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Lenses / Re: 17-40 f4 L discontinued???????

« on: May 13, 2013, 06:41:32 AM »

  It is possible they will update date it, but NO ONE is clamoring for a better performing 17-40.

you know nothing jon snow....

I hate that line.  I'm reading the books and then watching the show after I'm done with a book and she is the worst character. 

And everyone would want better performance at the same price, but I don't believe someone is looking to have an IS version of the lens for twice the price.  At f/8 it is a nice sharp lens, which is great considering it is more of a landscape lens and you usually use a tripod...

I really should bow out of this conversation... because I dont' care for landscape photography.

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PowerShot / Re: Two New PowerShot Cameras Leaked

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:09:14 PM »

When I had a Fuji point and shoot... I wanted a Canon point and shoot to upgrade to... but now that I have a Canon SLR... I seriously could care less.  I have my crappy phone camera if I need to take a photo and I forgot my SD card or battery... 

But good for those who still have other brands... I'm sure these will be just fine.

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Lenses / Re: 17-40 f4 L discontinued???????

« on: May 12, 2013, 08:54:34 PM »

I seriously doubt it.  It's one of Canon's best selling lenses.

I agree.  It is one of their lower performing L lenses and I imagine it is pretty cheap to make.  If they sell 200,000 a year, they will make a a small killing.  It is possible they will update date it, but NO ONE is clamoring for a better performing 17-40.

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Canon General / Re: I lost $300 in an accounting error.

« on: May 11, 2013, 06:44:43 AM »

Dont take it so hard. Its just some colored paper, its just some digits. If you were a lion for example then it wouldnt matter to you at all even the 300$ are the same. Its just the thought in your head that u can change and then u will feel better. You just made an error. Doesnt mean you are a bad person. Think about city planners who miscalculate by millions.  Its all natural, stay relaxed buddy

Thanks.  In all honesty... it isn't that big of a deal.  I still have enough saved for a 5d mkiii when I find the right price point.  And after that... I almost out of stuff I need.

the 35mm sigma or canon and maybe a 1.4 teleconvertor and then done.  I don't NEED a tilt shift. I don't need an 85mm 1.4 or a 135mm f/2.  So this $300 gives me more time to finish buying stuff I need.  But seeing that finish line just that much further away is a little disheartening.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Wrong Photography Ethics?

« on: May 10, 2013, 11:52:51 PM »

I'm ok with it.  It's your image... and sometimes bumping saturation and contrast make for a better image.  You didn't remarkably change the context of the image, putting a tornado in the background or a jet plane about to crash...

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Site Information / Re: Membership Approval Now Required

« on: May 10, 2013, 11:47:01 PM »

We will not approve membership if the account name looks like a advertisement, is a e-mail address, or just sounds phoney,  It is definitely better if a account name has some recognizable link to photography.

This is way too subjective and what may be an advertisement / email / phoney to you may just be perfect for someone else. Compound this by the fact that the username will be rejected after one day I doubt a genuine user who is rejected will bother to try again (I certainly wouldn't, but that's just me).

IMHO a captcha is a better idea as suggested above.

Of course, we use captcha. 

With human assisted spambots, its no barrier, and most robots read it as well.  Those who think captcha is fool proof are out of date, 10 years out.  Captcha is like a screen on the front end, each step filters out a few potential spammers.  We don't reject someone unless their user name is clearly out of line.  Rules are not posted just to help spammers get around them.

We check new signups for duplicate ip's, internet providers, and a warning pops up if they have been banned before.  Its far from fool proof, just another screen to filter out what we can.

Captcha got so advanced that I couldn't figure out what the code was... so if Captcha is on its way out... I'm happy to see it gone.

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Canon General / Re: I lost $300 in an accounting error.

« on: May 10, 2013, 11:45:21 PM »

I do the same thing. I have bought(and sometimes then sold) 136 items of camera gear in the last year. I had $250 of difference at the end. I realised after a long time that I had written that I was owed money but not that I had lent it out. Maths is funny sometimes, unfortunately it is very subject to user error!

I took a course in financial accounting in college.  I got A's in Calculus, but I scraped by with a C in Financial Accounting.  Damn double entry accounting.  Fifo v. Lifo... it still makes me angry.  That's not math, that's making addition and subtraction harder than it needs to be.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Need help on settings for action photos with 5D Mark II

« on: May 10, 2013, 11:03:35 PM »

It's my understanding that the Iso grain from the full frame mkii is pretty clean through 3200... so I'd probably bump up the iso to 1600. 

The 70-200 f/2.8 is really good from 70-130 give or take, so I'd probably look to shoot it at around 130.

I prefer aperture priority personally, but I do agree with 1/1000.  I'd move the aperture just a notch away from wide open, maybe 3.2 or 3.5 (I forget what the next step is away from 2.. 

I'd definitely agree with using AI servo and the center point.  I'd also suggest taking a low vantage point, maybe a foot off the ground giving her a great sense of size as she approaches. 

As for the sun... I'd almost would prefer it to be in the shot.  So you would have to spot meter on your subject and then adjust exposure of the background a bit to under expose the background including the sun creeping over the horizon. 

I'd also suggest some fill flash... maybe with a dampner/softner/whatever and I'd position it about 4 feet to your side.  If the sun is to the right of the subject, I'd have the flash to the left of her or vice versa.  I hate harsh shadows... and not that I would expect harsh shadows early in the morn, but it might help to light her, while darkening the background, and then you can bring that out a touch in post.

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Canon General / Re: I lost $300 in an accounting error.

« on: May 10, 2013, 10:36:13 PM »

The Canon 50mm 1.4 that got away.

The funny thing is that I just sold my Canon 50mm f/1.4 so I can upgrade to the 35mm f/1.4 (either Canon or Sigma)... and I do this all the time... I prematurely sell my gear before I have its replacement.  So now I'm without a low light prime. 

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Canon General / Re: I lost $300 in an accounting error.

« on: May 10, 2013, 10:34:32 PM »

$300 out of $29,500 is 1%.  I know it hurts but at least it is a small percent.

Perhaps next year, you will find $300 in your favor 

I'm just happy if I land on Free Parking. 

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Lighting / Re: 270 ex ii or 430 exii for vacation

« on: May 10, 2013, 06:53:54 AM »

Flash shooting directly at your subject is awful, and bouncing light from above gives racoon eyes.  Get the 430 ex and bounce the light from side walls and you will be much happier with the results.  Much happier.

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Site Information / Re: Membership Approval Now Required

« on: May 09, 2013, 11:30:24 PM »

April 1st... was 6 weeks ago... but cool if that is indeed what yall are doing. 

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Pricewatch Deals / Re: Prices trending higher?

« on: May 09, 2013, 11:27:29 PM »

I've been waiting a while.  The lowest I have seen it with having to sell a few things and presuming I get the price I want on said items, was around $2700... which was still really high.  Buy.com had a deal where you got $600 in buy.com store credits when you buy the mkiii body.  It essentially made the mkii $2400... and I was ready to jump on it, but then you read the fine print and you can only use $200 at a time for the credits... so it wasn't really a good deal. 

I've been hoping the Big Value Inc. deal for $2500 comes back... but it never has.  Not even a sniff.  It's borderline depressing. 

Stay diligent... a good price will come up... we just have to keep looking.

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Canon General / I lost $300 in an accounting error.

« on: May 08, 2013, 10:10:23 PM »

I keep a spreadsheet with all of my gear.  What I've paid, what I've sold, residual values, etc.  I was going through past years and I noticed I had a projection which combined several fields which resulted in me having to make a correction and consequently losing $300. 

It isn't that much considering I have spent over $29500 in gear in the past few years, but that phantom $300 will haunt me.  Every time I am saving up for a lens/body and I am a stone's throw away...

Ugh.

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Lenses / Re: Cheap fisheye for canon full frame?

« on: May 08, 2013, 12:10:23 PM »

 I paid 255  for the new version where the hood is removable.