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Site Information / Request to Admin

« on: July 19, 2012, 04:20:46 AM »

I recently received a message from admin but I wasn't able to reply directly because the user name "Canon Rumors Forum" appears to be a no-reply address. I did reply to "Canon Rumors" but I don't know if that recipient is the same person who messaged me. If the admin person who messaged me didn't receive my reply, please could he message me from a user account that will permit me to reply directly to him. I requested some clarification which may help resolve my very genuine puzzlement about the issue at hand.

Thanks.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 06:11:46 PM »

I'm not saying that it will break if it's plastic, but rather wouldn't you expect a $2000 camera body to have better build quality; especially if it is going to cater to upper end enthusiasts and possibly professionals? I think it's pretty risky to be taking a plastic camera to shoots where you might encounter rain, high humidity, and extreme temperature changes (such as shooting outdoors in the cold and then going inside into a warm climate controlled environment where condensation will rapidly build on the camera). A plastic body will probably not have the same weather sealing as a metal body. When I first started shooting DSLR, I had my Rebel XT glitch out when condensation built on the body. But I vacuum sealed it with a few desiccant packs for a couple days and that luckily saved it.

It isn't going to cater to upper end enthusiasts and pros. That's what the 5DIII is for. This is an entry-level FF body. You pays your money, you takes your choice.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 05:56:04 PM »

ahaha... love you comments.  it is so true... (built like a toy).

ishdakuteb, please stop trolling.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 05:04:42 PM »

Control over wireless flashes would be a welcome feature but I doubt there will be such feature in it.

Even Rebels have that.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 02:12:18 PM »

I'm very excited by the news, happy that it's CR2 and not just a wild rumor.

- I'm excited about a plastic body.  I'm a traveler and hiker, and every gram counts.
- Same price as 5D2, but it'll have vastly better AF, a newer sensor, and it'll have digic5.
- If the price starts at $2k at launch, it'll only go downward from there on

I wonder if the new lens will be 28-135/3.5-5.6 mk2 STM?

 This might just be the camera that'll have me switch from crop to FF.  But then I'll have to buy new UWA and fisheye lenses 

Another enthusiastic target buyer. Perhaps Canon have got it right.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 01:09:07 PM »

I wonder what they'll call it.

A single-digit name is dictated by the build, not the sensor size, in which case this body would break with tradition if it were called, say, a 6D. But if not a single-digit name, then what could it be called?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 12:31:17 PM »

Well, it's impossible to please everyone so one must find a system that best suits their needs based on one's current's situation...  For me I see plenty of them...I own a 7D and a complete kit of L lenses (which to me are reason enough to stay with Canon and not consider Nikon).  Camera bodies come and go.

I have a 7D and a am looking to also buy a FF to take full advantage of my current lenses.  The 5D MkIII is over my budget, leaving the 5D mKII as my only choice.  The rumored features of the new entry level FF hit the spot for my needs.  Better autofocus, a sensor with better low light performance, popr up flash with wireless, etc... where do I sign up?.

You're Canon's target buyer for the new body. There will be many, many more with the same reasoning.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 11:47:56 AM »

I'd just like to add a "woohoo" that we have something new to create a 30+ page thread from. Woohoo!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon's Next Full Frame Camera [CR2]

« on: July 16, 2012, 11:33:10 AM »

Reading through this thread, it's very clear that almost all Rebel and xxD users are very excited about this camera. Canon will be delighted - they are attracting exactly the upgraders they are looking for, leaving upgraders from the 5DII to aspire to the 5DIII.

I won't be exchanging my 5DII but if I didn't have a 5DII, I'd consider the new body's AF alone to be worth more than the 5DII's magnesium body. Wireless flash command and a fractionally better sensor would be icing on the cake.

One possible fly in the ointment is that I doubt the new body will have AFMA, which would be a pity.

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EOS Bodies / Re: New Upgraders (to FF) - what is your experience

« on: July 14, 2012, 07:56:00 PM »

I still have my 350D which now only gets used for time lapses. I'm probably in a minority in preferring the size and particularly the weight of a Rebel, despite having large hands. I'd be really pleased if Canon released a full-frame Rebel.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Patent - EF 135 f/2.8 & 180 f/3.5 with Apodization Filter

« on: July 14, 2012, 01:46:33 PM »

I can't see either of these designs ever making production. Look at the elements. The third element from the front in particular is insane.

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Lenses / Re: Canon 28 1.8

« on: July 13, 2012, 09:53:25 AM »

The real question is this: Why has Canon left crop users in the cold by not releasing a "normal" prime in an ef-s mount?  Buying an ef 24, 28, or 35mm lens to substitute a "normal" on a crop body is stupid.  You'll have a close to normal focal length, but you'll have a wide angle perspective.

Fail.

Wouldn't that be equally true of a crop-sensor prime like the Sigma 30mm?

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Lenses / Re: Canon 28 1.8

« on: July 12, 2012, 04:30:42 PM »

Professional reviews to me, are rather useless.  They are looking at things that just aren't noticed or matter to most of us.  The 20, 24, and 28 non-L lenses are just fine for normal, everyday use, yes even on FF cameras.  If you have some money, get a few of 'em

+1.

People are too quick to dismiss a lens based on its lab-tested corner performance wide open. But, as I've said many times before, how many real-world shots demand corner sharpness AND a wide-open aperture?

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Lenses / Re: Which L lens will be the first mark III?

« on: July 11, 2012, 01:20:03 PM »

I'm going to go with the 200mm f/2.8L II USM prime lens, unless it acquires image stabilization, in which case it would become the 200mm f/2.8L IS USM.

The reason is because it's soft and has very low contrast wide open. Being an L-series prime, it should have better image quality than the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, but it doesn't.

You must have a bad copy. I admit I've never used one but I can't recall anyone describing that lens as soft.

Anyway, I confidently predict there will never be a 200mm f/2.8 III, nor a 200mm f/2.8 IS.

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Lenses / Re: Which L lens will be the first mark III?

« on: July 09, 2012, 11:06:50 AM »

How about the 16-35?

+1