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EOS Bodies / Re: A grateful end to the DSLR video "revolution"
« on: May 22, 2011, 09:34:37 AM »You two realize that Gibbygoo actually didn't write this?
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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III [CR1]
« on: May 21, 2011, 10:58:52 AM »If the pixel count followed Morse's law (like storage does), the 5D3 would have been 80MP.
I believe you meant Moore's Law, which refers to the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (which double every two years), not storage.
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EOS Bodies / Re: best quallity ,full framecanon dslr choice ?
« on: May 14, 2011, 11:52:08 AM »"Computers aren't the same as cameras. Comparing them is like apples and oranges."
1. I have to disagree with that statement. Essentially a digital camera IS a computer.
2. So why wouldn't it be logical to expect a camera's abilities to increase substantially every couple years? Note, I didn't say double every two years, but a substantial increase.
3. But knowing a DSLR is essentially a computer why do we have such outrageous prices for used models?
1. A digital camera *has* a computer inside, but it is not a multi-function device, like a 'desktop computer.' It's more comparable to a 'gaming' system (PS, XBox, etc.): a single-function device, which use proprietary hardware and, like cameras, get updated much less frequently.
2. Because computers are general function devices that use standardized hardware and there is a lot of competition. Another reason is that the system vendors (HP, Dell, IBM, etc.) don't have to design and build their own processors: Intel and AMD take care of that, and their head-to-head competition drives design and keeps prices down. Canon and Nikon know that you're not going to take your lenses and mount them on some start-up company's camera, so they don't have to release new cameras as often. Since they're both making lots of money, they have no reason to change. [If all lenses fit on all cameras without an adapter, and all of a sudden a new company came along and started rolling out new cameras on a faster schedule with new features, Canon and Nikon would be forced to change.]
3. Supply and demand. People can sell products (new or used) for whatever the market will bear. If no one was willing to spend that much money for a used camera or lens, the prices would be lower. It also shows the lack of homework that people do, especially when you see someone buy used equipment on places like ebay for close to or even more than a new item.
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Landscape / Re: Buying a Camera
« on: May 14, 2011, 01:24:40 AM »I'm trying to decide if I should buy Canon T2i, T3i or 60D. I think that the 60D is better than the others but; it comes with only one lens 18 - 135, is that a good enough lens for landscapes(sunsets)? or do you think that the other 2 are as good as the 60D?
As someone else also said, the 28mm f/1.8 is excellent for landscapes/sunsets (I use it for them all the time). Here's an example:
http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/photo-contests/2nd-annual-the-great-outdoors/gallery/562701-end-of-winter.html
Also, read up on how to take good pictures (composition, framing, exposure, etc.), because good photography happens with a camera, not a computer. Your time is better spent taking pictures, than fiddling with .raw files. You can get brilliant colors with .jpg files by changing the "Picture Style" settings from their defaults and setting the white balance correctly before you start shooting.
Good luck and have fun!
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Software & Accessories / Re: Radio in New Canon Flashes? [CR2]
« on: May 11, 2011, 08:46:40 PM »Really! Canon needs to deliver on what they promised us in the last nine months. Super tele refresh. And the fisheye zoom. And don't forget the 200-400 f/4 1.4x!!
Bodies can't come soon enough for many of us, but we'll just have to wait.
Other new lenses can't come soon enough, but I have a hunch I'll be on this site repeating myself for the next few years on the last two especially (24-70 2.8 IS, 14-24 2.8, 85 1.4 IS).
Canon stated the 200-400mm f/4 w/1.4x was a prototype, meaning it is not something about to be released. As for the announced lenses, they are delayed (like all Canon and Nikon products made in Japan), because of the consequences of the quake and tsunami.
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EOS Bodies / Re: A Random Roadmap: Lenses & Bodies [CR1]
« on: April 27, 2011, 05:19:17 PM »I have $ allocated if they release a 24-70 II IS!
It's looking like the 24-70mm II won't have IS. I didn't think it would even before seeing this (it's too short a focal length):
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,897.msg12095/topicseen.html#new
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EOS Bodies / Re: A Random Roadmap: Lenses & Bodies [CR1]
« on: April 27, 2011, 05:16:32 PM »I wish Canon would update the 50 f 1.4.
+1 Couldn't agree more. That "micro" USM has to go.
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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/2.8L II Patent Published
« on: April 25, 2011, 11:16:48 PM »Oh man...I bought the Mk. I version of this lens on THURSDAY. *sigh*
This isn't a product announcement. Also, just because a patent was published, it doesn't mean that the new version is imminent. Some patents never become real products. The ones that do can take years to reach the market.
True, but the timing, with rumors of a new body, the DIGIC V news, the expected 5D3 or 1Dx ... this is looking like a kit lens that'll be out this year.
I doubt very seriously the 24-70 will make it to America as a kit lens. Too pricey.
On top of that, the lenses they announced last year still haven't made it to the market. They were way behind schedule even before the earthquake/tsunami hit. Who knows what that has done to Canon's time lines.
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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/2.8L II Patent Published
« on: April 25, 2011, 06:13:21 PM »Oh man...I bought the Mk. I version of this lens on THURSDAY. *sigh*
This isn't a product announcement. Also, just because a patent was published, it doesn't mean that the new version is imminent. Some patents never become real products. The ones that do can take years to reach the market.
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Australia / Re: Starting Out
« on: April 21, 2011, 07:50:09 PM »Rather than waiting around for all of this new gear to arrive that doesn't even exist yet and who knows when it ever will, personally I would just buy the existing iterations of these things used now. Then when the new stuff does finally arrive and it's actually available, sell the older used stuff for the same price you paid for it and upgrade.
As far as a 14mm on full frame, Thom Hogan has a great shot illustrating the proper use of a 14mm lens. It's for putting yourself right in the middle of something and exaggerating perspective exactly as done here.
http://www.bythom.com/
As for buying now, I agree completely. Because of the situation in Japan, there's no telling when the 5D Mark III might arrive (the 1Ds Mark IV was seemingly 'overdue' even before the earthquake hit). That being said, I saw the original 5D and decided to wait (it didn't have live view). I finally got the 5D Mark II six months after it was released, so it took 3.5 years for me to get it!
I also agree with S P regarding the 14mm. I own the original version of the 14mm f/2.8L, and it's best for getting in close:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43086792@N03/5503086183/in/photostream/
Ken Rockwell has a nice article on using ultra-wide lenses -- get in close and distort the perspective -- and a review of the 14mm f/2.8L II. (Yes, I know his name is poison to many, however I do like some of his 'technical' articles and reviews.)
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-use-ultra-wide-lenses.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/14mm-ii.htm
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Software & Accessories / Re: Digital Photo Professional 3.10.1 Updater
« on: April 20, 2011, 12:44:49 PM »
I'm hoping this means the lenses announced last year, specifically the EF 8-15mm f/4, are about ready to start shipping! 
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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 35 f/1.4L II [CR2]
« on: April 16, 2011, 11:00:33 PM »The supertelephotos are done for the moment from Canon.
How about a new 100-400L? Many people are waiting for it.
The subject of the post is "New Primes," which means he's not talking about zooms. That being said, the announced prototype (it's still in development) EF 200-400mm f/4L w/built-in 1.4x TC might be the replacement for the 100-400L.
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,567.0.html
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Lenses / Re: EF-S 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 IS Service Advisory
« on: February 26, 2011, 11:23:20 AM »
"So for the 8 people that own this lens..." 
My cousin wanted to buy this lens, after he got a digital Rebel. I told him to get the 28-135mm. Good thing he eventually listened to me.
My cousin wanted to buy this lens, after he got a digital Rebel. I told him to get the 28-135mm. Good thing he eventually listened to me.
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Lenses / Re: EF 300 f/4L IS II Patent
« on: February 14, 2011, 09:41:42 PM »Nice... and there I was thinking about picking up the current 300 f/4L for my 7D to shoot the local football/soccer league from the stands...
Like CR said, just because there's a patent, it doesn't mean it will ever become real. Even if it does, it could take years before it's released.
If you are serious about this lens, get a used one. Try the Buy & Sell forum on fredmiranda.com. I've seen them going for $900.
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Lenses / Re: Your lenses wishlist for 2011.
« on: February 09, 2011, 10:10:59 AM »
- EF 50 1.4 II or 50L II
I really want an EF 50 f/1.4 II. That micro USM needs to be replaced.