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Lenses / Re: Canon 50 1.4 worth the upgrade?

« on: April 22, 2012, 01:04:48 PM »

Hi,
I was in the exact same shoes as you when i was using my 60D..
I had the 50f1.8 but i rarely used it because 50mm somehow works better on a FF…
I used my 30mm on my 60D alot more and well 300 makes it 50 on a FF doesn't it.

So when i upgraded to a 5d3…i was also thinking if i should use the 50 f1.8 or get the 50 f1.4
Ultimately because the 500mm works much better on a FF than crop and i felt that i was going to use it alot more, i sold my f1.8 and get myself the f1.4 2nd hand. Why? Because although people have said it's not a real USM and there's probles with it etc…it's still overall faster and better built than the 1.8 no matter how you look at it.
It focuses faster and it has 1.4 WHEN you need it…it's better stopped to f2.8…but so is the 50mm f1.8…
Both are equally as sharp but the 1.4 will focus faster and it is built much better too.
Bokeh also looks nicer becuase it has more blades after all…
The price differnce isn't hat much if you buy 2nd hand so it's worth getting the F1.4 version..
And for me…with the 5D3, it has all the built in Lens correction features for this lens, it makes it a much nicer lens to use…so my advice to you is..IF you like the 30mm on the crop and use it alot you will need something similar on the FF and the 50mm f1.4 is THE lens to get if you want something cheap and good. The f1.8 is a great lens for that price..but it's still a plastic mount lens, still very plastic made, only 5 aperture blades and only f1.8…for maybe $150 more, you can get a 2nd hand F1.4…so why not?

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Lenses / Re: 24-105mm f/4 L IS on a crop camera

« on: April 22, 2012, 12:44:40 PM »

I was using the 25-105 on my 60D for almost a year and it was a great walkabout lens…walkabout meaning you don't need wide lenses for landscapes etc..I too had a Tokina 11-16 for that which i use all the time if i needed to take landscapes.
The 24-105 was purely a walkabout lens for me.
In the event you go FF in the future, you will know that the 24-105 will also work great on it..
In fact, the 24-105 actually "transforms" into a different lens for me when i switched to the 5D3…it because an even better walkabout lens with a wide capability…although losing out on the tele range, it will depend on how often you need a tele range.
So for me, the 24-105 works well on both my 60 and 5D and i still constantly use it on both my cameras… the moment the 24-105 is NOT on my 5D, it will be on my 60D...

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark III Spot Meter

« on: April 22, 2012, 06:36:51 AM »

OMG..i had no idea..
I didn't know that ONLY evaluative metering can be used for other AF points..
You mean even center weighted also can't be used for other focus points?
I thought it would be useful especially for landscapes to be able to focus and meter without having to re-frame the shot......maybe that's why my shots are always metered wrongly...i never knew i could not use other point to meter!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Almost 10000 photos shoot with 5D Mk3 – Thoughts, Odds, Problems, Firmware Fixes

« on: April 21, 2012, 09:36:07 AM »

For item 2, did you reach max ISO? The camera will lower shutter speed for proper exposure once the max ISO is reached.

This is precisely the problem the TS is mentioning.. what's the point of having a min shutter speed when the camera will still slow it down if the min can't be met? I know having a shot is better than not having one but in this case having a blur shot is as good as not having a shot to begin with..
i personally too wished that when you set a min shutter speed, it should enforce that speed regardless of what the exposure is and if it's not able to take..then just blink and not let you take…that's what the TS wanted also..to "enforce" this speed..or at least have a range of preferred speed and fallback speed

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 50mm f1.4

« on: April 21, 2012, 05:41:29 AM »

I highly doubt there's going ot be an update to the 50s anytime soon.

There is a patent from Canon for an updated 50mm, and it's really time for this: The 50/1.4 has a horrible micro usm, bad bokeh (in comparison to more expensive zooms or primes) and is soft from f2-1.4. Since the 50/1.2 has the focus shift issue, and the Sigma & Nikon competition is way ahead it's about time for Canon to do something about it.

The patent has been there for over 2yrs now..still no news…there were some other patents that have been there for years and only recently have they been "announced" like the 100-400mm 1.4x lens…and STILL we don't see it…so it's a good gues that from the time a patent appears to the time a lens appears, would be many years later…
It will be updated for sure yes…but when? My guess is not anything soon…not in 2012 i believe..maybe in 2013?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: anyone have a 5Dmk3 and a kenko TC?

« on: April 21, 2012, 05:33:42 AM »

I believe it was discussed that there are different "series" of the Kenko DG in the same model and some will work and others won't
I have the 1.4 DGX (the black one not the white one) and so far every single lens i own works with it, even my Tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 will focus at 300mm f8 to my surprise so yes, the Kenko will work with the 5D3 no issues for me..

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS-1D X & EF 24-70 f/2.8L II Delays Officially Confirmed

« on: April 21, 2012, 05:29:56 AM »

I had the oppotunity to test the 1DX with the 24mm IS lens today and i must say, i won the 5D3 and when using the 1DX…it made the 5D3 focus feel like eternity. The 1DX is scarily fast and accurate it's unbelievable..i had playef with a 1D4 before and this is even faster and more accurate.
The 12FPS burst mode is just crazy..the shutter sound really sounds like a machine gune and honestly, the shutter sounds alot more "mechanical" than the 5D3 and i like it more than the 5D3.

However, i wasn't too impressed with the 24mm IS..it's a fast and sharp lens but i don't get the need for IS at a 24mm focal range..i almost can't tell there's IS turned on at all at that range..it's as good as it not being there at all..

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 50mm f1.4

« on: April 20, 2012, 12:18:56 PM »

I highly doubt there's going ot be an update to the 50s anytime soon.
There's nothing in the roadmap or anything leaked and even if there was, it would be at least a year after it's announced so it's safe to say i don't think there's anything in 2012…
In fact, seems like the new primes are all with IS and those are the ONLY 2 primes that are being announced for this year so far..and they cost alot more than the 50 1.4
So to be honest, even if they update the 50 1.4, add an IS in there…bump up the price to maybe $500 and above..is it really worth getting?

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Technical Support / Re: Software Install Issue??? EOS Solution Disk ver 25

« on: April 18, 2012, 09:31:28 PM »

Nope..
no other problems.
Actually, the EOS Utility is already installed..
It just doesn't recognise the camera everytime i plug it in..it just says camera not recognised and quits the software..
looks like i'll have to use the windows version instead…i just need to update the lens database for the CA correction..

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Technical Support / Re: Software Install Issue??? EOS Solution Disk ver 25

« on: April 18, 2012, 12:04:34 PM »

Anyone found a solution?
I too am running OSX10.6.8 and i too can't install the EOS utlity..keeps telling me camera not recognised everytime i plug it into the notebook so i can't install the software…and i have the latest one 25.0 that came with the camera..

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D3: ISO 160, 320, 640 etc cleanest ISOs?

« on: April 17, 2012, 12:55:00 AM »

I used to shoot at ISO160/320/640 etc because tests have shown those are cleaner than ISO100/200/400
However, that was on a Crop camera.
I believe the 5D3 is so castly superior at low ISO that up to maybe ISO800, you won't notice any difference whichever ISO you use. I do believe that even an ISO 400 is the same as ISO100 on a 5D3.
maybe at higher ISOs it will matter but if you're giong to shoot at that high ISO, most likely you're more concerned about shutter speed instead of ISO values. But yes, whole numbers are so much easier to remember so i'm using that now instead
http://a2bart.com/tech/allcamdknz.htm
Check out that "test" if you really want to see "noise" in detail…as i mentioned..ISO100-800 looks identical on the 5d3

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EOS Bodies / Re: Mark III metering

« on: April 16, 2012, 07:49:22 AM »

I believe there's some issue with evaluative metering...exposures aren't correct for most parts...in fact, i'm a little different..i find my shot overexposed more often than underexposed..i almost never get spot on exposure under evaluative...Maybe i should switch back to center-weighted..but i just feel a camera of this price should have a darn good evaluative metering system..maybe it's just not so?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: 5Dmk3 doesnt play with kenko teleconverters

« on: April 15, 2012, 10:09:56 AM »

I have the Kenko 1.4TC..it's the new version but it's about 1yr+ old.
So far i've tested it with
Tamron 70-300 USD VC and it focuses even at 300mm at F5.6 which makes it f8
Canon 50mm F1.4
Canon 85mm f1.8

I've got other lenses but i didn't try them.
I don't use the Kenko much..

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Light Leak Issue

« on: April 08, 2012, 09:57:40 PM »

Oh no..
i think we have a bigger design flaw here than just the 5D3 light leak..
After all the tests done, i think the biggest flaw is….OUR thumbs leak light!!!
So all those years of covering someone's eyes with our hands proved to be useless!! They can still see with light leaking through!!! Oh no…wonder if we will be recalled.

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Light Leak Issue

« on: April 08, 2012, 11:00:32 AM »

Thanks for the great effort. I believe not everyone would've been able to do the test you were able to..
As expected, i don't see why people are making such a big deal about that little light leak..It's like complaining about a stone in the tyre of a car you just bought…i was never bothered about this "leak" and after reading your test, i'm even less bothered about it.

BTW, that's a whole lot of 24L lenses there!