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EOS Bodies / Re: The Next 5D on February 27/28, 2012 [CR3]

« on: February 23, 2012, 08:36:04 AM »

I know this means I'll be working a bit more overtime to fund this bad boy for my upcoming travels later in the year. *quick calculations in head----mmm, yes... 6k total* Loads of dough, but manageable, I have 10 months time. 

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: February 16, 2012, 02:19:29 AM »

A couple of shots...

Sunset:

The bouy at night - Explored 28th August 2011 #108 by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

Early morning:

Misty morning by the water - Explored 10th September 2011 #107 by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

A little HDR excersise:

Autumn Road by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

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Landscape / Re: Snowy pictures

« on: February 16, 2012, 02:15:37 AM »

i have been to the site on numerous occasions  times but have never posted.  i saw this forum post tonight, lucky me winter finally showed up last night and we got a little bit of snow!  Nothing spectacular, but i woke up for sunrise and got a few decent shots!  just finished one, and i do have to say i am impressed with this one.  What do you guys think?

I love it!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 7D on it's way out?

« on: February 10, 2012, 06:35:50 AM »

I love my 7D, the 1.6x crop is both a nuisance and a blessing. The speed and weather sealing are excellent. Even if the forthcoming 5DmkIII would be a killer I wouldn't give up my 7D. 

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Landscape / Re: Snowy pictures

« on: February 10, 2012, 06:27:20 AM »

135Lsnow7Da by PVC 2012, on Flickr

Great framing! Nice one!

Edit: corrected own silly typo...

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EOS Bodies / Re: With all the heated arguments lately, I think we can all appreciate this....

« on: February 09, 2012, 02:16:40 AM »

  HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Brilliant and so true...

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EOS Bodies / Re: 40MP Canon that's not the 5D3?

« on: February 09, 2012, 02:10:29 AM »

I just saw the high-res samples from the 1D-X.... Wow! There's some serious resolution there, even when it was compressed to a 6MB JPEG...

 

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Landscape / Re: Snowy pictures

« on: February 09, 2012, 02:00:53 AM »

One I took.... I liked the slightly sad mood of the bench waiting in the cold for spring and someone to come sit on the bench again...


Waiting for spring... by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

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EOS Bodies / Re: Realistic projections on when a 7D II might hit the scene?

« on: January 26, 2012, 09:40:27 AM »

I love my 7D but I can definitely agree that 3200ISO and above produces a little too much graininess. On the other hand, some have suggested de-noising software, here's another one which I find to be *the* de-noising app. Noise Ninja from picturecode.com.
You can even download 7D optimized de-noising profiles for it. It works wonders.

As for the longevity, not to worry, you buy what you need, when you need. Otherwise you'll be holding out forever as there's always something new coming, sooner or later. And the 7D is _very_ capable.

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Portrait / Re: Black and White portraits

« on: January 26, 2012, 09:33:49 AM »

You are correct! 

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Sports / Re: Tenpin Bowling

« on: January 19, 2012, 03:31:22 AM »

Yep, having a 16lbs sphere hurtling through the air towards you isn't necessarily something I'd be too keen on either, but they did good. 

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Sports / Tenpin Bowling

« on: January 19, 2012, 02:15:30 AM »

Some pictures from the Ballmaster Open in Helsinki Finland 6th - 15th January 2012.

Hannele Impola, excellent technique

Hannele Impola... by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

Ronnie Russell trickshot

Over the barrier, under the chair... by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

Mika Koivuniemi and the strike dance

_MG_1405 by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1D X \

« on: January 17, 2012, 02:19:47 AM »

What I'm looking at, if you remove the video-features, could I then have 7 bracket shots and HDR preview instead? Thos would require some serious bytes out of the firmware. 

7 bracket AEB has been in the 1D line since forever i think only the mk1 didnt have it so the 1Dx will have it... and i definately wouldnt trust an in camera rendition of an HDR
just saying

Like wickidwombat says, 7 bracket AEB is there, and will be there for the 1D X.  I think what trips up most people is they don't realize that they need to go to the custom functions to change it from 3 shots to 2, 5 or 7.

Yep, I admit, I didn't know the 1D-line already supported 7 shot bracketing. (I only have a 7D and that one doesn't). But my point here is: What features could I potentially have by not having video control take a chunk out of the available firmware?  Your imagination is the limit here.
I wouldn't trust the camera preview for much of anything, but, a quick HDR preview could give you an idea if you quickly need to change anything.
One shouldn't take these too literally, speculation is what it is, let your imagination soar!

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1D X \

« on: January 16, 2012, 03:29:00 AM »

Why do people keep griping about the video features of the DSLRs as if they retard the photo abilities?

I don't think that's the issue. The issue is more of a trade-off nature. How much did they inhibit the photo abilities to make 'room' for the video features?

But that's what I mean.  What trade off?  As far as I know (and someone please correct me if this is not the case) the video aspect of the DSLRs does nothing to retard the photo taking abilities.  In otherwords, there is no trade-off.
I'm not a huge video user.  I've only used it a couple of times so far, and plan to use it a few more times.  But over the life of my 5D my use will probably end up being 90% photos 10% videos.  So I don't have a major attachment or stake in it.  I just feel like video has become the scapegoat for many.  "Low-light auto focus sucks...the video is responsible."  "Why isn't this a 36 megapixel camera?  Must be the video."

Your use seems to be the same as me. I'm not saying that there necessarily _has_ to be a trade-off, but if you took out all the video-features, it would make sense that there would be more 'room' in the firmware for cool stills features. Video-features do use part of the space available for firmware.
I don't think they technically inhibit the stills features, like you mention the low-light etc gripes. Those capabilities would probably be the same, with or without video features.
What I'm looking at, if you remove the video-features, could I then have 7 bracket shots and HDR preview instead? Thos would require some serious bytes out of the firmware. 

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United Kingdom & Ireland / Re: Best place to buy photographic equipment in the uk?

« on: January 16, 2012, 03:23:15 AM »

The good thing about hdewcameras is that you can go and physically pick the thing up from them if you want. Me being from Finland, that was a bit of a stretch, but I have friends in the UK that were only happy to help me scouting the place.
No way would I have parted with over 1.5k GBP for my 70-200mm f/2.8 MkII if I felt uneasy. (I still felt a little uneasy about that amount of money, now you'd have to pry it from my cold dead fingers to make me get rid of it).