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Lenses / Re: +18 AFMA out of the box....return?

« on: May 14, 2013, 06:26:51 PM »

Got it today.
The thing is, I have no guarantee another won't be the same. And it's not a usual item at the store, so it's probably a delay of equal time either way.

Or, do I get the store to send it to CPS for me?

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Lenses / +18 AFMA out of the box....return?

« on: May 14, 2013, 06:22:20 PM »

Hi all,
I got bored of waiting for a siggy 50 'A' so I bit and bought the canon 50mm 1.4 as I didn't want focus issues.
Lawl.
I've got it and it seemed really soft, and tried an afma.
It's at +18.
My question is : AFMA is supposed to be for dealing with tolerances and mishaps in the field. I know i'm not going to get a perfect 0, but if say, it gets knocked +3, i'm going to have a 1.4 I can't use.
Do I take it back or send it to CPS under warranty?

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM $1000 gift certificate Adorama Deal

« on: May 09, 2013, 08:46:19 PM »

Good time for Nikon shooters to jump ship then 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: First photo pass to a concert! Lessons learned...

« on: May 09, 2013, 07:10:11 PM »

If it's skin tone under harsh gig lights- anything warm, if you're bumping the contrast, crank the luminance in red, orange and yellow channels.
Stops people looking like cheetos

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Technical Support / Re: 6D: reversing the communicate with this battery setting?

« on: May 09, 2013, 02:22:16 PM »

It makes me smile, all these rich people with expensive 5D3 cameras who don't want to pay for Canon batteries.

^ Because the £30 difference between a perfectly good 3rd party battery and the canon SRP on 5 batteries is the difference between me getting my 40mm STM or not. And I have 7 batteries, so that's nearly a 50mm 1.4 I've saved up by not buying the canon batteries

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon EOS Rebel SL1 in Stock at B&H Photo

« on: May 02, 2013, 06:21:28 PM »

Had a play with this camera. Awesome little piece of kit

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Lighting / Re: 600EX-RT's Delay on 3rd Party Camera

« on: May 01, 2013, 01:47:53 PM »

The 600rt is designed to fire in sequence using the Test button so the photographer has the chance to see if all his groups are firing (or her)
sounds like the Fuji is triggering Test pulses

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PowerShot Cameras / Re: Best Point & Shoot that will fit in a pocket?

« on: April 29, 2013, 04:53:04 PM »

I've played with the Ricoh GR. It's amazing

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Portrait / Re: Gig Photography

« on: April 22, 2013, 01:42:22 PM »

Iiiii would

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Waiting for a Sigma 50 "A" like their 35 to appear?

« on: April 20, 2013, 06:42:26 PM »

I'd get both the 50 and the 85 if they made them like their 35.

Don't get me wrong, the 24-70 II is awesome. Great for work, but i prefer using >f2 primes for my personal stuff

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Waiting for a Sigma 50 "A" like their 35 to appear?

« on: April 20, 2013, 05:02:48 PM »

God yes. Can't wait

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Portrait / Re: I need your help to criticise my photos :P

« on: April 20, 2013, 12:02:13 PM »

I'd say the background is too plain and dark (for my tastes) position them in front of some busier scene with at f4, drag the shutter with the flash on second curtain and maybe shoot a little wider. It''ll add a lot more vibrance and a sense of scenery

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Portrait / Re: Gig Photography

« on: April 20, 2013, 11:54:24 AM »

Fantastic shots! I'm into gig photography aswell and suffer the same issues. I'm Mobile at the moment so can't post any of my shots but they're on my website in my piggy below

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Portrait / Re: Pretty bad...

« on: April 20, 2013, 11:51:15 AM »

Hahaha, definitely worth a lawsuit.
really, it depends on the contract, but the photos are so bad a free reshoot would be an insult

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Lenses / Re: Any news / sighting of the 200-400 in March (or early April)?

« on: April 15, 2013, 04:32:49 PM »

I spoke to the canon guys about it and got the play with the redesigned lens. Basically, where the TC housing was made it hard to change filters and release the lenses, so they moved it. It's a beaut of a lens