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EOS Bodies / Re: Copyright metadata 5d mark III
« on: March 11, 2012, 05:18:31 PM »
7D already supports the possibility to edit these things right in camera. So I guess 5DIII as well....
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Technical Support / Re: Distortion at equivalent lengths
« on: March 09, 2012, 06:01:22 PM »
Am I really wrong with 20mm APS-C (x1.6) being equivalent to 32mm FF? Now that Neuroanatomist is talking about 36mm on FF as well, I finally get confused.... but that's not the topic anyway.
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Technical Support / Re: Distortion at equivalent lengths
« on: March 09, 2012, 04:59:14 PM »
I don't think it will be equivalent. The distortion is far more evident in areas of the image that are far from the center. Since Full frame has a larger image area the distortion comes more into play. Apart from that I guess that every zoom lens has different characteristics at different zoom levels. I hope that helps, and I hope I'm right 
Oh and 20mm on 1.6 crop would be 32mm on FF 
Oh and 20mm on 1.6 crop would be 32mm on FF
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Video & Movie / Re: My 2.5D Video
« on: March 06, 2012, 09:29:34 AM »
Nice video, haven't heard or seen anything of this technique yet. Interesting effects possible... So thanks for introducing.
Off topic (off photography): Thanks very much as well for sharing a song of Awolnation. Also never heard of them!
Off topic (off photography): Thanks very much as well for sharing a song of Awolnation. Also never heard of them!
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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: 600EX-RT & ST-E3-RT Review (HSS works on reviewers 5D2 up to 1/8000sec)
« on: March 04, 2012, 08:08:22 AM »
Canon Switzerland has both listed, the 600EX and the 600EX-RT. Isn't this the case for other countries? Well the 600EX list price is only 50.- cheaper than the 600EX-RT....
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EOS Bodies / Re: Which Body follows next?
« on: March 03, 2012, 03:34:08 PM »I think a lot will depend on what Canon may/may not do in regards to a true mirroless camera...If Canon does move forward with a mirrorloess camera, your probably looking at a body based on the GX1 sensor or a APS-C, so were probably looking at something in the $1000-1500 range...Where does that leave a successor to the 7D/60D/T3i's?
If the 5d Mk2 eventually goes away, a 7D Mk2 could move up the chain and take over the 5D Mk2's spot and sell for $1900-2400 but then where would you put a 65D if you also have a mirrorless camera coming to market in that $1000-1500 range? You could slot a 65D in the $1200-1600 range if they basically turn the GX1 into a mirrorless camera and say it's priced at $1000...But given Canon's recent pricing trends, I doubt that...The next 6-8 months should be very interesting for Canon's mid to low level camera range indeed...
One thought that occurred to me is if a mirrorless camera is coming...a great marketing angle for it would be...
"Welcome the new Rebel"
...and it would replace the entire rebel lineup...
Oh I thought the GX1 is already mirrorless, doesn't need to be turned into one. Of course I know what you mean
(besides the G1X is the one that replaced the G12, so that makes me wonder if I missed a GX1?? Now I'm confused....) No really I'm completely with you and your thoughts.... let's see what they'll throw at us next!
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EOS Bodies / Re: HDR Photo From MK3
« on: March 03, 2012, 03:25:09 PM »Despite being very excited that I saw the before-mentioned city in the product gallery for the 5DIII, that was about the only thing that excited me there. Now, is it just me, or should the pictures for the product launch that is so anticipated online be more exciting, grandiose, something to make the potential buyer go "wow", and all of us who were anxious to see them turn to our (enter name of a competing camera brand)-loving friends and say "told you so"?
Those pictures make me want to prove that I can create better images with this camera than those samples :-) Also keep thinking that those pictures are from a pre-production model...
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EOS Bodies / Re: What exactly is a stop improvement in ISO?
« on: March 03, 2012, 02:17:16 PM »
Yes, you're right to note that there is marketing spin to all of it. However, in referring to Chuck Westfall's statements he noted that the claimed 2 stop improvement in the 1DX over the 1D4 was in the JPEG not in the sensor. In the case of the 5D3 he has commented that most of the 2-stop improvement is in the sensor.
We have to be cautious when they refer to improvements for in-camera jpegs because the improvements Canon has added to its jpeg processing have already been available in post-processing noise reduction algorithms in Lightroom, DxO, etc. The advanced NR techniques were just not built into the cameras because they didn't have enough processing speed/power to do it while maintaining the frame rate.
This all makes a certain amount of sense. The 1DX sensor is only 2 years newer than the 1D4 sensor which was already one of the least noisiest sensors available. The 5D3 sensor is 4 years newer than the 5D2 sensor which was designed prior to a number of sensor advancements that we've seen in the 1D4 as well as in the Sony sensors which have remarkably low readout noise.
Thank you, that answered my question quite well. Didn't think of postprocessing software improvements compared to in-camera NR...
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EOS Bodies / Re: What exactly is a stop improvement in ISO?
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:10:40 PM »
But what does it mean that it will be 2 stops of improvements in iso/noise only for jpg's? I thought in RAW should be the same improvement possible, especially if improvement is in the sensor itself not in in-camera NR as I've read in another thread.... I think I miss something here...?
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EOS Bodies / Re: No press invite yet for March 2nd
« on: February 29, 2012, 03:20:09 AM »Why would a press event be soooo tight lipped about a printer? There must be something much bigger coming here. We've seen press invites in the past for printers etc. and Canon are happy to publicize them but this time round, something is different.
Maybe there's something surprising to be announced indeed. I'm still a little intrigued by Nokia's new sensor technology in the 808 pureview. I'm interested how a very high-mp 3D (whatever name...) would perform with a pureview-similar technology. So maybe it's gonna be a 5DIII and another camera that is kept very well sealed because of some revolutionary technology?
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Lenses / Re: Your opinion about my lenses and my photography attitude?
« on: February 28, 2012, 09:53:56 AM »surprised primes and spontaneous go together....But why are you surprised? Until you zoom to the right length the spontaneous moment is gone, isn't it? ;o)
I think that's what bycostello indicated, not sure though. From another point of view, since the picture might not be composed to perfection anyway, it might also be good for spontaneous pictures to have a zoom, maybe not a too big range. A quick zoom might be performed quite quickly if necessary. Not very practical of course for shots from the hip
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Nokia 808 - 41-megapixel sensor
« on: February 28, 2012, 06:55:15 AM »More to the point, how big is the sensor? 1/3" or so like in most phones?
http://mynokiablog.com/2012/02/27/nokia-808-pureview-has-11-2-sensor-2-5x-the-size-of-n8-5-years-in-development-sample-photos/
-> It's 1/1.2"
In my opinion an impressive sensor for a mobile phone...
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Software & Accessories / Re: post processing for screen.
« on: February 28, 2012, 06:09:54 AM »CMYK (Carmine, Magenta, Yellow, Black inks; for print these are standard while screens use Red, Green, Blue Phosphors (and there is a difference between sRGB and standard RGB) - you need a program that does both well
I thought C in CMYK stands for Cyan, which is something blue'ish, while Carmine would be a pigment of a red'ish colour...?
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Canon General / Re: where to buy cheaper... Tokyo / Hong Kong / Australia / home + Australian Taxes?
« on: February 28, 2012, 06:05:06 AM »
Thank you all so much! After googling a bit I finally found some more information about Hong Kong prices and warranty.
for those interested:
http://rolandlim.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/camera-lens-street-price-list/
edit: It's not daily updated but I think more or (sometimes) less up to date.
I also read there, that the shops on the airport itself (between flights) are more expensive than those in the city, I'm used to get cheaper prices between flights, though I never bought equipment at such occasion and also never in Hong Kong... So is it still that way at Hong Kong airport that equipment is rather expensive?
for those interested:
http://rolandlim.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/camera-lens-street-price-list/
edit: It's not daily updated but I think more or (sometimes) less up to date.
I also read there, that the shops on the airport itself (between flights) are more expensive than those in the city, I'm used to get cheaper prices between flights, though I never bought equipment at such occasion and also never in Hong Kong... So is it still that way at Hong Kong airport that equipment is rather expensive?
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Canon General / where to buy cheaper... Tokyo / Hong Kong / Australia / home + Australian Taxes?
« on: February 27, 2012, 06:32:19 PM »
I'm new to this forum, so I wasn't quite sure where to post this thread... I hope it's alright
I'm about to travel a year around Australia and wanted to buy some lenses and maybe also a new camera. I don't think the 5DII successor will be available by then but anyway...
Someone suggested me to stop over in Japan to buy my gear. I'm not sure if it makes sense. I started to google and found also suggestions about Hong Kong. Could someone give advice on that topic?
Desired lenses:
EF 16-35mm 2.8L II (Switzerland: 1340 CHF ~ 1615 USD)
TS-E 17mm 4.0 (2260 ~ 2725 USD)
maybe something else
I guess the price difference isn't that huge between different countries? I checked at a website from HongKong and had a price difference of about 10-20%. Is the warranty on Lenses internationally valid? And will I have to pay for the australian customs tax/fees even if I'm only travelling?
Last but not least, since it's my first post, I wanted to thank CRaig so much, it's a great site...!
I'm about to travel a year around Australia and wanted to buy some lenses and maybe also a new camera. I don't think the 5DII successor will be available by then but anyway...
Someone suggested me to stop over in Japan to buy my gear. I'm not sure if it makes sense. I started to google and found also suggestions about Hong Kong. Could someone give advice on that topic?
Desired lenses:
EF 16-35mm 2.8L II (Switzerland: 1340 CHF ~ 1615 USD)
TS-E 17mm 4.0 (2260 ~ 2725 USD)
maybe something else
I guess the price difference isn't that huge between different countries? I checked at a website from HongKong and had a price difference of about 10-20%. Is the warranty on Lenses internationally valid? And will I have to pay for the australian customs tax/fees even if I'm only travelling?
Last but not least, since it's my first post, I wanted to thank CRaig so much, it's a great site...!