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Abstract / An accidental abstract from Seoul

« on: May 07, 2012, 11:58:18 AM »

Still in Seoul and one of the venues on this trip is one of the huge department stores they have here in Korea.  I took my ultrawide 14mm L lens having a bit of fun with colleagues taking off beat portraits - never flattering but good fun nonetheless.  On one shot, I forgot that the lens was on manual focus and took this shot.  I think it's quite an interesting abstract, but it could just be rubbish! It was pure luck in many ways to get the original shot and I have played with the levels a little to give it a little more contrast

Canon 5D mk III EF 14mm L II at f/5.6 and 1/100 ISO 1600


abstract-corridor by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Landscape / Re: In Seoul

« on: May 05, 2012, 02:32:05 PM »

Another night shot from the streets of Seoul, two 15 sec shots combined in Photomatix

canon 5D mk III EF 100mm L macro @ f/20 ISO 50


Seoul-night-bend by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Birds with attitude

« on: May 05, 2012, 02:07:45 PM »

Instead they are waiting to be fed by people.  The local stores in North West (South) Korea - (the locals don't call it South Korea, just Korea) sell fish sticks to feed the gulls, although they are much less aggressive than the ones to be found on UK beaches.

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L f/11 and 62mm 1/1000 ISO 500


seagull-in-flight by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Same camera/lens at f/11 and 60mm 1/1000 ISO 500


seagull! by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/11 52mm 1/1000 ISO 500


Two-gulls by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/11 54mm 1/1000 ISO 500


two-birds-for-the-price-of-one by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Macro / Re: I don't normally do a lot of macro....

« on: May 04, 2012, 11:28:38 PM »

One from Korea, a kind of Beetle that i saw on the steps of a temple

Canon 5D mk III EF 100L macro f/11 1/80 ISO 1000


Korea-creature by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Landscape / Re: In Seoul

« on: May 04, 2012, 10:07:45 PM »

yet another sunny day yesterday in Korea.  We climbed up to a temple on an island off the west coast of Korea. It was worth the climb of several hundred steps!

Canon 5D mk III Ef 28 - 300L at f/16 and 235mm 1/400 ISO 200


view-from-Korean-temple by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Landscape / Re: In Seoul

« on: May 03, 2012, 01:13:06 PM »

Another sunny day in Seoul. Got back from a venue about 50km away from Seoul and decided to have a go at a traffic trail shot using my sharpest lens, the 100mmL macro.  Combined two 20 second exposures to get a continuous run of traffic trails:

Canon 5D mk III EF 100mm L macro f/16 2 x 20 second exposures


Busy-night-in-Seoul by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Portrait / Korean Gent in traditional dress

« on: May 02, 2012, 12:52:09 PM »

 Korean gentleman dressed in traditional dress called a Hanbok. He looked very distinguished, and having worn one myself (the maker tried to convince me to have a pink one as pink is a very popular colour in Korea for men) they are comfortable especially on hot days.

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L at 45mm f/8 1/250 ISO 800


Korean-gent-in-Hanbok by singingsnapper, on Flickr

same camera and lens at 42mm f/8 1/250 ISO 800


Korean-gentleman-in-Hanbok by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Landscape / In Seoul

« on: May 02, 2012, 12:51:31 PM »

I am being very fortunate with my travels this last few weeks and am getting more and more colour from glorious sunshine and warm temperatures while the UK shivers and is soaked.  I arrived in Seoul yesterday after a long flight via Helsinki.  After a good night's sleep, I took a wander over to the temple at Gangnam:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 L @ f/16 and 30mm, 1/100, ISO 100


Gangnam-Buddha by singingsnapper, on Flickr

We then went out for a few trips and eating great local food out in the blazing sun, and then rounded off the day in a garden called The Garden of Morning Calm

There was a pleasant scene as we finished  the day by a small pond:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L at f/16 and 27mm 1/25 ISO 320


Garden-of-Morning-calm---at-evening! by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 5D Mark III Light Leak Resolution (Canon USA)

« on: April 29, 2012, 03:47:20 AM »

I emailed Canon USA today. They also refuse provide replacement.
However, per warranty term & condition:
"Product returned to a Canon repair facility and proven to be defective upon inspection will, at Canon’s sole discretion and without charge, be (a) repaired utilizing new,
remanufactured, repaired and/or recycled parts; (b) exchanged for a new Product or; (c) exchanged for a refurbished Product, as determined by the Canon repair facility. warranty exchange or replacement does not extend the original warranty period of the Product."
They have three ways to do that.
If they admit first batch are "defect" to fulfill the agreement they should not only do inspection.
I think I will keep contact them and also consult lawyer about these terms.

Take note of the bolded bit.  They have kept true to the contract.  They used their sole discretion.

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Street & City / Re: what is it with the brits and DSLR cameras?

« on: April 27, 2012, 03:21:33 AM »

Personally, I think if we think about it, if it keeps us safe, can we really complain?
No doubt it will be annoying... but if that one terrorist is stopped.... its done its job

No it just means that the terrorists have succeeded in causing disruption, which is after all, their aim.  they have interfered with people's freedom thanks to governments knee jerk reaction and them feeling that they need to look like they are doing something about it.

That might apply when there is only 1 group of terrorists - but here in the UK we have had some 40 years of terrorism from many different groups - hardly a knee jerk reaction from our government

Doesn't matter how many groups there are. The aim of the terrorist is to disrupt and cause restriction to freedom of action to force people to take notice of them. They have at least partially succeeded

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Street & City / Re: what is it with the brits and DSLR cameras?

« on: April 26, 2012, 07:55:05 PM »

Personally, I think if we think about it, if it keeps us safe, can we really complain?
No doubt it will be annoying... but if that one terrorist is stopped.... its done its job

No it just means that the terrorists have succeeded in causing disruption, which is after all, their aim.  they have interfered with people's freedom thanks to governments knee jerk reaction and them feeling that they need to look like they are doing something about it.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon, STOP shipping defective products!!!

« on: April 25, 2012, 02:08:02 PM »

If I'm doing a long exposure then my camera will be on a tripod. If the shot needs an exposure of 1 min or more then metering won't be being used in Amy case. Plus what's wrong with using the playback screen instead of the LCD screen?  There are many ways around this "fault".

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon, STOP shipping defective products!!!

« on: April 24, 2012, 09:35:50 PM »

My 645D dropped thanks to a sunsniper shoulder strap disconnecting.  Sent it away to be looked at thanks to a few buttons not working afterwards - wouldn't have bothered if it hadn't of been the drive button and the cable release socket.  Just got the estimate: £1600/$2557 inc tax.  Ouch!  Have asked for clarification as the description of work suggests only replacing buttons, and for that price I would expect them to be solid gold!

Well, given that gold is sitting pretty at $1650 a try ounce (31.1 grams), and those buttons in grand total weight are probably considerably less than that, they are apparently worth MORE than solid gold! Thats a total ripoff. I'd ditch the 645D and get a D800 if thats the repair cost.

No chance of me ditching the 645D. Invested too much in Pentax lenses from 33mm - 400mm for that and the results are better than anything the D800 can do.  Have asked them to clarify what exactly it is they are doing, and I'll have to bite the bullet if they won't budge.  I think they plan to replace the bottom where the paint has worn off the magnesium body.  I never plan to sell the camera so this doesn't bother me.  The camera just looks well used as it has been rubbing against my back pack on long walks.  I just need the drive button and/or be able to use a cable release so I can do long exposures

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Macro / Re: I don't normally do a lot of macro....

« on: April 24, 2012, 09:26:18 PM »

One from Dubai, some lillies in a square in the Deira district:

canon 5D mk III EF 100 L macro f/13 1/100 ISO 1000


dubai-lillies by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon, STOP shipping defective products!!!

« on: April 24, 2012, 05:36:35 PM »

For me it's a non issue.  A camera meter is never 100% accurate which is why I often carry an incident meter (I sometimes shoot 120 roll with a Fuji or a Mamiya 6 x 7 rangefinder without a built in meter.  Incident meters are usually far more accurate. 

I'm not going to send mine in specifically. I might, however just mention on a routine service that it hasn't yet had the fix.  After all if they are going to open it up anyway....

120! I like the sound of that. These days when I say 120 most folks think I am talking about the time and they wonder about the acuracy of my watch...

I have the Pentax 645N (as well as the digital version) Mamiya Super Press 23 and the Fuji GX 67.  The Pentax is particularly good and the meter on it is great.  With Reala 100 you get some stunning colour.  Velvia 50 is more famous, but Reala has more range and lovely colours.

Drool.....

What can I say, I went from MF (Russian MF - but I hope it counts; it worked great for 28 years till somebody smashed it...) to AE1 to 300D and now 5D3 - and I hope to get to MF sometime...

My 645D dropped thanks to a sunsniper shoulder strap disconnecting.  Sent it away to be looked at thanks to a few buttons not working afterwards - wouldn't have bothered if it hadn't of been the drive button and the cable release socket.  Just got the estimate: £1600/$2557 inc tax.  Ouch!  Have asked for clarification as the description of work suggests only replacing buttons, and for that price I would expect them to be solid gold!