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EOS Bodies / Re: DxOMark Sensor Performance: Nikon vs. Canon

« on: October 12, 2012, 05:11:07 PM »

All these 35mm DSLR's have pretty similar IQ at reasonable ISO's.

Nikon D800 | ISO 100 | 1/100s @f/11:


Canon 5D Mk III | ISO 100 | 1/100s @f/11:


... and that's at 800px web size.

Inevitably, someone's going to wonder why I severely underexposed the photo & then lifted the exposure; rather than getting into the logic of why I did that, I'll just post the following comparison, where each camera was exposed so as to not clip the red channel in the sky near the sun. Shadows were then lifted to reasonable levels for viewing:

I don't know what you do to your files but my 7D even when heavily processed, still has enough detail to make a full-res print.

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Lenses / Re: Which Prime: 50L or 35L?

« on: October 12, 2012, 12:18:59 PM »

50L Would be my choice, but thats me. Heres Pt.1 of series Im working on, you may want to look at it.

http://ramonlperez.tumblr.com/post/33253428138/fast-prime-shoot-out-pt-1-85mm-1-2l-ii-mini-review

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Portrait / Re: First Portrait Shoot!

« on: October 11, 2012, 06:29:27 PM »

Not bad, The only tips I can offer is watch you backgrounds as some were distracting and secondly, IMO the person is the most important thing in a portrait. Environmental portraits are nice but too many can take away from the person.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Help me, 5D Mark iii order now or wait for a "possible deal"

« on: October 11, 2012, 04:44:21 PM »

I am seriously sitting here ready to pull the trigger and order my 5D Mark iii.  I have L glass and currently shoot with a T4i.  I do just fine with my camera and LR4, but know that the FF be a better choice, especially for my indoor event photography.  If I was ready to order this last month or the month before, i wouldn't be worried about anything, but this close to Nov, I have to wonder if I am going to be angry with myself for missing the next 2750.00 type sale.  Typically, do these sales begin early Nov or closer to black Friday/X-Mas?  If B and H only drops this camera by 100 or so, I won't care, but saving almost 800 bucks had I waited 2-3 weeks would def make me regretful.  I know it shows a 5D3 in my profile, but I had planned on having it by this week...LOL Everything else in my profile I own now.

Wait for the 2750$ deal. I managed to get my 5D3 for 3099$ and it was the best choice ever.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5Dc as an entry for FF? yay or nay?

« on: October 10, 2012, 12:28:53 PM »

Thats pretty good for 3200. I never got shots with this low grain/ noise on 3200 on my 5dc...

Did you nail your exposure's?

Also, the larger the format of film, the less critical it is of the lens you put in front of it.

I think I did... infact I was looking at some of my older shots and I have visible grain in the well exposed areas (100% views ofcourse) at ISO 640... I deleted a bunch of older stuff yesterday and I saw one that showed this phenomenon. I don't think I had a defective body... it took amazing shots at below 400 ISO.

I just expected it to trounce the T2i in 1600-3200, and it did not seem to do so...

I did love the Viewfinder though compared to the T2i. I like the Auto ISO on the T2i, makes shooting on the go so much easier.

Do you have any examples of excessive noise @ 640?

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Lenses / Re: Canon should change name to Coma

« on: October 10, 2012, 10:03:41 AM »

I'd stop down a bit. :|

Which is so useful for night sky stuff you bought a fast lens for.

I don't judge personal choices. :|

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Lenses / Re: Canon should change name to Coma

« on: October 10, 2012, 09:47:05 AM »

I'd stop down a bit. :|

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Lenses / Re: First Portrait Lens, Need Suggestions

« on: October 10, 2012, 09:37:44 AM »

100mm F/2

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Technical Support / Re: Event Shooting: Camera Picture Style Setting

« on: October 10, 2012, 09:35:11 AM »

Hello All,

I have to shoot a group event next week. It will be organized completely indoors. And it is unpaid (In any case I am not a pro photographer). I am the sole member of the group who has some enthusiasm in photography (read who has two cameras and a couple of flashes), so the duty has fallen upon me. It is not a lifetime event for anyone (that is it is not a wedding, or engagement or anything as such).

I do not want to spend a lot of time on post processing (in fact it will be best if I do not have to spend any) in front of my computer. So I am planning to take the photos in Large/Fine JPEG format (will enable me to take a lot of "snaps" with my current cards). Unfortunately, I have never done this - that is never taken photos in JPEG format. Even before I bought my first (digital) camera, I was reading about photography and so the first photo taken by me with my first camera was a in RAW format.

I am looking for your help in deciding which picture style should I choose to shoot? Standard or Portrait or Landscape or Neutral or Faithful? If I go for User Defined styles then what should I choose as values of the four things that we can choose inside each of the photo styles. I shall use a 40D and a 50D (with a 12-24 Tokina, and an old EF 22-55mm Canon lens, may be a a few with 50mm 1.8 II).

Thank you for your time and help.

Shoot flat, low contrast neutral JPEGs. If you do decide to post process later, you'll have some latitude.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5Dc as an entry for FF? yay or nay?

« on: October 10, 2012, 09:29:00 AM »

Thats pretty good for 3200. I never got shots with this low grain/ noise on 3200 on my 5dc...

Did you nail your exposure's?

Also, the larger the format of film, the less critical it is of the lens you put in front of it.

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Lighting / Re: What to get?

« on: October 09, 2012, 08:53:46 PM »

I sold my 3 strobes with battery packs to fund purchase of flash units instead, but not sure what to get.  I shoot weddings and portraits and would like a flash on a stand and another one for on camera use as well but only have 500-750 to spend on everything.  Can anyone help me find a suitable setup to accomplish this?  I have a little experience with the 430exII but I could never figure out how to get it to slave. 

Any help would be amazing!  Thank you.

3x 430 EX II's + cowboy tiggers.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

« on: October 09, 2012, 08:16:14 PM »

My mini-review of this lens.

http://ramonlperez.tumblr.com/post/33253428138/fast-prime-shoot-out-pt-1-85mm-1-2l-ii-mini-review

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Reviews / Re: Review - Canon EF 200 f/2L IS

« on: October 09, 2012, 08:14:39 PM »

The 200mm F/2 is teh best portrait lens ever made.

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Reviews / My Mini-Review of the 85mm 1.2L II.

« on: October 09, 2012, 08:07:49 PM »

Just my Little mini-review of this sweet lens. Feel free to critique it if you like, I don't do many reviews.

http://ramonlperez.tumblr.com/post/33253428138/fast-prime-shoot-out-pt-1-85mm-1-2l-ii-mini-review

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5Dc as an entry for FF? yay or nay?

« on: October 09, 2012, 12:23:49 PM »

Nice shots RL... but there has to be some NR going on there... I had a 5Dc and I could get visible noise at 400 iso and needed denoising....

I agree the image the 5D gives is very good.  But I tested the amount of noise it had compared to a T2i and at 1600 ISo the T2i was cleaner. The only advantage the 5Dc has was shallow DoF, rest the T2i won on other criteria.

I disagree. The 5Dc still has better ISO performance than my 7D. Here is the untouched, full-res, no-NR jpg straight from lightroom. Since lenses are sharper on FF, it makes the noise seem more like grain and not like mush on APS-C. This means you can be more aggressive with NR and keep sharpness than aps-C.

Its a very clean file. Feel free to examine it for your determination.

ISO-3200 is quite usable. Remember, this file has no sharpening or post-processing of any kind.

http://images.us.viewbook.com/9a8bb8062cdfc9b86e057b85a601e742.jpg