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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Can we all send a complaint to Canon to fix the AF-Assist focusing on the 5D3?

« on: December 07, 2012, 09:09:35 PM »

slow AF with the rebel 600D too

The assist beam of ex 580 seems to be weaker and the camera is hunting rather than my old 350D/450D which focuses INSTANTLY with the flash af assist beam.

It focuses with the 600D allright but way slower than my older 350D and 450D.
600D suffers from a terrible lag on locking the focus when the beam is on.

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Lenses / Re: List of rumored lenses

« on: December 02, 2012, 09:12:18 PM »

some wide angle lenses are needed

16-35 f/4 IS USM
however i'd love to have a canon 12-24 4-5.6 USM

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Lenses / Re: Best Value "Normal" Lens for 6d?

« on: December 02, 2012, 09:08:34 PM »

24-105 L
best all around lens

and 50 f/1.4 for the USM moter and build quality over the 1.8 which moter doesn't focus accurately in dark environments

the 85 1.8 USM or the 100mm f/2 are quite handy too!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: DPreview adds 6D sample images to their preview

« on: November 20, 2012, 02:46:00 PM »

so its cleaner than 5D 3
of course it would, it has less megapixels so what? do the math!

how about BANDING? and noise in the shadows where needs to be filled?

oh and in RAW format, thats the real deal of the hardware and not a software filtered jpeg which can be produced with a computer also

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 600D lag with 580 EX II af assist

« on: November 18, 2012, 08:54:46 PM »

thanks for the reply.
have you tested your 60D with an older camera? any differences?

i haven't tested the 5D 3 with 580 EX II
are you suggesting that i should change a flash unit?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 600D lag with 580 EX II af assist

« on: November 18, 2012, 09:05:28 AM »

Hi there.

i don't know if you've noticed this:
i have an 600D and 580 EX II
whenever i want to use the af assist (red beam of the flash) it focuses way slower rather than my old 350D and 450D which focused instantly with the beam in low light situations.

Tested in the same room, same lens (24-105L) and 580 EX II in both cameras 600D vs 350D
the 350D focuses INSTANTLY with the beam, while the 600D hunts and laggs

have you noticed that?
probably a bug that is fixable with a further firmware update for this camera. No reason why the older hardware works fine instead of this?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5d2 vs 6d

« on: November 18, 2012, 09:00:03 AM »

Well you won't be needing high iso levels for landscape photography, but however both cameras would perform good IQ.

I'm facing the same question, and canon doesn't make it easy. After 4 years canon hasn't developed any better sensor in terms of IQ and many are still thinking to buy the 5D 2 over the 6D and 5D 3 which i can't say it performs any better until 6400 iso in RAW mode.

The 6D would probably perform better but don't forget it has 2mp less!!! why?

I'm seriously thinking of selling everything and change to nikon d600 which is a monster and provides a largest headroom for editing rather those canon craps which costs A lot of money.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Has Canon entered the Graveyard Spiral?

« on: November 14, 2012, 08:08:51 AM »

of course canon entered the graveyard long time ago..

- insane expensive equipment
- MANY less features comparing to nikon gear
- slow production rate.. anouncing outdated products before even released (check 6D vs D600)
D600 is out and selling like crazy, while canon 6D hasn't even produced from the factories with half the features rumored at the same price

Canon sensors are crappy lower DR ISO,
and of course you can "do" photography with a cheap camera as well BUT in the terms of quality and budget, Nikon offers MUCH more features and canon just follows

The most revolutionary Canon product ever was 5D mark 2 back in 2007-2008. Canon died after that.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: a used Canon 5D, a budget way to go full frame?

« on: November 05, 2012, 06:10:08 AM »

5D1 FF positives +
+ full advantage of EF lenses
+ correct depth of field.

5D1 FF negatives -
- poor FF sensor suffers from noise in high isos,
- doesn't go further than 3200 iso
- suffers from banding as well
- 12 bit color depth instead of 14
- soft corners with f wide open and heavy vignetting (thats a negative thing for all FF cameras)

Personal opinion? no reason to upgrade to FF
EF lenses perform WAY better in crop cameras if you can accept the negative side of a crop sensor (small, noisy, bad dof)

However the best value for money to invest on is a used 5D 2.
I don't like 6D. No pc sync, no dual cards, no articulated screen, 2 megapixel less than 5D2 and no reason why to drop a 1000$ on that hardware... Canon commited suicide with this crap. Way outdated

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Canon General / Re: Canon's MAP Pricing Goes Into Full Effect Today

« on: November 01, 2012, 10:56:28 PM »

canon will commit suicide
their products prices are way to high to increse more...

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Canon General / Re: Canon Can't Even Make a Billion Dollars Anymore

« on: October 27, 2012, 05:27:20 PM »

New canon products are overrated. Not affordable, i'm very glad they fell out of their goal making money.
Canon should open eyes and see the world economic crisis.
where the hell are you going selling 5D 3 3.000 $
are you expecting to sell like 5D 2 back in her age while the worlds economic pulse isn't good?

Products i WOULD buy to upgrade my work:
5D 3
70-200 2.8 IS II
24-70 2.8 II

but the prices of those products are EXTREMELY high with no reason. Its like canon saying, DON'T BUY IT.. and i'm curious, why the hell are you constructing such monsters if you don't want to sell them!

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EOS Bodies / Re: 6d sample pics /reviews?

« on: October 25, 2012, 12:51:12 PM »

The release date is December.
Funny how Nikon announces a New body & it's in stores within 2 weeks. 
Canon announces the 6D & it's available(supposed to be) within 3 months???

Nikon is a lot faster in production..

There are several reviews and NEF files from D600 while we wait to analyze some CR2 files from 6D and it looks like we'll have to wait for a couple of months more!

This is very annoying Canon

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EOS Bodies / Re: POLL: With what features would you consider the 6d?

« on: September 18, 2012, 08:58:54 PM »

- swivel screen
- dual cf/sd
- af option 3: af system at least 7d level

without this 6D is a cheap FF rebel which i aint gonna buy it..


forgot the pc sync port for external radio triggering

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: EOS 6D sample images and video here

« on: September 17, 2012, 02:32:30 PM »

all these samples are JPEG

JPEG is filtered with masking and noise reduction. You just can't compare which camera delivers the best out of the detail..

seen the samples of 1D X? these sucks as well!

wait for some proper RAW files and then compare detail and ISOs.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 6D or 5D Mk II

« on: September 17, 2012, 06:09:45 AM »

Well it is now confirmed that the 6D has 11 point AF with only one cross type point.

So you'll be using the old focus and recompose technique, no matter which camera you pick.

If I were you, I'd abandon ship and go for the D600. Looks like a much much better camera.

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