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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Spec List [CR2]

« on: February 19, 2013, 07:37:36 PM »

No that's the wrong way of looking at it.
The 6D is pitched as an 'entry level' or first time FF body.
The 7D line is the 'high end' Crop body.

Precisely!

Counting my pennies...

why thank you. keep counting those pennies 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Spec List [CR2]

« on: February 19, 2013, 08:36:52 AM »

The only complaint I ever heard from a 7D user was about their sensor. Now they get near 5D3 ISO ability. That is great! They also get a 25% bump in FPS, wifi, gps, upgraded AF system and a few other goodies like video features.

And who are these people complaining that this should have been the 5D3 or 6D? 10 FPS on a FF body is called the 1Dx.

I'm not even sure why I bother with the forum on this site.

agree.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Spec List [CR2]

« on: February 19, 2013, 08:33:36 AM »

it looks like what the 6d should have been but with a ff sensor.  so annoying.

will this be better than the 6d?

No that's the wrong way of looking at it.
The 6D is pitched as an 'entry level' or first time FF body.
The 7D line is the 'high end' Crop body.

i had a FF body when i was 10, twenty years ago. it was a film camera.

sorry, what point are you making?
the point i'm making is that two of Canon's 'ranges' are Crop bodies and Full Frame bodies and that both ranges have entry level bodies through to high end/top of the range bodies.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Spec List [CR2]

« on: February 19, 2013, 08:12:51 AM »

it looks like what the 6d should have been but with a ff sensor.  so annoying.

will this be better than the 6d?

No that's the wrong way of looking at it.
The 6D is pitched as an 'entry level' or first time FF body.
The 7D line is the 'high end' Crop body.

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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/2.8L IS Exists as a Working Prototype [CR2]

« on: December 20, 2012, 05:30:19 AM »

wonder how heavy it'll be?

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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS & EF 35 f/2 IS Sample Images

« on: November 19, 2012, 12:29:10 PM »

yeah i was looking at the full rez of the photos.
still seems strangely distorted to me. particularly on the model one.
oh well 

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Lenses / Re: EF 24-70 f/4L IS & EF 35 f/2 IS Sample Images

« on: November 19, 2012, 10:21:23 AM »

something not right about those 24-70 sample images. no way there is that much distortion. the images have been squashed or something surely? 

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70 f/4L IS Coming [CR3]

« on: October 30, 2012, 06:25:44 PM »

the potential advantage of course over the 24-105L is that less coverage within one lens should mean better performance. 24-105 range is quite demanding of a zoom to perform equally well at both wide and telephoto ends. i'd expect to see better handling of lens distortion amongst other things. 24-70 range also obviously has no cross over with the 70-200 which i've always liked. i like things tidy 

however...i too have held off in the past from buying a 24-105L due to it being 'only' f4. so for me I'd still prefer the 24-70 2.8 ...or of course better yet 2.8 IS.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Firmware Update Addresses f/8 & Red AF Points in AI Servo

« on: October 17, 2012, 10:57:02 AM »

Yes, there's no reason why the 5D3 can't have the same..BUT i highly doubt Canon will do it for the 5D3..that way if you REALLY want it, you gotta buy a 1DX…smart marketing from Canon i must say..

possilby on the f/8 side of things you may be right. but not for the red AF points...as that's a work around to correct something that is clearly an issue for many photographers.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Firmware Update Addresses f/8 & Red AF Points in AI Servo

« on: October 17, 2012, 10:50:43 AM »

there's no reason why the 5D MK III can't have this as well, so logically it surely must be on it's way in a firmware update. would be mad not to. in which case i completely expect it soon.

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Price Drop

« on: October 16, 2012, 08:30:42 AM »

bit of recent price lowering pressure has now put the 5D MK III Body at £2456.99 with reputable UK sellers.

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Software & Accessories / Re: What are most people using for processing RAW

« on: October 03, 2012, 09:53:06 AM »

been looking on elementsvillage forum regarding this myself and it appears i should be fine in doing the raw processing in LR4 and then when i want to make further changes i just select to 'Edit In' photoshop elements 8 which then creates a duplicate file (psd or tiff depending on preferences) and then this should be fine to work on and save in PSE8 which then is displayed alongside original raw file in LR. I guess i was confused in thinking i couldn't use my PSE8 at all due to the ACR version in it not supporting 5D MK III. But as I'd just be using it for editing then this isn't a problem.
or am I still wrong? 

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Software & Accessories / Re: What are most people using for processing RAW

« on: October 03, 2012, 08:47:22 AM »

Right, got my 5D MK III now  Awesome..naturally.
I went for LR4 in the end. From most replies here I think that was the right choice. Haven't yet installed and set it up yet. My question is after I've processed my photos in LR, I may want to do further editing in Photoshop Elements. As I said in my opening post I have Elements 8. Am I right in thinking that since my raw files are 5D MK III that I won't be able to pass them over to Elements 8 editor, and that I'll need to get either Elements 10 or 11 which support the 5D MK III? Or will LR be able to convert to PSD and open them as such in Elements 8 without issue?

Also while I'm posting...any opinions on the new version 11 of Elements?

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Macro / Re: Canon MP-E 65 1x-5x 2.8 Macro Lens example photos

« on: September 30, 2012, 07:50:45 AM »

lol 
that's sounds like the sort of thing i would have done. thinking you can feel it on you somewhere...makes me shiver just thinking about it. what a little girl i am  spiders are the only thing that freak me out though, fine with anything else.

anyway back to learning how to use my new toy...5DMKIII woohoo! arrived yesteday 

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Macro / Re: Canon MP-E 65 1x-5x 2.8 Macro Lens example photos

« on: September 28, 2012, 04:03:08 AM »

nice one rev. wouldn't get me near that though...spiders scare me 
out of interest did you do any cropping to that shot?