daniela said:

Hi Guys!

My daughter ordered an Sony A7 III these days. One thing, she is interested in, is making portraits in the nature with three or four speedlightes. Normally she used my Canon equipment for it, but she wanted an Sony.

Do you know, if it is possible to use my Canon 600 RT flash and three Yongnuo clones with the A7?
Not mounted on the A7, but radio/... triggered as sattelites when she mounts an Sony/... flash unit or an radio trigger on the A7 body?
Is there an way to use my flashes, or has she to buy new one?

Thanks for your help
Daniela

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What I learned today is that a YN-E3-RT on firmware 1.25 on Legacy Mode, on a Nikon D4, will trigger Canon 600EX-RTs on manual mode. It won't trigger Yongnuo YN600s, oddly enough.

I learned about Sony's new hotshoe as well - it sounds like the Yongnuo transmitter should fit directly.

Good luck!

Jim

It’s a stretch to call 33x44mm medium format. Out of my budget range, but would be interesting in a hand held.

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Did you run the shuttercount through something like www.eoscount.com? Or is the # count you mention just the picture number.

The refurbs I have bought have all started at 0000, but when running them through some sort of software, you see that they have had actuations.

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When I first turned on the camera, it stated "O" shutter actuation on the screen. In the past, when I've bought refurbished cameras, when turned on they had XX number shutter actuation - so it seems to me, when it comes from Canon, it shows the number of times the shutter has been triggered. It's the only time that particular screen come up - once it's shut off, then it never comes up again. And, I don't think there is a place on a camera that documents it ... it takes a program to count it after that first time. I'm not very tech-trained, so this kind if info often eludes me ...

I'm not sure the "picture count" would matter, because when you change cards, the count changes as well, at least it appears that way -- and when it DPP, for the initial download, it sorts into "which camera" shot it too in the folders ...

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I have never seen the camera, new or refurbished, display the shuttercount initially upon turning it on. But, I bought my 5DIII new, so maybe it is something specific to it.

I am a big fan of refurbished products from Canon and they make up a good portion of my kit. But, if you really want to confirm how many accuations have been made on your camera, I would pay ~$3 and have eoscount analyze a picture. Do not be surprised if the number is greater than you think. Or, you may have received a new camera and they are clearing out inventory.

Either way, I am sure you have a great camera.

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It feels and acts like a new camera, if that makes sense ... and a few test shots look great. I'm running it thru some field test today and tomorrow. I've bought refurbished in the past, as well as new, and can't tell the difference just looking at it. I agree, Canon refurbished is excellent program.

MOF- I bought a 5DM3 new, and don't recall that window popping open, but bought a 7D and a 60D refurbished and it did give that count first time I turned it on ... 7D had eleven, and 60D had four ... as I recall it.

I tried to buy the 24-70 f4 IS refurbished at the same time, but Canon screwed up the order - twice ... then, when I saw the price after tax and shipping, and with NO case or hood, I went to B&H and for about $90 more, got a brand new one in two days. Happy camper here !!

lion rock said:

This is what I have and used at 10 minutes interval for two days. Transmitter and receiver use 2 AAA batteries each. Can't say if the batteries were drained, but certainly can operate even longer. Maybe lithium cells may provide longer use per set.
BTW., the transmitter can be connected directly to the camera through a cable, bypassing the wireless function (thus the receiver). Without the transmitter activated, it might run even longer period.
You may have to order with the appropriate cable for Canon.
B&H should carry this.

(I am not involved either company, just a user.)
-r

[email protected] said:

I need to take multi-day picture sets and can't disturb the animals I'm photographing, so I need an intervalometer that can allow me to set what time of day it starts and stops. I have many of these devices, and none appear to give me that level of control while not being with in bluetooth range with a controller. This is about a mile in the woods at a site without power.

The cameras are powered with car batteries, and I have all that set pretty well. I just need the intervalometer. Would rather not have to make one myself by coding some arduino thing where I'd inevitably create many bugs and have to suffer through my own poor user interface.

Anyone know of anything out there? Thanks!

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Jack Douglas said:

I wouldn't have it any other way as well. They don't have to reside in a single plane and the secondary one can be a cheaper model that's fine for most activities.

My little 20' BenQ has performed flawlessly for about 12 years and is sharper than my 24" newer Samsung - that's why I have started to consider a pro BenQ model. Hope they continue to manufacture dependable products.

Jack

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I used dual monitors for almost 20 years. From 2006 through most of 2014 I had my old LaCie CRT hooked up along with a 23" LCD. I used the latter for my main screen, and kept palettes and such on the CRT where color shifts and such didn't matter. Nor did difference in resolutions. I arranged them in software so that when I moved the mouse pointer between them, there was minimal vertical shift.

In late 2014 I got a 5K iMac, and figured I'd get an adaptor to add the 23" screen to it. But I have left the old Mac Pro hooked up to it, and still crank it up for an occasional project, mostly audio. Using both computers at the same time is a little confusing in that I will type something on the wrong keyboard or move the wrong mouse, but otherwise is easier than migrating everything to one computer just for doing something every few months. I've got used to having a blank screen to my right the rest of the time. Once I got my desk layouts to suit me in PS, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator, I find the 27" monitor is almost always plenty of screen real estate for what I do, and I can always preview video full screen at 5K. And even with the CRT and 23" LCD, it wasn't that handy to move the mouse pointer from one extreme edge to the other. That's likely a lot of why I like sticking with one fair-sized monitor. But back in Olden Times, dual monitors were really useful and handy.

I'm still hoping to rent a TS lens for a week as a kind of "staycation" of taking pictures most of the week, and playing with the characteristics of the lens. I'm hoping to decide on a week before hot weather and I get busy with a college reunion and other stuff going on in June, so maybe a week in May or in the fall if I can't work that out.

I'm thinking in terms of the 24mm TS, but could be swayed toward the 17. The former might be easier to tame for someone completely inexperienced with TS like me. I have read the articles from links people on this board have shared with me, and will review before the rental. Thanks to those who answered my general questions a while back.

And there's nothing to preclude my renting a different one at a later date. Just coming up with a week that I would have enough time to make it worthwhile is more of a factor than the $125 or so. (That's cheaper than one hotel night on a non-stay-cation.) I'm retired, but rarely run out of things to do. I live in a college town, so things slow down after the students get busy with papers and exams in May.

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sleepnever said:

Isn't the stacked BSI sensor technology what Nikon is using in their awesome D850? I'm hoping that the reason we're not seeing a 5DSR II this year is that they're trying to get their sh*t together on a BSI sensor to compete in this market of which they're behind.

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If you're impressed with the d850 sensor, you're impressed with Sony. Nikon has basically become the DSLR arm of Sony. When Nikon releases a FF-mirrorless, it will act as a "satellite team" for Sony, meaning they will not get the latest or best sensors to keep them in their place. So it's really a two-horse sensor race between Sony and Canon, and although I agree that Canon is behind, it is not that far back as DPR has one believe (in fact, Canon sensors have advantages over Sony, including dual-pixel and color science).

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Nikon doesn’t use a Sony sensor in D850.

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Officially, they don't. Unofficially: https://www.sonyrumors.co/dpreview-nikon-d850-sensor-is-from-sony

Even if you don't believe that reference, for Nikon to pull out their first BSI FF sensor from scratch and then underprice the 5d4, just makes one wonder. The MP count is also close to the a7r's, another interesting coincidence. Oh, and it has the same green-cast issue as Sony sensors: https://www.dpreview.com/news/7999477966/nikon-d850-firmware-1-01-fixes-long-exposure-green-cast-and-other-minor-bugs

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I don’t believe that reference, and I certainly don’t believe Nikon made them. I also don’t believe Sony has production lines for two full frame BSI. Option 3: there are plenty of CMOS fabs out there who are hungry for customers. It may as some rumors suggest be TPSCo.

Indeed it may be fabbed at the sony-owned Toshiba plant. As far as I know no one has torn one apart far enough to know definatively.

Either way, it’s almost certainly not an off the shelf Sony design.

stevelee said:

I received my 100-400 II yesterday and had a few moments free to try it out to make sure it got here OK. I shot handheld with all settings on auto. I shot birds at the feeders next door and the remaining blooms on the dogwoods in the woods behind the house. I was standing on my deck, which is about 20 feet off the ground at the edge. I used image stabilization mode 1 and all camera settings on automatic, shooting RAW on a 6D2.

It is my first L series lens. It is also the biggest and heaviest and most expensive lens I own. From these quick shots, I've decided it is definitely worth the price, and I'm glad I chose this particular lens for my current purchase. The IS does an amazing job.

Here are a few 100% crops for you pixel peepers. The software of this board shows them enlarged a bit, so they appear noisier than in reality. Birds were shot at f/5.6 1/320 sec. I did the dogwoods in AV mode at f/16, so the camera used 1/400 and raised the ISO a bit.

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Congratulations on the lens! The "L" virus grows and you'll find it spreading, especially if you are shooting full frame. That is my experience. Full frame and "L" together makes the angels sing.

YuengLinger said:

Is it Sigma's fault? Does Canon really use blackbox voodoo to make life harder for Sigma? Don't know!

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Yup, Sigma's fault. Not that AF should be easy, just that Sigma hasn't figured it out yet. Tamron has figured it out.

But, I've decided to not buy anymore third party AF lenses.

At the recent UK photography show I had a chat with the people from Venus Optics about their Laowa lenses - and followed up with their chief lens designer.

I've tested all EF mount Laowa lenses over the last few years and have written up a short interview with some of their comments at:

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/interview-with-venus-lens/

Perhaps not as detailed an interview as I might have liked, but translation does make it a bit tricky

It seems that they are going to be showing some new cine lenses too, in the near future

Canon Rumors said:

Are there any more DSLRs coming in 2018?</p>
<p>We’re getting this question a lot, as a lot of people would love to see new EOS 7D and EOS 5DS series cameras coming to market.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, we don’t have even a hint of another DSLR coming in 2018. Not even a follow-up to the EOS 80D.</p>
<p>This may change over the coming months as we approach Photokina in September, but the current roadmap that we have doesn’t show another camera of significance coming. All we know for sure camera wise, is that there will be one G series PowerShot announced in 2018.</p>
<p>If this changes, we’ll obviously let you know.</p>
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I need about a year with a camera to Fully learn the nuance. I want a new rendition of the 1DXMKII for the 2020 Olympics. I hope canon woll give us time before rhe olympics to learn the camera and get the bugs out

I also use the 128 GB Extreme Pro SD card and love using it.

The 15-45 is a decent lens. It was looked down upon because it has a plastic mount, but IQ-wise it's as good as my 11-22 where they overlap, and I scores well on Photozone's MTF tests, comparable to the 18-55.

On this site, I just get patio heaters and fire pits. Boring. Yet on a news site, I've got a B&H ad advertising a Godox AD200 that I'm thinking of picking up. Much more interesting!

Hi Folks.
I have irrefutable evidence that people are leaving Canon and buying Sony, at the LCE camera show in Southampton today I watched part of a Sony lecture, part of a conversation during the Q&A section,
S = Sony educator, A = person in audience.

S “Who shoots Sony?”
A ”I do.”
S ”What do you have and for how long?”
A “A7III all of today, I switched systems here.”
S “Do you still use some of your old glass?”
A “No I swapped everything!”
S “That was brave! I have had my A7Something for a while now and I still use my older Sony as my main camera, I won’t use the new one for my main camera yet, too many menu options to get used to and I’m not comfortable that I have mastered them to a level where I trust myself not to make a mistake!”

This is not a direct quote, but paraphrased for brevity and because I can’t remember the minutia of the discussion.

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Ok, no reaction!
I can also verify that two people I overheard had tried Sony bodies with adapted lenses and did not like the Sony so had gone back to the native bodies for their lenses! 1 move to Sony, 2 leaving Sony but those body sales still count to Sony, I guess two somebodies got cheap low mileage Sony bodies!
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Cheers, Graham.

I had the 20-35/3.5-4.5 once. It was quite sharp - much better than my 20/2.8. And smaller than the other EF wide angle zooms. I regret selling it.
Certainly the 16-35/4 is sharper (and bigger and more expensive).
But the lens is not a "classic" (like the mark I version of the 50/1.8 with metal mount), so you won't pay a premium for it.

Great... a nice soft image... just like the 6D2 produces.. Sorry, but Canon's in camera IS is junk... totally worthless..

Interesting. Get ready for the disappointment.

Jack

No updates to report yet.

When I sent my lens in to Midwest Camera I was informed that their lens service tech had a 5-6 week back log. We're just entering week 5 now, so I'm happy to wait a while longer for an update.

Talys said:

jayphotoworks said:

If you refer to the A7III review on Dpreview, you can see within the same type of tests, the A7III outperforms the 6DII on all fronts including autofocus tracking (even with the 6DII's DPAF). ....

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The A7M3 has much better autofocus TRACKING of certain subjects like human faces. There are some cool features like face registration and face preference, and of course, Eye AF is great for human subjects in well-lit conditions. But it is TERRIBLE in comparison to the 6DII in:

- Raw autofocus speed in good conditions
- Raw autofocus speed in dimly lit conditions
- Autofocus in very poor lighting where an AF illuminator is needed -- is excellent in 6DII and unusable in Sony
- Accuracy of spot selection in PDAF mode (the Sony is good for choosing the right point in accurate focus-magnified Autofocus in Contrast Detect mode, but then it's painfully slow)
- Continuous autofocus of a small subject by manually tracking it (such as a bird)
- Autofocus hunting in non-continuous AF modes
- Autofocus at smaller apertures (where the Sony uses crappy, stopped down autofocusing)

To me, every cool feature in the A7M3 is dwarfed by relatively poor autofocus. 20 steps of DR does nothing for me if my bird is blurry.

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And this is why people, whenever possible, should try out cameras for themselves. Even if you think DPR (or anyone else) doesn't bring their biases to the table- or even if they don't do it intentionally - their tests are not your tests. In their test, the Sony is more capable, in Talys's ACTUAL USE, the 6D II has far more capable AF.

This is not to say that the Sony isn't going to be the best choice for some folks. If DR is of great importance and your shooting depends on needing more, than the Sony sensor, in both testing and people's experience, is more capable when it comes to DR. But some of the most important reasons a camera might be considered capable aren't tested (and, yes, some are subjective). Things like reliability, ergonomics and ease of use, weather sealing, exposure accuracy and color.

While not a Sony or Canon, I recently talked to a photographer shooting our company photos with a Nikon D750 - a camera often mentioned here on CR. He'd had it for a year, he said, and liked it...aside from the fact that he'd had to have it in for repairs three times already! So, reliability matters - perhaps most of all!

dp3294 said:

I suspect the C200 *is* the C100M2’s upgrade.

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I will be renting and testing C200 soon on a live event, shooting indoor and outdoor.
I tested C300 Mkii and i think it is a great camera. The image quality and the codecs make it a powerfull camera. I only tested MXF 410mb - 10bit 4.2.2 in 1080p - 25p and found it to be great for color grading.
I find C300 Mkii a little to sharp on the closeup shots for my taste with Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM .
I suspect that C200 Raw to be more sharp than C300 Mkii but i don't want that.
I like the compressed MXF from C300 Mkii. For weddings a new C100 with technology from C200 and C300 is a must. It can be done and people deserve it. People choose to buy from Canon and deserve top quality products. Olso Canon C200 should get Prores Raw out to external recorders. Now Sony Fs5 ii has it, next Blackmagic Poket 4K.
Time has past and technology is moving forward Canon, small, lightweight, portable is the way to go.
Still no rumors on the C100 Mkiii. C100 Mkii is old tech now, even if the image is good.
C200 does not justify the cost, because C100 Mkii looks a better option when the budget is limited.
Look at Nikon D800 when it came out it had excelent picture quality. Even today it a great photography camera. Now we have D810 and D850 at almost the same price.

Simply a very expensive, mischievous, publicity seeking lawsuit by PETA, a group composed of trust-fund babies with too much time on their hands, and a whole lot of self-loathing they've never worked out in therapy.

Well, that's not how consumer product law works in the US. The onus is on the company to prove that something the customer did was the cause of the failure, it's not on the customer to prove what they did did not cause the failure. Companies may try to tell you otherwise to dissuade you from trying to make a claim, but legally that isn't how it works.

But, you're certainly free to believe whatever you'd like to.

TWI by Dustin Abbott said:

I can verify that all of the lens corrections do in fact work...quite beautifully, actually. It made me aware of just how much "tweaking" Canon lenses benefit from in camera.

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wow...

Think Sigma did really has some kind of agreement with Canon to include the lens profile in the body.