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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: IPAD 3 = Lame

« on: March 08, 2012, 12:49:05 PM »

I don't use a IPAD, but have friends who load photos thru a card reader.  They also get photos and images off the IPad. 

I think they use this.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/apple-has-a-solution-for-the-ipads-missing-sd-card-slot-and-usb-port-adapters/

Does it work for anyone?  Obviously, built-in ports are preferred, but if this works, I'd be covered with a new one.  I also wondered about eyefi.

I doubt that the little battery in a ipad would power a portable hard drive, in any event.

I suspect that they do not provide the ports to prevent someone from cheaply upgrading the memory in their IPAD.

I'm waiting to see the rumored lenovo windows tablet. 

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Canon General / Re: Q: Free extended warranty coverage via Credit Card purchase

« on: March 08, 2012, 12:40:40 PM »

I do know American Express has a similar but better incentive. Again all free. In MC's case, the manufacturer's warranty is not to exceed 1 year or it is disqualified. American Express will qualify up to 5-years.

Shop smartly folks!!!

Amex;
1.  How does the Extended Warranty work?
When you charge the cost of a covered product with your American Express® Card, the Extended Warranty1 will extend the terms of the original manufacturer's warranty for a period of time equal to the duration of the original manufacturer's warranty, up to one additional year on warranties of five years or less that are eligible in the U.S. 

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2.  When is my purchase covered?
When your covered product's manufacturer's warranty expires, the Extended Warranty takes effect. 

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3.  Who is eligible?
The basic Cardmember and any Additional Cardmembers on the account are eligible as long as they are U.S. Resident Cardmembers, that is, the American Express Card has been issued to them in their name, and they maintain a permanent residence within the 50 United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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4.  Do I have to activate or sign up for the Extended Warranty? 
No! The Extended Warranty is a benefit of your Card membership. 
 

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5.  How do I file a claim?
You should report the Occurrence immediately following the loss. You can easily file a claim by calling 1-800-225-3750. You must provide proof of purchase and satisfactory proof of the covered Occurrence while coverage is in effect to qualify for benefits under the Extended Warranty.  Remember to keep all your American Express charge receipts, original store receipts, original manufacturers’ warranties, and products requiring repair until the claim process is complete.  You may also be asked to obtain a repair estimate. The program administrator will decide whether to have the item repaired or replaced, or to reimburse you up to the amount charged to the Card, and not to exceed the original purchase price.  The Extended Warranty does not reimburse for shipping and handling expenses or installation, assembly, or other service charges. 

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6.  How do I follow up on a claim?
You can check the status of you claim on line at www.AmericanExpress.com/onlineclaim or call the Extended Warranty toll free number at 1-800-225-3750. 

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7.  What do I do with the damaged item?
Please keep all items. After we have determined your item is eligible under the Extended Warranty we may ask you to return the item to American Express before we replace the item. If upon receipt a decision is made to reimburse you instead, you will then receive a refund for the item. 

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So, they add one year. 

I'm using Amex, so that works out ok.  I did check this a year back, and they appeared to be selling a extended warranty, it may be that they do sell one and some pay for what they get free.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Will the Canon 5D Mark III have Pixel Re-Mapping for Video?

« on: March 07, 2012, 10:25:51 PM »

Are you talking about mapping out hot pixels?

I have not seen such a feature that was advertized or documented.  The 5D MK II supposedly mapped them out, but I could not confirm it.  Applying some NR usually does it as well.  The new lightroom version will let you do some of these things to video in a roundabout way.

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Canon General / Re: Restraint of trade?

« on: March 07, 2012, 10:21:57 PM »

Do you mean like Sony, Nikon, and Apple?  All of these companies require retailers to sell within a certain price range.

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Lenses / Re: Wide angle zoom L lenses from Canon in the future. Thoughts??

« on: March 07, 2012, 05:02:16 PM »

I recall reading a Canon reply to someone asking about the 16-35mm L about 6 months after Nikon introduced their 14-24,, lens.  Canon basically said that it was intended for PJ's. I assumed that by that, they meant it was to give 1.3 crop users a wide zoom.  At that time, there were not so many Canon FF bodies around.

IMHO, it is time now, with all the very popular Canon FF bodies to produce a superior super wide lens.  The big question is, who will be willing to cough up $3K a copy? Not I.

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Why so many complaints about no external recording on the 5D Mark lll?

« on: March 07, 2012, 04:16:58 PM »

  It is claimed to autofocus while doing video, which is needed for non pro level video of the kids soccer games, etc.

You guys REALLY need to get off your high horse about this.  There are a lot of good, proper, videographers in the world who do a lot more than shoot soccer games and need this feature.

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I was pointing out that a lot of people, including Canon Maker of light Vinvent Laforet want clean video out, and that the Nikon D800 has it, as well as autofocus for non video makers.

Whats your problem?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Why Canon doesn't Care about high MP photographers: a theory

« on: March 07, 2012, 12:17:23 AM »

Its pretty simple, actually.  When Nikon came out with the 12 mp D700, they were beatup pretty badly by their users, and one of the executives said that future cameras would have high MP.

Canon, on the other hand decided to concentrate on better high iso and sensor improvements also there were a ton of complainers saying 21mp was too much.

I'd think that there is room for both, a high mp version and a high iso version.  I recall canon saying when the D1 X was released that they would be watching sales and, if customers demanded high ISO, they would provide.

Actually, I'd like to have some of the D800 features with the 5D3 sensor.   I plan to use the ISO 12800 and possibly the 25600 as well, so I am happy with the MK III, except for the price.

I think the lower price combined with that larger mp number is a psychological thing for those who think they should be charged by the mp.  Canon has stepped away from their philosophy of providing a lower cost camera that is good enough.  That has worked well for them for many years,  but a company can get into a hole very fast if they make a major slip.

So far, Canon 5D Mk III's have been selling pretty good, and they have setup a really high volume production line to be able to flood the market.  That might hurt Nikon, if they can't produce enough to meet demand, and that results in months long waiting lists for a D800.

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Site Information / Re: website broken today?

« on: March 06, 2012, 11:59:57 PM »

I've been logged in many times today, but haven't seen it.  It is possible that volumes are high enough so that getting thru is slow.  Sometimes I had to wait 5 seconds or so for it to load.

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EOS Bodies / Re: will the 7d go down in price anytime soon?

« on: March 06, 2012, 10:30:44 PM »

The 7D has dropped in price since its introduction, but there is little competition from Nikon's older D300s to really force a big drop.  Once a D400 comes out, the price will drop and a MK II introduced.

You can do what I did a year ago, I had a old damaged Canon 35mm SLR that I traded in for a refurb 7D using the Canon CLP and got about 15% additional off the refurb price.  Its a very nice camera, and works great.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon 5D Mark III - Price Drop Details

« on: March 06, 2012, 10:19:25 PM »

From Canon Rumors Guy: It’s also rumored Canon will regulate the price of this camera starting in May. Which means, there will be a certain price point that a retailer cannot go below to sell the camera. This sort of regulation will also make such things advertising “free” things to bundle with the camera not allowed. This is good for retailers if true.

See my previous post on this thread. It looks like Canon may indeed be trying to protect and incentivize the dealer network.

Far be it from me to complain, but the last rumor that they'll be enforcing a minimum price, even on bundles, but I think that's going to shoot them in the foot.  Price it how you have to make a profit, but not letting free-market take over makes me think that Nikon understands marketing better (not that I'm going to sell everything and transfer but still . . . ).

I honestly don't think it will help, it'll just just catalyze the 5DmkII market.

Nikon started enforcing the full msrp a few months ago. 

In any event, there is a small markup on lenses and bodies, so sellers are very limited in any price reductions they make.

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EOS Bodies / Re: New Canon 5D mark III raws

« on: March 06, 2012, 08:41:29 PM »

I looked at the images and camera settings in the exif, and was disappointed.

The sample images are really not what should be used to see low light high iso performance.  They are taken in bright light, which will reduce the noise level and give overly optomistic results, assuming that you really want low light usage.  The lighting varies, but is close to ev 10.

DPR seems to be the only one who uses low light for their high iso test
They have only shown jpeg images, but the results at least are not more realistic. The DPR lighting is about ev 3.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Finally LOOKING good !!!!

« on: March 06, 2012, 08:31:03 PM »

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/canon-5d-mkiii/canon-5d-mkiiiTHMB.HTM


They have the same test with the 5D Mark II....see the difference....makes mee feel good.

Included RAW files....

After lookiing at the exif file and the exposure time /f stop, I was disappointed to find that the lighting conditions used would give low noise values not representative of actual use.

The images are really not suitable for evaluation of high ISO low light images, since they were taken under bright lighting of approx ev 10.  This will result in lower noise than you would get in low light.

So far, only DPR gets it.  Their sample images were taken in low light, about ev 3 which is a more realistic test for low light high iso shots.

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Lenses / Re: I'm in a lens pickle

« on: March 06, 2012, 07:50:10 PM »

So I have my 5d mark iii on pre-order and i also threw a 16-35L 2.8 onto the order. I already have a 24-105L 4is from my mark ii purchase in 2008. I am looking to spend $2000 on lenses for the new camera so do i return the 16-35? sell the 24-105? keep them both? i guess if i sold the 24-105 i would have $2800 to work with on building my glass artillery. I am basically just an all around photographer who does a significant amount of video work as well. would prefer to stick with canon L lenses. any advice would be great!

If you have a 5D MK II, and don't know what lens you need, how could we recommend one to you??  You should know if you need longer, wider, or faster.

I'm a bit surprised that you do not have any primes for video use, but there again, what are you missing?

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United States / Re: [generic "I'm new here!" post]

« on: March 06, 2012, 04:51:10 PM »

Haha, I gotcha. One unexpected thing I've learned from photography is how to study! I spend more time studying cameras and bodies than I've ever spent studying for classes!

The cameras are tools, but we tend to fixate on them here. 

Study how to light and compose. The photographer's skill at visualizing and setting up a image is far more valuable than just the fine tools we all love.

Oh, for sure. The tools have only begun to excite me since I've started learning what I can really use them for. The 1Dx - D4 - D800 - 5Diii is the first major round of announcements coming around since I've started following the rumours sites... the new tech coming out and the thoughts of what I could do with it is quite a ride! I doubt I'll get my hands on any of it soon, but I might preorder or get something on release this year. Tamron 24-70 VC is tempting if the IQ doesn't suffer like their 17-50 VC vs. the non-VC version. Haven't done a preorder since some disappointing video game 5+ years ago, but it'll be worth it for something camera-related. I think I'll use a lens way longer than a video game.

Adorama and B&H are pretty reliable with pre-orders, but no one is perfect.  If there is a problem, they will fix it.  I have learned to never pre-order from Amazon, having been bit twice.

Canon has said they have a large inventory built up, and have production at two factories, so they plan to have bodies in stock much sooner than the 15 months it took for the 5D MK II to be commonly available.

It should not be a big deal to wait.

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Canon General / Re: Is it worth *really* studying photography?

« on: March 06, 2012, 03:38:11 PM »

my best advice i can offer to any student wishing to have a creative career is be prepared to eat breath and sleep your chosen profession....7 days a week year round. if you are passionate about the medium you have chosen all things will work out on the end. those that succeed chose this lifestyle because they NEEDED to and not necessarily because they WANTED to. from my first day of art school to today, i was/am constantly thinking about my art, craft, and business whether i want to or not. if my mind goes idle it idles on photography. this is what passionate means and understand that there are countless people out there in all creative professions that you will be in competition with who feel the same level of fervor. they will work insane hours as long as it takes them to achieve whatever level of success they need to fulfill themselves.

so the bottom line is no one can tell you if this particular education is worthwhile to your particular experience. it boils down to asking yourself what you really want to do and then doing everything you are capable of to make it happen.

find something you LOVE to do....the rest will take care of itself.

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Well said, and it goes for any profession, persistence and hard work pays off.