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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS M System Announced

« on: July 23, 2012, 02:11:46 PM »

I have been waiting for something like this to come long. I am a Canon 5D mk3 owner but believe there is always a need for a small sized dslr. I currently own a 550d, but if this eos-m has similar or better performance I think I will be swaping for it. I still would have preferred to have seen a opitl veiw finder on the eos-m though.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Big Megapixel Body in 2013?

« on: April 18, 2012, 02:19:31 PM »

The comment about people are willing ro pay more, this might be true with the 5D mark iii but I dont think most people were happy with having to pay that premium price and it would pay for Canon to have happy customers. Before I purchased mine I did think about switching to Nikon due to Canon's high pricing.

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Lenses / Canon 70-200 F4 IS or F2.8 (non IS)?

« on: March 25, 2012, 01:07:02 AM »

I'm looking to get a telephoto for sports photography to go with my 5D MK3. I cant decide between these 2, my budget is in this range.

The F4 appeals as its meant to have better image quality and it has IS but its only F4

F2.8 appeals because its faster, but its heavier also

At the moment i am leaning towards the F4 but the F2.8 apeture would be so nice

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EOS Bodies / Re: grip gives fps boost on 5D3 to 6.7-6.9fps????????

« on: March 20, 2012, 01:11:03 PM »

The 6.9fps rumour that was so "black and white" had to of come from somewhere. Perhaps a prototype had it and they removed it for general release for some reason or another? Would be awesome if the grip did give the boost, i'm definately going to keep my fingers crossed.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1d mk iv or 5d mkiii?

« on: March 19, 2012, 01:45:05 PM »

I have a opportunity to pick up a 2nd hand 1d mk4 for $1000nz less than what the 5d mk3 is going to cost us. Its proving to be a hard choice for me to make as the seller cant tell me how many shots its done, though he says low to mid. The camera has been used regulary for 15 months for a photography business. The camera body looks a little rough with sratches though the seller says they are only cosmetic. He also sad it gets cleaned once a month and last serviced in October.

With the 5d mk3 out any day now I guess I need to make a decission, I have sold my 7d already and there is no way I can afford a brandnew 1d mk4 and 2nd hand ones hardly ever come up for sale (though i have seen plent mk3's).

I am not sure which one to got for, the 5d doesnt look too terrible with 6fps and a burst rate of 18 raw, but the 1d is so much better than that. I feel I dont want to have purchsed one and then wish i had got the other.  The 1d looks pretty well used also and brandnew items are always nice to have.

I guess if the 5d had 8fps or faster I would choose that hands down, if this 2nd hand 1d mk4 looked like it hadnt been used so much I would choose that.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1d mk iv or 5d mkiii?

« on: March 17, 2012, 06:30:03 PM »

Someone at work told me that the multilpier on a crop body not only multiplies the focal length but also the apeture meaning a f2.8 lens on a 1.3 crop body a 1 stop smaller (f3.5) and 2 stops on a 1.6 body. Is there much truth in that?

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1d mk iv or 5d mkiii?

« on: March 16, 2012, 03:48:39 PM »

I'm having trouble deciding also. Currently I have a 7D and love it for its 8fps speed and advanced af system. I do miss the full frame from my old 5d mk1 though (i loved the depth of field etc), but felt I could never switch to a 5d mk2 as it was too slow.
So i was hoping waiting for a fast 5d mk3 to come out, except its not quite as fast as I was hoping for.

I shoot about 75% sports (mostly mountainbiking) and 25% everthing else (events, some weddings etc). Often when i photograph in either situation I am shooting in low light, I dont like to use a flash so I use a big aperture and bump up the iso.

So ideally I want something fast with the better af system and something that can shoot well in low light, + in all weather situations. I really wish the 5d mk3 was faster.

There is no way i can afford a 1dx

The thing about the 1d mk4 that worries me is its a crop sensor and how would image quality compare to that of the 5d mk3. The other thing that worries me is how much better in image quality is the 1d mk4 over the 7d?

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EOS Bodies / Canon 5D MK3 vs 1D MK4?

« on: March 14, 2012, 02:21:58 PM »

I got a 5D MK 3 on preorder, but keep thinking its a hell lot of money to spend on a camera in this level, I am still hugely dissapointed with the 6fps, but figure I should be able to get by. I have since seen 1D MK4 cameras for sale in around the same price range, what would the readers here choose and why? (I figure ill still get the 5D).