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Software & Accessories / Canon RAW Codec 1.10.0 available for download

« on: June 21, 2012, 04:33:52 AM »

Supported OSes

- Windows 7 (including SP1) 32-bit version (64-bit version is not supported.)
- Windows Vista (including SP1/SP2) 32-bit version (64-bit version is not supported.)
- Windows XP SP3 32-bit version

http://www.usa.canon.com/nw3s/CanonUSA/DownloadContents/English/0200207203EN.htm

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EOS Bodies / Re: Follow-up poll: If you're not buying a 5D3 due to price....

« on: June 20, 2012, 05:55:37 AM »

There is no way, I will ever pay one cent more for a 5D3 than Nikon is charging for the D800. As a matter of fact, if the coming D600 also bests the 5D3 in DR and costs even less, then that price (1500-2000) will be my new upper price limit for the 5D3.

And IF Nikon brings out a "true killer" crop D400 that bests the 7D (or 7D II) in a big way, especially in terms of DR - then I will probably switch to nikon with a D400 + D600 dual body setup plus holy trinity in lenses and be done with Canon for many years.

I upgraded from 7D to 5D3. The price here was (2 month ago) around US$3,000. And it's even slightly cheaper that D800 price, probably due to the D800 price increase.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Firmware 1.1.3

« on: June 19, 2012, 01:19:59 AM »

Um...since when does a camera need to be updated to support a new lens? What on Earth is so special about the Shorty McForty that it warrants a 5DIII firmware update?

Probably for the in-camera peripheral illumination & CA correction...

I could have sworn that's done with lens profiles that you download to thhe camera with DPP, and not with firmware.

b&

This can be done on DPP and in camera.

The lens profile download you mentioned probably referring to 'Digital Lens Optimiser' (DLO). It can't be done in camera.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Firmware 1.1.3

« on: June 18, 2012, 11:58:56 PM »

Um...since when does a camera need to be updated to support a new lens? What on Earth is so special about the Shorty McForty that it warrants a 5DIII firmware update?

Probably for the in-camera peripheral illumination & CA correction...

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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Manual Posted

« on: June 12, 2012, 12:04:12 PM »

Excuse my ignorance but can someone explain in plain english why the camera can't focus at F8.0?
I have a 24-70 2.8L and use F8 all the time... I find it to be the best, sharpest and most natural F-stop for studio work...
Please someone tell me if that is going to affect me or not. 

Cheers

Pat

It's not that you can't focus at f/8. It means that you can auto-focus using any lens that has widest aperture more than f/5.6.
E.g. when you use the EF 400 f/5.6L + 2.0x extender, your widest aperture will be f/8, therefore, you'll lose the auto-focus ability.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 5D Mk III vs D800/E, is the 5D3 better at anything?

« on: June 04, 2012, 10:22:48 PM »

Probably because its 3500$.

I think not. The usual crappy supply situation at Nikon is probably the one to blame. Coupled with a few defects on early batches (including batteries).

On flickr, for what it's worth, there are quite a bit more 5D3 users.
http://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/eos_5d_mark_iii/
http://www.flickr.com/cameras/nikon/d800/

I just hope it drops to 2999$ by christmas time. Then I could justify it perhaps.

I bought my 5D3, 2 months ago here in Malaysia. The street price was RM9,600. That's about US$3,000. If not mistaken, it's slightly cheaper than D800 street price.

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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

« on: June 01, 2012, 10:39:44 PM »

My friend with his son

Zul & Haq by Sparda (AMT), on Flickr

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Landscape / Re: Post your best HDR Photographs

« on: May 25, 2012, 07:45:02 PM »

5D3 + 24-105L

Masjid Al-Sultan Ismail Petra, Kubang Kerian by Sparda (AMT), on Flickr

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EOS Bodies / Re: DPReview 5D3 review out

« on: May 23, 2012, 02:22:44 AM »

For video, it is known the D800 is sharper out of camera... However, the 5D3 takes better to post processing. More detail comes out of sharpening the softer 5D3 video then having it be sharper out of camera. That is what Chuck the Canon tech guy has said, at least.

That's also what 'The Camera Store - Nikon D800 vs. 5D Mark III Part 3' and Philip Bloom said.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: *UPDATED* 5D Mark III Issue with EF 200 f/2L IS Official Canon Response

« on: May 15, 2012, 01:55:47 AM »

Canon USA Issues EF 200mm f/2 L IS and EF 800mm f/5.6 L IS Service Notice
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=2401

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Lenses / Re: Just out of curiosity

« on: May 10, 2012, 06:08:37 AM »

When a thief finds a camera, does he/she really look closely to see if it has a red ring?

IMHO, 99% of people don't know what that "red ring" means...

unless it's a "red ring on a white lens"... 

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EOS Bodies / Re: LR4.1 RC to blame. Check this out!

« on: May 02, 2012, 12:54:59 PM »

ACR 6.7 (full release version) just become available

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Lenses / Re: Trouble with my Canon 24.1.4 ii lens at 1.4

« on: May 02, 2012, 12:31:44 PM »

Reikan FoCal (Pro version) also comes with a 'Focus Consistency Test' that might be useful to you.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5d3 not soft anymore?

« on: May 01, 2012, 09:33:23 PM »

Let me blow your mind a little.



AND......




obviously these could not have been taken by a 5D3.............

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbicephotography/ here is my photostream so you can go look at the pictures at full size. I think LR4.1 RC certainly works better with Nikon.

For the Lightroom/ACR conversion, did you use Photoshop's highlight/shadow adjustment too or just Lightroom/ACR's exposure slider?

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Street & City / Re: what is it with the brits and DSLR cameras?

« on: April 26, 2012, 07:28:16 PM »

I have absolutely no idea how they'll cope next year with the Olympics.

PetaPixel posted this about the Olympics:
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/25/london-olympics-wont-allow-sharing-of-photos-and-video-via-social-networks/