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Lenses / Re: Street Photography 35mm/50mm + DC？Help

« on: April 18, 2013, 07:13:07 PM »

The shorty is a great piece of glass for street. Long end of wide and short end of normal. Unobtrusive and even makes a 5D3 look plain. Put it on Silent mode and shoot from the hip. I walk around with this setup on a handstrap and shoot in portrait quite frequently.

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Lenses / Re: I have just lost confidence with Canon Rumors & B&H

« on: April 17, 2013, 06:14:30 AM »

I see her point, it is misleading. However it takes a bit of reading, watching and retail detective work (let alone knowledge of how this historically is played out most seasons/years) to get a grip on what's being done by B&H in regards to MAP and Rebates.

It's like reading headlines vs the body of an article.

I do however think she is overreacting.

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Canon General / Re: How do you buy equipment?

« on: April 16, 2013, 09:31:13 AM »

Since all the local shops here have zero to no selection of finer gear I buy almost exclusively from B&H. During the past two years I did quite a bit of selling bodies and glass to fund new buys and with Canon gear having 95% of original cost resale value for like new gear it has been easy to do so. Now I'm in a happy place with what I have with little to no gear lust save for a new film body. (Thinking of switching from an Elan 7 to an EOS 3) I do use a card for my purchases but we pay all our bills off every two weeks. Credit card companies hate us.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Why stop with Nikon?

« on: April 15, 2013, 09:00:04 AM »

I'm boycotting the following:

dirty sensors
dust on filters
disembodied hands in pics
Canon Haters
Nikon Haters
Film Haters
Folks who think noobs shouldn't buy top notch gear
flare, unless artistically shot
older gay men on Model Mayhem who are cruising

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Site Information / Re: Minimum CR Forum IQ?

« on: April 11, 2013, 04:23:32 PM »

Methinks the IQ test should include the following:

Q. Does the 1DX have a green box?

Q. Maximum number of days until Canon might release the 5D3 firmware?

Q. How many Canon's have had the same 18MP sensor?

Q. Why isn't there a left handed DSLR?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 1DX Junk camera??

« on: April 11, 2013, 07:05:27 AM »

You need two 1DX's. One in each hand for each eye. What was Camera Store Man thinking?

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Software & Accessories / Re: Bag while I am a "tourist"

« on: April 10, 2013, 10:27:46 AM »

Buy an insert, such as a domke or mountainsmith and stick it in practically anything.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III Firmware, any news?

« on: April 02, 2013, 07:46:20 AM »

They still have 28 more days.

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Lenses / Re: small primes to go with SL1?

« on: March 23, 2013, 01:26:05 PM »

My choices would be

Sigma 35 1.4
Canon 24/28/35 IS primes.
Canon 85 1.8/Canon 100 f/2

None of these are huge and all are very good to excellent

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Own a 5D3 - need a backup...

« on: March 15, 2013, 06:46:39 PM »

Canon Loyalty Program would have saved you some dough as well on a 5D2.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Own a 5D3 - need a backup...

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:22:01 AM »

In a similar situation myself but really want the batteries to match so that limits my options. Have you considered that as well?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Which camera brand you actively use, other than Canon?

« on: March 14, 2013, 02:27:54 PM »

Holga

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Software & Accessories / Re: Anyone know any good Noise Reduction programs?

« on: March 14, 2013, 08:31:47 AM »

5D3

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Portrait / Re: Bikini girl in my studio with my first scenic bacground

« on: March 10, 2013, 12:23:43 PM »

I'd suggest losing the hooker blue eye shadow and using a color that ties into the scene. Would love to see more from this series, perhaps with her looking down a bit? I for one don't think there's any 'dearth', I like the quantity! I would buy her a sandwich though. Yeah, level that background.

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Lenses / Re: Review of my bag - help me to reduce weight and overlap

« on: March 08, 2013, 05:19:20 PM »

I would drop the 100 f/2.
Exchange the 5DC for the smallest crop body you can work with  (ergonomics) i.e small hands, T3i…..large hands 60D/7D
Going with the 60D/7D keeps the batteries all alike. Important to me. Not to some others. So there for you can use the same batteries and a single charger, that saves space and weight eh?