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Reviews / Re: My full street photography kit and why my 5dmk3 is perfect for street shooting.
« on: March 25, 2013, 01:47:26 PM »
And on the difference distance makes and immediacy... a couple of shots.
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Lenses / Re: Need your opinions on selling my 50L and 24/70L
« on: March 25, 2013, 01:18:52 PM »I guess my real question for all the 50 mm L-series users out there was: is the 50mm 1.4 not enough.
I did exactly that a few years back...sold the 50L and kept the 50 f/1.4 which I also had and still do. This is not to say that the 50L was not exceptional; when the AF nailed the subject it was tack sharp and the bokeh was sweet. However, in my specific lineup it was clearly an extravagance with 35L and 85L.
Mind you, in the interest of full disclosure, in the last month, I did go through a pathetic (Gollum-like), gear-driven, fever to get the 50L back in my collection... but it would have been a luxury; my concerns about it from the first round would have resurfaced once it was in my hands, and it is highly unlikely that I would have suddenly found more use for it than I had the first time around...
So, if the 50L truly fits in your line up, and you have the funds for it, of course get it... only you can make that call.
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Reviews / Re: My full street photography kit and why my 5dmk3 is perfect for street shooting.
« on: March 25, 2013, 12:31:24 PM »
A key attraction for me with street photography has always been the immediacy and subject interaction...granted we can't do that with every shot.
In the end, it is not about gaffer tapes, or zooms, or hiding, or subterfuge...a shot becomes dear when it has a memory, a story, or moment however mundane.
I have done a fair bit of wandering...and as you indicate South Asia, here is a bucolic "street" shot...
Some years ago, during a trip into the villages of India, I came across this goat herder sitting on the grass... while all her goats were out in the field, this one kid-goat was milling around her feet coming up to nuzzle and she was clearly fond of it.
I learned that either his mom had died or had rejected the little guy and he had taken to hanging around the herder. I politely asked if I could take a picture and she agreed.
While this is clearly not a sharp picture, and I think I may have used a point and shoot, I still smile at remembering the encounter.
In the end, it is not about gaffer tapes, or zooms, or hiding, or subterfuge...a shot becomes dear when it has a memory, a story, or moment however mundane.
I have done a fair bit of wandering...and as you indicate South Asia, here is a bucolic "street" shot...
Some years ago, during a trip into the villages of India, I came across this goat herder sitting on the grass... while all her goats were out in the field, this one kid-goat was milling around her feet coming up to nuzzle and she was clearly fond of it.
I learned that either his mom had died or had rejected the little guy and he had taken to hanging around the herder. I politely asked if I could take a picture and she agreed.
While this is clearly not a sharp picture, and I think I may have used a point and shoot, I still smile at remembering the encounter.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Will you be disappointed if the 70d gets the same 18mp sensor?
« on: March 25, 2013, 10:40:46 AM »
With xxD bodies Canon "jumped the shark" when they updated the 50D with 60D... can't say I care that much with what they put in 70D.
Its like parading a Granny in supermodel clothes...still wrinkled and saggy underneath
Its like parading a Granny in supermodel clothes...still wrinkled and saggy underneath
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Reviews / Re: My full street photography kit and why my 5dmk3 is perfect for street shooting.
« on: March 25, 2013, 10:06:38 AM »
I will have to agree with tomscott though I think the effort is nice.
I have used the 5D3 for street but I will not say it is in anyway a low key camera, nor will I say it can be "masked" by tape or other means...it sticks out. If one chooses to use it, one has to accept it for what it is.
For sometime now, I have been considering RX-1.... off and on...(thankfully off-cycle now)
Even RX-1 seems grotesque with its lens diameter almost flush with its body height! Leica does the best footprint job but it is not AF and I think it matters on the street...to me anyways.
When it is all said and done, perhaps iPhones or soemthing similar may be ideal for street photography, all things considered.
I have used the 5D3 for street but I will not say it is in anyway a low key camera, nor will I say it can be "masked" by tape or other means...it sticks out. If one chooses to use it, one has to accept it for what it is.
For sometime now, I have been considering RX-1.... off and on...(thankfully off-cycle now)
Even RX-1 seems grotesque with its lens diameter almost flush with its body height! Leica does the best footprint job but it is not AF and I think it matters on the street...to me anyways.
When it is all said and done, perhaps iPhones or soemthing similar may be ideal for street photography, all things considered.
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Lenses / Re: Need your opinions on selling my 50L and 24/70L
« on: March 25, 2013, 09:50:54 AM »50L and 85L make for a beautiful combination of prime lenses. They are not too close in focal length.
Note to self: Never ask for advice on internet forums
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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Development Announcement in the Fall? [CR2]
« on: March 24, 2013, 07:34:52 PM »
Canon will have to update their 16-35II and perhaps even the earlier version-one L primes...
It is clear they are having difficulty delivering on the UWA front... it is certainly not for the lack of trying. They have tried with version II which is, as I said elsewhere, "meh".
It is clear they are having difficulty delivering on the UWA front... it is certainly not for the lack of trying. They have tried with version II which is, as I said elsewhere, "meh".
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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Development Announcement in the Fall? [CR2]
« on: March 24, 2013, 06:27:10 PM »
If this is true, then Canon almost certainly will have to update a number of L lenses if this body is in the horizon...I won't name names...but a number of names come to mind.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Development Announcement in the Fall? [CR2]
« on: March 24, 2013, 06:25:41 PM »WOW, Canon still at least 2 years shy of the Nikon D800 sensor ...
Confirms what I thought all along.
Geriatric ward really missed the boat big time.
Well D800 still didn't save Nikon from the stock market bust....so I guess the geriatric ward at Canon is doing something right...I feel the canon high MP will be less "green hued" for sure... ask Nikon to fix that first.
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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Development Announcement in the Fall? [CR2]
« on: March 24, 2013, 06:23:39 PM »Another 3000.00 out of pocket.
Yeah 3000 ... I fell off the turnip truck laughing my ass off.
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Will Sigma make a tele "S" lens as good as its "A" lens (35 1.4) is?
« on: March 24, 2013, 10:24:23 AM »
More interesting question is.... Will sigma make good lenses, period 
Don't try to kill me sigma crowd...I was only kidding
Don't try to kill me sigma crowd...I was only kidding
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Lenses / Re: naked eye equivalent?
« on: March 23, 2013, 06:00:06 PM »
As standards go, one can arbitrarily subscribe to either a" wide" or "normal" standard...very lose terms that are filled by the 35mm and 50mm respectively in the full frame world. The "real" normal would actually be a ~42mm for which there was no prime in the Canon full frame lens pantheon....until they released the EF 40mm pancake.
But you are lucky as in the crop field you actually have several primes that will fit all three slots....just pick one.
24mm is a ~38mm field of view (FOV) on crop (24LII, 24 f/2.8 discontinued, 24 f2.8 IS and the 24 TSE)
28mm is ~45mm FOV on crop (28 f/1.8, 28 f/2.8, 28 IS)
35mm is a ~56mm FOV on crop (35L, 35 f/2, 35 f/2 IS)
Cheers!
But you are lucky as in the crop field you actually have several primes that will fit all three slots....just pick one.
24mm is a ~38mm field of view (FOV) on crop (24LII, 24 f/2.8 discontinued, 24 f2.8 IS and the 24 TSE)
28mm is ~45mm FOV on crop (28 f/1.8, 28 f/2.8, 28 IS)
35mm is a ~56mm FOV on crop (35L, 35 f/2, 35 f/2 IS)
Cheers!
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Lenses / Re: How Much do you use your Canon EF 16-35mm L ??
« on: March 23, 2013, 05:44:25 PM »
I will have to say "meh"...not that much. It is a good performer, and I defend it here against those who rag on it with Nikon's 14-24.... but it is also fair to say that it is not one of those superb products that drives you to use it or motivates you.
It falls under the "I guess it will do" category.
It falls under the "I guess it will do" category.
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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX Replacement
« on: March 23, 2013, 05:36:26 PM »
Whatever the high MP body is eventually called, I know there is an expectant fan base for it in the rumor sites and the landscape crowd...but as making money in landscape with 35mm format is one of the hardest venues in paid photography, most pros may not be clamoring for it... fanboys will...and I don't begrudge them. It is not my thing, but hey, If you are a hobbyist, and seeing that pebble in the mountain side at 3 miles titillates you... go for it!
So eventually Canon may tip a nod to the fanboys and deliver a high MP body with low fps as a response to D800... with lower end or middle of the road features thus reducing the price and selling more units.
But somehow I doubt many pro's are waiting breathlessly till this high MP body is released...they would much rather have the pro-friendly features the 1Dx already offers.
So eventually Canon may tip a nod to the fanboys and deliver a high MP body with low fps as a response to D800... with lower end or middle of the road features thus reducing the price and selling more units.
But somehow I doubt many pro's are waiting breathlessly till this high MP body is released...they would much rather have the pro-friendly features the 1Dx already offers.
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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX Replacement
« on: March 23, 2013, 05:23:12 PM »Why are we all assuming that a new high MP body will be a 1-Series. Could it not be a 5-Series? 5Dx perhaps?
I'm going 3-series. Ok ok ok ok ok, I admit. I'm still an EOS-3 junkie.
I have no objection to that... Canon can cripple it significantly and bring the price down to $4000 or so...3D or 4D.
However, I vaguely remember their product line "pyramid" photo that was circulating a while ago where, if I remember well, they depicted two top tier cameras ...one slot persumably was taken up by 1DX and the other was left empty with an arrow pointing toward it from the bottom of the pyramid...
So that made me lean toward the 1DsX...but I suppose a high MP could be slotted in between 1DX and 5D3 as well....will keep the price down and Canon can make it primarily a high MP body without all the bells and whistles.