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Lenses / Re: Your favorite lens is?
« on: January 14, 2013, 06:44:53 AM »
100mm F/2.8 Macro IS L
June 19, 2013, 03:13:36 PM
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Canon General / Re: Record Spending Into Camera Gear - HIGHEST
« on: January 04, 2013, 05:00:32 AM »(excluding tripod, bags, filters, CFs, Michael Freeman's books etc...)
Before 2010: Powershot A80 and Powershot S5 IS
2010: (used) 5D classic + 24-105mm F/4 IS L
2011: 70-200mm F/4 IS L and 100mm Macro F/2.8 IS L
2012: 17-40 F/4 L
A 430 EX II is coming shortly: the expected delivery date is 7 January.
I don't have thoughts for my 2013 wishlist (a second body, aps-c maybe? a fifth lens?).
But I could simply wait and make a (relatively) high investment in 2014 (6D, 5DIII, who knows?), together with a new computer to handle the new RAW files (my 2007 iMac performs well with 5D classic RAW files, but I wonder how it would deal the >20Megapixel 14bit RAW files).
My 5D classic is still better than me at taking photos.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Upgrade advice: 6D or 5D2/3?
« on: November 16, 2012, 04:02:21 AM »For my type of photography, I enjoy doing landscapes, macro (although I use an extension tube for budget reasons), portraits (still subjects mostly... and my pet dogs!), and general travel photography.
http://500px.com/nightsky87
For macro photography, keep in mind that the depth of field reduces when you increase the sensor's size, coeteris paribus.
You can boost ISO and use a narrow aperture because (coeteris paribus) FF sensors have less diffractions problems than APS-C ones, though.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Conversion to Nikon
« on: November 14, 2012, 12:11:38 PM »POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT, POST-THE-SHOT!+1
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EOS Bodies / Re: Is 22Mpx Really Enough?!!!
« on: October 26, 2012, 12:00:56 PM »Back in the old film days, these two Grant Masters used 8x10 films to create the absolute best images (both in terms of IQ & creativity) in the field of Landscape (Ansel Adam) and Fashion & Portrait (Richard Avedon) respectively ... and I am sure their works will always remain in the books and museums for generations to come!Probably Ansel Adam and Richard Avedon spent little time on web forums, and most of their time shooting or carefully preparing shoots.
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: You Can Now Rent the Sigma 200-500 f/2.8 EX DG APO
« on: October 16, 2012, 09:29:20 AM »
I always read the "customer" review on Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-200-500mm-Ultra-Telephoto-Canon-Cameras/dp/B0013D8VDQ/ref=sr_1_14
For example:
http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-200-500mm-Ultra-Telephoto-Canon-Cameras/dp/B0013D8VDQ/ref=sr_1_14
For example:
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I actually do most of my Florida and Georgia area outdoor wedding and landscape shoots from my rooftop now. The IQ is tack-sharp even wide open at 1000mm (w/ 2x converter, obviously) The issue I had, was when the FBI and Homeland security showed up at my house. I was shooting a wedding in downtown Orlando, which is only about 30 miles away, from my roof. The house was surrounded and guns drawn on me. You see, I live near enough to a major airport that the neighbors mistook it's green color and imposing size as some sort of ground to air missile launcher.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS-1D X DXOMark Sensor Scores
« on: October 11, 2012, 09:08:44 AM »Looks like we will continue to see Canon improve their sensors.Are you sure? I keep reading on the web that the world will disappear next December.
Nikon still has a lead but in dynamic range but the gap is closing.
The world may not be coming to an end after all.
Maybe DXOmark's positive score is a Sign.
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: 6D Need To Change Something..
« on: October 05, 2012, 04:57:19 AM »
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: 6D Need To Change Something..
« on: October 05, 2012, 04:54:55 AM »Did u ever check the 39 AF points urself? Imho its totally marketing bullshit since they are all cramped up in the middle of the viewfinder! It sounds great "wow 39" but in real its not that cool...
Imho its no advantage over the 6D.
Hadn't bothered to check the af layout yet, thanks for posting, and yeah that doesn't look very good. Do you know how the actual spread compares to the 5d2?
5D2 AF Points (source Ken Rockwell http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5d-mk-ii/specifications.htm )
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Lenses / Re: Canon Rumors Reviews
« on: October 04, 2012, 08:42:27 PM »
I'm willing to take care of the disposal of the tested lenses! 
Anyway, excellent news!
Anyway, excellent news!
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EOS Bodies / Re: Looks like the 6D may not be so bad after all
« on: October 04, 2012, 09:22:21 AM »1 dead pixel out of 24,300,000..... how awful. I wonder when the last time was that someone looked at a picture and saw a dead pixel.
Don't sweat it. Dead pixels are common.
If you have 24,300,000 pixels, the chances of a dead pixel are about 20% higher than if you have just 20,400,000, ceteris paribus.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 5Dc as an entry for FF? yay or nay?
« on: October 01, 2012, 03:19:29 AM »
It was my first and is so far my only DSLR, bought (used) 2 years ago.
I must admit I sometimes miss the much better rear LCD, Live view, sensor-shaker, the wider ISO range and... not many other features.
For the price of a current 600d / T3i, i think it is still a good value for money.
I must admit I sometimes miss the much better rear LCD, Live view, sensor-shaker, the wider ISO range and... not many other features.
For the price of a current 600d / T3i, i think it is still a good value for money.
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EOS Bodies / Re: What does the "D" in all camera bodies mean?
« on: September 25, 2012, 01:08:44 PM »
What if D stood for Desperate and M for Miserable? 
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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 3D at 46.1mp Next Month? [CR1]
« on: September 25, 2012, 11:53:20 AM »
3D's price must be the average value between 1D(x) and 5D.
2 * 3D = 1D + 5D
We can similarly deduct the price for the next 4D (the average value between 3D and 5D) etc.
2 * 3D = 1D + 5D
We can similarly deduct the price for the next 4D (the average value between 3D and 5D) etc.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Why I'm not jumping to Nikon
« on: September 21, 2012, 03:06:40 AM »Why? The lenses. First of all, the 6D kit with the 24-105 f/4 looks like a good deal, and the 24-105 seems like an ideal lens for walking around with a FF body. As far as I know, Nikon has no lens that really competes with the 24-105. The other main lens that I see myself getting is the 70-200 f/4 IS, which is great for someone only semi-serious like me to walk around with
Lenses! The most important part of the gear!
Never say never, but I think that I will not leave Canon unless the competitor deliver a Nikkor 70-200 F/4 "VR".
I bought a used 5D classic for less than 1000 Eur, and I hope it will last until a used 5D3 will cost more or less the same amount (in four years maybe?).
If my 5Dc crashes tomorros, I think I'll buy a used 5d2. Or a Nikon body, provided I can put my EF 70-200 F/4 L IS in its mount. I do like its sharpness, colors etc (most canon-users know what I mean).
I wonder why cigarette producers have to state that nicotine gives you dependence, whereas I didn't read the same WARNING on the box of the EF 70-200 F/4 IS when I bought it.
P.S. You can fit a Nikkor lens on a Canon body, but not vice versa.