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Lenses / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x Announcement Tonight

« on: May 14, 2013, 04:05:23 AM »

Is it too soon to speculate on a 200-400 f/2.8 with 1.4x?  How expensive and how heavy would that lens be?

    

Hmmm... maybe not as heavy as the Sigma 200-500mm 2.8 - but way more expensive 

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Lenses / Re: EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x Announcement Tonight

« on: May 14, 2013, 02:33:50 AM »

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Lenses / Re: Sport lens - low budget

« on: May 11, 2013, 04:27:53 AM »

Thanks for your opinions.
If i would have the money: 70-200mm II, but this is simply dreaming.
I don't need the lens today... but it would be nice  . Can't wait to do some tele-shootings.

Well, i think, i'll save some money and wait until one of the 70-200mm is in reach.

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Lenses / Re: Sport lens - low budget

« on: May 10, 2013, 08:14:56 AM »

Thanks for the answers.
Yes, field photography is the case: mainly soccer and horse riding.
And yes, at the moment, i want to be flexible, so the 200mm 2.8 is no option, i think.

So, it boils down to a 70-300mm or the 70-200mm f4 i guess.

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Lenses / Sport lens - low budget

« on: May 10, 2013, 05:39:09 AM »

Greetings,

i need an advice concerning low-budget-sportphotography.
I'm looking for an EF-tele-lens for my 1Ds2 - and i have no money.
My first thought was the 70-300mm-class.
Here my thoughts thereafter:
1.) the L-lens is out of my budget
2.) considering the 70-300mm for 300€/400$

3.+4.) Canon 70-300mm IS and Tamron 70-300mm VC
well, these lenses are definitely in the budget. But considering the imagequality HERE, well, i don't like it each at 300mm.

So, is there any other alternative? 300mm would be nice, and the 70-300mm is attractive. But the imagequality gives me a headscratch.

Thanks for your help.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: is zeiss ZE Lenses worth to buy for 5d Mark 3 ???

« on: May 03, 2013, 02:30:31 AM »

Thanks for wasting my time reading this nonsense.

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Software & Accessories / [editing pictures] I can't live without...

« on: April 27, 2013, 09:03:17 AM »

... Clarity.
If i make modifications in Lightroom, THIS is my favourite tool. Especially black&white pictures and landscapes become way more depth thanks to this modification. I love it.

Which one is your all-time-favourite modification?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Why do we buy Canon? What idiots are we?

« on: April 27, 2013, 02:58:07 AM »

You got, what you pay. I thing, that's a precise description of Canon's philosophy. And Nikon doesn't share this ohne - why should they? They are only No.2 on the camera market, so they've got to find a way to bring their cameras to the people.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Dynamic range, high lights information D800 vs 5dmk2

« on: April 23, 2013, 08:59:25 AM »

I ask myself:
had you every a job to be done, where the customer was unsatisfied with the dynamic range in a picture
or
where you had the same picture twice (1x "high" DR and 1x "low" DR) and the customer was eager to get the highDR-picture?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Dynamic range, high lights information D800 vs 5dmk2

« on: April 22, 2013, 04:30:33 PM »

A little bit offtopic, yes, but a test concerning noise. And, as far as i can see, there a lot of lousy pictures, so: here is my contribution 

Take a look at the pictures, before an after.
Left one is the original.
It is a portrait, so you look a the shoulder (red area), and the hair, that appears from the darkness in the right one.
Adjustments made in Lightroom: shadows +100 (alternative: exposure +3,00)

Questions:
- Which further adjustments were made in Lightroom?
- Which camera?

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: Dynamic range, high lights information D800 vs 5dmk2

« on: April 22, 2013, 03:44:17 PM »

...

You are the guy, that has never shown one of his own pictures in the recent Nikon-vs-Canon-debates, aren't you?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1dx plus 85 1.2 is great for night street photography.

« on: April 21, 2013, 03:56:12 PM »

my 6D + 50 1.8 can do great street photography at night too and many folds cheaper than your 1dx + 85 1.2.

talking about IQ/price ratio, my combo is greater than yours.

Well, show us some pictures. Everyone is eager to see your work.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Frustrated with Canon

« on: March 17, 2013, 05:46:28 AM »

More marketing-victims 

@ topic:
typical behaviour: critizising canon, but not able to articulate, what is the real problem with their cameras.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: DxOMark trashes the Leica M9 sensor

« on: March 13, 2013, 09:47:19 AM »

Who gives a s**t about DXO results?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Fuji XE-1 compared to Canon 5D MK3

« on: January 24, 2013, 07:33:41 AM »

http://www.martin-doppelbauer.de/foto/fujixe1/index.html

Pity he only used the new 18-55 variable aperture zoom and not the excellent 35mm F/1.4.
I think he'd find them even closer if he had

ET

Interesting conclusion:
Its images come close in quality to the EOS 5D Mark III over a wide range of ISO settings.

I took a look at the pictures and i can't follow this conclusion.
- Comparison 1 on page 2: roof with trees in the background. Look, how soft these trees are with the Fuji.
- Comparison 2 on page 2: 100% showing branches. Awful color fringing and softness with the Fuji
- Comparison 3 on page 2: the neighboorhood. Again: soft trees in the background. Low contrast.
- Comparison 4 on page 2: roofs and church. Soft roofing tiles

I wonder, how Martin can come to the conclusion above. In my opinion, the Fuji never comes close to the Canon. It's a nice camera, but the Canon is on a much higher level.