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Reviews / Re: The Digital Picture Reviews the Tamron 24-70

« on: May 14, 2013, 11:20:33 AM »

Even though I own the Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC, I would buy the EF 24-70 f/2.8 L II, again, without any hesitation (that is if I can afford it) ... and although I always refer to Digital Picture reviews for all my Canon lenses, I do wonder about Digital Picture reviews when it comes to third party lenses, bcoz they somehow always seem to get bad copies of their first few third party lenses ... I wonder if they are just jinxed with all their third party lenses or ... ?

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Technical Support / Re: Why am I receiving "Access Denied - Security Block" to some posts?

« on: May 14, 2013, 10:53:53 AM »

word "comes" ... the culprit

Maybe the system is jealous as it is incapable of that function

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Lenses / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x Announcement Tonight

« on: May 14, 2013, 07:04:09 AM »

Holy 5h!t, the lens case alone costs US$ 649! ... well, at over US$ 11000 I can only dream of using this lens, let alone owning it, coz no one rents lenses in this country

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon wins big at TIPA

« on: May 13, 2013, 04:06:56 PM »

Good for you Canon

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EOS Bodies / Re: Sensor Going? Purple Shots 5DMKII

« on: May 13, 2013, 04:05:00 PM »

I have been getting this with my 5DII too. It shows up immediately in the screen.  I will try a low level format.  Hopefully, it is the card, because the camera is really new, and low shutter count.

sek

Good luck ... do post your feedback after low level format, so some of us can benefit from your experience.
Cheers

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: CamRanger,anyone tried it?

« on: May 13, 2013, 03:45:33 PM »

Does it do tethered with Lightroom?

No ... CamRanger has its own app for iPad/iPhone/iPod and it only works with that app ... but that app is excellent and works flawlessly.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III with Continuous RAW Video Recording

« on: May 13, 2013, 03:31:41 PM »

AWESOME

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 13, 2013, 03:24:03 PM »

Nice pic, Harv

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 13, 2013, 08:34:29 AM »

Here in the desert country seeing any flower is a big deal ... here is one flower that somehow survived the intense heat.

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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: CamRanger,anyone tried it?

« on: May 13, 2013, 08:31:23 AM »

Hi guys!

Saw this http://www.camranger.com/ and wondered if anyone had any experience with it? Also if there are any deals around.

Looks cool

Yes I have the CamRanger ... excellent device ... works flawlessly with almost all Canon or Nikon DSLRs ... no there aren't any deals. Costs US$ 299.99 and in my opinion it is worth it. BTW, which Camera do you plan on using it with? and what is it that you specifically want to know?
There is one more device (which works exactly like the CamRanger), called "Sanho iUSBport Camera Wireless Transmitter" (it used to be called CameraMator) ... it also costs the same.

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Lenses / Re: AFMA Accuracy vs. Precision

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:33:16 PM »

Interesting ... glad to learn something new.

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Landscape / Re: Jippieeee! It's spring! Post your first spring pictures here.

« on: May 12, 2013, 07:29:24 AM »

Here is one, made on the 22 April

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Lenses / Re: Canon 24-70 2.8 ll or 20-60 2.8 mark 1 ?

« on: May 12, 2013, 07:21:24 AM »

Be glad you are not a Nikon owner, their 70-200 f2.8 is close to a 130mm at closest focus distance! Generally that is yet another metric where Canon outperforms Nikon.

Interesting ... I did not know that ... thanks for sharing.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Samyang 24mm f/3.5 ED Tilt-Shift in Stock

« on: May 12, 2013, 02:16:49 AM »

Just received the Rokinon 24mm Tilt-Shift lens ... this is my first Tilt-Shift lens ever ... anyway here is a quick image made today morning during a minor dust storm ... will try shooting in better locations once the dust storm settles down.
The first image is made with Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC lens set at 24mm f/2.8 ... the second image is with the Rokinon 24mm Tilt-Shift lens set at f/3.5 ... the only edit done to both images is adding Matt Klaskowski's "HDR Look" Preset in Lightroom 5 beta.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Photos made with Rokinon 24mm Tilt-Shift Lens

« on: May 12, 2013, 01:57:42 AM »

Just received the Rokinon 24mm Tilt-Shift lens ... this is my first Tilt-Shift lens ever ... anyway here is a quick image made today morning during a minor dust storm ... will try shooting in better locations once the dust storm settles down.
The first image is made with Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC lens set at 24mm f/2.8 ... the second image is with the Rokinon 24mm Tilt-Shift lens set at f/3.5 ... the only edit done to both images is adding Matt Klaskowski's "HDR Look" Preset in Lightroom 5 beta.