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Sports / Re: Post your best Football shot (American Style)

« on: October 08, 2012, 04:10:11 PM »

Here's a few favorites...

Lots of nice angles and captures, but I'm going to be brutally honest here (and I'm not an hdr hater, in fact I am one of it's biggest supporters) but the tonemapping/microcontrast/psudo-HDR look (I'm guessing processed using Topaz Adjust), is so over the top that it is killing these cool images for me.  It's like you pushed it to 11, and not in a good way.

+1

The images are amazing... but the HDR is over the top

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Lenses / Re: If you could only have 2 lenses for a wedding...

« on: October 04, 2012, 06:25:20 PM »

#1: a canon 24-70 mk ii, for the versatility and speed

#2: canon 85 1.2 L ii/my 100mm 2.8 L/canon 135 f2 for extra length, and the bokeh telephoto capabilities.

I use exactly the same,  24-70 and 135 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Renting 5DIII for a wedding, would like advice

« on: October 03, 2012, 10:02:25 PM »

Is that 750 full-sized RAW files?

Yup, Full size raw file

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EOS Bodies / Re: 7D or 5D2

« on: October 03, 2012, 07:51:58 PM »

5d all the way 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Renting 5DIII for a wedding, would like advice

« on: October 03, 2012, 07:46:57 PM »

Ok... lets get serious

1) I use Lexar 300x (45 mb/s) and never had a problem

2) My 32 Gb Lexar 300x gives +- 750 shots, It depends of your shooting style speed (that 750 shoots are enough for me)

3) Always carry 2 batteries, its possible that you could make all the wedding with just one, but you never know... IS lens drain batteries

Good Luck!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Renting 5DIII for a wedding, would like advice

« on: October 03, 2012, 07:40:41 PM »

Hey y'all!, I'm a long time lurker but first time poster.

I'm shooting an indoor wedding in December, and plan to rent a 5D mkIII to complement my 7D and a 40D.

Coming from a 7D is there anything major I should be aware of using the 5Diii?  Tips and/or advice?

Lenses I own:
-the nifty fifty
-Canon 17-55 2.8 IS
-Kiron 105 2.8 Macro

Gear I plan to rent:
Tamron 24-70 2.8 VC
Canon 70-200 2.8L is II 
Canon 5D mk III 

Questions:
1. Will I need 60mb/s cards to shoot RAW with the 5Diii, or will 30mb/s suffice?
2. In your experience/opinion, how much speed/capacity do you need? (I'll have (3) 4GB 30mb/s cards, (1)8GB 30mb/s, and hopefully (3) shiny new 16GB 60mb/s cards (all SanDisk Extreme, Ultra, or Extreme III)  Good?  Should I pick up some more? 
3. I have 2 chargers and should have at least (2) batteries per camera.

Thanks!

Best advice:
Be sure to have money to buy one after return it 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 5D3 vs. Nikon D600

« on: October 02, 2012, 08:13:48 PM »

I think that it has just taken time for the better sensors to get into camera models that actually get attention: D800 & D600.

Three years ago, the D7000's APS-C sensor was way 'better' than it's competitor, the 7D (in DxOMark-land).  Which was more popular?

And while the geeks are yapping about miniscule differences in sensors, Canon is scooping up even more market share by discounting a four-year camera to undercut sales of the D600 and lock buyers into their system.

+1000 

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: 5D MK III Images

« on: October 01, 2012, 01:26:59 PM »

One more from the 5D3. Love this cam. Shot this down in New Orleans after Hurricane Isaac wiped out this poor guy's house.

What lens/settings? This is one of the nicest photos I've seen on the forums. Brilliant stuff. Great post, whatever you did.

The EXIF says:
1/80
ISO 100
f 5.6

Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM

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Lighting / Re: my desert softbox solution

« on: August 30, 2012, 08:10:58 PM »

Nice!!!

Can you share some of the images?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Your Canon EOS 5D Mark III user tips

« on: August 16, 2012, 06:18:07 PM »

Another cool feature is the "Register AF point", the way I use it is:
- Customize the AF-ON button to work as Registered AF point (pressing
- Select a focus point
- Press the "AF point selection" button (The one that looks like a cross) and LCD illumination button at the same time
- Move the focus point elsewhere

Now, with the half shutter you use your main focus point, and with the back focus point immediately shift to the stored one 

Pressing AF point selection + ISO speed will reset the storaged focus point

Note:
This will work too with the "Depth of field preview" custom setting that I already posted

Page 326
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/01/eos5dmkiii-im-c-en.pdf

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EOS Bodies / Re: Your Canon EOS 5D Mark III user tips

« on: August 16, 2012, 05:55:08 PM »

Nice thread.

One of my favorite "custom" settings of the 5d mkIII is programming the "depth of field preview" to work as an "AI SERVO" quick switch.  It work as a charm 

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Dogs playing around

« on: May 29, 2012, 09:45:24 PM »

Got a nice picture of my skaterdog 

+1 This pic is awesome!!! congrats!! 

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: IPB vs ALL-I settings

« on: May 23, 2012, 01:21:50 PM »

I think the basic deal is that you get more latitude in post, but only if you are editing frame by frame. If you are applying edits to the whole take, then IPB is just as good for editing. Furthermore, IPB has more detail in each frame because it isn't reliant on each frame providing all the information for the entire frame.  Many people have reported block artifacts with ALL-I, because it requires significant compression in each frame.

Think about it, truly uncompressed 1080, ALL-I should be (2M(resolution)*3bytes(24bit color)*(24fps)=144 MB/s=1.1Gb/s

The 5dmkiii max data rate is 1/10th of that, so it requires massive compression in each frame. IPB circumvents this issue somewhat by putting more detail in a key frame.

144 MB/s=1.1Gb/s mhhh.... nope 

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Lenses / Re: Which Prime Lens to compliment the 5d Mark iii with Kit Lens?

« on: May 16, 2012, 08:06:06 PM »

The 'slow' AF is way over-rated and talked about by those who don't actually shoot with it. I regularly use it with the 1dIV and 5d3 to shoot indoor volleyball and while hit rate is lower than 70-200, it is definitely usable for fast-action (if you have any sense of timing and are willing to shoot mulitple frames).
As for its' portraiture value, it is unsurpassed in sharpness, even wide open if you place your focus point properly.

As to the OP's original 'prime' question, since he has the 24-104 range covered, I'd cast my vote (again) to the 135...

+ 1

The 135L is Unreal 

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Lenses / Re: 24-70 2.8L price jump? (not MM II)

« on: May 16, 2012, 06:17:04 PM »

  Wow...

I'm tempted to sell it and buy a nice prime...