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Software & Accessories / Re: Looking for a new bag/backpack

« on: February 16, 2012, 04:48:46 PM »

I'd just like to add another recommendation to others for f-stop backpacks. I have the Satori and love it. For weddings I can pack my main camera, 5 lenses, 5 flashes, and all the accessories like cards and batteries and a snack. I can also strap 3 light stands to the outside of it. For backcountry camping trips I bought the smaller ICU to put my camera, wide angle lens, and pano tripod head inside. The rest of the pack can be filled with food, clothes, rain jacket, etc and I can strap my tripod, tent, and sleeping bag and pad to the outside.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Split? 5D X & 5D Mark III [CR1]

« on: February 09, 2012, 08:19:16 PM »

why shoot sRaw? just shoot raw and downsize.. I never understood shooting at a quality less then your camera could provide..

Images would take up more space on memory cards, resulting in more memory card changes during a shoot. Images would take more time to download, then time spent downsampling and converting to a new file and erasing the original. Time is money...

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Split? 5D X & 5D Mark III [CR1]

« on: February 09, 2012, 07:59:51 PM »

45mp would be amazing for landscapes. I only hope that it has sRAW at sizes that would be ideal for weddings (15-18mp)

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1D X high res samples just appeared

« on: February 07, 2012, 09:51:09 AM »

I was hoping this camera would have a huge increase in dynamic range, but after looking at the image of the sprinter in the starting blocks, it doesn't look like that is the case. Canon has a long way to go to catch up with Nikon in terms of DR.

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Lenses / Re: Canon Rebates Extended Until March 3, 2012?

« on: February 05, 2012, 03:22:08 PM »

I'm guessing that since the 5d II is listed on that ad, it won't be replaced until at least after March 3rd.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Sighting?

« on: January 23, 2012, 04:03:58 PM »

When I'm using 2 cameras, the camera on my left shoulder will frequently have the mode dial change. Since what I'm shooting are usually fleeting moments, having the mode dial change usually ruins the shot. For the sake of professionals who need to get the shot, I hope they add the dial locks.

It's funny, I took a 7D on safari along with the two 1Ds bodies. And half the time I would reach for the 7D I would try and take a shot and curse that the mode dial had changed in the vehicle. 1Ds has buttons. Rarely a problem with landscape, but definitely with nature I would have welcomed a lock function. Horses for courses....

Not necessarily... A few years ago I was in england on vacation and just got the 50D (long gone now)... I was taking some pictures around some castles... and as I was walking, the camera bumping against my side, the f#*&# mode dial switched, I wasn't checking the dial, stupidly assuming it was the same that I left it as... Long story short, I DID notice my images were awful, not happy, didn't know what was wrong, thought my card was screwing up... tried this, tried that, in a panic, formatted the card, still no avail... lost all my pictures up till then.. I eventually figured it out... But i've been bitter with that F#*#(*@ mode dial ever since with my 7D and 5d2... I couldn't have been happier when canon introduced the lock... I do a lot of traveling, walking with my cameras and the dial does get bumped and if you dont train yourself to look at the dial every now and then, you can get quite different results than your expecting...

Huh.  You learn something new everyday.  I really never thought it was a problem.  Thanks for the education, guys.  +1 to each of you for the new perspective.

I'm still choosing to have it removed, though. 

Can someone explain why the EXIF of the image of the prototype camera matters?  Is it a magic prototype camera that can take pictures of itself from odd angles?  Do we think the purported Canon employee had a second prototype camera and handed it to a stranger to take a picture of the first prototype camera to post on the Internet?

I was wondering the same thing myself...

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Sooner Than Later [CR2]

« on: December 30, 2011, 06:21:09 PM »

Changing the dial, even on a tripod, is enough to set the frames off by a few pixels. It probably doesn't matter for a 4x6, but if you ever make large gallery prints for a client, it would require some fixing.

...- include 7 AEB i mean come on 3 on a high end bosy is just silly.
- Put in a wireless flash control I mean come on the 600D can wireless control multiple speedlights.

+1: 3 AEB hurts me like anything: Canon needs to stop being over protective of it's 1D line... it should be able to stand on its own! 

So shoot "manual".

Then you have no AEB limit.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Sooner Than Later [CR2]

« on: December 27, 2011, 12:08:43 PM »

I can't wait to find out if it was a good idea to pass up the $1,999 5D2 deal on B&H.

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Canon General / Re: Canon Files a Patent for a Bunch of Lenses.

« on: December 16, 2011, 01:15:43 PM »

I'm curious to see what changes in the 85L, but at the same time I dread it because that means I will probably want to sell mine and get the new one.

Is it possible these are for cine lenses?

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Software & Accessories / Re: Hoya filters

« on: December 14, 2011, 09:59:49 AM »

Is there any quality difference between the ones made in Japan (A) and the ones made in the Phillippines (U)?

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark III Information [CR1]

« on: December 02, 2011, 10:32:27 AM »

That is what carbon fiber tripods are for. I spent what was necessary to get a Gitzo after my 8lb tripod was too much for multiday trips up 4,000 feet of vert. It's now down to 2lbs.

Man, I would love a baby 1DX. Put the 1DX sensor in the body of a 7D (same AF, same FPS, same size and build quality) for less than $4k and I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

So would I! I'd love to get a camera like that – especially as a landscape shooter who often is in the mountains. I would happily trade in some Megapixels for very good ISO performance (clean up to at least ISO 6400) because I quite often have to shoot handheld (sturdy tripods are wonderful when you don't have to carry them through the mountains) and under weather conditions where you don't want to set up your tripod first (wind, rain, snow). For the same reasons I would not want a body with lesser weather sealing than the 7D.

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Lens Giveaway Contest / Re: Contest Announcement!

« on: November 28, 2011, 09:02:41 AM »

I wonder what system he is using to browse the images. If he is using the forums, and marking his choices that way, it will be a few months before he could go through them all. I'm hoping he had a way to batch download them and rate them in Bridge or LR. When I'm culling wedding images I can go through about 1,000 an hour. At that speed CR guy could be done with initial culling in only 13 hours!

This is a seriously big task, thanks CR guy for putting this on.

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Canon General / Re: New APS-C Camera in February?

« on: November 08, 2011, 11:57:13 AM »

18mp? Canon has really limited themselves with the 1DX. Can they get away with putting more mp in a crop body than they have in their flagship? Sony has a cropped 24mp camera, so they can't compete with it without making the 1DX look as though it's lacking something.
If they aren't going to go over 18mp, then what does that mean for the 7D and 60D that are already at 18mp? They would have to have some additions that I can't even imagine to justify upgrading when the mp count stays the same.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Rumors roundup by Jarred Abrams concerning Nov 3rd

« on: November 03, 2011, 03:35:47 PM »

3 hours until disappointment

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EOS Bodies / Re: No 5D Mark III on Novemeber 3 [CR2]

« on: October 26, 2011, 02:59:12 PM »

On another site, I read someone's hands on review of the 1DX and he said he overheard two Canon employees hinting at the November announcement. The writer said that it would make a lot of people happy.