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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: The Milky Way, portrait edition (5d mkiii and astrophotography)

« on: August 20, 2012, 10:00:07 PM »

what timing! i just tried this very thing for the first time last week. I was wondering what could be done easily with my gear and a location i've been using for shots of the ISS. after a few shots i decided to jump in the frame myself. i didn't have my wireless shutter thingy so i really did jump into the frame. during this 30second exposure i was wonder if i was even in the frame, and if the coming truck's headlights would ruin the shot. anyway it worked, so i'll do more, and bring my wireless shutter tripper. I guess focus stacking would be the only cure for my being so far OOF.

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EOS Bodies / Re: review the 5D3 reviews

« on: August 20, 2012, 02:19:38 PM »

i've got no issues with the jpgs from the 5dmk3 at all. i think they are just swell, although i don't use them. maybe i'm just easy to please.

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Lenses / Re: quess how many lenses, ebay foolishness.

« on: August 20, 2012, 09:07:05 AM »

I'm not interested in buying it, it's just something that i came across. The listing looked so poor and confusing, i hope nobody gets scammed. perhaps it's legit, and someone will get a good deal on a 2.8 IS v2.

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Lenses / quess how many lenses, ebay foolishness.

« on: August 19, 2012, 09:41:08 PM »

Now i could be wrong, but how many different lenses are photographed in this ebay ad, and what exactly is this guy trying to sell?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200806498633
 i swear i see a listing for a 2.8, then a photo of an f4IS, then a 2.8IS v2 box, then...? And i thought I had crummy ebay ads.

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Sports / Re: learning bike shoot

« on: August 19, 2012, 02:19:28 PM »

now that i'm on my usual computer i can see things a bit better. I don't have any exp with that lens, is that level of IQ normal at the long end of that zoom? it's just that it really would seem to me that 1/250 should be enough to freeze the action, yet nothing looks all that great. isn't not quite apples to apples but from my past exp with panning shots i had to get the shutter speed well below 1/250(dirt bikes at a much slower clip, but at a MUCH closer range) more like 1/50 or slower usually to get a good bit of movement.  but there are many variables.

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Sports / Re: learning bike shoot

« on: August 18, 2012, 10:56:17 PM »

i'm not at my "real" computer so i don't even know how to look at exif data with this thing. Are you using the servo focusing mode? what camera body was this shot with? mostly the thing that i see is that nothing is really in great focus. perhaps from your panning? looking at the shot i wouldn't have thought that there was much panning needed. he's not really moving across the frame or anything. i don't have a 24-105f4IS, does it normally handle panning okay? i bet it does, just wondering.
 also, can you take me with you to the race. one of the last with Rossi on the lame duck

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Landscape / Re: The Ship

« on: August 17, 2012, 08:34:44 PM »

you flipped it. hmmm, maybe that's why dxo was refusing to straighten out the horizon for me. they all look pretty cool to me, just down to taste. now that i see the original though, i think you should have hit that ship with a 580 or a reflector for some fill 

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Landscape / Re: The Ship

« on: August 16, 2012, 06:54:21 PM »

i'm lazy AND busy. one click.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Cool Stuff - PimpYourCam.com

« on: August 15, 2012, 09:15:40 PM »

by getting a kick out of it, i mean many, if not all of you will laugh. it's just a hood, and it was getting scuffed up anyway.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Cool Stuff - PimpYourCam.com

« on: August 15, 2012, 09:13:14 PM »

you guys would get a kick out of the 70-200 lens hood my artist friend painted. i use it all the time.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: How rugged is my 5D Mkiii?

« on: August 15, 2012, 09:06:20 PM »

sorry, but i've read about it happening from a few different places. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml this is the only one i can remember exactly. it might not be in the 5dmk2 review. one of the guys was on a photo cruise in the arctic and lots of guys on the cruise had 5dmk2's and the mist or fog really did a number on them. just letting you know.

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Landscape / Re: Perseid Meteor Shower. Share your photos.

« on: August 15, 2012, 08:47:13 PM »

Yes, that shutterboss looks very handy. maybe sometime i'll purchase such a device and give myself a break, but for now i just can't bring myself to do it. yes, i understand that i could run up against movement issues with longer times, but as far as exposure is concerned, a few seconds here or there on a 60 second shot doesn't mean much. really a few seconds here or there at 30 seconds isn't a problem either. i doubt there is a "hard limit" to how far you can go before star trails are a real problem, but nevertheless i get your point.   yes, 16-35 or 24 ?...hmmm. gain 2 stops with the 24mm and lose 16-23 and 25-35 and the sweet 7 straight aperture blades? not yet anyway.

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Canon General / Re: Adorama issues anyone? Ever try to return a product?

« on: August 15, 2012, 07:51:09 PM »

Bought loads and loads and returned a fair bit of kit also. mostly i returned used gear that i felt wasn't up to par. everything has always been awesome. really, they have been perfect. a 1/2 mark better than b&h, only because b&h makes you write a little letter explaining why you are returning an item. not that they question your motives or anything, it's just one little thing they do that eats my time, that adorama doesn't do. otherwise both are excellent.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: People with a 5D3 from first batch, did you get the light leak issue fixed?

« on: August 14, 2012, 06:18:07 PM »

nope. no need.

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Technical Support / Re: 60D Viewfinder footage looks great, looks bad on direct connection to TV

« on: August 13, 2012, 08:40:50 AM »

what paul said. they should give us an hdmi cable for hooking the camera up to a tv directly as the composite jack looks like crap. anyway, have no fear, your video probably looks just fine, you just need to either view the files directly on a computer, get an hdmi cable, or burn the files to a disc to view them on your tv. assuming your tv is capable of HD, and nearly everything is now. again like paul said, unless you shoot video in you tv's actual resolution your monitor will convert it to what i can display, and that reduces quality. sometimes a little, sometimes a lot.