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Lenses / Re: Educate me about why 70mm <> 70mm...

« on: January 05, 2013, 02:00:52 PM »

I have noticed by looking at the patents that we see detailed here on Canonrumors.com sometimes that the REAL focal length and the REAL aperture are not the same as the MARKED focal length and MARKED aperture.

What I mean is you see a patent for a 50mm f 1.4 lens and the details on the patent will say something like it's really a 51.2 mm and f 1.51. (not real numbers here, just an example I made up)

So maybe "70" on the 24-70 is really 68.2mm and "70" on the 70-200 is 73.1mm.

Don't know this for sure, just something I have seen from the patents and am speculating on.

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Lenses / Re: Oops, did it again !

« on: January 04, 2013, 02:11:45 PM »

Option won't be there until you have enough posting (10 if I remember correctly)

I think mine was more like 14 or 16 before I could set up my signature.

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Lenses / Re: Oops, did it again !

« on: January 04, 2013, 02:10:00 PM »

I buy online and order what I planned to order when the price is right.

Same Here

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Anyone still using a 20D?

« on: January 03, 2013, 10:00:56 PM »

I had a couple of 20D's back in the day. It was a good camera and still is. 8MP is good enough for a lot of things. It most definitely has it's limitations compared to todays cameras. Mostly being ISO performance.

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Lenses / Re: Dropped my 70-200L F4 onto the carpet from my bag. Advice.

« on: January 02, 2013, 10:05:34 PM »

If I drop something I send it to Canon Repair. I can't take chances on something being wrong with it.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Suggestions for a first monopod for a 5D3...?

« on: January 02, 2013, 11:59:40 AM »

Just skip to the best and get a Gitzo. I've owned several Bogen/Manfrotto monopods and tripods over the years. The Manfrotto's are good but tend to fall apart after a few years. The Gitzo keeps on going.

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Lenses / Re: 5D3 + 135mm F2

« on: December 31, 2012, 10:38:44 PM »

I just got one last week. I have only used it on the 1Dx and haven't put it on the 5D3 yet. Love it on the 1Dx so far.

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Software & Accessories / Re: AFMA advice sought

« on: December 30, 2012, 11:16:31 PM »

As of Dec 21 it supports the 6D.

http://www.reikan.co.uk/focalweb/index.php/2012/12/focal-for-mac-1-7-0-250-beta-released/

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Need a little help with 300mm 2.8 IS that I just bought used...

« on: December 27, 2012, 09:36:13 PM »

None of my IS lenses including my 300/2.8L IS II make any audible noise with the IS on. Of course, it would't surprise me if some people on this board are listening to their IS lenses with a stethoscope.

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Lenses / Re: Buying used lens

« on: December 27, 2012, 09:31:51 PM »

Lately I have bought most everything new. Years ago, I bought a 300/2.8 Nikon lens and a Nikon 1D ($5000 new at the time) on eBay. Both of the sellers had a high number of feedback ratings and were 98-99% positive ratings. I felt like if this many other people had good things to say then I could trust the seller. Both times the equipment was in perfect condition and the sale went off without a hitch.

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Technical Support / Re: Repairing Scratches - 5D MKIII

« on: December 27, 2012, 09:25:30 PM »

Back in 2006 I was on a job in the Northern Territory of Australia and I scratched up the top cover of one of my 1D2's pretty bad. It was just cosmetic and didn't affect the operation or IQ of the camera at all. A couple of months later I sent it to CPS Repair for something else and they replaced the scratched up top cover for free. I guess Canon didn't want a scratched up camera out there.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: What photo/video gear did Santa bring you this year?

« on: December 26, 2012, 10:17:10 PM »

Canon 135/2L

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Is it hard not to buy 3rd party lenses now?

« on: December 26, 2012, 12:09:34 PM »

EVERY time I have bought a non-Canon (or non-Nikon back in my Nikon days) lens I have regretted it.  When I switched to Canon back in 2004 I got talked into buying Sigma lenses. I bought 7 Sigma lenses and regretted every one of them. 

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Lenses / Re: Warranty for Lenses

« on: December 20, 2012, 09:06:17 PM »

You might try squaretrade.com. I have used them for cell phone warranties before and they were great.

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Lenses / Re: 300MM lens advice

« on: December 06, 2012, 09:06:42 AM »

I had a Sigma 120-300. Not the current version, but the one before. I broke my vow to buy only Canon lenses. I wish I hadn't. I HATED that lens. It was sooooo slow at autofocusing. I eBay'ed it to some guy in South Africa and bought the Canon 300/2.8 IS II. I love the Canon. Maybe I'm just too picky about my glass, but I have regretted buying anything except Canon. That was my policy back in the days when I shot Nikons too.