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Site Information / Re: Karma

« on: September 02, 2011, 01:37:05 PM »

You will notice that the more opinionated posters have high scores on both sides.

Certain topics cause people to get clicky as well I noticed (I won't say it for fear of retribution  )

The best you can do when it's anonymous like this is to ignore it if someone smites you and consider how it feels when you use the feature(s) yourself.

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: September 02, 2011, 09:06:30 AM »

Here's a shot of the Milky Way rising over Indian Rock Arch in Yosemite National Park that I snapped this past weekend

wow; so you were wide open for 30sec at iso 3200 . . . what post-processing went in, that's freaking awesome

Only minimal post-processing...mainly some noise reduction and sharpening. This shot is mostly as-is straight from camera. It was shot at f/1.4 to capture enough light before star trailing.

I always have to ask, just like my wife always feels the need to touch flowers to see if they're real

The 'creative director' who works with my wife that is usually amazed at what my wife brings to work (my stuff) but I have watched him first hand churn out amazing images from absolute crap in photoshop.

It's great to see an image like yours that actually came from a camera and not someone's imagination.

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: Announcement Dates [CR3]

« on: September 02, 2011, 09:00:07 AM »

Again, anything is better than a sharp-stick-in-the-eye . . . at least it's marching forward with the product lines.

Now if they were going on about printers, copiers or calculators, it'd be something to get annoyed about 

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: September 01, 2011, 04:01:04 PM »

Here's a shot of the Milky Way rising over Indian Rock Arch in Yosemite National Park that I snapped this past weekend

wow; so you were wide open for 30sec at iso 3200 . . . what post-processing went in, that's freaking awesome

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Software & Accessories / Re: Tablet Computers - yes or no??

« on: September 01, 2011, 08:43:39 AM »

Wow.  Let me just say (from the conversation so far) that the replies here have been both open-minded and helpful.  The last few threads descended very quickly into anarchy --- good job folks

My wife has an iPad2 and the only thing I would say that it is missing is a native SD slot (which wouldn't help CF people, but you get the point).  MarkB --- what accessory are you using to transfer images?  I saw another photographer using something, but it was REALLY slow.

I have a MacBook Pro (the wife has a Win7 laptop) and I have to say that my vote is the MacBook Air, or a PC equivalent.  Something that has processing power, but is miserly with the battery.  The one edge that the iPad2 has over the MBA is the built-in 3G, which wouldn't be for photography so much as making it more usable on the road.

It will be interesting to see the Windows offerings with the Ultrabook project . . . Win7 is a good platform, let's hope they don't mess up Win8 where they 'will take the new release in a very different direction'.

These are just my opinions but worth every cent paid

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Canon General / Re: An article Canon should read.

« on: August 31, 2011, 04:18:51 PM »

well, they would ship a viewer software with each camera for free, which has to be installed on your computer and which is then the only way to transfer the images to your pc. You would not be able to process these pictures in any software that is not made by Apple, so they will sell you special versions of Lightroom and Photoshop for big bucks, which then can use the images from the Apple cameras.

and of course you image recognition software will prevent you from taking "obscene", "racist", "violent", or any not picture not deemed "appropriate" by Apple censorship.

Boy, you saved me a bundle there -- I thought the iphone had a browser, mms and e-mail.

I'da been real upset if my MMS pictures to my friends get filtered because I like to send updates on my dirty socks.

How much time a week do people who dislike apple spend obsessing about it?

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Canon General / Re: Where to Buy Online Body and Lenses?

« on: August 31, 2011, 06:21:20 AM »

Thank you for all the input.  I ended up buying straight from canon.  My only complaint is that they called me to verify the order and when I called the day before to make sure that they had the 7D in stock, I asked if I should buy online or over the phone and was told either way is just as easy.  I wish they would have told me that they would call to verify order.  This delayed the order by one day.

Yeah, I've had a few vendors 'out' major purchases to my wife by calling the home phone.  "We wanted to verify your lens purchase" is something my wife does not like to hear

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Canon General / Re: An article Canon should read.

« on: August 30, 2011, 03:35:07 PM »

I agree that Apple is a terrifically run company. But let's not pretend that their practice transcends the rules and norms of business. I really hate Apple worship.

Apple was the ONLY company to release a price-beating/spec beating competitor to the iPad at the time that it was #1.  That didn't take courage, it took true understanding of it's market.

Securing deals for supplies, and in some extreme cases putting down cash in advance for components was another business savvy move.

Hate whatever you want, but the people worshiping Apple these days are less fanboys and more investors.

 

All that said, different markets, different strategies for Canon/Apple.  Some people on this forum would prefer that Canon chase Sony & Nikon . . . that's not going to get/keep them ahead . . .

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Lens Mug - Giveaway

« on: August 30, 2011, 03:27:27 PM »

Higher MP that people don't complain about 

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Software & Accessories / Re: Aperture converting RAW to .jpg?

« on: August 29, 2011, 11:12:35 AM »

Ok! So i have a universal card reader that a plug into my mac. I go straight to aperture click import, go to my card (EOS Digital, 100EOS7D and import my RAW photos. I do not shoot Raw+Jpg. Once uploaded i go to the project that i uploaded it to and all jpg files. Please tell me if im doing something wrong. I am importing CR2 files.

That sounds like you're doing it right; see above helpful responses from neuroanatomist and Redreflex . . . also, how do you determine that they're jpg once you get into the project?

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Software & Accessories / Re: Aperture converting RAW to .jpg?

« on: August 29, 2011, 08:23:52 AM »

Hi, When i import RAW files to aperture from my 7d it seems to automatically turn them into RAW files. When i check my metadata it tells me that the photos are RAW but im not sure if thats what is what taken as or what it actually is. PLEASE HELP!!!

I don't know about previous versions, but aperture 3 supports CR2.  In the metadata, it'll be something like {RAW} . . .

How are you importing?  As a rule of thumb, I *never* import anything automatically.  My import flow is:
1) Put card in laptop, copy jpg locally (I shoot raw+jpeg), import into iphoto
2) Put card into mini, manually copy CR2 to backup drive, manually copy jpegs to backup drive, import into iphoto
3) Copy CR2 files over wired network to iMac's backup drive, copy CR2 to a temp folder, import into aperture

If I'm feeling generous I put a new folder on my wife's desktop via network (WinXP) if it's something related to her.

I'm only outlining the process I use in case it behaves differently.  I do *not* like how iPhoto and Aperture interact.  As much as I prefer to work on Macs, I still think some things go overboard in being nanny-ish.

Good luck.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Really? 5d Mk.II for $1499?

« on: August 26, 2011, 01:34:32 PM »

This looks like an obvious scam... let alone the price... who pairs a EF-S lens with FF body. Found it hilarious.

Link Removed, poster is providing free advertising for a scammer.  (Google picks it up and elevates their rank in search engines as well.)

Anyone know about these guys?

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/The_Digital_Hunter

If a deal is too good to be true . . . it probably is.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & 5D Mark II Merry-Go-Round

« on: August 25, 2011, 09:33:07 PM »

Finally, the order has been corrected. I seriously hope they announce this in 2-3 weeks.

You realize that this is a post about 2 rumors that conflict each other?

I realize that
But you know, I want to believe this rumor more than the other one hehe

Okay, that's fine then

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1Ds Mark IV & 5D Mark II Merry-Go-Round

« on: August 25, 2011, 04:36:50 PM »

Finally, the order has been corrected. I seriously hope they announce this in 2-3 weeks.

You realize that this is a post about 2 rumors that conflict each other?

Correcting would imply something official . . . only thing that's pretty certain is more powershots . . .

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Canon General / Re: Kiss of death . . .

« on: August 25, 2011, 08:24:52 AM »

Sadly I don't own a G12, just borrowed one.

But aldvan is quite right - when used to FF, anything else is rather a compromise.

I like the idea of a Leica . . . but I am very (very, very) brand-loyal.  I would love to see Canon producing a rangefinder once again (Fuji managed it!) or a m4/3.

Ah, that makes things greatly more expensive then  

How long has it been since you shot on a crop camera (or have you ever shot on one?)?  The biggest thing I think may take some getting used to is that the 7D is currently the only Canon crop camera that covers 100% via viewfinder . . . even the 60D has slightly less (no idea about older models).

If you were even considering a portable P&S, the S95 is great for what it does . . . it give you the ability to HAVE a camera that you CAN make do wonderful things . . . when you don't think you need/want to have a camera around but need one in a pinch.  Alas, mine was brazenly stolen and I haven't laid eyes on it since my vacation at the end of last month . . . it's probably still in my wife's bag   It's a nice casual shooter.