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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon has Refurbished 5DIII for $2240

« on: January 01, 2013, 06:22:07 PM »

I don't need people to feel bad for me that I paid $3499 and $369 for 5d III and grip at launch. I have no regrets enjoying the significant upgrade it provided me over the 5d II.

I feel bad for people who torture themselves about the price and deprive their thirst for better gear. I don't have an endless budget or do photography for a living, but as a part time wedding photographer and for several odd and end jobs I do I want the superior gear.

You get what you pay for, yes canon is a bit steep for early adopters but that's not stopping most of us.

I was happy to sell my 5d II the other day and picked up my second 5dIII on crutchfield for $2999 new and paid no tax and free shipping.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: A day at Disney's Animal Kingdom - Orlando

« on: October 14, 2012, 08:57:56 AM »

I will be there next week. I take plenty of pictures with 70-200 2.8II with 2x III extender on 5DIII.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Deal: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Body for $2899

« on: October 09, 2012, 03:13:58 PM »

I find it peculiar that Beach Camera would sell it for less on Ebay where they have to pay a fee to Ebay, than there own website. Its doesn't make sense to me. When it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

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Lighting / Re: ST-E3-RT & 600RT with Canon 5DIII

« on: October 05, 2012, 02:05:16 PM »

Have done some playing around with these, for my uses on the go at a wedding these streamline my workflow by not having to deal with extra devices such as pocket wizards.

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Lenses / Re: If you could only have 2 lenses for a wedding...

« on: October 05, 2012, 01:21:17 PM »

Depends on which part of the wedding.

I use more lens during these parts but if I had a limit of two I would choose these based on my experience.

Brides House
85 f/1.8
35L f/1.4

Ceremony
70-200L f/2.8IS II
35L f/1.4

Outdoors Before Reception
24-105L f/4
70-200L f/2.8IS II

Reception
70-200L f/2.8IS II
35L f/1.4

If I had to only pick two for entire day.
I would have to choose.
70-200L f/2.8IS II
35L f/1.4

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Lighting / Re: ST-E3-RT & 600RT with Canon 5DIII

« on: October 03, 2012, 03:24:08 PM »

Ordered 3 600RTs. I have to spend sometime toying around with these this weekend. I look forward to shooting my next wedding in a month and not have my assistant or myself fumbling around with the pocket wizards Flex & Mini system. Great to have one less thing to attach to light pole or stands

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Lighting / ST-E3-RT & 600RT with Canon 5DIII

« on: September 24, 2012, 10:35:27 AM »

Thinking of switching away from my two 580exII and Pocket Wizard System to the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT with two 600RTs using 5DIII. I am really hoping someone here can share positive or negative experiences with this setup.

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Lenses / Re: Should I sell 35L f/1.4 to get 24-70II?

« on: September 14, 2012, 05:32:08 PM »

Papa-razzi excellent point!

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Lenses / Should I sell 35L f/1.4 to get 24-70II?

« on: September 14, 2012, 02:47:23 PM »

I am mostly doing weddings and engagement sessions and usually just use 70-200 2.8II on 5D3 and I use 35L on 5D2. I am on the fence about selling 35 to buy the new 24-70? I am not in love with having to be spot on to get perfect sharp image with 35 with aperature below 3.2 when doing a pressure shoot like a wedding. I know these lens are different beasts, but wondering if anyone who has experience with both lens can tell me why I should make the switch.

Beside the obvious more reach or the 35 have ability for lower aperature below 2.8.

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Lenses / Re: RAW files from the 24-70/2.8L II

« on: September 12, 2012, 03:04:35 PM »

Although these images are crisp. The image at 24mm looks distorted and vignetting is very noticeable on few of those pics. Is that expected?

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Lenses / Re: RAW files from the 24-70/2.8L II

« on: September 12, 2012, 09:45:36 AM »

Brought these into Capture Pro 6, they look great. I am going to sell my Canon 35mm 1.4L I recently purchased to get the 24-70 II. Please post more RAW images if you can showing the quality of DOF.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: EF 24-70 f/2.8L II To Start Shipping Tomorrow in the USA & Canada

« on: September 10, 2012, 07:58:08 PM »

I am anxious to hear owner reviews about this lens. I have 70-200 is 2.8II paired with 5dII or 5dIII at weddings and the pictures are amazing, if this new 24-70 gives same results in terms of af speed and IQ I will pony up $2300 in a heartbeat and photography is not my main profession. I know it's expensive but so was the 70-200 I paid $2500 for, and has proved to be worth every penny.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: How to enable 50 iso on 5DIII?

« on: September 06, 2012, 12:47:09 AM »

Great thanks for all your help, much appreciated.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / How to enable 50 iso on 5DIII?

« on: September 05, 2012, 07:39:40 PM »

Is there a setting I have on by default that is disabling this feature?

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Lenses / Re: Lens align pro or Spyder lenscal

« on: September 04, 2012, 01:09:10 PM »

Thanks for the input about FoCal. Rather than buy windows 7 and parallels, I will wait for mac version, which company states it almost ready for release.

http://www.reikan.co.uk/focalweb/index.php/2012/08/focal-mac-update/#