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EOS Bodies / Touch Screen!

« on: January 25, 2011, 11:19:36 AM »

I want a 4" Touch Screen! Little consumer cameras have them for $400 why can't a pro camera get one?
I want an iPhone like screen on my 1Ds IV!!!

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EOS Bodies / Jan 31 is my birthday

« on: January 19, 2011, 12:37:40 PM »

It would be a nice present.... 

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EOS Bodies / Re: How long do i have to wait for continous AF on VDSLR?

« on: January 09, 2011, 12:53:36 PM »

There is a simple answer
In Video Cameras you can design the sensor accordingly from the start, the hardware only has to do the video encoding - it's built for video.

On that note though, if you really want to record video on a Canon DSLR, then buy an appropriate rig, with an LCD, follow focus and what else comes with it.

Again, why can't they just use an optimized small portion of the sensor for video and the rest for stills? If it all comes down to room in the camera and money, most DSLR's, even the small Rebels can fit an extra hybrid sensor in there, not to mention there is plenty of room on the 1D's for a lot more than they have crammed in there. 

It's time someone does something radical. A hybrid 18MP camera (16MP for stills and 2MP for HD video), mirror-less if u want, with a 4" articulating touch LCD and live view thru the view finder. 

Hey dreams are free 

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EOS Bodies / Re: How long do i have to wait for continous AF on VDSLR?

« on: January 08, 2011, 10:01:27 PM »

I have a 1D Mark IV with a 24-70 F2.8L. I love the video quality of it but using it like a video camera is just impossible.
FIrst of all, it's too heavy and bulky. Moving the focusing ring sucks. The screen is not moveable so you have to keep your eyes on the display and that means keeping the camera away from your body, which creates more instability. When the image is out of focus, it's hard to figure out which way to move the focusing ring. Sometimes, you get lucky and it focuses, but if you go the other way, there will be a couple of seconds of out of focus video.
I don't understand the big problem.1920x1080 Full HD video is only about 2MP. On a 16MP sensor, only a portion of it is used for video.
My camera can take 10fps. That's just a third of 30fps and at full 16MP. Why can't the camera use just the part of the sensor for video and the rest for the AF in servo mode at 30fps?

I don't know how video cameras do it. i have a $300 Panasonic SX1 Full HD camcorder with an 8GB SD Card. This thing has the fastest focusing i've ever seen. It focuses from macro (about 1/2") to infinity without even blinking. The quality is AVCHD. More than enough for most but of course, it doesn't compare to the Canon and a good F2.8 lens. I think they already know what to do with VDSLR AF, but releasing a camera that will basically kill professional camcorders probably won't happen any time soon.
I bet the people at RED and such are super pissed off at the 5D II and all the money film makers are saving with cameras like it.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Shoot 2K, 3K & 4K on a T2i/550D?

« on: December 31, 2010, 01:33:14 PM »

It is all FAKE!!!!!

Read This
Thanks u saved me the hassle of doing this myself. If he didn't screw up and zoomed out, it looked pretty convincing...

Cheers

Patrick

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EOS Bodies / Re: Shoot 2K, 3K & 4K on a T2i/550D?

« on: December 31, 2010, 01:30:36 PM »

I see what this guy did he screwed up at the end of the video he zoomed out of the fake photo into the 4 thumbnails mode. U can clearly see the fake at 1:41
There are at least 3 actual photos on the screen, each with a highlighted blue 16K, a second one with 8K and a third with 4K. The way he shows it is by pressing the next and previous buttons on the camera to trick you into thinking the selection is real.
Some people have way too much free time. Bozos.

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EOS Bodies / What's with the number 11 and these guys?

« on: December 30, 2010, 07:13:29 PM »

 

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Lenses / Re: It's a freaking strap

« on: October 27, 2010, 10:53:10 AM »

Are u guys so desperate for a new body that u are seeing visions? The "dial" on this unknown body is the plastic hook of a strap.
Blimps are used to muffle camera sounds on a movie/tv commercial set... That is a 1Ds or 1DIV in there. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Adorama has New Stock

« on: October 08, 2010, 11:49:16 AM »

Just ordered the "absurd" SX30iS... U can never have enough zoom...   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Pissed off and disappointed

« on: September 11, 2010, 08:01:11 PM »

I can't believe all these long waits for new stuff from Canon. Every time a 1 series body is introduced it either has a "big" problem, or just isn't as good as people expected for such a long wait. As an exlusive 1Dx user for 8 years I am disappointed and angry that Canon doesn't see that they are lagging behind Nikon and they don't give a crap. I understand the money makers are the consumer and prosumer cameras but there are 2 REAL choices in the Pro world: Canon or Nikon. The rest are just gravy. The D3 is, unfortunately, a better camera than the current 1D4.
The 5D2 is a nice camera but lacking the feel and focusing of the 1D's and I refuse to own one. Actually, I did own one for 2 days and I hated it. It went back to B&H right away.
I want a bigger MP camera with less noise and faster focusing, even in dim light, where the 1D4 really fails, and I want it soon!
What's this bullcrap about 2012? The world will end on 12.21.12 and I want lots of megapixels to capture it!!! 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 60D Pictures?

« on: August 11, 2010, 12:11:50 PM »

I like the roundness of it. Looks solid.
The button on the left dial is interesting but the placement of the off-on switch seems weird...