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EOS Bodies / Re: Canadian 5D MIII action?
« on: March 22, 2012, 09:39:16 PM »
Picked mine up today. She's a beauty. Currently waiting for the battery to recharge so I can tinker more.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Canadian 5D MIII action?
« on: March 21, 2012, 10:05:33 PM »
I pre-ordered mine from The Camera Store in Calgary. I'll pop by on my way back from work tomorrow afternoon and report back. I REALLY hope I'm close enough in the queue to get mine in the first shipment.
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Lenses / Re: Ultra Wide Angle with Full Frame
« on: March 21, 2012, 07:11:34 PM »
I've been shooting full frame with the 17-40 for about three years now and I really like it. The only reason not to get it, imho, is if you need a 2.8 lens. I shoot landscapes and nature so I almost never need a 2.8 lens, and the 17-40 has served me quite well and I have no complaints. Plus, the price is right.
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Site Information / Re: Disappointed and goodbye
« on: March 20, 2012, 11:09:11 PM »
I have to agree. The forums really seem to have been curb stomped under the heavy tread of the stupid fairy with the whole "5d3 sucks!" hysteria. Fanboys are unfortunately something we can never get rid of from the internet.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Finally I pulled the plug and bought a 5DMKII
« on: March 18, 2012, 05:05:41 AM »
The mkII is still a hell of a camera. Even though it's not below $2000, it's still a bargain.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: DPP 3.11.10 and DLO Module
« on: March 18, 2012, 05:02:34 AM »
I'm really torn between Lightroom 3 and DPP. My biggest problem is that in Lightroom my images seem to have off colours and bad gradients that look entirely different from what I see in DPP, although I suspect this is more of a colour profile problem than a problem with Lightroom itself. After all, Lightroom is pretty popular.
Does DPP provide lossless RAW editing?
Does DPP provide lossless RAW editing?
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EOS Bodies / Re: L lens for 5d MK III
« on: March 18, 2012, 04:48:54 AM »
It really depends on what you're shooting. Portraits require different lenses from landscapes from sports to wildlife.
I generally can't afford the weight of lots of lenses so I have my lens collection capped at three, but I can speak very highly of the 24-105 and the 17-40. Not sure what my third lens is going to be.... currently it's a toss up between the Sigma 85 1.4 and the Canon 100mm Macro 2.8 L.
I generally can't afford the weight of lots of lenses so I have my lens collection capped at three, but I can speak very highly of the 24-105 and the 17-40. Not sure what my third lens is going to be.... currently it's a toss up between the Sigma 85 1.4 and the Canon 100mm Macro 2.8 L.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Have Canon 60d and want advice on next upgrade for my needs
« on: March 16, 2012, 10:11:56 PM »
As the proud owner of a 24-105L I highly recommend it. It sounds like your needs are better satisfied by a fullframe body.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 7D... not Mk 2, Not anything, Just the 7D
« on: March 16, 2012, 10:09:18 PM »
Kids today. *humph!* Back in my day I started out with a 6mp 10D, and that's the way we liked it. We loved it. Bleah! I say! Bleah!
Nah, just kidding. Welcome to the forums... I'm a long time lurker too. I don't have a 7D, but I've seen some pretty incredible stuff come out of that camera. Congrats on the purchase. I'm glad that it's every bit of camera you hoped it would be.
Nah, just kidding. Welcome to the forums... I'm a long time lurker too. I don't have a 7D, but I've seen some pretty incredible stuff come out of that camera. Congrats on the purchase. I'm glad that it's every bit of camera you hoped it would be.
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EOS Bodies / Re: So when does everyone think things are going to get back to normal around here?
« on: March 16, 2012, 01:11:37 AM »I miss those days when I waited for the next model to be released, so that I could then go online and read the reviews, such as dpreview and dxoMark, and decide on which to buy. . . . . . . but nooooooo I had to join this forum and waste my days reading psycho bable and learning of fire and brimstone, oceans boiling dogs and cats living together . . . . mass hysteria
This man speaks the truth.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: AutoISO messed up.... AGAIN? arrrrrrr it's just not that difficult
« on: March 16, 2012, 12:15:11 AM »
Doesn't matter to me, as I always change ISO manually. The closest I get to auto is using AV and sometimes TV.
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Lenses / Re: Lens Issue: 10-22 vs 16-35 vs 17-40
« on: March 15, 2012, 11:50:14 PM »
I highly recommend the 17-40 f/4 L. I shoot landscapes primarily, so I don't need the 2.8. You also can't beat the price. It's a steal in comparison to the 16-35.
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EOS Bodies / Re: How many MP would have changed your mind about the 5d3.
« on: March 15, 2012, 11:46:08 PM »
The 22mp is fine by me. It's actually more than I know what to do with coming from the 12mp 5D1. Ideally, I wanted the 1DX, but it's too expensive and I don't need the high framerate. The 5D3 suits my needs just fine. I really had thought we'd grown out of the mega pixel wars, but sadly it seems I was mistaken given the hysteria surrounding the 5D3's "mere" 22mp to the D800's 36mp.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D, Mark III: In-Camera HDR and Compositing
« on: March 14, 2012, 11:54:01 PM »
Me too. I have a funny relationship with HDR... I like it, but it doesn't seem to like me very much. The funny thing is that every time I do a series of test shots (say, of my front yard) the HDR works beautifully. Whenever I try to do a serious HDR shot it always turns out terrible. I think photomatix is trolling me.