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Video & Movie / Re: Heading to London, mate? Better keep your lens cap on!

« on: May 01, 2012, 05:20:11 AM »

Just watched the video for the first time. And to be honest, in my opinion community officer did everything right.
Girl had it coming with the way she answered his questions.

Don't say you are filming security cameras for fun.

1) If you are a student and making a research on the subject, then tell so right away.
2) If you are a foreigner, how can you not carry any kind of identification with you.

I found the guy's logic quite reasonable and you can see that he is not at all arrogant and his tone is friendly.

Fault is on the police officers that used unnecessary force and the girl did right by suing them.

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EOS Bodies / Re: So where do I buy my 5d mark iii at?

« on: April 18, 2012, 11:10:35 AM »

I always wondered, why is it even though DigitalRev is based in Hong Kong, if you buy stuff delivered to an address within Hong Kong it costs more than if you order it delivered to USA.

They have different prices for different regions

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EOS Bodies / Weather temperature and outside shooting

« on: March 26, 2012, 11:03:09 AM »

Looks like I missed the section of the forum, please transfer the topic to where it is supposed to be.

Hello! I am from a country with a colder climate, so this is pretty important for me during winter.

What kind of temperatures is it safe to expose Rebel and 5D bodies respectively? How does performance scale down depending on how cold it is (aside from an obvious fact that the battery charge is going to run out faster)? Any info about this?

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: March 25, 2012, 03:27:04 PM »

Is Marumi or Hoya any good?

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: March 25, 2012, 10:37:22 AM »

Can you please give me advices on which filters are good and what I should get for the respective lenses?

Canon EF 85 f/1.8 USM
Canon EF-S 10-22
Canon EF-S 17-55
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L (this is probably later down the road)

Complete name would be preferable, so that it is easier for me.

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: March 14, 2012, 12:22:27 PM »

Forgot to mention that it preferably should be compatible with FF body. So even though 10-22 is good - I need other options, so that I don't have to sell the glass when I switch to FF.

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: March 11, 2012, 01:58:51 PM »

Ok, now that 650D is not so imminent, it looks like I will be able to save up a little more by the release date.

Since I plan to shoot quite a lot of landscapes - which wide-angle lens should I look into?

Sigma 12-24, Sigma 10-20, Canon 10-22, Canon 16-35 or what other options are there?

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 26, 2012, 01:33:05 AM »

Once again, great replies!

Most of my pictures would probably have to be landscapes and weather (whether it is in my hometown or during travel), with portraits of people and animals taking a close second. Some minor macro as well. I'm not looking to buy something like a 70-200 or 300, because it simply looks like I do not have any material here for it to work with.

I plan to do quite a lot of night-time photography, mostly landscapes with starry skies.

Not eliminating the possibility of wanting to shoot some time-lapses.


I really do not like the idea of purchasing used gear. First of all, because I'm not living in USA, and not even in EU, and I won't be able to find these used for good prices in my country. Secondly, I will still have to pay import taxes for it as if it was "new". And last, but not least, I really prefer to have brand new gear, even though it might not be practical from a financial position of a starting photographer, since I intend to keep it and I like to be a sole owner of the stuff I have ^_^. Plus, by purchasing stuff from second hands you are not making any profit for manufacturers, and being an enterpreneur myself I think that this is not exactly fair to companies that put a lot of work to provide us with any kind of gear.

Also I consider purchasing expensive and fragile stuff like lenses from abroad very dangerous, because delivery would take over 30 days from the seller to my doors, and if anything was to happen to it, I'd have to ship it back and that would be another 30 days before sellers gets it and is able to replace me with a new one (if at all). And obviously I'll be out not only for time, but for importa taxes as well, which no one is going to refund me.

I'd rather purchase brand new stuff in my country, once it becomes available. Even if I have to pay 20% extra.

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 25, 2012, 01:46:00 PM »

As much as I'd like to start out right now. I do not like to purchase stuff, when I know that right around the corner is a new and better (if even slightly) model that will cost about just as much as models from previous years.

Thank you everyone for your input. Do not forget that for this money I also have to buy a flash, tripod, and some other minor accessories.

Neuroanatomist's recommendation still looks like the best option now. I will try to do my best and get the 17-55 over 15-85mm, and if I run very tight for some reason (i.e. T4i turns out to be costly), I will settle for Tamron 17-50.

Question is, how do 17-55 and 24-105 compare to each other in terms of IQ and everything else? I bring this up, because 17-55 is EF-S and I won't be able to use it after I switch to FF. I don't mind this much, because I'm not planning to sell nor body nor glass and keep them in case I will sometimes feel like using APS-C, even after I have FF. But if lenses are not too much different, then I would probably be better off with 24-105?

I imagine that in general 17-55 would be better on an APS-C body than 24-105?

24-105 actually costs even less than 17-55 nowadays.

For prime it looks like it will have to be 85mm f/1.8, seeing as according to you it is much better than 50mm f/1.4

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 24, 2012, 10:51:24 AM »

Thank you for such a detailed  recommednation! I might just go with what you said, even if T4i turns out to be closer to $1k.

85 1.8 definitely looks like a better choice to me now that I have compared the samples from the net.
For the flash I was leaning towards 430EX II as well. But had no idea whatsoever about what tripod I should buy, so thank you for that!

Hopefully I will be able to allow myself to spend extra couple of hundred bucks, so that I can afford 17-55mm.

Best regards,
thesirren

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Landscape / Re: Post your best HDR Photographs

« on: February 24, 2012, 07:33:52 AM »

On a slightly different note, what software do you guys use for processing your shots? Also what type of processing do you prefer "Tone Mapping" or "Exposure Fusion"?

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 24, 2012, 05:36:40 AM »

I have just realized that Mk III kit will probably come out with a new 24-105 L lens, so it kinda makes sense to purchase 5DMk3 instead? ^_^

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 24, 2012, 05:17:57 AM »

Reason I set myself a $2.5k limit is because if I go over $3k - I would be tempted too much to purchase the 5D Mk III, even if with a kit lens, and just buy additional lenses couple months later.

With where this discussion is going it looks like I might just have to do exactly that >_<

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Lenses / Re: Lenses for 650D

« on: February 24, 2012, 05:10:33 AM »

Sigma 17-70 is just $450, and I dont think any other lens beats it for that price?

15-85 is a great lens, no doubt, but costs 50% more - $750.

Having seen more of it now, I'm debating whether it is worth the additional $300 or am I better spending it elsewhere, i.e. better tripod, uv, accessories.

24-105 is definitely a good investment, especially since I will probably switch to FF in a couple of years, but costs $1000.

I was planning for $2.5k. ~$1k is going to be the camera itself. So with 50mm 1.4 costing around $400  and sigma costing $450, I'm already close past $2k and am only left with around $500 for everything else.

If I get a 24-105 L lens - I will not have any money left for tripods and will be forced to shoot on-the-go ^_^ If I can find some extra $1k I will consider getting 24-105, or may be 24-70, since the price for it decreased now.

Unfortunately with $2.5k budget my best option still seems to be 17-70.

Also, what tripod would you suggest? Not something too heavy, since I'm going to use it both indoors and outdoors.

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Lenses / Lenses for 650D

« on: February 24, 2012, 01:35:43 AM »

Hello. Long time reader, first time posting ^_^

I have finally decided to dive into the world of photography and am planning to do that with the release of 650D.

Want to pick it up as a "body-only" and purchase the lenses separately.

The first one, which I am almost 100% positive about is the 50mm f/1.4 USM or 50mm f/1.4 II if it is going to be announced before the shipping date of 650D.

The second one I consider purchasing is Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM.

What I was wondering about is if there are any zooms within this price range that might be a better option than this Sigma?

Thank you for the input!