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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Thoughts on the New EOS-1D X Firmware 1.1.1

« on: October 20, 2012, 01:05:50 PM »

Make it solid, nobody complained about it with former cameras. It's not logical thinking. Must be a smaller problem to fix then to achieve the AF-F8 problem.

It's a technical problem.  Previous models used etched focus screens, so the points could be illuminated with a more focused light from a more oblique angle.  The AF points are on a transmissive LCD, and that required a more direct illumination angle with a broader light source.

You seems to know the technical aspects!! What was wrong with the former system???
Black focuspoints are much less usable then red ones in certain conditions. And that is what it's all about.
If a new system is developed, make sure it is a better one, at least as userfriendly as the former one.

Jan

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Thoughts on the New EOS-1D X Firmware 1.1.1

« on: October 20, 2012, 09:32:26 AM »

Autofocus at F8 is great, but the blinking red light is terrible and certainly not usable for people suffering from schizophrenic and epilepsy ( no joke and no I'am not ) )  Make it solid, nobody complained about it with former cameras. It's not logical thinking. Must be a smaller problem to fix then to achieve the AF-F8 problem.

Jan

In regard to an article, the red light can foolisch the lightning meter in some cases,...... they think.
Oke, how large can be the effect and amongst what kind of conditions?

Make the light solid an provide the possibilty to turn it off or reduce the intensity of the red light

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Thoughts on the New EOS-1D X Firmware 1.1.1

« on: October 20, 2012, 08:33:31 AM »

Autofocus at F8 is great, but the blinking red light is terrible and certainly not usable for people suffering from schizophrenic ( no joke and no I'am not ) )  Make it solid, nobody complained about it with former cameras. It's not logical thinking. Must be a smaller problem to fix then to achieve the AF-F8 problem.

Jan

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1dx, or d800e?

« on: October 14, 2012, 04:48:36 PM »

The only down side to the 1DX I heard on these forums compared to the 5D3 was its shutter noise was louder than that of the 5D3. I think you should consider that...

I don't have experience with the 5D3, but compared to the 1D4 it is much less.
You have to find out yourself, do you really need the big megapixel. Or is it more the idea. To whom you accountable explain.

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Software & Accessories / Re: What are most people using for processing RAW

« on: September 23, 2012, 04:31:58 PM »

I use Aperture for a seven years now. The workflow is really easy to work with, but I hope with the next version, they have been taking a good look at Lightroom. That graduent filter is a great instrument. In Aperture noise reduction and remove sensor-dust sucks. I use Elements 4 for that, it works much easier!!!!!
Also the instrument ''dodge and burn'' could be much more sofisticated. Now the treatened part always becomes brown, even when that colour is not in the subject.
And, write a user guide with less nonsense talk, just come to the point. A lot is not explained.
When you copie your images to an external harddisk, every new pack of images that you have imported to the library is stored like that. Why not maintain a simple structure like maps and submaps with you see when working with the library. Just the way you build up the library.
I'am not very happy with it, but I don't like to learn the pretty different workflow of Lightroom. There is a lot to improve in Aperture.
Sorry for my English.

Jan van Holten

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Canon 1Dx, 500 mm, converter and vignetting

« on: September 02, 2012, 04:51:05 AM »

With the arrivel of a confinding juvenile Bairds Sandpiper on the Dutch coast and the first serious photography with my 1Dx, I discovered a complete new phenomenon for myself. The 1Dx is my first fullframe camera. I took my pictures with a ( type 1) 500mm/F4 and with a 1.4x converter ( type2 ) attached. With an aperture set on 5.6 there is obvious vignetting noticable. It disappears pretty much when the aperture is set to 7.1. So far I only knew of vignetting with wide-angle lenses. Compared to my mark 4, I have to trust the much better image quality at iso's above 500.
Is that a phenomenon occuring only with the older 500 mm, or is it due to the use of the converter? Does it also appears with the new telelenses?

By the way, the bird was not getting an very nice welcome. It was sand-blasted a lot on our sandy beaches.

Thanks,
Jan van Holten

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX New Quick Custom Function Shooting Mode

« on: August 17, 2012, 04:20:18 PM »

Hello Richard,

I've tried that first, but then also you have to hold the button. To photograph BIF is hard working and it should be of help if you don't have to think all the time '' do I push the button hard enough''?. Moving around with autofocuspoints is what I do all the time.
Another point what I noticed, when you shoot with the 180 mm macro, you're limited in the numbers of auto-focuspoints. Often I use manual focus, but sometimes AF can be used. That was the fact with the Mark4, but there is always something to complain ( F-8 autofocus !!!!!)
A positive notice, iso 640 on the Mark4 is now something like iso 2000. And that is one of the reasons I bought this camera. And with some noise reduction it looks very clean and small details are still present.
With this camera the next '' big spend'' will only be when they impove the dynamic range significant.

Greetings from Holland, Europe

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX New Quick Custom Function Shooting Mode

« on: August 14, 2012, 12:14:42 PM »

Since 4 days I ám lucky to own a 1DX. Have not done really much with it, but so far looks like a good improvement according to my 1D4.
I was hoping for a quick custom function to change from ONE SHOT AF to AI-SERVO mode. What I don't like is that I have to hold the button. Often you have to choose an AF-point depending from what directing the moving subject is coming from, or you select all the time the AF sensor in the middle. And, depending of the background you have to set an compensation ( sky as background ) Is should be working easier in my opinion if you just one's have to push a button to make that switch. If the subject is gone you can go back to the one shot AF by pushing the same button again. With a steady subject you often have more time to change your settings. I don't like the grip if you have to hold the button all the time in the heat of the ''battle''. I agree wich the two missing settings for action photography ( AI-SERVO and High speed continuous ) although I standard select continuous shooting.