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Street & City / Re: Structures & People of a small Karoo town...
« on: March 30, 2013, 11:10:40 PM »
Really like the first image. Well done 
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Lenses / Re: Europe Vacation: Equipment Advice
« on: March 30, 2013, 07:21:26 PM »
I'd suggest get the 50 1.4 first to cover low light and portraits.
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Lenses / Re: What would cause Canon to release the 35L II?
« on: March 29, 2013, 07:38:20 PM »
Sigma have given Canon a great reason to update the 35L - let's see how Canon price the lens whenever it's released.
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Animal Kingdom / Re: Breakfast is Served
« on: March 11, 2013, 06:15:11 PM »
Lovely shot. Well done
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EOS Bodies / Re: Autofocus modes for 1DX & 5D3
« on: March 10, 2013, 12:35:27 AM »This is worth having a look at http://www.garyluhm.net/bio/tips_0512.html Helped me out when I was at the IBPC trying to track a Red Kite going through trees...400 may be a bit short.. but you will love it. I don't do much birding but the majority of my sports shooting is 61point auto, case 2 with accel/decel set to 1 and point switch to 0 for skiing. Kayaking I use Case 2 with the slider all the way over to locked on with accel/decel to 2 and switching to 1.
I think depending on the distance a 400mm will be more than enough... Normally I end up using my 70-200 2.8 mk2 and sometimes 200mm can be too much... I've used my 400mm 2.8 mk2 and 600mm 4 mk2 for birds in flight, It takes a lot of practice with the 600mm...
That's a lovely shot
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Portrait / Re: Bikini girl in my studio with my first scenic bacground
« on: March 09, 2013, 03:11:47 PM »
Back ground works well especially with orange filter - loveless model too.
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Landscape / Re: 24 tilt & shift dramatic b&w landscapes!
« on: March 08, 2013, 05:33:33 PM »
Dramatic too
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Just got mine Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM
« on: March 08, 2013, 05:29:41 PM »
Very nice. Enjoy
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Technical Support / Re: Canon User Guides - Free Download
« on: March 08, 2013, 05:27:18 PM »
Good to know - thanks
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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
« on: March 08, 2013, 04:44:00 PM »
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Lenses / Re: "Big White" lens choice
« on: March 07, 2013, 03:10:20 AM »
Absolutely the new 400 2.8 as 500 would be a bit long for soccer etc and its a stop slower
Happy shooting and do share some images with your new glass.
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Happy shooting and do share some images with your new glass.
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Lenses / Re: standard zoom upgrade
« on: March 07, 2013, 03:06:18 AM »
If budget is not an issue, why not get THE BEST ZOOM lens on the market(24-70 f2.8 II). Especially, FF upgrade in the future.
24-105 F4 is too slow for crop, not a great lens for indoor. sharpness is
Agreed. If you can afford it and it's wide enough at 24mm for you then do get it. Ofcourse in the future when you go FF you'll already have a great standard zoom.
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Lenses / Re: Photo jargon question: f/stops
« on: March 07, 2013, 03:01:05 AM »It's indicative of brightness, lenses are usually at their best stopped down a bit, so max aperture lets you know the starting point, also in most modern af systems the faster the max aperture the better the af performance, regardless of shooting aperture.Spot on. Most lenses, even the ones which are very sharp wide open hit their sweet spot around f8, and most current FF canon SLR's suffer from diffraction around f11, most current crop Canon SLR's suffer from it from around f7. So whether a lens stops down to f16 or f32 is less relevant than its max aperture.
Minimum aperture can cause it's own problems, particularly when considering that dslrs of different sensor sizes and generations have different pixel pitch, the effects of aperture limited diffraction mean that the desirable minimum aperture can vary vastly between say a 1100d and a 7d or even between a 5d and a 5d3.
It's similar to how simple engines specs are engine size and max power. Not how much power is delivered when the engine is at its smoothest, or how little power it can deliver before stalling.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Announcements on March 22, 2013? [CR1]
« on: March 07, 2013, 02:40:04 AM »
Cool. Should be interesting to see what Canon come up with
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EOS Bodies / Re: Plenty of posts on the 7D, how about the 70d
« on: March 07, 2013, 01:51:29 AM »
I'm sure a replacement will come along soon for the 60D. Which aspects of the 40d are you not currently satisfied with i.e. IQ, FPS, weight, ISO etc?
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