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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is there a better time to buy a 5D mkIII?

« on: June 17, 2013, 12:46:56 PM »

They'll be really cheap after the 5D Mark V is released.  Wait until then...

Why didn't I think of that... Listen to neuro... 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Is there a better time to buy a 5D mkIII?

« on: June 17, 2013, 12:23:14 PM »

Yes there is, a matter of fact... about 2-3 months BEFORE canon releases the 5d mark 4, you should see a big sell off.. THAT is the better time 

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Site Information / Re: Classified for Sell Section on CR

« on: June 14, 2013, 03:32:28 PM »

i'd be interested... I just MENTIONED i was selling something a few months back and I got a warning...  Would be nice to have that option here...

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Reviews / Re: Problems with Canon 7D

« on: June 13, 2013, 09:39:04 PM »

I could see the noise easily on my 22" monitor and pixel peeping at ISO 100, but I didn't really notice it on some 8X12's I printed.  It was the noise performance at 3200 ISO that convinced me to get a 6D. 

EXACTLY... and likely you wouldn't see it at 11x14 or 11x16, or 16x20 if needed or bigger...  Noise on screen does not translate as much as noise in print... Since the digital revolution, fewer and fewer photos are being printed and being pixel peeped by people who are too lazy to print the freaking pictures.  God help you if you saw the noise on ISO 400 at an 8x10 from 35mm film.  I would say the noise on the 7D at ISO 1000-1600 (depending on how you exposed and the nature of the shot) would look equivalent PRINTED as old school ISO 400 film did back then. 

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Reviews / Re: Problems with Canon 7D

« on: June 13, 2013, 04:24:40 PM »

It's worth $700?  Really?  Holy S___ are you a spoiled brat.  But anyways, it's almost a 4 year old camera... get over it.  4 years ago when it was competing vs the nikon D300s, it blew the d300s out of the water in image iQ and features...  ISO... depending on what your shooting, how much post processing you are doing and what not, it is what it is, it's a 18MP sensor (did i mention almost 4 year old sensor at that) on a crop style sensor.  I've used it professionally for almost 3 solid years until I got my 5d3 none of my clients ever complained about noise...  Yeah if you blow up the ISO 100 file at 100% which is like an 11x16 inch file at 300 dpi, you can find noise if you look for it hard enough...  I can guarantee it doesn't print... With this camera I've shot trade show murals that were enlarged to 6 feet tall by 16 feet wide...  No noise... not going to happen.  Heck, take the 5d3 and 1dx... if you really wanted to find it, you can find noise in the raw ISO 100's in the shadows if you really had a hair up your butt.  It is what it is.  Above iso 1000, it gets dicey, but still, it was leaps and bounds above the 30D, 40D, and 50D at that point in time in my opinion, which, upon their debut STILL was $1000 cameras...  Raw buffer...  ehhh... I cant recall a time where I maxed it out, even when shooting cars in motion and flying jets... but then again i'm not a spray and pray shooting 30 continuous shot photographer..  Dont know what to tell you but get faster cards.  AF i couldn't make out what your gripe was with your accent... something about a black thing??  Please elaborate.  AF, at that time was the best in it's class, even compared to nikons cameras, and the 1dx and 5d3's AF were modeled off that system and technology... AF is tricky to learn but if you post exactly whats going on, we can help.  Video... ehhh... I wasn't a big fan on the 7d with video because of the bad rolling shutter...  I recall threads on ways to fix it or minimize it on some blog way back then... it hasn't been a problem for me so I didn't pay too much attention to be honest... but if you google it, maybe you'll find it.  2 card slots?  Yeah we're spoiled now...  Up to that point, the only camera that had 2 card slots were the 1 series cameras... now the 5d3 has it, but still (isn't a big deal)...  It is what it is man... it's a 4 year old camera that is due to be replaced soon...  While I would assume the buffer, maybe the card slots and maybe the moire in the video would be addressed, I wouldn't hold your breath on the noise... it's the nature of the beast. 

p.s. rotating set button...  cant say i've ever looked at the set button rotate and i'm usually shooting with my eye in the viewfinder, you know, taking pictures....

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Software & Accessories / Re: Changes to UK Copyright Law

« on: June 13, 2013, 12:45:46 PM »

awinphoto wrote

"some photographer signs his name on the back of the print, the recipient of the print takes rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab and carefully cleans off the name on the print... oh darn, we dont know who took the photo, so we own it now".

I have already encountered a similar situation to this.  In my case the customer purchased a print,  then had the nerve to tell us what they were going to do.  They were informed that they had purchased a print not the copyright but this made no difference.  We literally saw them remove the sticky label from the back of the print and take it to a local lab to be scanned, so that they could reproduce it as a card for resale.   Luckily when we reiterated copyright to them again in the lab, the lab assistant refused to scan it and confiscated the print.   But if we were not their at the time i'm sure the lab would have scanned it

Yikes... a few years ago, my business offers restoration of old photos and a nationally known moving company contacted me saying they moved a clients photos and the photos were damaged in transit and the client was furious... they wanted me to scan, reprint and remount to look identical...  They wanted me to do it because they figured it would be cheaper than going to the original photographer.  In the end we didn't do it because of copyright, but I wonder how often this happens to other professional photographers... 

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Software & Accessories / Re: Changes to UK Copyright Law

« on: June 13, 2013, 11:45:20 AM »

I have heard that a number of sites, such as facebook, remove metadata from photos.  Instant loss of copyright protection.

On a not too recent change in facebook terms and conditions, any photo you post on facebook is now facebooks...  watermark watermark watermark

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Software & Accessories / Re: Serious Bug in Lightroom 5

« on: June 13, 2013, 10:55:43 AM »

What I want to know, in lightroom 4, with adobes camera raw, they had problems with the 5d mark 3's files... to the point, where everyone in mass was told to use DPP over ACR as DPP gave sharper images... is this fixed in this version of ACR with the 5d3? 

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Software & Accessories / Re: Changes to UK Copyright Law

« on: June 13, 2013, 10:19:08 AM »

sooo...  some photographer signs his name on the back of the print, the recipient of the print takes rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab and carefully cleans off the name on the print... oh darn, we dont know who took the photo, so we own it now.... these laws are so finicky and dangerous in some situations...  And then there's the issue where it's common assumption where if you take a photo, alter it something like 30% or whatever in photoshop, and now that becomes your copyright...  All these gray areas are one of the many things killing professional photography...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 70D Coming in July? [CR2]

« on: June 12, 2013, 02:50:31 PM »

it's definitely time to merge the 70D and 7D II

too many products with such little differences.

Naw... the 7d II will be for the have's, and the 70D will be for the have-nots.... just kidding, but really, canon will make the 7d2 quite nice, the king of the apc line, the way it was intended to be, worthy of it's xd title... whereas, the 70d likely will be crippled in some way/shape/form.  I could see maybe the 70D get the 7d's AF module and the 7D get the 5d3 and 1dx AF module...  or something near that...  so the 70D would be good, but not THAT good.  Personally, my 7d is old and needs to be retired, but i'm waiting to see what the 70D or 7d2 brings...  Call me crazy, but that camera to me would be purely my backup or my assistants camera, and one thing I have my assistants do a lot of is behind the scenes video of our sets and such... plus provides a unique perspective for clients presentations when they view their images... I want the headphone output jack...  sound is always a stuggle and one time my external mic was "on" but wasn't "on"... more like in a sleep mode... so when we thought we were getting good audio, we got good silent footage.  And during weddings, that would be crucial to monitor it.  If the 70D has that, i'm buying it. 

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Reviews / Re: Horrible experience with Adorama camera

« on: June 06, 2013, 11:18:17 AM »

Helen is the one reason i choose adorama over any other company, BH, Tristate, Beach, etc...  If i need anything she always has my back.  Hope she helps you out! 

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: New Camera Sensor Eliminates Need for Flash

« on: June 02, 2013, 02:54:55 PM »

:: Shakes head:: photography is and always be about the capturing of light...  Yes, you can get decent images in dim light with the 5d3, but the usage and shaping of light will always be what separates the pros from the minutia.  knowing the direction of the light, flash or ambient, knowing the lighting patterns, the broad vs short light, how it sculpts the scene... Theres more to photography than shooting in pitch black... 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Need help with 5DMKIII focus issues with 50 1.2L

« on: May 31, 2013, 12:55:31 PM »

Each camera and lens has an acceptable degree to positioning which would be considered acceptable... It could be both the 50 and 6d are a tad off but counter acts each other to be perfect but the 5d3 doesn't have that, or visa versa... CR has an entire article going over this... MA the lens and you should be fine... otherwise send it into canon

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D2 / 5D3 / 6D Which one do you use for weddings ?

« on: May 31, 2013, 12:52:36 PM »

hmm so you're saying that the 5D3 AF system worth the extra cash, and focus is everything, where i agree on that.

I haven't been experienced with 1D series AF systems, and a when i played a bit with 5D3 it confused me a lot. I found it so complicated that i said "do i really need that" , where the simpler AF settings of the 6D with the -3ev sensitivity in the center point is tempting, making me ask myself and you of course.

However you're saying 5D3 AF system is more reliable and tested from the one of 6D.

another +1 about the 5D3 is the second slot card used as a backup for weddings something 6D lacks off
i don't know if the wireless function of the 6d permits backup

2 cents

I own a 5d3 and have rented a 6d (I may end up buying one as backup in the next few weeks), and I shoot mostly weddings and portraits.  Unless $$$ is really tight, I'd opt for the 5d3 now then fill in your glass needs later (hard to say though because I do not know what glass you have). 

The 6d is a fine camera, but I would be leary of depending on it too heavily as a primary body because it just didn't feel as sturdy as the mk3 (mind you, I'm not saying the 6d felt like junk, just that the mk3 does for sure have better build). 

The 6d AF system isn't all that bad...just limited as the light gets lower (depending on the ceremony sight it would be center point only, where the mk3 will use all points flawlessly).

either way, I'd go mk3 over 6d.

The tracking capability of the 5d3 on moving subjects like walking down the isle, first dance, dressing room, etc...  Too many situations where AF is crucial.  Also good point about durability...  At a event I was hired to do a photobooth/candid photographer for Union Pacific, my second assistant tripped over a cord and knocked my 5d3 which fell 3-4 feet onto concrete...  It has a paint scuff on the bottom corner, but other than that, it is in perfect condition... even my 24-105 suffered little to no damage...  Cant say enough about the durability. 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D2 / 5D3 / 6D Which one do you use for weddings ?

« on: May 31, 2013, 11:45:48 AM »

However, i'm about to buy a new FF camera exclusively for weddings and i wonder if the 6D is best value for money over the overpriced and noisy 5D3. (i mean that camera completely failed me when i compared it with 5D 2. They walk side by side until ISO 12.800 of course in RAW mode)

The 5DII image quality was (and remains) excellent.  The 5DIII fixes pretty much everything else that was 'wrong' with the 5DII...notably the AF system. 

I'd pick the 5DIII over the 6D in a heartbeat for any situation with moving subjects.

Agreed.  5d2 was good but you couldn't AF to save your life in a crutch situation.  6d is good for extreme low light detail photos, but 5d3 is better in just about everything else...