise in my primary shooting range - 100-800. More DR means I have more zones to work with before I clip. That's vital.
Oh, really..?
Care to let us see an example of your work? It must be extraordinarily demanding, if you can only accomplish it when all of those criteria are met - in fact I can hardly believe that you've been able to make a single image so far.
So let's see what it is that you simply couldn't do with a lowly 5D Mk III then - we obviously have much to learn here.
For the avoidance of any doubt, yes, I'm "calling" you on this.
So can we get an official ruling here? Is he "served" at this point, and if so, per CR protocol, is "it on"?
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Gear Choice - suggestions appreciated
« on: May 07, 2012, 05:19:32 PM »BUT remember: If you go from the crop-sensor (7D) to the full-frame (5DmkII) you instantly lose a LOT of length. That is fine if you have the long glass to compensate, but you would have to buy that also. If you intend to shoot persons or birds farther away than comfortable shouting distance, you should add into your budget the price of the long lens (300mm) you will need just to compensate for the loss of the 1.6x crop factor. The good Canon offerings at that length are not cheap, and neither are the good off-brand lenses, really. You can always crop your photos in post to get closer, but that is more damaging to IQ than getting there naturally with your camera and glass. Not to mention it seems a little unsatisfying to have nothing big and beautiful in the viewfinder when you shoot.Another possibility is the 5DII. Just browsing around on the websites of the local electrical shops, the 5DII with the 24-105mm kit lens fits in with my budget (just), but doesn't leave any overhead for extra glass. Is this a good option to consider?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Although I would personally go with body only, and get a 50 1.8 or 1.4, and, if you can afford it, the 70-200 2.8 or if you can only afford the F4 get that. Then if you want a landscape lens, maybe look into the cheap manual rokinon lenses for a wide angle. MF is fine for landscape.
On the other hand if you shoot mostly close-range sports (basketball, checkers, tennis, but not so much baseball outfields) and your birds are on feeders, but you do shoot lots and lots of landscapes and portraits, then the FF body is great, and even an advantage on wide-angle shots.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: What's the deal with B&H being closed on weekends?
« on: May 06, 2012, 12:33:49 AM »
I have bought stuff from Amazon and Adorama, but I mostly buy from B&H. The prices are usually exactly the same as their competitors, but it is their site that is the real gem.
Compare all the others and then look at the superior search interface on the B&H site. You can enter search parameters that will progressively narrow your search logically (usually) and help you drill down on what you are looking for.
Compare that to Abe's of Maine (sorry guys) who really need to upgrade their site's search system. They have overlapping search criteria, many of which were irrelevant to begin with. Just one example: When searching for a LENS, who does so based on whether they are a "photo enthusiast, an enthusiast, a semi-pro photographer, a semi-professional, a pro photographer, or a professional"? Talk about splitting hairs. Who knows what you'd be eliminating if you clicked any one or any combination of those?
I think B&H has it running so smoothly that they can take a day off every week and their automated system will still do a superior job with no one steering the wheel.
Compare all the others and then look at the superior search interface on the B&H site. You can enter search parameters that will progressively narrow your search logically (usually) and help you drill down on what you are looking for.
Compare that to Abe's of Maine (sorry guys) who really need to upgrade their site's search system. They have overlapping search criteria, many of which were irrelevant to begin with. Just one example: When searching for a LENS, who does so based on whether they are a "photo enthusiast, an enthusiast, a semi-pro photographer, a semi-professional, a pro photographer, or a professional"? Talk about splitting hairs. Who knows what you'd be eliminating if you clicked any one or any combination of those?
I think B&H has it running so smoothly that they can take a day off every week and their automated system will still do a superior job with no one steering the wheel.
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Street & City / Re: Fall in Pittsburgh
« on: May 04, 2012, 12:57:40 AM »Welcome!
. . . would have been great photo if you could get composition from vantage point in front of the island connecting the bridges! Would love to see that !
Haha www.epphoto.net
thanks !!!
Thad'd require a helicopter! If you have been to Pittsburgh, you'd know what I mean. That "island" is the "point" where 2 rivers come together to form the Ohio River. You can only shoot from up high over on the south bank there, or else you are shooting from near-ground level.
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Street & City / Re: Fall in Pittsburgh
« on: May 04, 2012, 12:54:53 AM »
Beautiful shot. And wild coincidence. I live/work in Pittsburgh, and particularly Center Township, Beaver County, PA!
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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 7Dmk2 any rumors??
« on: May 02, 2012, 08:54:31 PM »
But this discussion is already on PAGE 27!
Clearly there is a lot of interest in keeping alive and fresh a magnesium body with great AF for sports, and with microfocus adjustment ability. Don't know the number, but I have not seen many posts with 27 pages (AND COUNTING!) of comments. Not even for a new real camera. Certainly not this many posts for a completely non-existant camera.
Who knows the stats/record on most replies posted? Neuro?
Clearly there is a lot of interest in keeping alive and fresh a magnesium body with great AF for sports, and with microfocus adjustment ability. Don't know the number, but I have not seen many posts with 27 pages (AND COUNTING!) of comments. Not even for a new real camera. Certainly not this many posts for a completely non-existant camera.
Who knows the stats/record on most replies posted? Neuro?
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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon fixed 5DIII light leak with tape
« on: May 02, 2012, 08:47:24 PM »
They completely overlooked the solution right in front of them all the time, literally. Talking of course Flex Seal, the spray-on black rubber sealant AS SEEN ON TV! Could mask off the sensitive electrodes and whatnot then aim at the underside of the LCD, and shoot. As an added bonus, camera might than float.
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Software & Accessories / Re: Lightroom VS Photoshop
« on: April 27, 2012, 11:03:47 PM »
Photoshop: $600.00
Lightroom 4 : $145.00
Photoshop Elements: $89.00
If you are a professional photographer, you know way more than I do about whether you need the full $600.00 Photoshop leviathan. I have never used it, but I see posts all the time from self-identified serious photographers/students claiming they only use 10% of what it can do, and that they don't really even know how to do most of the rest.
I find Lightroom does everything I need 99% of the time, plus it is non-destructive, plus it does organize your stuff, and it can apply basic corrections to multiple shots instantaneously, instead of one at a time.
If you do photography as a hobby, and you don't have unlimited money and learning time to invest, you can probably make do just fine with PS Elements instead of the full version, PLUS Lightroom.
Lightroom 4 : $145.00
Photoshop Elements: $89.00
If you are a professional photographer, you know way more than I do about whether you need the full $600.00 Photoshop leviathan. I have never used it, but I see posts all the time from self-identified serious photographers/students claiming they only use 10% of what it can do, and that they don't really even know how to do most of the rest.
I find Lightroom does everything I need 99% of the time, plus it is non-destructive, plus it does organize your stuff, and it can apply basic corrections to multiple shots instantaneously, instead of one at a time.
If you do photography as a hobby, and you don't have unlimited money and learning time to invest, you can probably make do just fine with PS Elements instead of the full version, PLUS Lightroom.
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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits
« on: April 26, 2012, 10:29:18 PM »
First use of new 70-200.
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Software & Accessories / Re: Issues with Black Rapid?
« on: April 24, 2012, 10:15:40 PM »
Having said all that, I went and ordered something totally different.
This "Cinch" by Luma Labs got my hard-earned dollar. http://luma-labs.com/products/cinch Things I liked:
1.) A shoulder strap rather than a neck strap, and
2.) Attaches 2 places (One strap mount, one tripod screwhole, either on lens or on body), and
3.) You shorten it up tight to your body to walk, and you loosen it to shoot pictures.
The 2 attachments seems nice because it will lay flat on your body, not twirling around on just 1 attachment. The tighten and untighten seemed to address my other beef; having the camera swinging around hitting things (and me).
We'll see in a couple of weeks. It is made in the USA (Oregon), and they are apparently making them as they go.
This "Cinch" by Luma Labs got my hard-earned dollar. http://luma-labs.com/products/cinch Things I liked:
1.) A shoulder strap rather than a neck strap, and
2.) Attaches 2 places (One strap mount, one tripod screwhole, either on lens or on body), and
3.) You shorten it up tight to your body to walk, and you loosen it to shoot pictures.
The 2 attachments seems nice because it will lay flat on your body, not twirling around on just 1 attachment. The tighten and untighten seemed to address my other beef; having the camera swinging around hitting things (and me).
We'll see in a couple of weeks. It is made in the USA (Oregon), and they are apparently making them as they go.
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Lenses / Re: When does Canon restock Refurb Direct Store?
« on: April 23, 2012, 04:21:23 AM »
I saw a guy on another post who claimed to hav caught the 70-200 f/2.8 IS II on the refurb site IN STOCK at the same time as the 20% off code was in effect.
Not saying this was impossible; just say'in it must bave been an incredible stroke of luck having tried to time it for as long as I did........
Not saying this was impossible; just say'in it must bave been an incredible stroke of luck having tried to time it for as long as I did........
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EOS Bodies / Re: Photography Course
« on: April 22, 2012, 05:11:31 PM »Personally I'm a read and practice person.
My recommendations of books, sites, and podcasts:
Beginner (Digital Photography Books 1-3): http://amzn.to/JcAj4Y
Lighting (David Hobby - Strobist blog): http://bit.ly/PINy
Online Tutorials (Cambridge): http://bit.ly/JNBeV
Composition (The Photographer's Eye): http://amzn.to/JlnZOQ
Zone system, technical (The Negative): http://amzn.to/HX39en
General (Understanding Exposure): http://amzn.to/IUtKSv
Portraits (Perfect Picture Practice): http://amzn.to/IrI6gf
Photography Podcast (Nik Radio): http://bit.ly/9Na3zG
Photography Interviews Podcast (The Candid Frame): http://bit.ly/lgVVd
Lightroom Book (Evening): http://amzn.to/HHBZnZ
Photoshop Book (Evening): http://amzn.to/I8t6kJ
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Thanks for these references. I am saving them.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Sorry 5D3, Insufficient Value
« on: April 22, 2012, 04:41:54 PM »Sounds like a good plan to me. My upgrade path for bodies stops at 7D, or whatever its micro-adjusting, magnesium-built, weather-sealed, fast-autofocusing, crop-sensored equivalent is in about 2 years.
The plan that's evolved as a cheaper 5D3 solution for me is this:
1. Replace the T2i with a new 7D.
2. Upgrade (my interpretation) my walkaround lens from the 15-85mm to a 17-55mm.
3. Upgrade my 70-200 f/4.0L to a 70-200 f/4.0L IS.
4. Get a 10-22mm for the wide side.
Good luck with the 7D.
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Site Information / Re: Lens Gallery needs to be cleaned up-too many duplicate postings of same lenses
« on: April 22, 2012, 02:28:18 PM »
Thanks for checking. I saw a few duplicates and assumed there were more. I guess there are a lot that just "seem like" dupes at a glance, because there are "L" and "non-L" versions, different aperature versions, or IS & non-IS versions of lenses with the same focal lengths.