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EOS Bodies / Re: What to buy...?

« on: April 29, 2012, 01:03:15 AM »

ok, I understand most of that, and a lot of those differences are *really* marginal.  (like the max shutter speed, or the max image buffer on continuous shooting).

If I were in a studio, using any given lens, and took a shot with a T1, a T2, a T3 and a 60D, it sounds like you wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all.  With all that said and done, I feel like I'm leaning more and more toward a T2 or 3.


One thing confuses me though.  What difference does is make if the sync speed for flash is 1/200 vs 1/250?

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EOS Bodies / Re: What to buy...?

« on: April 28, 2012, 09:37:04 PM »

Right.

That's exactly what I just said.

What I'm looking for is some explanation that justifies the ~$600 price difference from low to high, from an image quality point of view.  (The 60D has better build quality, but does it take better pictures?)

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EOS Bodies / What to buy...?

« on: April 28, 2012, 09:07:47 PM »

I've finally got the cash (and permission!) to get a proper camera.  I do some event work, as well as some portrait and landscape shots.  I shoot a lot of video. 

For a while it seemed like the T4i might be the camera worth waiting for (for it's rumored video features), but it's nowhere to be seen, SO

I'm looking at a a T1/T2/T3i and the 60D.

When I line all 4 of those cameras up, they are all basically identical.  They all have DiGiC 4 all (but the T1) have the vari-angle viewfinder, all (but the T1) have the same 18 MP sensor...Is there really any difference among them?

At the moment, I'm almost leaning toward getting a T1 or T2 as a stop-gap until Canon decides what it wants to do this year.  The Canon Loyalty Program makes some of the pricing on the low end cameras pretty compelling.

So please school me... what's the difference?

:O

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Canon General / File details...

« on: April 26, 2012, 05:28:35 PM »

I was looking at the file details on an old picture I took.  Note the "max aperture" of 3.625....what does that mean?

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Canon General / Re: I've switched to the Dark Side (no, Literally).

« on: April 26, 2012, 05:16:39 PM »

You bought an AE-1?  I have an AE-2 in in a bag within arm's reach that absolutely can NOT find a buyer for.  I'd love to ship it to someone for $25.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Let's see some great shots taken with old, cheap gear!

« on: April 25, 2012, 06:19:15 PM »

The Smithsonian Institute, as we walked by in December 2008.

Taken with a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS

rawr

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Canon General / Re: OMG....you always get smited for offering your opinion!

« on: March 16, 2012, 11:45:23 PM »

The OP is generally correct.. Photographers in general have a reputation for being snarky know-it-all's.. this forum is no different.

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Canon General / Re: 4 Weeks till a baby arrives... Would you get the 600D?

« on: March 16, 2012, 11:42:36 PM »

... If you are determined to use a DSLR for home videos, know that you can stop down the aperture (a larger aperture value) to increase the depth of field and make manual focus a little easier.

Don't you have that backwards?  Or am I missing something?

 

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EOS Bodies / Re: So, what about the T4i?

« on: March 09, 2012, 02:29:12 PM »

What upgrade dos the T4i need to compet whit the Sony A65? The T3i was the top dog in the entry level DSLR group so what dos the T4i need to diferentiate it self?

Video with autofocus...faster video framerates

Stuff like that would allow for more differentiation in the product line.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Why so many complaints about no external recording on the 5D Mark lll?

« on: March 07, 2012, 03:38:57 PM »

  It is claimed to autofocus while doing video, which is needed for non pro level video of the kids soccer games, etc.

You guys REALLY need to get off your high horse about this.  There are a lot of good, proper, videographers in the world who do a lot more than shoot soccer games and need this feature.

-1

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Is Continous Autofocus a big deal for those who shoot video

« on: March 06, 2012, 04:22:34 PM »

Yes, it's a VERY big deal.  For those of us who aren't Steven Spielberg, but still shoot a lot of video, it's a big deal.

Half of the problem with this conversation is that the Manual Focus guys almost sound like you're being being physically forced to use it.  If you don't want it... THEN DON'T.

For those of you who shoot a lot of video, how do you maintain focus during a live event?  I mean, with the little 3" screen on the T3i that I use, it's pretty much impossible to truly see what's clearly in focus.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / T4i Video

« on: March 05, 2012, 04:28:59 PM »

I've been thinking...there's a lot of hate from "elite" and "proper" photographers regarding video in SLR bodies.  Canon might be in agreement with this haters, considering the marginal video improvements in the 5D3.

I'm wondering if there might be more video improvements to the T4i.  That would make the snobs professionals happy and give some of us what we really need.

Thoughts?

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Is the 5DM3 better for video?

« on: March 04, 2012, 09:13:11 PM »

What's "L glass"?  Are you referring to Canon's premier level lenses?

Personally, I'm a bit down trodden over the lack of 1080 @ 60.  If only because this $600 Nikon has it..  http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/acil/bodies/j1/spec.htm

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EOS Bodies / Re: Who thinks this is an ANTI-CLIMATIC product? As in, the 5DIII

« on: March 04, 2012, 09:05:53 PM »

I already have 5dII. I wanted more MP (more than D3X at 24MP), much better ISO performance, and better AF.

Why did Canon play this so foolishly? I am invested in Canon somewhat, and don't care about this new announcement. What a monumental letdown. I don't know how any current 5d owner could get very excited about this "ground-breaking" new DSLR.

I would rather have the 1dX. Even at over $3k more, you will have similar IQ at low ISO. I can't believe the resolution went up by 1 measly MEGAPIXEL!!!!!

I hope I am wrong. This is like the ending to Saving Private Ryan. An old man crying is all I see.....

I'm sorry, but I have to smite you, my friend. If I could smite you ten times in a row, I'd do that, too. You don't seem to get that for the last several years, the ENTIRE time we've all been waiting for this camera, we all heard nothing but "LESS MP, BETTER ISO!! LESS MP, BETTER ISO!! LESS MP, BETTER ISO!!". Here we are, on the day the long-awaited 5D III is released, and everyone is BITCHING about the fact that we  "only" got a "measly" single extra megapixel. Well DAMN, PPL?!? If you wanted uberpixels, why did you demand less mp and ask for better ISO?!?!

Simply put, the 5D III is a FANTASTIC camera from a specs standpoint. Canon listend to ALL of their users complaints, and fixed just about all of them, from what I can tell! Like the 1D X, it STOPPED focuing on megapixels, megapixels, megapixels, and STARTED focusing on WHAT PEOPLE FRIGGIN ASKED FOR!!!!!!!!! We just got a whopping TWO STOPS of NATIVE ISO improvement!!! The Nikon D4 didn't change native ISO one tiny bit, and neither did the D800!!

But DAMN, the D800 has uberpixels!!

We just got an unbelievable, entirely unexpected 61 point AF system with 41 cross-type sensors!!! And to go along with that, we got a nice boost from 3.9fps to 6fps, 18 continuous frames, and dual memory card slots (and don't you DARE complain about the fact that they are not both CF or both SD...YOU HAVE TWO FRIGGIN MEMORY CARD SLOTS, and are probably sitting pretty on 50,000 unused SD cards that you couldn't use any more once you went to the 5D II!)

But DAMN, the D800 has uberpixels!!

"WHAAAA! So screw Canon, they are a bunch of b*tards for listening to their CUSTOMERS. PFFAH! Nikon HERE I COME!!" - anonymous, ubiquitous complainer

GROW THE FRACK UP PPL!!

YOU...GOT...WHAT YOU ASKED FOR!!

-.-

MEH. 

</rant>

And what you asked for...IS AWESOME! Can't wait to get mine.

+1
ftw

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EOS Bodies / Re: Videographers happy with 5D Mark III?

« on: March 02, 2012, 03:40:39 PM »

What's "clean HDMI"?  And what's the issue with uncompressed HDMI out?

I mean.. if your video is compressed, then what difference does it make how it exis the camera?

/boggle