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EOS Bodies / Re: 60D owners...help, i need reassurance before i pull the trigger

« on: June 15, 2012, 05:09:20 AM »

we call a joke because we were very disappointed when it come out, really a step back from 50D

buying 2day it's really foolish for someone that is staring with photography, infact
all advantage except ergonomics over the rebel line are gone, and at the same price you can buy a nikon D7000 (slightly more expensive) or a pentax K5 (less expensive)

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EOS Bodies / Re: Is the 5DIII the New 50D?

« on: June 14, 2012, 05:45:27 PM »

the 5dmk3 costs a lot as the nikon D800...do you think $3000 (€2900) are a gift compared to $3500 (€3200).

both cameras are really expensive and both manufactors listened to their customers

500$ could buy be more RAM to run lightroom 4,A copy of Lightroom 4 to go with my 5D3, and Windows 7 Pro to run my new workflow. 500$ is a big deal because new camera can change workflows and workflows cost more $$$.

i am not saying there isnt a gap in price, i am saying they are both expensive…here in italy the gap is narrower, but i think those hardware are for pro photographers and maybe for some amateurs not mass market for sure
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with 300€ i can buy cigarettes for 40 days

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EOS Bodies / Re: Is the 5DIII the New 50D?

« on: June 14, 2012, 05:13:26 PM »

the 5dmk3 costs a lot as the nikon D800...do you think $3000 (€2900) are a gift compared to $3500 (€3200).

both cameras are really expensive and both manufactors listened to their customers

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EOS Bodies / Re: Odds & Ends: 70D, 7D2, New Full Frame, D600 & Photoshop CS6

« on: June 14, 2012, 05:04:12 PM »

9D - Entry level FF @ $1600 (Build like a rebel or xxD, not highly sealed, low FPS, xxD or 7D AF)

if the D600 is in the same league that would be fine.
but i think canon could not afford that the D600 is much better feature wise.

im only guessing here but a 1600-1800$ fullframe will create a lot of interest, in my opinion.

I believe Canon would risk that their name would carry a slightly inferior spec's camera as long as it isn't too far out. They pitted the 19pt AF of the 7D against the 51pt Af of the D300/s, although they did have the FPS advantage.

i think for moving subjects the af of 7d performs better, not talking about the advantage in shutter  lag the 7d has, and the 50% more pixels on sensor.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Is the 5DIII the New 50D?

« on: June 14, 2012, 03:50:16 PM »

it's depens waht use you are going to do with camera...for a sp camera 5d mk3 is better tha d800; btw both cameras arent aimed at mass market

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EOS Bodies / Re: 60D owners...help, i need reassurance before i pull the trigger

« on: June 14, 2012, 03:48:32 PM »

I am surprised no one here has pointed out that the 60D lacks the AF micro-adjustment feature.  I have a 60D and really like it but was unaware it lacked that feature when I bought it.  At the time I chose it over the 7D because ergonomically it just felt better in my hand.  I had the 60D + 18-200 when I went to Africa last year and was very happy with that combo (perhaps I lucked out and got a very good copy of that lens).  But as I started to accumulate lenses, not all of them played nice with the 60D and I had no way to adjust for that.  I got so frustrated that I bought a used 7D, calibrated my lenses and now my 60D stays at home unless my husband takes it out.  So just be aware of this.  I will say that the 60D is a great camera to learn on because it is less complicated than the 7D, but for me the 7D wins.

the 60D is a joke...plain and simple. policarbonate body, limited lcd on the top, lack of MFA, and a sensor that perform  worsta than a 600d.

if i would buy a new camera in that price range i would buy a pentax k5 if interested on photos and a 650d if interested on videos.

btw i guess the 60D performed quite good in a marketing ways, so kudos to canon's marketing guys

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: So Nikon D600 is real after all

« on: June 14, 2012, 11:12:36 AM »

    Look at Sony, King of the LCD TV market for about a decade, made the best quality TV's but other brands caught up in terms of features and prices came down now to the point where Sony lost so much market share they are leaving the TV business. 

Canon WAKE UP

in which planet? Sony is losing money from TV business since 8 straight years, even when they got the largest chunk of the market (2 years of so ago)

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EOS Bodies / Re: Used 60D or new 650D/T4i?

« on: June 13, 2012, 11:30:50 AM »

The autofocus is quick and accurate enough to be used in sports.

I agree with you that the 60d is a nice camera - except for sports: the af points are simply spread too far apart, and relying only on a single af point to do the tracking often doesn't do it. And the worst part is the crippled firmware, since you cannot customize *anything* of the af servo system - just use it or don't use it, from my experience with it I don't I'm sorry to say.

agree...using the servo and central point the AF is erratic, but the firmware it's not crippled … this kinda autofocus Always worked this way, from 40D to nowadays

the autofocus should be the same of 650D...for taking pactures, should be inferior for video

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EOS Bodies / Re: Different tools for different trades

« on: June 12, 2012, 05:49:48 AM »

I don't know if it's as much an issue as a reason to make you buy a 1D body

The ISSUE is I have no budget for it.

that's the basic issue for a lot of people

I lust after a lot of things well beyond my budget 

having an unlimited budget would be really boring, and probably would not exists all those models of camera/lenses

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EOS Bodies / Re: Different tools for different trades

« on: June 12, 2012, 03:58:46 AM »

I don't know if it's as much an issue as a reason to make you buy a 1D body

The ISSUE is I have no budget for it.

that's the basic issue for a lot of people

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EOS Bodies / Re: Different tools for different trades

« on: June 11, 2012, 04:50:18 PM »

[cut]
Are you really consider 7D?  Why don't you wait for 70D or 7D2?

if i find a good deal yes...i can sell my 450D and 50D and get a used 7D basically for free; if 70D or 7DMKII will turn out as very good cameras, i can sell the 7D and change again...butit's just an idea.

10x for the advice….i think i will pass on 1d, too expensive and the 7d suit better my needs

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EOS Bodies / Re: Which 7DII will you buy for $2000?

« on: June 10, 2012, 06:08:35 PM »

voted, but i wouldnt buy any camera for $2000

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EOS Bodies / Re: Examples of DR photos and why this is important to landscape shooters

« on: June 10, 2012, 07:01:19 AM »

Too bad there aren't any good Nikon lenses that will utilize the full DR potential of the 800/E.

nikkon 14-24 is a very good lens for LS photography

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D Full Specifications

« on: June 10, 2012, 06:55:59 AM »

You should upgrade your memory to 8GB years ago.  Memory is a small investment and bring huge benefit if you use PS and LR.  None of my computers is running under 8GB of memory.

my laptop is used mainly for work, so it's used more as a terminal than a workstation and i dont used PS at all, but for lightroom i have a server at work with 64gb, 8 xeon cores  and 1.4GB/sec bandwidth to a EMC2 VMAX; of course it's not a dedicated machine, i do different kida games with them.

a nice upgrade you should do is to get a good ssd for you workstations… i saw SSD Sandisk extreme getting cheap enough lately...leass than 200€ for 240GB

but we are going OT

10x for the good advice anyway

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: T2i vs T4i for sports

« on: June 10, 2012, 05:02:36 AM »

it would be better (i have a 450D and a 50D...the AF of 50D is definetly better expecially in low light situations), but as marsus said it's not the killer camera to shoot sports. i am think about to upgrade the 50d to a 7d or a 1dmk3....still undecided for the rare occasion i have to shoot sports