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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Results: Filming 720p 60fps at super high shutter speeds
« on: April 15, 2013, 06:14:00 PM »
i don't know much about video, but i've heard of a 180degree rule, but it had nothing to do with shutter speed.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D MK II Error - Pink Frame
« on: April 15, 2013, 08:37:28 AM »
picasa does this to most of my 5dmk3 images.
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Reviews / Re: Review - Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM
« on: April 12, 2013, 04:11:59 PM »
zeiss doesn't offer weather sealing either. i guess they missed the boat.
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Lenses / Re: Stuck on whether to return sigma 35mm for 35mm 1.4L or 35f2 is
« on: April 11, 2013, 08:52:11 PM »
keep us posted. i'm a very happy sigma 35mm user, but i've had some very poor exp with sigma sercive in the past, so i really hope they've turned things around.
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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: straps
« on: April 06, 2013, 02:18:13 PM »
I've been using http://holdfastgear.com/?products/money-maker.htmlthis for a while now, and I'm not going back.
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PowerShot / Re: SX50 outperforming 5DIII +100-400mm
« on: April 05, 2013, 10:44:50 AM »
i think it is about that simple. you are putting 12mp on that lightshade, and much less with that 5dmk3 combo. how about you frame them the same and get back to us?
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PowerShot / Re: SX50 outperforming 5DIII +100-400mm
« on: April 04, 2013, 08:18:14 PM »
so you mean to tell me that 1200mm will get you much closer than 400mm?
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Lighting / Re: Phottix Odins, monolights, and HSS
« on: April 02, 2013, 07:55:20 PM »
i just won't go away. Perhaps you know this already but for those of you following along at home, the old school way of using an ND filter to get your shutter speed down into your cameras real max synch speed is the more efficient method. It's just slower, and you need a proper ND filter. i know, you don't believe me. check with david at the "strobist", he's much more creditable than i am... me? i'm just some dude gaffer tapping 580s and 430s together on a light stand in full sun at a wedding...
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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III Firmware, any news?
« on: April 02, 2013, 02:05:37 PM »Never need to upgrade.Until the next one comes along
I'm quite serious! It's like my old 501CM hassy, had everything I needed, no need to upgrade.
shhhhhh! don't let canon find out, but i feel the same way. I couple little tweaks and i'm good. they won't be selling me another camera anytime soon. currently I have a mk3 and a mk... 1 i guess, and at wedding jobs i use the mk1 just as much as the mk3.
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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III Firmware, any news?
« on: April 02, 2013, 10:41:46 AM »
of course the cool thing to do would be to hit the target date with a few surprise firmware tweaks, but i'm not holding my breath.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Favorite or Preferred Film body?
« on: March 29, 2013, 09:13:15 PM »
i really like my eos 1n, but i have more fun "using the force" (zero automation) with either my fuji 6x9 or my 64 yr old graflex 4x5. That one is special. my grandfather took photos of my mother with it when she was very young and I now use it to take photos of my kids.
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Lighting / Re: Phottix Odins, monolights, and HSS
« on: March 27, 2013, 10:05:47 PM »
So i read a bit more, and sure enough as you thought some people are getting these faster shutter speeds with certain strobes. From what i've read you only have to enable HSS and start ramping up the shutter speed, but there was some talk about the flash needing to be at full power.....
what, if i may ask, are you up to that needs these shutter speeds?
what, if i may ask, are you up to that needs these shutter speeds?
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Lighting / Re: Phottix Odins, monolights, and HSS
« on: March 27, 2013, 08:58:21 PM »
i built my own power pack
2 SLA golf buggy batteries in a lowepro nova 200 AW bag with a 1000W pure sign wave inverter and a power board. modified a set of jumper leads to wire it all upused decent quality auto terminals and electrical heat shrink to make it neat and tidy, good for a couple of hundred pops of 2 flashes at full power, cost about $400 including a trickle charger to keep the batteries full and healthy when not being used.
That's awesome. Sent you a PM
Has anyone tried one of these Tronix Explorer XT battery packs before? They're supposedly good for 400-480 pops at 500ws.
www.innovatronix.com/index.php/webshop/portable-battery-packs/tronix-explorer-xt-se-115v-60hz-detail
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6468-7843 I know it's a bit dated, but you might find it useful. actually, there is some more current info on his site, just search for "tronix".
I've read over all that Elinchrom info and I don't see it written anywhere that it can do any sort of HSS stuff. With the way things are changing i wouldn't say it can't be done, but i don't see this kit doing it. actually the info for this stuff reads that the monolight can go as fast as 1/320th on enabled cameras. i don't know what enabled cameras means, i'd have to track that down. but then the trigger reads it will go to 1/250th so with that trigger anyway you are stuck a 1/250th.
- BTW-my odins work just fine with my 5d, 5dmk3. fine... no, they are awesome, i should have gotten them earlier.
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Software & Accessories / Re: DxO Optics Pro
« on: March 25, 2013, 08:17:08 PM »
I'm using DXO 7point something on my win7 64bit box. i like it very much, but you will likely need at least one other program to do some things. For instance, i've had very poor luck with the "dust" tool in dxo. i use photoshop elements for some things(like panos and dust removal), "faststone" for culling though thousands of shots(the one click to get to a 100% view is awesome!), and even picasa sometimes. i find picasa good enough most of the time for fixing red eye on not critical stuff, and within picasa it's easy to adjust timestamps by whatever offset you want. thats handy for synching 4-5 cameras ...
one thing though, my older computer was VERY slow, my newer one is MUCH faster, but still not fast.
one thing though, my older computer was VERY slow, my newer one is MUCH faster, but still not fast.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Are 5d3 owners happy with the video, ALL i?
« on: March 25, 2013, 01:46:19 PM »When you look at a 2mp frame grab, its going to look bad. That's true for all digital video cameras operating at 2K.
4K is much better, and with 8K, single frames are very nice.
Show a frame grab from video of your iphone.
Not true at all. Most cinemas project at 2k. The Alexa produces amazing 2k footage... This K stuff is nonsense.
If I find the time I'll shoot the same subject with my Mark III, C100, and iPhone 5 at similar focal lengths. But I already know what the results will be.
i think you're talking nonsense.