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Lenses / Re: Shooting people with a 16-35... Any good ?

« on: May 07, 2012, 12:24:55 AM »

The 16-35 is a fantastic lens.  Good for lots of stuff, including portraits.  Just play with it a bit first and you will learn how to use it to avoid distortion.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: The 5D Mark III Fix

« on: May 03, 2012, 10:12:55 PM »

As Roger showed in this article, the black tape is used extensively in 5D3.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/04/5d-iii-strip-tease

Oh my God, it's even worse than we thought!!  It seems that Canon, convinced by "users" that they can longer make a capable SLR, are focusing on making a camera made entirely out of tape!

TAPE, In electronic equipment?! YOU CANT BE SERIOUS!!!! Lol.  Grow up guys.  The tape is a great way to fix the apparent "LIGHT LEAK" that you are all crying so much about.  The engineers are just trying to keep you guys happy when there wasn't even a problem to begin with!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Why did Canon Release the 5D MkIII (pure conjecture)

« on: May 03, 2012, 04:07:52 PM »

Why did Canon Release the 5D MkIII?

To make a profit.  And guess what?  They will.  'Nuf said.

+1

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Technical Support / Re: Lightroom Import Setting

« on: May 01, 2012, 08:51:12 PM »

Just setup a color profile that is specific to that camera as apply to all photos on import

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon did everything it could in 5D3

« on: May 01, 2012, 01:12:13 PM »

Canon held back significantly.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Resolution of 5D Mark III- what do you shoot?

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:35:22 PM »

A review was done on that here:

http://www.bellissimaphoto.co.uk/photographers/canon-5d-mk-iii-high-iso-raw-file-size.html

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Best strategy for processing MK lll RAW files ?

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:31:21 PM »

LR 4.1 RC2.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark II got a light leak too (through the mic-input connector)

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:30:01 PM »

please post an effected image.  One with the rubber closed, the other without.  thanks.

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Technical Support / Re: Orange cone ruins photo

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:23:11 PM »

it will take 2 seconds to remove the cone in LR or PS.  The 5D3 is great at picking up photos!

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Technical Support / Re: filenaming on 5d mII

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:21:53 PM »

i was wondering if anyone know how to change the filename in 5dmII i recently bought 2  for my video production and  the issue is  we have  same file name  from  both camers besides renaming renaming upon inportis their a setting i can change  any help will be great

Nope, can't be done.

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Lenses / Re: Help with event lens ( weddings, anniversary's, etc)

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:20:31 PM »

The 16-35 is an ultrawide.  It's a specialty lens when shooting weddings and events.  You should remove that one from your list.

I disagree completely.  I've shot 200 weddings, and I use the 16-35 II more than any other lens!!! Its absolutely perfect for weddings. The 24-105 you recommended is too slow at f/4 for most wedding stuff.  If I had only two lenses to shoot an entire wedding with, it would be the 16-35, and 70-200 2.8 IS USM II.  These two lenses make up the majority of my wedding photos.  The 16-35 is one of the first lenses I would recommend.

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II - Your thoughts

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:16:18 PM »

I will get one as well.  I sold my 24-70 V1 when the rumors started flying about the MK2. Now I've just been using my 24-105 waiting patiently for the new 24-70!

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Lenses / Re: lens glas technology

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:14:43 PM »

3M had the exact same thing about 3 years ago.  The technology never made it to the consumer market.  Lets hope MIT is able to bring this to the market.

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Lenses / Re: 24-105mm f/4 L IS on a crop camera

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:11:34 PM »

The 24-105 is a great lens on a crop body.  You will not be disappointed.  We use it on the 7D's here all the time.

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Lenses / Re: Nepal/Tibet hiking with DSLR and lens - vacation feedback wanted

« on: April 30, 2012, 02:10:17 PM »

NWPhil,

I hiked to 13,000 ft in Nepal a few years ago. I brought two bodies, a 70-200 2.8, 16-35, 24-105, 100macro, 2 speedlites, a lightweight tripod, and some batteries, filters, ect.

My recommendation after my 3 week trip.  PACK LIGHTER!!!!!!  I found myself using the 24-105 almost exclusively.  I used a speedlite probably one or two times, and could have done without them completely.  Because of the on and off and unpredictable rain showers, I was unable to switch lenses rapidly, and leaned toward the 24-105 for most of the trip because of the mostly good light, I didn't need much faster than f/4 for 95% of photos.  I used the 16-35 next, never touched the 100 macro, and used the 70-200 just a few times.

The pain of carrying the gear was not worth what i brought.  When I do it next time.  I will condense everything I bring to one shoulder bag.

WARNING.  Electricity for charging batteries is spotty at best.  I would plan on bringing 5 camera batteries for a 21 day trip.  Flashes are defiantly just extra weight. The try-pod is a toss up.  I used mine little, but if I had more time, I would have used it for landscapes.

If you DO bring a flash. Leave your rechargeable at home, and bring a Energizer E2 Lithium AA's instead.  They are incredibly light, travel well, and last FOREVER in a speedlite.  I can shoot at least two weddings with one set which is WAYYYYY more than you will ever use it in Nepal.  So just bring a backup set of AA's and you will be fine if you do bring the flash.

Again, my recommendation is GO MINIMAL.

I would probably bring my 16-35, 24-105 or 24-70, one body, and leave pretty much everything else at home.  Hope this helps.