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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 5D Mark III Light Leak?

« on: April 07, 2012, 03:06:42 PM »

so the main question is will the display turn off when taking a photo?
if it does there really is no problem as your not supposed to mess with the screen when taking a shot anyway.
if it takes a few seconds for it to turn off its rather sloppy on canons side but most likely fixable in a firmware update (disable top screen led when taking a shot)

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Canon General / Re: Canon Files a Patent for a Bunch of Lenses.

« on: December 18, 2011, 10:12:35 AM »

still waiting and hoping for a 50mm 1.8 with much better focus then the current 1.8

i love it opticly but the focus is just rubbish...

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Information [CR1]

« on: November 29, 2011, 10:32:30 PM »

i personaly dont really mind more megapixels however seeing the lenses at the moment cant deliver enough detail for the 18+ mp sensors its a good point to stick to 18MP sensors for a year and perfect those.
maby if they find a way to imporve lenses further there is a point in adding more megapixels for this cheapass cropfreak.

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: Announcement Dates [CR3]

« on: September 02, 2011, 09:26:01 AM »

There will be events on September 28 showing off new Canon printing solutions
will the demonstration involve a direct print button ?

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EOS Bodies / Re: A Very Detailed 1D Mark V Spec List [CR1]

« on: August 06, 2011, 12:20:18 PM »

i really think most of it is a wishlist comeone 120 fps @ full HD no way most netbooks with a more powerfull chip have problems playing 25 fps full HD so either canon developed a silly fast chip or this is a wishlist.
im in doubt it can even do 720P at 120 fps as thats still a load of data if canon did pull that off they must sell some patents on that technique as that would be amazing.
also why would they mention no IS every caon user know thats in the lens this looks like website copy where they compare to nikons.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Why Do You Need 250 60D's?

« on: July 29, 2011, 06:02:10 AM »

You do realise those were rentals. They hardly went out and spend $400,000+ on cameras for a 2 day use. If Japanese rental prices are at all comparable to US then the cost would have been about $25,000 if they had used all 60D's and all 580EX's which I'm not sure they did. I think they have 60D's with different lenses and different flashes.

wel they must have rented all the cameras in the entire country then as i highly doubt any rental store has more then 15/20 of the same camera's avaieble at one time.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Mirrorless on the Horizon?

« on: July 08, 2011, 04:33:37 PM »

frankly if it doesnt give better iso preformance and superfast autofocus preformance i cant care less as i fail to see what the advanrtages would be im already willing to trade up in body as my massive hands start getting anoyed by my 450D's small grip and im considering L lenses with USM in the future as micromotor anoyes the *BEEEP* out of me

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF-S 18-270 f/3.2-5.6 IS Coming Soon?

« on: July 01, 2011, 08:59:21 AM »

looks rather interesting if the IQ is the same as both kit lenses in that zoom range and the lens has usm im loving it.

hope they do improve the wide open sharpness a little then tho F8 to F11 for optimal sharpness isnt really great.

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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II

« on: June 15, 2011, 03:17:16 PM »

this lens aperently has new coating wich is quite a good ide as the old ones coating in bright light could give a nasty flare (had this a lot with moonshots).

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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II

« on: June 15, 2011, 10:51:09 AM »

wel some replies to some above posts as it feels needed.

i do own the mark 1 of this lens and i shot most of my photo's with this lens and always was satisfied with it untill i got my hands on a usm lens after that you cant simply go back and ignore the fact usm is by far supreme in any way and if 40 dollar is all it costs then it should be added.

i get that canon looks at sale fogures thats why they keep selling lenses that are sub par to what nikon offers in the same price range so people in the end want something better and buy a L as far as im concerned thats all canon thinks about.

as for people not wanting it wel it depends on how you look at it.
most people maby dont want to pay 40 dollar more on a kit however if you give em both in there hands 1 with and 1 without usm im fairly sure they will almost all got for the USM version and happily pay the 40 bucks extra.
people cant miss what they dont know excists but eventualy if they stick with a dslr they want something faster.

im not completely negative about this lens however i do believe canon is not doing the right thing by leaving out usm versions of there budged toppers.
i shot 3 years with micromotor lenses just fine and IQ/sharpness isnt a concern for me but focusing with thiese lenses is just awefull and thats why i am slowly upgrading all my lenses to higher end lenses not because of the IQ but because i want faster focusing.
go look at prices and check the gap in prices and lineup canon is leaving behind here just by not creating usm budged lenses.
pros will go for L lenses anyway so canon wont lose out there i dont need L build quality or looks i just need faster focus.
canon will also not get more money if i have to buy 3 L lenses to replace my current slow focus lenses as i can only spend x amount so all canon is doing is lowering the amount of units sold on the short term and forcing people offbrand.

anyway i hope canon one day willl see the light and add usm to all lenses or adds a usm series alongside the current lineup as now im fully into canon gear i cant hop to nikon as thats just to expencive so im pretty much forced to buy sigma/tamron/tokina lenses now as the L series is to expencive for the average person.
(i dont make a penny with my shots)

anyway lets just hope they get it soon the 50m 1.8 rumor upgrade would be a good start

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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II

« on: June 14, 2011, 07:40:33 AM »

a USM for a few bucks extra would definitely more then halve the number of missed shots.

Consider the cheap consumer telezoom 75-300mm lenses, which are in the same 'class' as the EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS.  There are two 'flavors' of it - the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III and the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM, with USM being the only difference between those lenses.  The USM version averages ~$40 more than the non USM version (exclusive of current rebates).  I'm sure Canon has analyzed the sales figures for those lenses and has a fairly good idea of relative sales of the two lenses, i.e. which is more important to the market segment that buys lenses like this - USM or the $40 cheaper price tag.  Likely, that weighed into the decision not to include USM on their cheap consumer lenses.  Keep in mind that those who frequent these forums are a LOT more likely to know what USM is and does than the typical consumer who'd be interested in this class of lens (which is prominently displayed at stores like Target and Best Buy).  For many, 'USM' is just one more set of meaningless initials in a lens name, and if that was the key factor in a lens purchase decision, those folks would all buy Tamron's newset superzoom (who could resist all those lovely letters - Di II VC PZD?!?).

they lack IS and seeing they can add usm for 40 dollar im fairly sure most people are willing to add 40 dollar to that lens if it got usm.

i think its quite doable on that lens heck they could even have kept selling the non usm version (mk i) as kit lens just to keep the kits cheap.
the whole problem with canon is that they dont listen to costumers wich is a real shame.

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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II

« on: June 13, 2011, 09:06:23 PM »

With the original 55-250 Canon chose image quality. Frankly, that's a choice I'll take any day. You can compensate for speed

sorry but i strongly disagree the amount of shots i missed because of slow focus speeds is quite large and a USM for a few bucks extra would definitely more then halve the number of missed shots.

the 55-250 is still a sweet lens tho and i love it  but it is just to slow for some shots and you cant compensate for it specialy due to the lack of full time manual focus override wich USM gives.

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Lenses / Re: Canon Announces EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS II

« on: June 13, 2011, 01:23:08 PM »

the fact remains 90% of the DSLR users cannot afford L lenses so USM in the lower series makes sense to me as in my experience nikon and even sony budged lenses are faster then budged canon lenses.
if id get intot the dslr market again i would with what i know now most likely go nikon instead as canon budged lenses are just so dam slow at focusing where the nikon budged lenses seem to be almost instant focus as usm.
maby canon doesnt care but if i was canon id take notice.
i for one wont ever consider non usm lenses anymore as focusing speed is my main frustration as canon doesnt make cheap USM lenses the only alternatives are sigma/tamron wich is no market at all for canon and im fairly sure they rather sell a usm bidged lens to me then no lens at all

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EOS Bodies / Re: The Future of the 1Ds & 5D Lines [CR2]

« on: June 06, 2011, 12:49:19 PM »

theres som sense in removing the 1D (non s) series and maby make it a 2D series or a 3D series so the line is more logical.
i cant see how you could split up the 5D line tho thats just bollox if you ask me.
ive seen people talk about a video 5D wich is also stupid video is  a extra on a dslr you cant realy make it a main line or you end up with a videocamera in a dslr casing and lineup.
it would be like placing a electical car in the formula 1...

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Lenses / Re: New Canon Lenses Availability - Updated

« on: May 28, 2011, 08:57:17 AM »

i cant wait to see how much of a price increase these big dudes will get and if there will be any sales on the old versions wich may finaly lie within my small budget.