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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.

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Lenses / Re: 1Dx or lenses

« on: November 22, 2012, 08:29:28 PM »

I have both the 1Dx and the 5D3. The biggest difference between them in my opinion is speed. If you do sports stuff, get the 1Dx. If not, 5D3 is a great camera.

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Technical Support / Re: Sandisk Extreme Pro behaving very unusually.

« on: November 19, 2012, 10:24:47 PM »

If it is a problem with the card, SanDisk is great about replacing them. I have owned about 50 SanDisk cards since 1999 and have had 2 of them go bad. SanDisk replaced them without question.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1Dx battery?

« on: November 18, 2012, 07:42:02 PM »

I'm with neuro.

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Lenses / Re: 70-200 f/2.8L IS II focus issue

« on: November 18, 2012, 03:55:11 PM »

I send every body and every lens to Canon every year.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Black friday - Canon rebates?

« on: November 17, 2012, 03:33:45 PM »

$2,100 isn't a bad price for that lens. Since it is a high-end lens, it likely will not be discounted for Black Friday. Your best bet I think is going to be get it before the Dec 1 rebates expire.

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: 430 EX II Assist Beam Cover lost

« on: November 16, 2012, 08:31:35 PM »

Call Canon. They are really great about sending out parts like that.

I remember back in the day when I was shooting Nikons. Once or twice I broke a hot shoe on a flash. The nikon part cost was outrageous. The same thing happened when I was shooting Canon's. I couldn't believe how cheap the part was.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Does anybody think the 1dx price will come down for the holidays...why?

« on: November 14, 2012, 09:47:49 AM »

Buy it with your American Express card. They will price protect you on it. That's what I did when my 300mm f/2.8L IS II dropped $50 at B&H and when my 5D3 dropped $505 at B&H.

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Software & Accessories / Re: Eye-Fi Card on 7D

« on: November 10, 2012, 07:04:32 PM »

I haven't been able to get it to work.

Does anyone know why Eye-Fi does not make a CF card?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: What do you Love about the 5D3? POLL!

« on: November 10, 2012, 06:58:12 PM »

It's not a 1Dx but makes a great second camera for me. I have found that my 1Dx is my go to camera for almost everything. Next is the 5D3. I haven't used my 7D since I got the 1Dx back in August.

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Landscape / Re: Utah

« on: November 02, 2012, 08:47:42 PM »

Awesome photos Dave. I particularly like the last one. I have been all over the USA but never to the south of Utah. It's on my bucket list.

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Canon General / Re: Canon's Minimum Advertising Price to go into effect Nov 1

« on: October 31, 2012, 09:48:21 PM »

Well, this really sucks. I was just getting ready to buy a 135mm f/2.0L lens. B&H had it yesterday (10/30/12) for $879 with the rebate. Now WITH the rebate it is $989.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Natural Progression of Camera Bodies. Type Your story below.

« on: October 30, 2012, 06:02:51 PM »

1975 - Kodak 126
1978 - Minolta XG1
1980 - Nikon F3HP
80's   - Several other Nikon's - FM, FE, FM2, FE2, FA
1985 - Hasselblad 500CM
1992 - Camerz Classic Long Roll Camera
1996 - Nikon something autofocus (I can't remember)
1998 - (2) Nikon F5's
2000 - Nikon D1
2001 - (4) Nikon D1h's
2002 - Nikon D100
2004 - (2) Canon 1D Mark II's - Sold all my Nikon stuff
2004 - Canon 20D
2007 - Canon 50D
2010 - Canon 7D
2011 - Canon 5D Mark II
2012 - Canon 5d Mark III
2012 - Canon 1Dx

Wow, that's a lot of cameras over the years. Don't ask me to list the lenses. I'm not sure my memory is that good.

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5D MK III Sample Images / Re: Moonbow!

« on: October 30, 2012, 10:00:36 AM »

Very Nice!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Can you BACKDATE the 1DX firm ware VIA EOS UTILITY?

« on: October 22, 2012, 10:05:10 PM »

Back in May 2004 I bought two of the brand new 1D Mark II's. I did a firmware update that came out soon after I bought them. When I installed it on both cameras I discovered that the FireWire port didn't work. It was a bug in the new firmware. I couldn't go backwards and install the old firmware. I had to send both cameras back to Canon to go back to the old firmware.

I don't think that is something that Canon normally does, but luckily they admitted the problem and the only immediate solution was to go backwards.