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Lenses / Re: Fast lens for indoor use

« on: January 17, 2013, 04:19:24 PM »

...Oh, I use the 50mm 1.8 II at times and it often hunts for focus in dim lighting conditions where the 24-70 snaps on to the target almost instantly.

This may have more to do with the way you shoot and focus or the way you set up the AF area selection modes with your 5DM3. How are you focusing and what AF selection mode are you using? I rarely have hunting issues with any of my lenses in lowlight situations, especially with the 24L II or 50L.

That's because your lenses aren't the 50mm 1.8 II.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 6D is amazing... Review and image samples coming soon...:)

« on: January 15, 2013, 05:33:52 PM »

The 85mm looks so beefy on it lol.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D weatherproofness, tested.

« on: January 15, 2013, 05:26:17 PM »

Good ol' rice trick worked again! Just make sure you triple check everything, especially live view and mirror lock up, I'd probably take off the lens and have a look inside it just incase as well. But make sure you dust off all the rice before you do!

GPS works
Mirror lockup works
LV works
Wifi works.
Looks ok inside.

Well then, all that's left to do is boast to your friends about how awesome your camera is, and happy shooting! hopefully it doesn't rain on Australia Day!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D weatherproofness, tested.

« on: January 15, 2013, 05:02:17 AM »

So .... The 6d works ... Fine!
I haven't tied the Wifi, but I expect it to be okay. The buttons and dials all work fine. I turned the GPS on but I didn't wait for it to lock on.

Hurray!

NB: Putting the camera in a rice bowl results in fine rice dust. It's okay though.
Fisheye also survived.

Good ol' rice trick worked again! Just make sure you triple check everything, especially live view and mirror lock up, I'd probably take off the lens and have a look inside it just incase as well. But make sure you dust off all the rice before you do!

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D + 24-105 vs T4i + 24-70 II

« on: January 14, 2013, 06:03:03 PM »

Get the 6d and 24-105, the one stop between f2.8 and f4 is easily compensated for by higher usable ISO, and then you can just add some cheap primes for low low light, 50 1.4, 85 1.8, etc.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D weatherproofness, tested.

« on: January 13, 2013, 04:16:42 PM »

Only a few lenses actually have that requirement - the 16-35, 17-40, and 50L (although using a front filter on all sealed lenses that take them is recommended by Chuck Westfall).

As well as the ones you've mentioned, doesn't the 100L macro require a front filter to complete the sealing? And 24-105, 24-70, 24L 1.4?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D weatherproofness, tested.

« on: January 13, 2013, 04:17:01 AM »

I though, maybe read somewhere - dunno, that the 8-15 is except of the front filter requirement cos it's not possible to put one.  That said, I kept the lens at 15mm for the most part.

Thanks for the rice in a container suggestion. I shall try that now, maybe it'll make it survive.
*hopes

I'd assume so as well since it doesn't accept filters, just wasn't 100% sure.
And remember, don't switch the camera on for at least over a day, or two to be safe.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D weatherproofness, tested.

« on: January 13, 2013, 03:32:33 AM »

I wouldn't even take my 5d mkiii out in the rain, let alone a 6d. I'm pretty sure water damage isn't covered under warranty either?
Also is the 8-15 fisheye fully weather sealed? Other lenses require a filter to complete the sealing, not sure about the 8-15 as it doesn't take filters?

But with water damage, DON'T turn it on, don't play with any buttons, once it shuts off or locks up, turn it off, battery out, put everything, including camera into an air tight container or zip lock bag covered with rice and leave it for a day or two to dry out and see if it works again.

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Reviews / Re: Review - Canon EF 50 f/1.2L

« on: January 12, 2013, 05:01:17 PM »

I love my 50L, my most favourite lens. When I had the 1.4 I'd never use it below f2.8, but with the 50L, shots you get with f1.2 are just magical and still retain a lot of contrast and colour, may take a few clicks of the shutter though. And not to mention the build quality feels amazing, the lens just feels "right" on my 5d mkiii, and weather sealed. I'm no professional photographer but all my lenses are weather sealed, I've been in situations where my gear has gotten quite wet and thankful for weather sealing.
The sharpness or "lack of" doesn't bother me either, I'm not printing large prints or using 100% crops of photos, and even if I was I'd just stop down to 2.8. Just because its an f1.2 doesn't mean you have to use it at 1.2 all the time, at 2.8 it's still an excellently sharp lens. But 1.2 is where the magic is, and that's why people buy the magical and appropriately named "King of BOKEH".

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Software & Accessories / Re: What brand of ND filters do you have?

« on: January 11, 2013, 02:50:41 PM »

Don't get Cokin unless you like purple photos
Get LEE filters if you can, they're great quality.

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Technical Support / Re: Bracketing with 5d mark iii

« on: January 09, 2013, 04:29:28 PM »

Especially if it's your first camera, I'd suggest taking some time to thoroughly go through the manual or have it with you whilst you're shooting so you can use as a reference; it will teach you a lot about your camera. I upgraded to a mkiii from the mkii and still had to read through the manual to learn about all the functions of the 5d mkiii, you'd save yourself a lot of hassle and confusion in the long run, especially the AF System part,

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mark iii ai-servo

« on: January 07, 2013, 03:55:07 AM »

What was your shutter speed?

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Lenses / Re: Canon 100mm macro IS vs non-IS - any further input?

« on: January 06, 2013, 06:52:12 AM »

I went with the L for the weather sealing, and the IS is awesome, I like to shoot handheld and have really shaky hands. But other than that IQ won't be noticeably different between the two.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Thinking of downgrading my 5d3 system

« on: January 06, 2013, 01:53:04 AM »

If it were me, I'd sell the lenses, and get a 24-105 for travel and some primes that'll spark your photography interest; get the 35mm 1.4! Don't sell the body, you won't recoup much money from it. Even a 5d + 35mm setup would be great for all purpose and not too heavy to lug around. Blackrapid + general purpose kit = win.

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HDR - High Dynamic Range / Re: Post your HDR images:

« on: December 28, 2012, 01:09:35 PM »

Hey guys, I am very new to HDR and wanted to show you some of my work.  I do contract work for the Norfolk Southern Railroad.  Here are a few HDR images I did.  All done in PS6.  Cant seem to get that halo effect out on some images.  Any ideas?

Brent

To reduce the visibility of the halo effect, you could use Photoshop to layer mask. Many ways to do it but one of the ways you can try is to layer mask the sky and trees with the original photo.