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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Availability in North America

« on: July 08, 2012, 12:27:56 PM »

That's me, thought I'd get a good deal on my 1Ds Mark III (which I did) a little before release of the 1D X, being completely oblivious to Canon's 1D announcment/delivery discrepancies...

In August, 2010 there were 5 lenses and 2 TCs announced.  The TCs became available in Dec, 2010. The 8-15mm fisheye in July, 2011.  The 300/400 II lenses in Nov/Dec 2011.  The 500/600 II lenses started shipping in May/June, 2012 - a delay of close to two years.

How's that for a track record?

That's just what I was afraid of.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Availability in North America

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:48:27 AM »

Unless your gear was sold foolishly before you had 1D X in hand, why can't people just shoot as normal until they get it?  I can never understand this.

That's me, thought I'd get a good deal on my 1Ds Mark III (which I did) a little before release of the 1D X, being completely oblivious to Canon's 1D announcment/delivery discrepancies...

Ok, well that's fair enough of a reason to sell then.  I guess what I'm not familair with is Canon's track record for delays.  Suppose they had a long history of delays, that's one thing.  Or, probably the correct answer, is this NEW to the 1DX and 24-70 L II?  Maybe nobody thought it would get delayed so badly because Canon had an excellent track record of on-time delivery on announced release dates?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Any actual photographers out there?

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:45:37 AM »

I can't believe people are actually posting to this thread.  The OP is clearly trolling.  It is not designed to provide a rich environment for intellectual stimulation.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Stupid missing feature on 5D2 (auto iso)

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:44:26 AM »

The auto iso goes only up to 400 ISO. Both 5D3 and 7D goes higher. Am I over looking something ? 
Very useful when in manual mode.

It goes up to ISO 3200.  See page 58 in your manual.  However, there is no auto ISO when in manual mode, that was added in later to the 5D MK III
 
Now, is it the camera that is stupid?

Ahhhh thank you!  So did we find yet another upgrade from 5D II to 5D III?  Either way thanks, I just couldn't remember.  I suppose ISO safety shift could keep it 100-400, but that's the only thing I can think of at this point.  At ISO 3200 the 5D II will perform very well. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Stupid missing feature on 5D2 (auto iso)

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:31:12 AM »

Wrong.  I owned the 5D Mark II for a long time and Auto ISO certainly goes well beyond 400.  Can we talk you through this?  Switch to Av mode and Tv mode, auto ISO and go in a darker room and meter. In Tv mode set aperture to like f/8 and shutter speed to 1/500, something where you need a lot of light. The ISO should go well, well above 400 after metering.  Now switch to M mode and see what happens.  In M mode I always set my ISO, so cannot recall whether in M mode ISO can be set to AUTO like in the 1D series.  Make sure there are not advanced settings somewhere set.  I did that on my 1Ds3, had a setting deep in a menu set whereby I couldn't autofocus.  When I finally found after having contemplated crashing camera out upstairs window, it worked fine. 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Used my 5D Mark III and II today during a studio shoot

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:14:59 AM »

The 5d3 has better metering and auto white balances - so that should account for "exposure, and color rendition". Both can be corrected when shooting raw.

Metering and White balance shouldn't matter in a studio Environment.

My old 5d Mark II's still surprise me with how absolutely beautiful they shoot in a controlled environment.

Just shoot RAW and forget WB!   

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Availability in North America

« on: July 08, 2012, 11:10:20 AM »

Eh - the 'last-minute prima-donna' argument is a good one, but I don't think it's unreasonable to move CPS orders to the front of the queue within given intervals-- perhaps 2 weeks or 30 days.  If ordering 'officially' opened on March 1, my June order shouldn't beat yours out the door... but if your livelihood depends on your gear and you  need one for a fixed-date event, your order should take precedence over my butterfly-chasing.

What about the time period before the 1D X was announced (October 2011 and back to the beginning of the Earth)?  Did everyone still need the 1D X (not in existance yet) for their fixed-date event?  Nobody NEEDS the 1D X for a fixed-date event.  Unless your gear was sold foolishly before you had 1D X in hand, why can't people just shoot as normal until they get it?  I can never understand this.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Any actual photographers out there?

« on: July 08, 2012, 12:42:54 AM »

The OP has a point. Hardly anyone seems to check their "facts." I am guilty of that, too, sometimes repeating what I think I "know" and never finding links to back it up / explain to others so they can understand and not just take my word for it. For instance, people still say things like bits are stops of dynamic range. If that was true, then both the D800 and 5D3 would have exactly 14 stops of DR. Perhaps we should all start including high quality links with our opinions, the way that the world wide web was designed to work, which is now become just the internet.

As far as quality of images goes, I for one am never going to turn my best images over to canonrumors.com even if the TOS says they are still mine. I think that it still constitutes publishing them, and would interfere with the legalese of how I am paid. I don't want to violate any fine print because it could come back to bite me.

And at my age and position in life I feel like it's very immature for me to post at all on canonrumors. If I just posted one post, like Aldo, it would probably represent somebody who has more self-control and maturity. So I don't count Aldo's "newness" of having 1 post against him. It could just show that he is 107 times wiser than I am. But I just enjoy acting like a teenager after almost forgetting how.

Now old people tend to lose track of their topic, and I'm sorry if I do that now. But in fact, I can't help it if one thought leads to another. The fact is that Canonrumors is the first forum that I've participated in for almost ten years, because other forums where I tried to contribute--math, photography, computer programming--always seemed to degenerate into people trying to impress one another; and the sites *almost* always seemed to degenerate into profit-making machines rather than doing any work to earn the visits of their audience.

Warning: heresy against Canon Rumors In this paragraph I am going to commit the heresy of criticizing the powers that be. Mods, feel free to delete this paragraph... here goes. For an example of what I was saying above about good websites become profit making machines rather than serving their visitors, has anyone noticed that admin seems to be AWOL about further information the 1D X even though he now has it? And yet he has taken the time to post links to a very lukewarm deal on the 7D and promoting it like it was the greatest deal ever. (I know it is just lukewarm because just this month I added a fifth 7D to my inventory for $1149 including the 28-135mm lens with a U.S. warranty, and it was shipped instantly and in my hands the next day from an authorized dealer. Other well-known price points on 7Ds have included several instances of the body only for $1,100. So for the admin to advertise the "body package deal" for $1,349 was simple commercialism just like Ken Rockwell does.) I for one was extremely disappointed with the 7D body only "package" advertisement, which at that price was not doing a service to any visitors to Canon Rumors, and have also been disappointed by many similar posts to "deals" rather than the time to provide good info to us about products. I know that the admin is providing this entire site to us out of his good will, so I do appreciate that--however, the good will equation is starting to become a profit equation now that the website has become so popular. I hope that the admin can resist the temptation of the "love of money" because that will be the demise of this website and the end of its popularity.

And the answer is..............No

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EOS Bodies / Re: Any actual photographers out there?

« on: July 07, 2012, 11:13:57 PM »

Love this site and the various topics that seem to get people hot under the collar. But am amazed at the rather low level of knowledge out there on the subject of photography and the poor quality of work being showcased in these forums. Is it just me or do others agree?

You lose.  Play again.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Buying 5D Mark III from Amazon???

« on: July 06, 2012, 11:31:38 PM »

I just saw that Amazon has the 5D III selling for $3399 which is about $100 less than most reputable dealers.  Anyone buy expensive gear from Amazon and want to share your experience - good or bad?

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Frame-Full-HD-Digital-Camera/dp/B007FGYZFI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341630996&sr=1-1&keywords=canon+5d+mark+iii

I do it all the time and have never had a problem.  Ever.  I'd say if you want the 5D Mark III and you have the funds, get it right now off Amazon.  If I can I always choose the amazon.com seller vs. the other sellers, which is usually the first choice. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Is it too early for the first "The Canon 1DX sucks" posting?

« on: July 06, 2012, 08:31:21 PM »

Hmmmm.. don't know if I agree.

That said I'm glad rich idiots beta test new cameras by buying them 4 months before me.

Ummm...

No, I won't bother with a retort.  Those with can't afford should be left with some way to rationalize it, so they can feel better about themselves.

See, that's pretty offensive too, right.  FWIW, I make a decent living but I, like many who can afford a 1D X, aren't 'rich' by any means.  Despite having a PhD, I'll stop short of stating that they don't give PhDs or MDs to idiots, though...I know quite a few who fit that description.   

I know that was directed at me!! 

J/k 

I'm not rich and I'm getting a 1D X.  Guess I'm an idiot with a decent living and a 1D X.  Feels good to laugh.

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Lenses / Re: 50mm 1.2L + 24mm 1.4L on crop body?

« on: July 06, 2012, 07:15:15 PM »

If you got the money to burn on these two pieces of glass then more power to you.  I am sure you will love them regardless of the crop vs ff debate.  That being said I'd echo a few other comments regarding the need for the 50L when you already have the 1.8.  Yes the 1.8 is plastic and cheap, but if you drop it and crack it, no worries, $100 gets you a new one.  And the 50L does not IMHO produce 15 times better images than the 1.8 as price should dictate.  The 24L is a different animal, there really isn't competition in the canon prime line up in this general focal range, the 28 1.8 is probably the closest option, but at $500 it's 3 times less expensive and I actually think the 24L is probably worth the price difference here and is close to 3 times better.  So maybe keep the 1.8, get the 24L and look to a prime in the telephoto range, the 85 1.8 is excellent for the price or the 135L which may be the best canon prime made today.  In fact you could get the 24L, 135L, 85 1.8, and throw in a 50 1.4 (if you feel the need to upgrade from the plastic) for about what you'd spend on the 24L and 50L combined.

I would suggest the 50 f/1.8 is no more than a fallback/budget lens as the bokeh is terrible. I would be very tempted to skip the 50's and go for the shorty forty on the crop.

PS There are far better primes than the 135, albeit the 135 is very good and a very good price point. A 24-70II might be better than multiple primes

I'm thinking the 24-70L II will be better than the 35L, and probably the 50's, as far as edge to edge sharpness.  The 24-70L I already is sharper stopped down than the 35L. 

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EOS Bodies / Re: B&H 1DX Order Fulfillment Tracking

« on: July 06, 2012, 07:13:10 PM »

Regarding timelines of the 1D Mark IV and even fruther back, the 1Ds Mark III, what kind of timeline do you think say, you placed your order in May or June?  How many months guestimate?

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Technical Support / Re: CAMERA SETTING for Firework - Your thoughts???

« on: July 06, 2012, 12:34:55 PM »

Here is what I came up with tonight.  Also, there is another thread Revup started that may be a better place to post...

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=7823.0


Mile High 'Merica by @!ex, on Flickr

That is really cool.

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II Delayed Again

« on: July 06, 2012, 12:26:58 AM »

Here's a rule I live by in photography, and this goes for the 1D X and the 24-70L II.  I have seen this happen over and over again.  Never sell anything because something new is coming out UNTIL you have the new item in your hand, at home.  Then sell.