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Lenses / Re: Wide angle/standard zoom

« on: September 28, 2012, 03:23:55 PM »

How about buying your FF camera with the 24-105/4 kit lens, then adding 50/1.4 (Sigma or Canon) and an ultrawide (17-40/4L or 16-35/2.8L).

You'll have a versatile walk-around and travel lens, thin-dof portrait and artsy lens, and a landscaping lens.

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Canon General / Re: Europe trip, 1-2 months

« on: September 28, 2012, 01:19:10 PM »

I did a six-week Eurail trip when I was 22.  That was back in 1992 

Some suggestions and learnings:
- Trains tend to take you from inner city to inner city.  Be sure to go see some of the countryside as well.  I suggest alternating between cities and countryside.
- If you go in summer then head north.  If you go in off-season then head towards the Mediterranean.
- Bring the 8-16 and 24-70 and leave the 120-300 at home.  Seriously that thing will be like hauling a boat anchor.  If you want telephoto consider picking up a 55-250.

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Canon General / Re: New comet spotted. Will be visible to naked eye in late 2013

« on: September 28, 2012, 01:10:25 PM »

Indeed, a brightness of "1000 times brighter than Venus" is a bast-case scenario.  This comet may very well fizzle out before it becomes visible to the naked eye.  It may very well be a new comet fresh out of the Oort cloud, composed mainly of volatile compounds that easily dissipate.

However if the comet does indeed reach those optimistic predictions then it'll be visible for more than a month.  Plenty of time for photography.  Let's hope for the best!

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Lenses / Re: From Crop to FF len change

« on: September 27, 2012, 07:20:31 PM »

Used Canon 15/2.8
Canon 17-40/4L

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Lenses / Re: Vintage Lenses: Any Advise?

« on: September 27, 2012, 07:17:42 PM »

How about a set of Samyang primes.

Not vintage, but they are inexpensive, high performance, and manual aperture+focus.  They come with an EF mount so no need to mess with adapters.

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Lenses / Re: To IS or not?

« on: September 27, 2012, 09:03:42 AM »

I'd leave it on.  It doesn't hurt image quality.  It'll steady your viewfinder which is easier on the eyes.  Also, a steady viewfinder improves AF in my experience.

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Canon General / Re: How do you sell your gear?

« on: September 26, 2012, 03:12:02 PM »

kijiji

Be sure to state in your ad: cash only, local pickup, I do not ship, lowballers don't bother trying.

And yes you should take photos of the actual lens for sale.  Don't use photos pilfered from the net.

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Lenses / Re: Photozone's review of the EF 24-70 f/2.8L II is up

« on: September 26, 2012, 11:45:17 AM »

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=787&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=786&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0

Thanks for the link.  The Tamron looks good, but the Canon looks really REALLY good.  Pretty darn close to perfect, actually.  I wonder if Klaus got a subpar sample.

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Lenses / Re: 85 mm Lens

« on: September 26, 2012, 11:41:10 AM »

I like my Canon 85/1.8

Great lens for the money.

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EOS Bodies / Re: More Big Megapixel Talk [CR1]

« on: September 25, 2012, 04:47:24 PM »

... a very new sensor design/overhaul. The emphasis is in the dynamic range of the sensor ...

New sensor technology?  If so I wonder what it is?  Any patents to hint at it?

I'm interested because technology tends to trickle down to consumer cameras that I can afford.

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Landscape / Re: Best lens for landscapes for a trip to the mountains?

« on: September 24, 2012, 06:51:59 PM »

Another vote for 10-22

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Landscape / Re: Can I save this shot in PP?

« on: September 24, 2012, 06:48:07 PM »

Nice shot.  Worth spending some time on in PS.

How about: process the -2, -1 and 0 EV shots and put them in PS as layers.  Auto-align in PS as if creating a pano.  Blend manually, with a set of masks.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 6D Official Specs

« on: September 17, 2012, 10:19:30 PM »

ok then nevermind 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 6D Official Specs

« on: September 17, 2012, 10:05:59 PM »

But two things have me asking "why?" and shaking my head in disappointment:
The AF system
The bloody touch screen

Why do Canon think potential buyers of this camera will want a touch screen? I just don't get it. Hopefully there's an option to disable it, if so then I have no problem with it.

The AF system though... this is disappointing.

I agree with you about the AF

However the touch screen will be a step forward.  You'll be able to drive the AF point with your thumb on the screen.  This is why the joystick is gone.  Big step forward.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 6D Sensor... why?

« on: September 17, 2012, 11:27:57 AM »

According to Canon USA the image format of 6D is 35.8mm x 23.9mm, 5D2 is 36mm x 24mm.
I guess Canon just trim down the 5D2's sensor a bit. Maybe the AF is also modified from the 9 point AF in the 5D2. In this way, Canon is able to use these 4 years old parts to create a new body, reduce the overstocked 5D2 sensors and AF module and cut the cost a lot. Three birds with one stone.

nice catch

I wonder if those missing pixels could be activated with a firmware hack?

As it stands right now it's not really a FF cam - it's a crop camera with a 1.006x crop factor....