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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D pattern noise compared to 5D2, the info you won't get from DxO

« on: February 07, 2013, 02:54:04 PM »

I've been looking for some downloadable 6D raw-files for hours, but haven't been able to find any.

Can someone here be so kind and upload a couple of raw files for me? ISO 100 - 400.

You can use quick file sharing services like http://www.zippyshare.com/ or http://www.sendspace.com/

I just want to play around with the sliders in Lightroom and see how the files hold up.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D pattern noise compared to 5D2, the info you won't get from DxO

« on: February 07, 2013, 12:59:20 PM »

Thanks for the info!

It sounds like Canon rushed the 5D3, in order top stop Nikon D800 from "stealing the whole show".

The 6D sensor should clearly have been in the 5D3, and the 5D3 sensor in the 6D.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Camera in 2014

« on: February 07, 2013, 08:51:49 AM »

I'm looking forward to it, and will certainly buy one. Canon does a careful job of maintaining its product line and leaking out features, so in another year we'll have another round of features and high MP to boot. What's not to like?

I hope its in a 1D body too, I've always wanted one of those. Given its targeted at the Studio/Fashion/Landscape shooters it makes sense.

Does not make sense at all. I am a landscape and studio photographer, and I want the high MP body to be 5D-sized. If I could have it 100% my way, the high MP body would be rebel sized, but well built and weather sealed.

When I am out and about, I want my gear to be as light and portable as possible, especially when I'm hiking for some landscape photos. When / if I want the extra size, I can easily add a battery grip.

I had the 1DS before, and I swear it was my first and last camera of that size. :p

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EOS Bodies / Re: Big Megapixel Camera in 2014

« on: February 07, 2013, 04:31:17 AM »

I love the idea of a 5DX, and I really hope that Canons high MP body brings some improved DR and IQ together with all that resolution. If they release a high resolution camera with the same old low ISO DR and banding issues from the 5D2 / 5D3, it will be a complete waste.

I also hope they follow Nikon's example with the D800E, and give us a special edition without the image softening AA-filter. I couldn't care less about video performance, and the occasional moiré in photos can easily be removed with new tools in Lightroom.

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Canon General / Re: Physical Ailments From Heavy Gear

« on: February 05, 2013, 05:24:44 AM »

This is why I'm thinking about switching to full frame mirrorless later this year or the next. Leica and Sony have already proven that FF can be small and light.. Right now, uber expensive Leica is the only choice, but rumor is that Sony and Fuji will release their compact FF systems very soon. 

At the moment, I'm carrying my 5D2, 70-200 f/2.8 II, 35L, 24L, Macbook Air, + filters and accessories inside a Thinktank shoulderbag.. It is pure torture for my shoulders, and I don't think it is good for my physical health.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: First big job using FF - for all the FF nay-sayers

« on: February 04, 2013, 11:33:21 AM »

There is no going back after you go FF. FF is indeed the future.

-Rant- And there is no such thing as a FF nay-sayer. Some people think they prefer crop cameras over FF, but they just don't realize that their dinky toy sensors is utter crap in comparison to FF. I know this because I used to be one of them. .. Oh, those lost years.

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PowerShot / Re: New PowerShots for CP+, no DSLRs.

« on: January 29, 2013, 03:55:47 AM »

Canon, what are you doing? Are you really going to let the D800 reign supreme in the resolution / DR / IQ department for another year?

How about at least telling us that you've got something coming?

We want the high MP body and the 14-24L now!

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Lenses / Re: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II is a Peerless Performer

« on: January 28, 2013, 12:17:28 PM »

In Sweden incl taxes   3016 USD
As a pro  2400USD  with VAT deduction
Theres in no problem to buy the lens from US but Canon Europe does not like to take care of the lens from US if something is wrong. And there are a 25% VAT of gods from  US if the lens are declared into Sweden in a proper way

So don't declare. 

I actually have a friend from Sweden who travels to NYC twice a year. During every visit, he goes to B&H and packs his bag full of gear. He never declares it when he gets back home. Just walks through the customs with a smile on his face.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: I love big gear

« on: January 23, 2013, 03:12:23 PM »

I find Canon SLRs too light for my manly build, so I like to tape concrete slabs to them to make them heavier and bulkier.  Oh, and I've glued broken glass to the hand grip too, because if you're not bleeding, you're not a real photographer.

Best statement in the whole thread. 

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: I love big gear

« on: January 23, 2013, 01:02:48 PM »

I'm sorry but this is just too stupid, and I couldn't disagree more. Your logic is almost the exact same logic that some people use when they want to buy a big car, just because they are "way manlier" than small cars.

It's plain dumbness, and I do hope you are joking.

Anyway.. It is all about the IQ! The day when someone makes a small P&S-sized full frame body, with awesome IQ, dynamic range, clean high and low ISO, and decent AF, I will be the first photog to drop my big ass gear and go light weight! ..And I am pretty sure that many thousands will follow. At least all who mostly shoot static subjects and landscapes.

Why on earth would I want to go hiking or traveling with a bag full of bricks, if I don't have to?

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Lenses / Re: CPL + Wide Angle = Sadness

« on: January 22, 2013, 12:16:46 AM »

   

• Learn to post process

That graduated effect doesn't always work. It is not very good for a shot like this. You need a straight horizon, or else you'll burn the tree / trees.

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Lenses / Re: CPL + Wide Angle = Sadness

« on: January 22, 2013, 12:13:36 AM »

Yes this is very annoying. The CPL-filters really needs an update for wide angle lenses. 

I never use my CPL-filter below 35mm. When I want to take a UWA-photo with lots of blue sky in it, I often take two shots! One shot exposed for the ground / foreground, and one shot for the sky. I always underexpose the sky shot a little bit, to bring out more of the blue color.

When I get home, I fuse the two shots together in Photomatix.

This is not typical HDR, and the results looks very realistic.

Try it!

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Sigma Launches the Sigma USB DOCK

« on: January 19, 2013, 03:50:30 PM »

When is this thing coming?

I want to buy the new Sigma 35, but I will hold off untill this USB-puck is available. I've had lots of focus issues with Sigma in the past, so I want to be ready for it this time. 

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Canon General / Re: After CES Whats Next for Canon?

« on: January 19, 2013, 05:44:38 AM »

14-24. Just curious about the pricetag ;-) Anyway, the 16-35 "will do". Planning on it for maybe later this year.

That is what I thought until I compared it to the 14-24 from Nikon. The 16-35 just doesn't cut it when it comes to landscape photography, and you will see why when you compare the lenses.

If Canon's 14-24 is at least as good as Nikon's (I am sure that it will be), it will be one of Canon's best lenses ever, right up there with the 70-200 IS II.

Don't lie to yourself man. Are you forgetting what you wrote in your signature?

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Canon General / Re: After CES Whats Next for Canon?

« on: January 19, 2013, 02:45:23 AM »

In regards to a high MB Canon, I suspect it's mostly vaporware for now.  Looks to me like Canon was caught by utter surprise by Nikon's D800.  What was Canon corp to do as a response, admit, "uh, we don't have S___ for a high MB camera."?  No, to save face and try preventing a sea of defections, they start rumors of "uh, yeah, we're working on one.  Yeah, that's it, we're working on one."  And when months pass with nothing but words emerging from Canon, they change their tune to "It's new technology... yeah, that's it, that's it, that's why we can't show anybody anything.  It's neeewwww technology."

(h/t Jon Lovitz)

Yeah, I guess Canon doesn't have a response for those high amount of MB the D800 file size have because of the high amount of MegaPixels in that camera. Not a bad thing necessarily.

Are you somehow implying that the high MP file size bothers you? Are you also thinking that disk space / external disk space is expensive or hard to get?

In that case, think again!  Disk space is getting bigger and cheaper by the day. It is also getting physically smaller, so don't tell me that extra disk space is a nuisance.

I'd have no problem with storing 36MP files, or even 60MP files for that matter. No problem with processing them either.