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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: Today at 03:59:26 AM »

Hi EastWind, yes, your quire right, I've pulled it off & will put it up as a separate Post.

1Dx 135f/2, Shot @ f/5.6 & 1/160th ISO800

Nagano Japan

This is just WOW!  I can keep going on with superlatives!  This is the kind of shot I try to evoke when shooting wildlife...showing humanly behavior.  I had to soak the image in for a few mins.  Awesome job, eml58!  Thanks for sharing!

Hi Dwight & Thanks.

It's in the Eyes, when ever possible get the light so it's falling into the Eyes.

Your Gorilla Shots are great, especially the one using the leaf, some are fortunate and are born with an artistic touch (People, not the Gorillas), the rest of us make up for it by making mistakes and learning from them.

Keep posting, I like your work.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Evening at the zoo

« on: Today at 02:39:05 AM »

Hi Chris & welcome to CR, Nice Images, especially the middle shot, well done.

I'm actually surprised there isn't a 7D Image Gallery considering how many CR Posters use this particular Camera, seems to be 1Dx 5DMK3 & 6D.

Like the Images in any case.

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Technical Support / Re: CF Card Corrupted

« on: Today at 01:03:15 AM »

Thanks Mt Spokane, I guess that beggars the question, should we reformat with the Computer from time to time ?? To clear the Card ??

I've always reformatted In Camera after every download to the Computer, I've never simply deleted Files. But as you point out, and as I've found out, that never really gets rid of the Old Images.

And you make an excellent point regards the Card Reader, thinking back now I suspect I may have done something during the download that caused the issue, what I'm not sure, but it is possible.

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Technical Support / CF Card Corrupted

« on: Today at 12:37:13 AM »

Has anyone else had this issue ??

While I was shooting a few days ago I found that when I was part way into transferring Images from my CF Card to my MacPro (Images shot on my 1Dx), the download stopped & a message came up that the remaining files were corrupted. I had downloaded 5 of 338. Tried my MacBook Pro, and the message changed to "unable to download these files", put the Card back into the 1Dx, Camera wouldn't accept the Card but suggested a "re format", tried the card in both my 1dx Bodies & my 5DMK III Bodies, same story, somehow the CF Card had become corrupted.

I did a in Camera reformat of the Card & put it back into the 1Dx, shot off 50 Images & all worked just fine, no issues downloading to the computer.

Friend of mine suggested i should have tried Image retrieval software before re formatting, but it was too late of course, then I searched & found software called "Wondershare data Recovery", tried it, then bought it & it actually pulled off the CR2 Files from the CF Card, after re format, saved 326 of the Original CR2 Files. I imagine there's a lot of this software out there, but I just wasn't aware it could recover files after a Camera Re Format, in fact it recovered almost every file ever taken on that particular CF Card.

I would also note that I currently use Lexar Pro 1000x 128GB CF Cards (I also use 128GB Sandisk Extreme Pro 100MB/s), may have been an isolated incident but when I purchased 4 of these Lexar 128GB 1000x Cards I had to return one of the Cards immediately as it was corrupted as new, Lexar did replace it with a new one that worked

For the future I've set my Bodies to Copy to two CF Cards (1 Lexar + 1 Sandisc 128GB each) at the same time on the 1Dx & to both the CF Card & SD Card on the 5DMK III (CF 128GB Lexar + 64GB Sandisc), Unless both Cards Die, I'll should always have two Copies in Camera. I had become complacent re the Cards reliability, clearly the CF/SD Cards do have issues from time to time.

Going back over my Images for the past 12 months I do note that there have been a few Corrupted Images on the 1Dx when using the lexar Cards, in the past it's been one or two over a shoot covering perhaps 1,000 Images, so not something I ever really felt concerned about, but it's interesting that it seems only to be the Lexar CF Cards that this occurs on.

Purpose of the Post is simply information, this was the first time I had had this issue and I was glad there was a reasonable resolution short of 100% loss of my files. But i would be interested in anyone else's view on this if they have had any similar occurrences.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: Today at 12:25:59 AM »

Hi EastWind, yes, your quire right, I've pulled it off & will put it up as a separate Post.

1Dx 135f/2, Shot @ f/5.6 & 1/160th ISO800

Nagano Japan

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 21, 2013, 03:30:26 AM »

A couple of natalia the 1st with 3x 600 ex-rt's.

Natalia by Lseriesglass, on Flickr

This second one harsh sunlight directly on model i like the hard light and shadows it produces at times

Natalia by Lseriesglass, on Flickr

Yes, I can see at least 2 600's in that first shot.

I'm starting to think I'm spending too much time in places like Tanzania, Botswana, Antarctica.

Great shot Bornshooter, especially the one first one, I like how the light falls on the......trees.

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Portrait / Re: Post your best portraits(street, studio, candid etc...).

« on: May 21, 2013, 03:07:37 AM »

5DMKIII 85f/1.2 L II, Shot @ f/4.5 & 1/200th ISO320

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 20, 2013, 08:02:55 PM »

1Dx 300f/2.8, Shot @ f/6.3 1/320th ISO1600

The choice on the day was Leopards, or, A pack of Wild Dog had come into the area, no choice, these Animals are not only Beautiful but severely endangered, so we looked for these Guys all day, finally found them hunting just on Sunset. The tall Grass made them, for me, exceptionally hard to shoot in the fading light, so every shot I tried with the Pack Running I blew, but everything stands still sometime.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: May 20, 2013, 07:31:01 PM »

This bear was staring int this stream looking for salmon, I liked the way the light was coming from the side and a bit behind him.

300mm f2.8 1/1000 sec iso1250

For those who would like to know, this is a composite of 2 exposures of the bear. Underexposed by 1.3 stops in camera then a further -1 stops in one image blended with a -3 stop image. The original is portrait orientation and height of the frame is almost full frame. I wanted a bit more river bed for it to "look into" so I added that from another image. (The stream bed shot has a spirit bear standing on the same log but this one has more impact.)

It was quiet an experience being this close to a wild bear, and this one had a bit of an attitude that made me a bit nervous.

edited for typo.

Hi Skulker, awesome Image, just great, the light in the right eye makes it almost perfect, well done.

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: May 19, 2013, 08:25:49 PM »

I have posted the Haystacks picture in the lens gallery, but thought I'd pop it into the Landscape gallery along with another picture. They are both taken in the English Lakes District National Park, the first from a small mountain known as 'Haystacks", looking towards Crummock Water and Ennerdale Water, with High Stile in the middle, at 2,643 feet. I know many around the world will laugh at that height being a mountain ( not those in the Netherlands     ) but to us Brits it's a mountain.

Second picture is taken in Borrowdale by the River Derwent, looking towards Maiden Moor, a paltry 1,887 feet.

All on the 24-105 at f11, at which aperture this lens is as good as anything else really, especially after pp.

Lovely Images Sporgon, I seemed to have missed all these lovely places when I visited the area, seemed to rain an inordinate amount of time, but your shots show just what I missed.

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Lenses / Re: 400 f/2.8L IS I vs. 400 f/2.8L IS II

« on: May 19, 2013, 08:06:29 PM »

I am only curious, but has anyone ever really done a true comparison in performance between these two lenses (and the 300's as well)?  I just wonder if there are actually any in-the-field performance differences.  The ISO comparion charts look very similar.  I was just curious.  Thanks.

Hi bdunbar79, I've owned both the 300f/2.8 & 400f/2.8 Version i Lenses & currently own the same two Version 2 Lenses.

I cant do a side by side comparison as I sold the Version 1 lenses to own the version 2 lenses, but these would be my thoughts on the two versions.

IQ: Difficult question, looking at my own shots and I haven't a clue about all the charts & stuff, but just blowing up and looking at Version 1 lenses IQ compared to Version 2, there is not too much difference in IQ, if I had to say one or the other I'de say Version 2 is better, but damn hard call.

Weight: well that's easy, the 300 & 400 Version 2 Lenses are a Dream, the 300 is now a 100% hand holdable all conditions Lens, the 400 spends most of it's time still on the monopod or the Tripod (because I'm damn lazy), but it's Hand Holdable for short periods, the Version 1 400 just wasn't unless you had Arnold as a Sherpa.

Focus: the Version 2 Lenses just snap on like the Version 1 lenses didn't, I get very few OOF Shots with the Version 2

I've never for a moment regretted going from the Version 1 to the version 2, if you can get past the price, there's no contest, just the weight alone did it for me, but the upgrade in ability to Focus faster and marginally better IQ, were simply nice to haves.

My own shooting shows I use the 300 slightly more than the 400 (Wildlife), and I pick up the 200-400f/4 (1.4x) in June, the Lens I'll be selling will be the 400f/2.8 v2, not at all because it's not a great Lens, it is, but the versatility of the 200-400f/4 for my own Photography needs will lean more to the versatility (but slower) 200-400f/4 than the 400f/2.8.

So if your in Singapore in the next month or two or three, there's a 400f/2.8 Version 2 looking for a home.

I'm sure you've read this, but if not it may answer some of your questions

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-400mm-f-2.8-L-IS-II-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

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Canon General / Re: If the Japanese Yen is now low, why are Canon prices staying high?

« on: May 19, 2013, 01:58:16 AM »

Canon has upped it's profit guidance because of devaluation of the JPY. That basically confirms that there is no price reduction in the offing. Canon is just going to use the forex gains to boost their balance sheets.

Canon doesn't play the fx market -> they price in yen and pay their staff in yen...the 5d mkii was launched in yen as was the mkiii...both actually less than 5000 yen apart despite a 4 year gap, thats fifty bucks increase in american dollars between 2008 to 2012 for all the extra features (more af points, higher iso etc.).

If canon were pricing their products in foreign currency and paying their costs in domestic...well that would be the same as you having a Norwegian Krone home loan whilst being paid in American Dollars => R I S K Y. Stocks who run un-hedged fx risk get hosed by brokers and investors.

Canon guided higher probably because they're selling more products (volume boost) thanks to more affordability in overseas markets thanks to the weaker yen...WHY cos' they price in yen! Would also explain why people on this site recently refer to increase in mkt share that canon is enjoying over other jap cam companies

There are some many misstatements in your above posts I wouldn't know where to begin ... I suggest you read this -

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/04/24/canon-earnings-idINDEE93N05I20130424

The only Multi National Companies that sell products into Foreign markets that Don't Play/Hedge the FX Market against fluctuation Currencies, are the ones you no longer see in Business. For a Company the size of Canon, with the Majority of sales in Foreign Currencies NOT to take into account FX Exchange rates in their fiscal Policy going forward & Hedge those Positions, is a reasonably straightforward recipe for disaster.

Dilbert (i have to admit) made an excellent point in his earlier Post, Canon incur costs to get a product to Market, those Costs are incurred with a 3 to 6 month Historical Position, if the Current weak Yen continues for the next 6 to 12 months, you might see a reduction in Canon equipment, but I wouldn't hold my breath, Sales Prices are determined by the Market, if Nikon starts reducing prices, so will Canon, but if demand remains the same, Canon will simply reap the benefits of a weaker Yen/USD, it's called Business.

I'm pretty sure you wont see a Honda/Toyota/Suzuki Car at any any reduced price in the near future, unless the Market dictates it by other Car Manufactures reducing price to get Market Share.

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Lenses / Re: Canon 70 - 200 f2.8L version 2

« on: May 18, 2013, 10:09:53 PM »

Depends on what you want to do with it. I have both the 70-200 and 70-300 you mention but it is the former which gets used the most. In fact I cannot even remember using the 70-300 in recent weeks, but the 70-200 has been extremely busy.

Both are great lenses, and each has advantages and disadvantages over the other, as I say, it really depends on what you want to shoot with them.

Good advise, you have mentioned Lenses that don't really have the same use, between the 70-200 & 70-300 (I have both), the 70-200 is it, buy a 1.4x Converter and you have a pretty remarkable set up, but it's a bit of a Beast to carry about.

If your looking at Portrait/Street Photography then it's the 85f/1.2 II or the 135f/2, again I have both, the 85f/1.2 is simply with out Peer I feel, this is a superb lens, but, the price point between these two lenses is a deciding point for most, the 135f/2 is a great Lens at a ridiculously low price.

Keep in mind also that the 85 does autofocus slower then the 135, but personally I've not found that an issue since going to the 1Dx & 5DMK III, but it was a concern on the 5DMK II & 1DMK IV.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Nikon 14-24 or 16-35 for Nikon D600?

« on: May 18, 2013, 09:53:00 PM »

I shot 14-24 on D800 through a friend, all I can say is WOW.

My vote is 14-24. I wish Canon can match or do better than current Nikon 14-24.

There are already lenses for Canon bodies whose optical quality surpasses that of Nikon's 14-24.

Read the OP.  You cannot mount a Canon lens to a Nikon Body!! 
 
You should also tell us which superior  14-24 lens is made for Canon bodies that is better so we can avail of your wisdom.

The Nikon 14-24f/2.8 as far as a WA Zoom is concerned, has no pears, I purchased the D800 sometime back as a possible replacement for my 5DMK II gear for Underwater Photography, I already had the 14-24 and was using it with the Novaflex Adaptor on my Canon Gear, works fine but you loose the autofocus.

I have since sold my D800 and Nikon lenses, the D800 in my view simply didn't live up to the Hype and have since Housed my 5DMK III, But I have held onto the 14-24, until Canon bring out an equivalent this Lens remains the best WA Zoom on the Market (as long as you don't mind manual focus on a Canon Body), Canon have nothing to compare.

And before everyone leaps on my back, keep in mind we are talking about WA Zooms here, not primes I have the 17TSE & 24 TSE + The Zeiss 15f/2.8 Distagon T, all absolutely brilliant lenses for IQ, but they are Primes, the Op is talking Zooms, and the price point of these 3 Primes I've mentioned tend to keep them in the Camera Bags of those with True, nothing can help, addiction.

But, back to your question, get the 14-24 if it's in your price range, there's a big difference in price and IQ between the 14-24 f/2.8 & 16-35f/4 Nikon Lenses, I don't know about the IQ of the 16-35f/4, but I cant see it being equal to the 14-24f/2.8, nothing much is.

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Canon General / Re: If the Japanese Yen is now low, why are Canon prices staying high?

« on: May 18, 2013, 09:34:01 PM »

The Apple/Adobe scenario in fact for Aussies.

You would benefit where you buy your gear in Yen, in Japan, as long as you started out in USD.

Problem there of course is that camera Prices in Japan are not that cheap when compared to the USA, the US benefits by Market size, here in Singapore we try to purchase local equivalent to a US best price using say B&H as a base point, then if we leave Singapore within 2 months we benefit by the GST refund 7%, it's one of the few ways I've found to get a cheaper price than the US.

Hong Kong you certainly can, but you then need to be more concerned about "Grey" Market issues & lack of Support when the shiny new Camera decides to go belly up.