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Lenses / Re: Need some advise: light sensitive lens indoors
« on: November 10, 2012, 08:50:10 PM »What exactly is a "light sensitive" lens? I don't think I've seen that term in this context before.He means small f number...
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Site Information / Re: Missing Persons -- Brian??
« on: November 10, 2012, 10:03:15 AM »He was last active October 24... Perhaps lurking every now and then.scaleusa said he was online on 10/11.
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Lenses / Re: Need some advise: light sensitive lens indoors
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:59:45 AM »What about the 40mm pancake? At 2.8 its just one stop slower than your 135. Unless you're already shooting at iso 12800, you can easily make up that one stop with ISO on the MKIII. The lens is small, light and produces great colors and contrast. And its DIRT CHEAP.My thoughts exactly! Those are the lenses I used. Now since have the 100L macro which is a f2.8, I have one more option for low light.
If you're stuck on a zoom, what is wrong with the 24-105? again, with the ISO peformance of the MKIII I have not seen problems using this lens in most indoor places. Maybe a dark restaraunt or some place with 'mood lighting' would be an issue, but usually you have more control of the lights in your own home.
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Technical Support / Re: Missing Images from 5D Mark III CF Card
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:54:46 AM »Usually missing images are a issue with a card reader that does not recognize udma7 or some other incompatability.Good point. I always download my images directly from camera via the EOS utility. Why don't you try that...
Put the CF card in the camera and see if the images are really there. A number of people have had issues with their card readers and udma 7 cards. Apparently one of the early usb3 readers had issues and a firmware update fixes it.
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Technical Support / Re: EOS Utility/FoCal not recognizing 5D3 in Win8 64-bit
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:51:18 AM »I have done a clean install of the old version and newest version. I have uninstalled FOcal as well to see if it was interfering with the EOS utility, but no dice.Does the EOS utility detect any other camera?
I have tried all the USB ports on my machine as well.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Max Print Size for Landscapes
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:43:23 AM »
I printed a pic taken with my 300D (6MP 3096x2048) on to A3 and I thought it came out fine. Used it as a calendar...
So you get a perspective of the viewing distance too.
So you get a perspective of the viewing distance too.
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Site Information / Re: Missing Persons -- Brian??
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:25:04 AM »I need to get one too - I seem to be spending too much time on threads regarding DxO and lens caps
Briansquibb was doing 10 posts a day until last month. He seems to have dropped off the earth.
maybe he finally got a life?
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Convince me to shoot in RAW
« on: November 10, 2012, 09:22:09 AM »Mine has used up one. So I am taking no chances and shooting in RAWQuoteShoot in RAW.What if he has a cat?
If you don't, no one will ever love you, and your doggy will die.
Convinced?
Cats have 9 lives
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EOS Bodies / Re: 46.1mp Canon DSLR Previewed at PhotoPlus 2012? [CR1]
« on: November 10, 2012, 04:32:54 AM »But when? You should be posting this message just as the shipments are nearing the port...Yep the mega pixel camera is just around the corner. Tomorrow in fact!Just like Paul Revere..."The Megapixels are coming!"
They built it specifically for the new lens cap. LOL.
Gotta love Canon, they've got their priorities right.
Take one look at ebay, craigslist, gumtree or most classified ads.
What cameras are being sold? Canons and Canon lenses. I wonder why? Nikon started something.
Never been a better time to buy Canon gear secondhand.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Convince me to shoot in RAW
« on: November 10, 2012, 04:30:20 AM »Shoot in RAW.What if he has a cat?
If you don't, no one will ever love you, and your doggy will die.
Convinced?
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Convince me to shoot in RAW
« on: November 09, 2012, 10:42:41 PM »I agree, but that is not my point.the plot of a movie doesn't improve on a 1080 tv vs a 720 tv... a good movie is still a good movie whether you can see each hair strand or not...True, but stills and movies are different species. One can stare at a still for a looooooooooooong time. Hence the attributes of a still are way different. You can get away with JPEG artifact like things in a movie scene but not in a still - my opinion...
Some people can't appreciate the difference between a NTSC video with stereo sound from 60 FPS out of a 70mm film with 10 channels of audio of an IMAX.
Of course, a bad movie will still be a bad movie, but I enjoy a lot more the experience of a good plot on a good immersive experience of a 7.1 THX sound on 70" plasma than on the screen of my iPhone.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Convince me to shoot in RAW
« on: November 09, 2012, 10:37:44 PM »Or if you had the luxury (or ability) to set up lighting...Quote
Points of view of course, but I believe shooting JPG is wasting potential. Storage is cheap now.
time isn't though, as a wedding photographer i supply 100s of images to the client and so simply don't have time to sit and edit each image beyond a few minutes... on the other side of the tracks though I have a friend who works on Vougue and other high end titles who spend a week in post on one image.
so i guess ultimately it is what and how many images you are taking about and their ultimate end use...
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EOS Bodies / Re: 46.1mp Canon DSLR Previewed at PhotoPlus 2012? [CR1]
« on: November 09, 2012, 10:35:20 PM »What? Not satisfied with lens caps?No, I think he felt cheated that there were no rumors about them
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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces New Lens Caps!
« on: November 09, 2012, 10:32:55 PM »I got that cap! The AF is good!I can't dare to imagine a new body cap. Sounds like science fiction, I almost scared myself....
Nobody has mentioned the Lens Bling caps for the other end of your lens.
Canon recently released a new body cap a.k.a. 40mm STM
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Convince me to shoot in RAW
« on: November 09, 2012, 10:30:11 PM »the plot of a movie doesn't improve on a 1080 tv vs a 720 tv... a good movie is still a good movie whether you can see each hair strand or not...True, but stills and movies are different species. One can stare at a still for a looooooooooooong time. Hence the attributes of a still are way different. You can get away with JPEG artifact like things in a movie scene but not in a still - my opinion...