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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: January 17, 2013, 11:59:46 AM »

Barred Owl, Everglades. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Cannot Keep Screwing It's Customers Over

« on: January 09, 2013, 02:30:13 PM »

I can't believe this stupid string keeps making the listed discussions on the front page of this site.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: January 07, 2013, 02:59:47 PM »

Successful cormorant in the Everglades

Lovely! What has the bird got in the beak?

As best I can tell, it's a Clown Knifefish which I believe is pretty rare in the Everglades

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: January 06, 2013, 09:39:36 PM »

Successful cormorant in the Everglades

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon Deals at Adorama, EOS 6D, EOS 7D, 70-300L & 50 f/1.8 II

« on: December 27, 2012, 10:25:51 PM »

That's an incredible price for the 70-300 "L"  Lowest ever. It's a great lens and I strongly urge anyone considering it to act on this. I love mine.

+1

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Contests / Re: Gura Gear Giveaway!

« on: December 07, 2012, 07:27:35 AM »

I want to win this great gear (and I hate Twitter.)

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Body is $2999 Most Places

« on: December 03, 2012, 09:03:52 AM »

If you add to cart, Adorama still shows lower price.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Cyber Monday at B&H Photo, Adorama & Amazon

« on: November 26, 2012, 11:02:32 AM »

I'm at a loss on Canon's MAP program.  If retailers want to discount (or even lose money) on Canon's products as a featured item, what does Canon lose?  This "cyber Monday" is non-existent for Canon.  If they think they're establishing value, anyone buying a "deal" knows what the normal price is - that's the starting point value.

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Street & City / Re: Pictures in DC

« on: November 22, 2012, 07:13:30 PM »

Get onto the top steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  Setup your tripod and shot the Mall with the Monument as a backdrop.  Use you widest lens.  If you can, do the shoot in the evening or sunrise.  Then get to your hiking shoes and visit:  NASA museum, the Natural History Museum as well as the American History Museum.  Enjoy!

  Agree, but make sure the reflecting pool is full.  I was there a couple months ago and they were doing repairs on it.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Zoo Pics

« on: November 13, 2012, 05:05:07 PM »

Miami Zoo, 7D, EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L

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Software & Accessories / Lightroom Image Management

« on: November 10, 2012, 11:32:53 AM »

I shoot in RAW and typically will export to a JPEG if I want to use the image for printing, email, etc.  That leaves the edited image in Lightroom in a RAW format.  I'm curious how others manage their images - do you leave them in RAW format in Lightroom, or convert so some other format?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Would I benefit from going full frame?

« on: November 07, 2012, 08:12:06 AM »

I use the popup flash on my 7D solely to fire 3 speedlites set up on away from the camera.  I would greatly miss that capability if I were to go full frame, and don't feel like buying a very expensive speedlite to handle that function on the 5DIII or 6D.  I know it's not a professional way of using flash, but I'm not a professional and love the capability.

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Lenses / Re: Opinion: EF 24-70 f/4L IS & EF 35 f/2 IS

« on: November 05, 2012, 08:11:27 AM »

I seriously like the extra reach of the 35mm, which translates into the subject being nearly twice as large in the frame over 70mm...

+1

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Lenses / Re: 24-105L Lens Creep

« on: November 01, 2012, 05:08:03 PM »

Thanks.  It's only a year and a half old.  I really can't take it to a dealer easily, because no one this close to NY (2 and a half hours) carries L quality lenses.

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Lenses / 24-105L Lens Creep

« on: November 01, 2012, 03:22:52 PM »

I tried shooting straight down from a tripod yesterday, and found my 24-105 crept forward slowly to full telephoto.  It was so rapid that I could not take a shot.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Is it normal, or should I send back to Canon for adjustment?