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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / GP-E1 Time Accuracy

« on: September 26, 2012, 05:21:44 AM »

     I just measured the time accuracy of my newly purchased GP-E1.  The advertised accuracy as shown on the Canon USA website is +/- .01 sec.  I installed an NTP time app on my iPhone (Emerald Time), which claims a corrected time to the nearest tenth of a second.  (I verified Emerald Time's accuracy by calling the NIST time recording at 303-499-7111.)  Below is a photo of Emerald Time and the associated exif time data. The GP-E1 was more than a second off.  I force-updated the camera's clock off the GPS multiple times and the results were consistent and repeatable.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / 4K+ From A 5D2 - The Hard Way

« on: April 12, 2012, 09:52:48 PM »

Go to Vimeo.com/40005142

"This project is a combination of traditional HDR, tone-mapping, and standard time-lapse techniques. With the use of the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero and a Merlin head, we were able to capture the grit and the grime of this wondrous place, like it had never been captured before. Every single frame in this production is a still photograph, no video was shot. It took nearly 35,000 individual frames over 7 months to complete this project."

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Lenses / Understanding Canon "IS Mode 3"

« on: April 05, 2012, 08:47:03 PM »

I am trying to better understand IS Mode 3 in the new 300mm/400mm 2.8L IS II lenses:

From Canon Marketing

"A third Image Stabilization mode (Mode 3) activates IS only when the shutter button is fully pressed, and gives the equivalent effect of a shutter speed four stops faster"

and from the Canon Manual

"MODE 3 - Since camera shake is only stabilized during exposure, following a subject is easier such as when shooting a fast and irregularly moving player during sports photography"


How does Mode 3 make following the subject easier compared to Mode 2?

Since Mode 3 saves battery, why would you ever use Mode 2 with these lenses?

Is the 4 stops claim true for all modes, or does Mode 3 give an effective increase over Mode 2?

Thanks

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Third Party Manufacturers / Wifi/3G Remote Control Pan Head

« on: April 05, 2012, 12:34:15 AM »

How long will we have to wait for the SLR version of this?

http://kck.st/GF5Cnn