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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Best place to buy 5D Mark III

« on: July 02, 2012, 05:59:45 PM »

I ordered one today from Crutchfield, looking for all the discounts I could muster.  I ordered the kit with the 24-105.  The price was $4,299, free shipping, no sales tax.  I signed up with a crutchfield account which gave me 5% cash back ($215) to spend at Crutchfied at another time (does not expire).  I also linked to Crutchfield through ebates which gets me 2.5% cash back ($107.50).  Finally a made the purchase with my Amex card which doubles the warranty on the purchase and gives me another 1% reward ($43.00).  In sum the camera will be $4,299-365.50= $3,933.50 and I have a two year warranty. 

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Lenses / Re: To macro or not to macro

« on: June 28, 2012, 06:06:20 PM »

I have the older non "L" 100mm Canon macro lens and it is wonderful.  I've never shot with the newer "L" version, so I can't comment on whether it is worth the extra $$.  I don't use mine as often as I should, but I'm glad I have it when I get the urge to go small!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5DIII Price Drop

« on: June 28, 2012, 04:57:31 PM »

Some place called rythercamera.com has the body only for $2,989.  If I knew that this was not some sort of deceptive sales tactic, I would jump on it.

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EOS Bodies / Re: LightRoom...HELP!

« on: June 24, 2012, 02:26:34 AM »

When I first got Lightroom and Photoshop, I bought several books including Kelby's and Ewings. However, I learned more from a DVD tutorial I bought. It is a series titled "Learn by Video" and is available for LE and PS.  Kelbys book just tells you what to do for which you don't learn much from that. With the DVD it allows you to do a split screen and actually practice what they are teaching you as you watch it. Much, much better than any book I have bought.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

« on: June 22, 2012, 06:11:04 PM »

Close-up of a flower bud on a "Lantana" plant.  I stacked the lens on top of two extenders, a 12 and a 25.  This is a crop from the original picture showing approximately 25% of the original.  Camera was a 40d.

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EOS Bodies / How would you upgrade?

« on: June 22, 2012, 05:55:30 PM »

I am looking at two upgrade options, give me your thoughts on what you would do.  I currently have one body, a 40d, which has served me well.  Lenses: 28-135, 100 macro, 100-400L, 70-200L II.  I do a wide variety of outdoor photography, landscapes, wildlife, birds, flowers, and macro shots.  I do no "people" work of any sort.  I am ready to uprade and here are the options I am considering.

1. Get a 5d Mk III with the kit 24-105L and keep my 40d as well.

2. Get a 5d Mk II with the kit 24-105 and a 7d body, sell my 40d.

I can do either of these for about the same amount of money right now.

I forgot to mention that I would be selling the 28-135 in both of these scenarios.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Announcement Day July 24, 2012? [CR2]

« on: June 22, 2012, 02:26:49 PM »

The danger factor depends on the type of bear as well. For example, brown bears are much more dangerous than black bears.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Follow-up poll: If you're not buying a 5D3 due to price....

« on: June 20, 2012, 08:10:36 AM »

After using Canon for 30+ years, I am seriously considering switching to Nikon. Canon is overpricing their products. Name alone is not going to get me to pay more for something equal to or less than what the competition offers.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?

« on: June 19, 2012, 07:42:46 PM »

And why should Canon's version be so much more expensive?

Well, Canon has this 5d3 thing at $3500 with a polished 5d2 sensor and 22mp. And they have a big money 18mp pro 1dx they will release eventually for serious sports photography and so on.

If you were Canon, what would you do once you got around developing an ok 30mp+ sensor  - put it into a $5000 body, sell it to people who are willing to pay this for at least a year and then trickle it down - or put it into a $2500 body right away cannibalizing the whole premium product line? Yeah, right.

If they put it in a $5,000 body they will watch more and more D800's fly off the shelf and more Canon products sitting on the shelf.  They are pricing themselves out of the midrange segment.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?

« on: June 19, 2012, 06:45:45 PM »

"Or wait until Canon catches up, maybe in early 2013 with a high mp body - but that is likely to be way more expensive than the d800.
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And why should Canon's version be so much more expensive?  They are going to have to start matching price points or they will find themselves in real trouble.  I think their prices have already started to go out of control and above the competition in many areas.   I for one am not paying extra money for the name "Canon," especially if another company can give me something at or better for less.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?

« on: June 19, 2012, 05:48:54 PM »

I am so frustrated with Canon.  I waited and waited for the 5d Mk III and I just can't pull the trigger to buy it.  I wanted a landscape camera and the D800 surpasses the 5d in that regard.  I could live with the Canon if it were priced the same as the Nikon, but it's not, and that really irks me.  I am very close to buying the Nikon along with a couple dedicated wide angle lenses for landscapes.  I really don't want to as I've been a Canon loyalist for 30+ years now; however, I think Canon dropped the ball on this one and I also feel that their prices, not only on this camera, but on many of their lenses, is getting out of control.

If you want low noise at low iso get a 1DS3

That one is a little too far out of my price range.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?

« on: June 19, 2012, 05:31:18 PM »

I am so frustrated with Canon.  I waited and waited for the 5d Mk III and I just can't pull the trigger to buy it.  I wanted a landscape camera and the D800 surpasses the 5d in that regard.  I could live with the Canon if it were priced the same as the Nikon, but it's not, and that really irks me.  I am very close to buying the Nikon along with a couple dedicated wide angle lenses for landscapes.  I really don't want to as I've been a Canon loyalist for 30+ years now; however, I think Canon dropped the ball on this one and I also feel that their prices, not only on this camera, but on many of their lenses, is getting out of control.