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mistaspeedy · Feb 5, 2018

Time has run out, and I will be leaving the country to go work on the river ship.
So, I am forced into the 'wait a bit longer' option.

If everything goes according to plan and I end up sailing through Cologne, Germany regularly... I will get my Tamron 28-75 F2.8 lens serviced at the official Tamron service centre there.

Then I will contemplate what to do next... however, one thing is certain... as suggested, If I end up getting a 70-200 f4L lens, I will make sure it is the IS version since the difference in price is not too big.

Valvebounce · Feb 5, 2018

Thanks Click.

Cheers, Graham.

Click said:
Very nice moon picture, Graham.

Don Haines · Feb 4, 2018

Frodo said:
Talys said:

Frodo said:

Is no one concerned about wearing out the shutter on an expensive 5 series camera?
These cameras are "rated" at 150,000 shutter actuations, which is 100 minutes of video at 25 frames per second.
Clearly, editing will reduce the final video length.

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I don't think most people are thinking 25fps when they think time lapse photography. At that point, you might as well just record video, no?

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I once did a time lapse of a building under construction.... one shot per minute for 4 months.... it was close to 200,000 shots..... the camera was a GoPro and the power source was a car battery with a couple of solar panels to keep it charged. Memory card swapped once each week.....

Seriously, if you are going to do a long time lapse, you need power.......

Hi Talys, you missed my point. 100 minutes of final video at 25 fps requires 150,000 exposures. As Don noted, this is something like 17 days continuous shooting.
Now if my 5DsR could shoot 25 fps!!!
Although my 5DsR apparently has a timelapse function built in, I would rather use a cheaper body.
I did see a great cityscape timelapse of someone who shot full res stills with a 5Ds and then applied different crops to produce a 1080p timelapse with apparent zooming and panning.

scyrene · Feb 4, 2018

MayaTlab said:
So at least where I live the M5 isn't drawing much attention. The recipe didn't work. My guess is that quite a lot of it has to do with the EF-M lens lineup.

Given the vast majority of ILC camera buyers never get a second lens (and even fewer buy more than two), I'm not sure that is likely.

Jack Douglas · Feb 4, 2018

sanj, as you progress, please share your insights/ideas/links.

I really want to do short nature/wildlife videos of the same subject matter I typically photograph with the 1DX2. One concern is how to deal with storage on the go, given I don't want to invest more than the camera is worth in CFast cards. Right now I have a 64 and a 128 and would buy a 256 but otherwise I'll be transferring footage to the computer back at the motorhome.

Jack

Mt Spokane Photography · Feb 4, 2018

I do that with theater shots, using my 5D MK IV and 70-200L. I don't get far enough away to use the 100-400. If the distance is long enough, you might get away with having everyone within the depth of field, but autofocus is so much better. Put the camera in AI Servo and let it keep the subject in focus as they move. Just make sure that the subject is fairly large in the viewfinder.

Talys · Feb 3, 2018

kat.hayes said:
Do you get any lens distortion when shooting close to a subject with a 24-70 at any focal length?

Lens distortion, means if you take a straight on shot of a grid (like chicken wire or barred windows), whether those lines come out straight. Pretty much every lens has a little, but like privatebydesign said, it's easily (and automatically) corrected in post. It's tiny in EF24-70 and in the context of portraiture and most subjects, you'd never notice.

What you may be asking is about the "fisheye" effect. The 24-70 is a rectilinear lens, meaning that at every focal length, straight lines will come out as straight lines, and there will be no intended barrel/pincushion effect. This is as opposed to a curvilinear lens, which will give you that barreled look (and the 24-70 is definitely not that).

Even the 16-35 is not a curvilinear lens. However, as you to wider angle focal lengths, perspective will appear more exagerated. This means that objects closer will look larger and objects further will look smaller. If you shoot something on an angle (for example, from the ground up or from an elevated position), this will exagerate a large enough subject. For instance, if you shoot a person from above, with a wider focal length, they will look like they taper down. This can be a desirable effect, for example, to present a more flattering perspective of who is heavy-set. Conversely, a photo from the bottom up makes the head small and the lower body larger, which could give the right subject a super-hero pose.

And in a wide angle lens, if someone holds out their hand towards you at minimum focal distance, that hand will look much larger than if you did the same exercise from a more telephoto focal length.

But none of that is lens-dependent, as long as we're talking about rectilinear lenses.

Tremotino · Feb 2, 2018

Berowne said:
This thingy can take photos of molekules in chemical reactions?

No, of course not ;D For example the record the combustion in an engine is a common use, so you can calibrate your data from simulation.

Normally photographers say you need to catch the richt moment, with this camera you simply catch the hole moment and choose the best picture afterwards

drmikeinpdx · Feb 2, 2018

I picked up a used copy of the 15-85 a couple of months ago for about $300 to use with my 77D. The lower grade lenses just were not sharp enough for the high-res sensor, in my opinion. I didn't want to carry a lens as large as the 17-50 F/2.8, so I gave the 15-85 a try. So far, I'm pretty happy with this lens/camera combination for a vacation or "walk around" system. I'm really enjoying the ability to lift the shadows and rarely have to do HDR now.

The wifey and I spent several days in Orange County CA last week, just wandering around and soaking up the sun. It was a good chance to try out the new gear. Overall I'm very pleased with the lens. Sharpness is good and I'm not seeing any chromatic aberration, even in the corners. The relatively small aperture is offset by the camera's ability to shoot at high ISO when needed. I assume the IS is helpful too, but I don't pay a lot of attention to it.

Here are a few shots from the trip. The sharpness you see here is less than what I see in the originals, so factor that in as you view them.

This first image is from Mission San Juan Capistrano. i lifted the shadows quite a lot. ISO 100

This is from inside the one of the dimly lit buildings at ISO 12,800. I had to do some noise reduction in Lightroom.

The Corvette is in the Marconi Museum, ISO 1600 with a little noise reduction in Lightroom

A classic car in the Lyon Air Museum ISO 200, with some doctoring in Lightroom.

Just a bit of street photography at the California Adventure theme park.

Mt Spokane Photography · Feb 1, 2018

I've noticed a Fujifilm MX700 being advertised locally on Craigslist for some time now, so when the price got down to $10, I decided to add it to my collection. A MX700 was the first digital camera I owned, I bought it 20 years ago in 1998, they ran over $400 and had all of 1.5 MP.

The original li-on battery was included, but it does not hold a charge for long. A 32mb Smart Card was also included along with the charger.

I tried it out briefly this evening, and it still works, it may need a internal battery to keep the clock running, I'll check that later. The Rear lcd has a few stuck pixels and I see some thin vertical lines, but the display is pretty good overall. I'll try taking some photos with it tomorrow, I already know that it needs lots of bright light.

Some of the 1st photos taken were of my retirement party, it miserably underexposed all of the photos. Then, I was at our new and present home site to see our new home being delivered, and snapped some photos with better results.

I've attached one as the family room section was pulled up in glorious 1.5mp color.

Feb 1, 2018

In other news, 2017 was a great year for mirrorless – the market segment hit a major milestone! Last year, unit shipments finally reached and surpassed the levels achieved.....in 2012.

I did my part, bought an M6.

Go MILCs!

Sharlin · Feb 1, 2018

Imagewerx said:
rrcphoto said:

Imagewerx said:

The DS126741 was recently said to be the EOS 90D,no Bluetooth and made in Japan.

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highly unlikely that the 90D doesn't have BLE one would have to think.

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Why not when the 80D has wi-fi but no Bluetooth?

BLE support was added in the DIGIC7 SoC. The 80D has a DIGIC6. More interesting question is whether the 90D'll have GPS or just a BLE connection to phone GPS like current DIGIC7 bodies.

bholliman · Feb 1, 2018

anehili said:
for me i would like to have EF-M 15-50 2.8.
more prime lenses is what needed to let canon stay on the mirorless game

I would like this also, but constant f/2.8 zoom would be fairly large and heavy. I use my 24-70 f/2.8 II on my M5 occasionally, but its doesn't balance well. a 15-50 would be smaller and no EF-M adapter, also a more useful focal range.

Ah-Keong · Feb 1, 2018

Based on my observations over many camera stores, it seems to me that most lens (especially telephoto) are stored horizontally.

So I store all my lens in a horizontal fashion in a dry cabinet with caps on.

If there is a good sun, I would take out the lens and remove the caps to "sunbathe" the glass elements (be careful not to focus the rear to material that are flammable) .

My setting for the humidity is 40~50%

When transportation, the lens are usually in a vertical fashion. (I am using TT Digital Holster 40v2 or a shoulder bag)

when I change lens during shooting, I would drop the lens into the TT Large Lens Drop In (with Hood and no front cap), take another lens, remove the rear cap, mount the new lens and take the rear cap to cover the dropped lens before storing away the dropped lens to other pouches.

Ian_of_glos · Feb 1, 2018

RandomRazr said:
the best camera in the world, is the one you have with you. sicne you carry your phone eveywhere, and not as much as a DSLR, usually capturing the moment is more iportant

Actually I feel the opposite. My smartphone is big, too big to fit in my pocket comfortably and it is very difficult to use. The screen has now cracked 3 times, I don't like the way it tracks my every move and so I now leave it at home. My camera hangs around my neck out of the way, I do not find it heavy and it is available whenever I want to use it. Any thieves in the area take one look at it, think it is a museum piece from a bygone age and look elsewhere for an iphone X to steal. The camera I always have with me is my 5D mk4.

Canon Rumors · Jan 31, 2018

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okaro · Jan 31, 2018

They should rather bring G5 X mark II but as that could take sales from G1 X mark III they probably will not.

jrvvn · Jan 31, 2018

Isaacheus said:
jrvvn said:

Isaacheus said:

jrvvn said:

Hi all,

I would like to update you all about my experience.

Sony A7R III v1.01 + Metabones V v0.57 + :

Canon 35 F2 - AF amazingly accurate and fast. Nothing more to tell, simply great.

Canon 16-35 F4 - Sucks so so so hard but so hard....cannot focus on shadows/dark areas. Bright area no issues, fast and accurate.

Canon 16-35 F4 was my main lens with Canon body, I'm kind regret in switching to Sony due to this AF issue.

Anybody else experienced the same result ?

I'm getting depressed ...

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Have you tried the mc-11? I've got the 16-35mm f4 on that, it's not super in low light but if you can give it some contrast, it seems to be decent overall. Having said that, I wouldn't rate a cameras af purely on how it can handle adapted lenses, that seems a bit unfair as a whole.

I do tend to use a tripod and manual focusing for landscape in low light myself, as I've never found any cameras (6d, 5dmk3 etc) to be fantastic focusing in low light shadows

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No no, it has nothing to do with A7R III nor with Canon 16-35. Simply the combination does not work with Metabones V.
The simple fact with my Canon 35mm F2 it worked so well I was expecting more from Canon 16-35 (since this last is my main lens).
I sold my 6D for A7R III, you have to admit, even though 6D has old technology the middle focusing point is amazing in low light (almost dark/no light), fast and accurate.

Kind disappointed with my investment. That's it.
I never expected to be mega fast as with native lenses but I did expect to focus. The currect situation is ...my Canon 16-35 cannot even focus

Not tried with MC-11 but I heard somewhere that Eye Focus does not work with it. True/False ?

By the way, I wrote to Metabones about this matter, hope they can reply me soon.

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Ah I get you now, and yeah, I've heard it's quite variable depending on what lens is being used unfortunately. It also seems that it depends on the adapter being used, where lens A works well with the metabones but not as well as the mc-11 and vice versa. I wonder if this is one of those situations

The mc-11 has eye af on all the lenses I've tried so far, no issues there.

Keen to hear what metabones say.
The 6d center point is great yes, I still have my 6d that I use together with the sony.

I have had a few days with the sony 28-70 and the af was far better in low light with this than any of the adapted lenses. I'll be getting either the 24-105 or the 24-70 sony for this range for the af at some point.

Yesterday I've tested again and found out:

Under day light or low light situation, wherever the surface is smooth/surface with poor texture/low contrast, both lenses cannot focus. Canon 35 F2 can focus sometimes, but the fail rate can reach 50%. With Canon 16-35 F4 100% fail.
The surfaces I'm talking about are:
table, car's door, fridge, wall with shades (created by artificial light), cellphone, etc..
everything that looks smooth and no texture, it won't focus.

When there's contrast/patterns are notably different then both lenses have no issues in focusing.

It really pisses me off since the tests I did are not extreme, which means anybody can face these situations in a daily bases.

Metabones replied me this morning with some sort of stupid feedback: "have you tried Green-mode ?"
In Green-mode is even worse. Even with Canon 35 F2, the AF is so so so slow and the fail rate increases by 35-50%.

For me Focus scenarios coverage > focus speed. I don't mind in exchanging coverage for speed. (of course, not super slow). I'm happy and unsatisfied at same time.

Putting AF issue aside, the images taken are simly great. I visualize my images in 5k monitor and the image quality is simply astonish. For this reason I don't want to give up Sony A7R III.

I'm now researching more about MC-11, maybe can solve my problem.

Thank you for all your replies guys. Thumbs up

Maximilian · Jan 31, 2018

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

Mt Spokane Photography said:
I think Magpies are even smarter...

+ 1
AFAIK magpies are known to pass the mirror test.
That means recognizing themselves in a mirror instead of thinking that their reflection is a fellow member.
Something only known from apes, dolphins and us.

From birds this is also known by keas and doves. (not mentioned and referenced in the English but in the German Wikipedia).

See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_test
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegeltest

MrToes · Jan 31, 2018

I'm looking forward to the new Phantom 5. Hoping it will have a crop sensor, that can resolve better detail and dynamic range than the current 1" sensor. Also a slight increase in actual range would be a plus for some of the denser area's we film in.

jeffa4444 · Jan 30, 2018

ExodistPhotography said:
Is a Super35 Mirrorless Camera Coming?

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No.. There is no market for it..

Yes its called a Red Scarlet.!

I for one very often frame for 16x9 on Landscape stills purely because my monitors are 16x9, my TV is 16x9. An iPhone is 16x9 whereas an iPad is 4:3.

For many an S35/16X9 output is ideal.

Ozarker · Jan 30, 2018

Tyroop said:
Thanks guys, you are all very kind.
CanonFanBoy, we stayed in Hoi An most of the time and just used a driver for excursions because I didn't know how to get around and have zero Vietnamese language skills. Language can be a big barrier. My Thai is fine, but no other languages. As far as I am aware, there is no problem at all with tourists travelling around without a minder if you want to be adventurous.
My impression, after observing the building of so much tourist infrastructure, is that Vietnam is really going after the tourism trade. Up to now, Thailand has been the dominant player in this sector. The locals are very friendly and welcome foreigners.

Thanks for the info. I have a Vietnamese friend who has mentioned several times that he and I go to Vietnam for a visit. That would be capital! He was among the boat people that were resettled in Garden Grove, California. That you know Thai is great. I grew up in a spanish speaking household and my spanish is almost non-existent. I really admire folks with the ability to pick up more than one language. My dad didn't teach us, and in fact, discouraged speaking in spanish.

I'll have to look at going. Mexico is too scary right now. My dad won't even go to Mexico. Vietnam is probably much safer. Dad was in Vietnam with the Marines in 1968 during the Tet offensive.

jeffa4444 · Jan 30, 2018

The issues for MF are a. Wide angles and b. F stops so I don't see Canon going down this route not since the arrival of the 5DS/r and a prototype higher MP camera at the last Photokina.

If Canon are making a mirrorless camera to take EF lenses then they may well play around with the packaging to deliver something more useful for video whilst still able to take high quality stills.