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EOS Bodies / Re: Patent: Canon Foveon Sensor

« on: May 22, 2013, 03:44:24 PM »

You will need a new type of monitor to really use it the way it could possibly be made.  Imagine no pixels, no 'resolution', just a standard size that everything is scaled to.  It might be vector-based with infinite resolution if the picture is digitally made.  Or if it captured with this type of Foveon sensor, it will have to use some math processing to figure out what color to put where.

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Lenses / Re: When is the New 100-400 Coming?

« on: May 21, 2013, 05:31:42 PM »

So they will have a $12,000, 200-400 f/4 (280-560 f/5.6) lens and a ~$1,000-$2,000, 100-400 f/4-f/5.6 lens?  It might take a few seconds longer to add the 1.4x, but it would then be a 140-560mm f/5.6-f/8...

I didn't win the lottery last week, so I know which one I would go for (the 300mm f/4 IS ).

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Canon General / Re: Announcement: Canon EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x

« on: May 14, 2013, 01:33:26 PM »

I would think that this lens would be the best 'wildlife' lens around.  It might be heavy, but you can frame your shots quickly.  And it would be easier to spot and track moving animals with the 200mm and then zooming in.

When I win the lottery tomorrow...

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Street & City / Re: How to not get beat up when photographing public places?

« on: May 08, 2013, 11:04:53 AM »

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For me, there is no street photograph ever taken that was worth getting hurt for.

I don't know, there have been a few historic images.

Yes, people are getting paranoid.  However, I also try to avoid people in a lot of my photographs though.

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Street & City / Re: San Francisco Long Exposure Cityscapes!

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:29:26 AM »

I was there last month, but was staying too far outside of the city to get any nighttime photos.  Next time...

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Lenses / Re: What can tilt-shift lenses do that post-production cannot?

« on: May 06, 2013, 05:52:54 PM »

You can also do video and see the effect.  I think PBS's Frontline television show uses this effect.  I've tried it, but it doesn't work quite as good since I have the 17mm and I bet they use the 24mm or 45mm.

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Lenses / Re: New Tilt-Shift Lenses in the Wild [CR2]

« on: May 03, 2013, 05:41:58 PM »

The 17mm TS-E would be sharper if there was a 100x zoom option in liveview.  It is a silly software limitation.  I mean, my eyes are pretty good, but I can't tell if I am focusing just right, even when zoomed in 10x.

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Lenses / Re: Is your midrange gear insured?

« on: February 14, 2013, 05:49:45 PM »

I'm trying to get mine insured.  How would you go about getting an appraisal of the current value?

I have about $5,000-$6,000 US, maybe a little more worth of gear, and even though I am low risk, I've come close to having two fires/explosions at my house so far...  Plus the international travel I do, although I usually keep it secure.  But, you never know.

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Lenses / Re: 16-35L or related primes

« on: February 12, 2013, 05:09:27 PM »

If you need 1 lens, the 16-35mm is usually it.  I think pictures would look too similar if everything was taken at the same focal length.

Having said that, a 17 TS-e (14mm if you need autofocus), 50mm f/1.2 and a 300mm f/4 (f/2.8?) might be a cool combination

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Raspberry Pi Camera Attachment... GPS?

« on: February 01, 2013, 10:31:32 AM »

I just don't do post processing in a normal fashion.  That is what I would like to get away from.  It can be months or years before I get back to looking at the pictures I take.  I enjoy taking pictures more than looking at them. 

I would worry about the battery life issue.  It would be nice to connect the phone's GPS with the Raspberry Pi and then have it write to the EXIF data...

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Raspberry Pi Camera Attachment... GPS?

« on: January 31, 2013, 06:31:10 PM »

http://davidhunt.ie/?p=2641

This is a very cool implementation of a Raspberry Pi into a Battery Grip.  It basically puts a Linux computer right on the camera with a connection through the USB port. 

Since I would like to get to the point where I can add GPS coordinates into my photos as I take them, what do you think the chances are of attaching this device, having the photos go to the Raspberry Pi, adding in the GPS stream parsed into Lat and Long, and then writing the data back to the Compact Flash card?

The other things it can do would be nice too.

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PowerShot / Re: Canon Announces 3 Long Zoom PowerShot Cameras

« on: January 31, 2013, 06:19:19 PM »

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Enabled-Digital-Wide-Angle/dp/B00B5HE3UU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359673912&sr=8-3&keywords=PowerShot+ELPH+330+HS

The first one is an f/3.0-f/6.9, but it does have faster AF than my old camera.



http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Wide-Angle-Recording/dp/B00B5HE32I/ref=br_lf_m_1001006271_1_4_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=photo&pf_rd_p=1478487822&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1001006271&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=13E1WRTPWW5XCJAAHMFN

f/3.2-f/6.9


http://www.amazon.com/PowerShot-Digital-Camera-Optical-Recording/dp/B00B5HE1SY/ref=br_lf_m_1001006271_1_8_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=photo&pf_rd_p=1478487822&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1001006271&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=13E1WRTPWW5XCJAAHMFN

And the cheapest one is f/2.8-f/6.9 

It is nice that they fit in your pocket, which comes in very handy sometimes.  But, still I would like to see them work on the lens a little more.  And when it gets set to portrait mode, it should go to 85mm and then let people change it from there.

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Lenses / Re: 17-40 vs 16-35, which one got the mojo ?

« on: January 24, 2013, 11:51:44 AM »

I love my 16-35.  And I do shoot quite a bit at f/2.8 when the lighting conditions aren't the best.

If the 17-40 was a f/2.8, then I would have had a harder choice.

I find that for landscapes, the 16mm on a full frame camera is very good.

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Reviews / Re: Review - Canon EF 50 f/1.2L

« on: January 12, 2013, 10:30:44 PM »

I do want too see if Canon comes out with an updated 50L in the next year, but it is the last lens that I really 'want'.

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: Patent: Integrated Lens for an APS-C Compact Camera?

« on: December 26, 2012, 10:54:59 AM »

I want to like this type of camera, but I have a hard enough time getting a fast shutter speed with my prime lenses when shooting indoors without a flash.

As a compromise, if they could get the 70mm end down to f/5.6 or f/4... then it might be good.