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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announcements on April 23, 2013? [CR2]

« on: April 08, 2013, 01:48:59 PM »

Dilbert, I'm genuinely interested. For somebody who obviously dislikes Canon and all it stands for, why are you still posting here? So you can educate newcomers to come towards the light (eg, Nikon) before they settle for any of Canon's rubbish?

It's been a little sad to watch the evolutionary descent from human to troll.

Well you can blame Canon for that.

I blame other drivers for my aggressiveness.  Doesn't mean it's actually them.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon EOS 6D Body $1629 via eBay

« on: April 07, 2013, 08:33:03 AM »

All we're missing now is the guy that says: "see? the price is going down, I told you the 6D was crap"

Some people will complain about a free sammich.

As long as the 5Dmk3 doesn't start having deals again, my household will be peaceful.  A guy can only take so much temptation

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Introducing the MōVI Stabilizer

« on: April 05, 2013, 04:38:45 PM »

It is $7500 because of the tax to pay for our welfare economy with over-regulation.

Sigh...you just had to throw that in there? 

I was thinking the same thing . . . I can't seem to escape this crap on ANY forum.  Sad.

I cringe any time China or High Price is mentioned; I was napping during most of Economics and History and I've got a better understanding than a lot of these people.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Introducing the MōVI Stabilizer

« on: April 05, 2013, 08:47:42 AM »

But however will we get sea-sick at the next bourne movie?

 

So, the big deal is the size right? From what I'm getting, it's not, like, going to replace cranes or actual stabilized mounts when they can be used (most of the time).

Is this for the indie-film crowd? 

Seems like it might be nice for shooting stills from a vehicle/boat.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: MY dog

« on: April 02, 2013, 02:37:47 PM »

Holy Donnie Darko Rabbit on that second shot 

I'm not going to sleep for a week!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D L Announced, Shipping in May

« on: April 01, 2013, 10:15:59 AM »

Really? We're all 12 years old now? *sigh*

Okay, just because it's a joke, doesn't mean we can slack off people:
I'm switching to Nikon.

Talk is cheap, DO IT

Okay, good, we have that now.

Ah, finally we know what the 7D Mark II will be like

And this, okay, thread's got everything a camera rumor thread needs . . . moving along.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D L Announced, Shipping in May

« on: April 01, 2013, 08:49:47 AM »

Really? We're all 12 years old now? *sigh*

Okay, just because it's a joke, doesn't mean we can slack off people:
I'm switching to Nikon.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Expect a REALLY Big announcement on Monday

« on: March 31, 2013, 08:14:37 AM »

My sources tell me that on Monday we will see lots of incredible announcements - Canon buying Hassy or will it be Leice.  Perhaps a MF Canon.  Nikon D800 with a Canon name on it.

What are you expecting on Monday, the first of April?

Useful post.  Thanks for reminding me that was coming up.

Just like New Years is "amateur drinking night", April 1 is "amateur joke day" -- rarely does anything funny arise.  It's bad when the idiot Media gets trolled and re-reports (like when they do it for the Onion).   It's worse when Wall Street takes an "announcement" and farks with a stock's price based on it.

Maybe I'll take the day off.

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Canon General / Re: 24-70Mk2 fell off my 5DMk3 and smashed

« on: March 29, 2013, 07:17:50 PM »

I pay $7.60 per year per $1K of covered gear.  As with all insurance, rates will vary based on your location.

So you're paying $800 a year? 

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EOS Bodies / Re: EOS 7D Mark II Test Camera [CR1]

« on: March 28, 2013, 02:53:48 PM »

I love this forum. It is so predictable.

Put out any set of specifications and the mob will immediately zero in on the weakest aspect and suddenly it becomes the Most-Important-Thing-in-the-World.

Frankly, as a 7D owner, and keeping in mind that this is CR1, I find this pretty encouraging.

Modest, incremental improvements to the new model. What do people expect? The 7D is a great camera and when does any company completely reinvent a successful product? (See all the many interchangeable "generations" of  iPhones)

Most 7D owners are hoping for a slight improvement in the sensor. We don't know anything about this sensor, but I find the idea of a small increase in mp count encouraging as I like the way Canon has been emphasizing quality over sheer megapixels in their full frame releases.

The construction of the 7D is already pretty solid, but better weathersealing is always a good thing in my book.

Keeping a CF card slot is also a positive to me. Dual card slots? Nice, but not a deal breaker and since this is CR1 who knows what that really means. After all, technically, the 5DIII has a single CF card slot too.

What's with all the angst over the 19pt autofocus? Again, we have no idea what that really means. 5DII owners used to whine about how they wanted the 7D autofocus system. Suddenly it's terrible? The existing 19 points are fine, I just wish the sampling was a little more accurate. As Neuro has often pointed out, one of the problems with autofocus points is that they actually sample an area larger than indicated in the viewfinder. I'd take 19 very accurate autofocus points over more points any day of the week.

Someone assumed the inclusion of GPS and WiFi means the end of the pop-up flash. Perhaps. I'm not surprised. Canon is moving away from the infrared controller system to its new RC strobes. Sadly, I never expected the next generation to offer on-board IR control. Besides, if you ever tried to use the IR control with the popup flash you know that it is frustratingly prone to overheating. Plus, there's that annoying design flaw that causes the pop-up mechanism to lock down.

All in all, I'd say that if this CR1 rumor turns out to be accurate, I won't be either surprised or disappointed.

You, sir, are a communist.  I'm selling all my gear and switching to Nikon.

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EOS Bodies / Re: How to spend money

« on: March 27, 2013, 04:45:04 PM »

I highly suspect the 7DII is going to be superior in some 'sports shooting' way the same way the 7D was over the 5DmkII/1Div . . . but you don't seem like you want to wait

I am sorry to get off topic here but in what way is the 7D more superior than the 1DIV?

I'm trying to find some information on it (thought I read it somewhere); this was the best that I could find quickly:
"With these densely-packed AF points, new features have become a reality. In many ways, this is the most sophisticated AF system ever in an EOS digital SLR, in some ways surpassing the flexibility of Canon’s top-of-the-line EOS-1D and EOS-1Ds series cameras."

From here:
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/whats_news_eos7d_article.shtml
(click on show-all for page number)

Other pages I found said that the 1d4 was better . . . so I could very well be mistaken.

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EOS Bodies / Re: How to spend money

« on: March 27, 2013, 03:10:19 PM »

Unless there's something specific in the 1Dx, I'm another one for the 5DIII . . .

What are you running up against with the 7D AF that's problematic?  I've had little trouble with sports/dance with the 60D/5DmkII for AF/FPS, but I try to bring my real shooting skills to that to 'ambush' my shot.

I hear you on high-iso, my mkII really took my fear of away; I want a mkIII, but after I got news that my baby needs a new transmission yesterday, I will NOT be pushing my luck this year 

I highly suspect the 7DII is going to be superior in some 'sports shooting' way the same way the 7D was over the 5DmkII/1Div . . . but you don't seem like you want to wait

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon Announces the EOS T5i

« on: March 21, 2013, 02:57:41 PM »

MFA? No, never on a rebel, we've established that.

Meanwhile Nikon does do it on their "Rebel".

And meanwhile again, Canon actually pulls the feature from the xxD line...

So sorry if it agitates you that I remind them of how stupid their idea is...

You should switch to Nikon and only get only 1 MFA number for $2700

Are the T4i and T5i bodies exactly the same??

It looks like the SL1 might be positioned to take over the Rebel line.  If the SL1 sells well, I wouldn't be surprised if all future Rebels are sized like the SL1.

+1.....Clearly, canon is loossing in mirrorless market, therefore, they are forced to release small size DSRL. Both Sony and Fuji will cont to take BIGGER bite in this market. I started with Canon and DO NOT wish to switch to another brands.

My 2cents: Sony will soon releases FF mirrorless with exchangable lenses, and here canon releases As an owner of Sony RX1, I enjoy this camera SO MUCH. Sony did it, where is CANON?

Above and beyond what was necessary in to convey your thoughts, you you realize exactly how many extra ones and zeros had to die for this post?  Don't you know there are people in China who don't have internet and you're wasting ones and zeros? 

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5DMK2 just dropped from canon website.

« on: March 21, 2013, 09:12:45 AM »

More changes in high end coming soon? Or just that time?

Not a chance.  1Dx, 5DmkIII, 6D pretty much cover everything.

I think the only shoe(s) left for them to drop are the 7D and 60D area . . . and I donna thinka wesa gonna like the price.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Congratulations Canon to another great Camera release!!

« on: March 21, 2013, 09:10:13 AM »

you could buy a 7D . . .

I've heard those things take decent photos occasionally . . .