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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Moonbow!

« on: October 31, 2012, 11:16:45 AM »

Nice shot.

http://www.michaelperna.com/perna-photos/pages/Moon-rise_over_tree_square.htm

I took this shot when I lived in Texas (many moons ago). It was shot with a Hasselblad using 100ISO kodak  tungsten slide film. 15 min exposure. The moon is behind the tree and moved quite a bit - but I like the effect.

I see a lot of digital photos these days taken at night with black skies. A camera set to tungsten WB gives a much better blue.

Lovely! It looks like the tree is a puppeteer! 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Natural Progression of Camera Bodies. Type Your story below.

« on: October 30, 2012, 10:36:54 PM »

1967 my dad handed me a Lubital Twin reflex camera he had received from a friend (like the on on my profile photo)
1982 Canon AE1 with 50mm 1.8, 80-200 and Soligor 28-80 and a vivitar flash
1987 burglars destroy my Lubital 
1999 Olympus 340 P&S
2004 gifted a Canon 300D with 18-55
2007 bought 100-400
2012 bought 5D3, 24-105, 40mm and 600EX-RT

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Moonbow!

« on: October 30, 2012, 08:59:56 PM »

Thanks Andy and Quasimodo.

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Lenses / Re: 135mm or 50mm...

« on: October 30, 2012, 11:05:40 AM »

Why not the 135 and the 40mm?

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Moonbow!

« on: October 30, 2012, 10:58:52 AM »

I am starting to think the green streak is a meteorite - I think I am going to play the lottery today.

Andy

It rather looks like a landing Reptilian spaceship. It's even more rare than a meteorite, so bid double pot today.

Andy, lovely picture. What were your settings? I tried taking one 4 years back with my 300D and failed miserably

And I agree with marekjoz, definitely an alien ship   

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Technical Support / Re: Canon 1d-x

« on: October 29, 2012, 03:35:40 PM »

When all else fails, read the manual!

Real engineers never read manuals
 

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Lenses / Re: 5D3 + 24-70 f2.8 II + FoCal

« on: October 27, 2012, 08:39:18 PM »

Did you cover over the viewfinder the entire time?

Yes, that is the third thing I did when I got consistent results. I forgot about it when I posted earlier...

All the time while the test was conducted, except when acquiring the target after moving from 25x or 50x the focal distance, or when I tested it at 5' and 10' prefered shooting distance for portrait.

Ok. So you could try this:
Set the MA values for Wide and Telephoto as suggested by FoCal. Then take a set of pictures each at 24mm, 50mm and 70mm. Each set would consist of two photos. Both taken of the same target at the same distance. One imaged thru the viewfinder and the other imaged with live view. You may change the distance of the target for the three focal lengths. If the pair looks equally in focus, that MA setting is good. If not, it is not. If both extremes are good and the 50 is not I think you should replace the lens. If one of the extremes is good and the other two are bad, you need to run FoCal again and then repeat this test.

My 100-400L is in the shop and when it comes back I am going to run this exact test on it. Hope this helps.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Back Up Body

« on: October 27, 2012, 08:12:54 PM »

My knee-jerk reaction was 1DIV but I have questions for you. Why are you asking this question? Is it "reach" that is worrying you? Do you only do bird photography with the 7D? What is your real question?

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Lenses / Re: 5D3 + 24-70 f2.8 II + FoCal

« on: October 27, 2012, 07:56:04 PM »

Did you cover over the viewfinder the entire time?

Yes, that is the third thing I did when I got consistent results. I forgot about it when I posted earlier...

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Lenses / Re: 5D3 + 24-70 f2.8 II + FoCal

« on: October 27, 2012, 09:54:48 AM »

I have AFMA my 5D3 and 24-70mm f/2.8 using FoCal v1.6.  I’m getting variations on the results and wondering if is this normal? I've searched the internet and the FoCal site for comparison but none that I could find except from this forum. 

Comments are welcome.

I had a similar problem some time back and it boiled down to two things:

• I had the center mast of the tripod up and that caused some sway. The camera should be absolutely steady.
• I was doing it in the morning and the sun was going in and out of the clouds so variable light...

Other than that, was your battery completely charged?

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: October 26, 2012, 03:59:41 AM »

Man! I really miss my 100-400L! Its in the shop again! (complain complain complain)

Can't wait to get it back. You guys have some fantastic shots there.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark III sensor cleaning noise (squeaks)

« on: October 25, 2012, 10:10:37 PM »

There you go! A whole lot of vampires on this thread! 

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: October 25, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »

rpt, thanks. I used a 60D and EF 100-400mm, Aperture priority f/8.0, 400mm, 1/500s, ISO auto 200. I still only shoot in Jpeg, a little embarassing, but I'm a beginner and too lazy to deal with RAW.

Here's another one, heavily cropped, same settings except ISO 320.

Thanks. While I was shooting with my 300D, I only shot JPEG. Since I got the 5D3, I switched to RAW. I can tell you it is a big difference in the edit. Try it. If you are skeptical, shoot RAW+JPEG. I am sure you will like the flexibility. Oh, and get Adobe LR 4.2 if you don't already have it. The second shot is great too. How far we're you from the bird?

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Show your Bird Portraits

« on: October 25, 2012, 10:25:04 AM »

LSV, Sad_Dave, lovely photographs. Could you share shooting details, camera, lens, settings etc?
Both the Osprey and the Eagle look magnificent.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Does google use Canon?

« on: October 24, 2012, 10:32:32 PM »

Not to worry, it's most likely just a post processing artifact used by Google at the request of the US Government to hide the sensitive military installations hidden in the shadows in that part of Oregon.

How did he find that secret submarine base in the first place??
Now, there will be a international incident as the US accuses Canada of leaking secrets via Canon rumors.

The sub is actually parked right behind OMSI and the portland opera. For reals yo.

And, oddly enough, no banding!

That one is obviously the decoy!
Oops! Now after Canadian Bacon there will be Indian Paneer