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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Canon 1DC is IDENTICAL to 1DX other than firmware

« on: September 21, 2012, 06:32:16 PM »

Unethical...  Immoral...

You keep using those words.  I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up:

Production costs are of minuscule to no importance in determining retail price.  Canon can charge what they choose.  If you don't like the price, don't buy (or wait and see if it drops, ala 5DIII).  A wheelbarrow is not listed among our assets.

Ahahaha!  I love that movie!  And as someone who bought the 5DIII early on, I completely agree with your point.  (I live in Japan and bought it in June, and converting the yen came out to more than $3500).  Sure, I would have been happier if it had been less expensive.  But no Canon enforcers came by to drag me down to Yodobashi Camera and force me to buy it.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 7D to 5D III upgrade..worth it?

« on: September 10, 2012, 11:46:22 AM »

I have had a 7D for over two years, and bought a 5DIII in June (kept the 7D).  I still like my 7D, but I'm very happy with my decision to get the 5DIII.  Big advantage in low light / high ISO performance. 

The biggest disadvantage was that I had to buy a new lens, because my 10-22 didn't work with the ff.  (That's kind of a joke, I knew the 10-22 was EF-S of course and so it wouldn't work on the 5DIII...)  Of course, I was planning to buy a UWA anyway--just decided I needed it sooner rather than later, because the wide end of my 24-70mm wasn't close to wide enough.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Usain Bolt wins the 200 meters and shoots with a 1DX and 24-70 -Winner!!!

« on: August 10, 2012, 05:47:38 AM »

See, you carry the D4 as a prop to hand to the athelete, and hold on to the 1DX to take photos of him.  Both cameras are useful tools; the Nikon looks nice having its picture taken, while the Canon takes the nice picture! :-)

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Mother of God - D800 scores 95 DxOMark

« on: June 21, 2012, 09:55:42 PM »

As I keep saying maybe Nikon have made some better cameras this round woopdy dooo so what
doesnt make the canons bad...

"ok guys thats it pack up and go home its official you cant take good pictures anymore! and infact any good pictures you have taken with a canon in the past are no officially longer good. DxO said so"

the differences are marginal IRL congrats to nikon for making some great cameras

but to think that navel gazing DxO results actually mean much? thats delusional

Bad photos can be taken with an IQ180 great photos can be taken with a D800e and award winning photos can be taken with a rebel. As the saying in drag racing goes "Run what you Brung"

I am seriously over all the crap and hysteria about 1 or 2 stops of DR that are generated from pushing shadow regions anyway. 

why dont all the Noink DR fanboys take their D800s over to nikon rumours and have a nice circle jerk over them there instead of constantly plaguing a forum about canon

OK THE D800 IS THE BESTEST! WE GET IT ALREADY!

Its getting like that south park episode where every one bought hybrids
smug levels are getting outta control

+1

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Mother of God - D800 scores 95 DxOMark

« on: June 21, 2012, 07:49:34 PM »

I'm sick of Nikon and Canon failing to provide enough megapixels!  When are these companies going to start providing us with the tools we need?  The D800 and the 5DIII both fail to provide enough resolution for out purposes.  Here is the technology that they should be offering in their baseline full frame DSLRs:

http://news.discovery.com/tech/gigapixel-camera-120620.html#mkcpgn=fbsci1



(Just in case it isn't clear--the above post is sarcastic.  Kind of a lot of megapixels in the camera that article talks about though...)

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Software & Accessories / Re: Formatting vs Deleting and where should it be done

« on: June 12, 2012, 03:29:36 AM »

I also format the card when I put it back in the camera after backing it up (usually on two external hard drives as well as on my computer).  I've never had any problems losing shots due to bad cards; still have my old 2 and 4 GB cards from when I was using my old Rebel XTi.

On the subject of cards...  I recently started using my 5DIII and am now getting used to having dual slots.  The file sizes are a bit larger than on my 7D so I started running a little short on space (was using a 16GB card).  Started chimping in camera to open up space, but the top LCD still showed I had the same number of shots remaining.  Took me a couple seconds to realize what was happening.  I had switched my review to the SD card (shooting JPEG) and had my CF card shooting RAW, so chimping wasn't saving me any space on my CF.  Fortunately, this wasn't a situation where I was in any danger of running out of memory (I had about 70 shots at the end of the night, and had a spare card if I needed).  But it helped me realize that the dual cards require a little bit more thought than a single slot.

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Lenses / Re: 24-70 f/2.8L mk 1 or 24-105 f/4L

« on: May 29, 2012, 01:56:13 AM »

I've got both.  Like many of the other posters, I generally prefer the 24-105 f/4L because of the versatility and IS.  I don't think my copy of the 24-70 is particularly bad, but I don't plan to upgrade the vII any time soon.

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: 5D Mark III Cityscape (Miami) with 50mm F1.2L

« on: March 24, 2012, 10:46:42 PM »

Great photo!

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Site Information / Re: Travel Photography thread...

« on: March 05, 2012, 02:28:30 AM »

I'm traveling to Japan for a holiday very soon and would like to know people's thoughts on how much/ little gear they take with them while travelling. What focal range do you like to cover? I'm assuming i can leave the 70-200mm at home in the cupboard and maybe just take the 50mm 1.4 & 17-40mm f4...
What do you guys usually go traveling with?

p.s. first time poster, long time reader.

It depends on where you're traveling.  I live in Japan (Kobe), and often go to Kyoto to take pictures.  I usually haul my 10-22, 24-105, and 70-200 F2.8L II.  That last lens is pretty heavy, but I always find myself wishing I had whatever lens I left home that day... so I try to cover the range as much as possible. 

By far most of my shots are with the 24-105.  Depending on what you like to shoot, you might not need the 70-200 but I think you'll probably feel limited if 50mm is the longest lens you're carrying.