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tron · Dec 7, 2016

Maiaibing said:
pwp said:

Dustin's review certainly warmed up my interest in a 5D MkIV. But by the time you add a genuine grip and extra batteries, the $$ leap to a 1DX MkII doesn't look that huge. Better for video...

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But, once you buy the CF-Fast cards the $$ leap is back!

That, also if you buy additional 1DxII batteries not to mention a second charger just in case it is needed! :

chrysoberyl · Dec 7, 2016

YellowJersey said:
Came across a review for the Tokina 20mm f/2 lens for Sony E-mount.

http://www.stanmoniz.com/home/tokina-firin-20mm-review

Reviewer seems a little too enthusiastic, so maybe take with a grain of salt, but his samples look pretty good, and the coma looks good in the pic he provided. I'd like to see how it compares to the Samyang 14mm 2.4 premium and the Laowa 15mm f/2, once they're all out.

I'm with you; let's see how the Samyang 14mm 2.4 and the Laowa test out vs. this one. Also the Samyang 20mm 1.8. Nice to have these options, assuming they're all good.

gwooding · Dec 7, 2016

If you find that doing the pixel remapping using the manual sensor cleaning technique doesn't remove enough of the "hot" pixels, try taking 10+ min of video before initializing the sensor cleaning.

This helps to warm up the sensor ensuring more of the "hot" pixels are mapped out (I managed to remove pixels using this technique that only showed up with 3+ min exposures).

Hillsilly · Dec 7, 2016

Congratulations! 20,000 posts is a very impressive milestone.

chobie · Dec 6, 2016

Has this issue been fixed by recent firmware upgrades on either side?

hbr · Dec 6, 2016

Don Haines said:
Spock said:

It should be more than obvious that the reason for the declining popularity of the P/S camera is that they do not have full frame sensors.

The solution is simple, put FF sensors into P/S cameras.

A FF P/S camera with a 4X optical zoom, at a cost of $300 would capture the market.

The 4X optical zoom would be easy to build. Most of the design work is already done. Just use a 24-105F4 lens design and add a power zoom to it, and mount this as the permanent lens.

The Body could be similar to the 6D, but by getting rid of the mirror and mount and then changing the optics of the lens to bend the light sharper, you could reduce the thickness of the camera by almost 2cm, and the only drawback would be the increased vignetting caused by the sharper angles at the corners of the sensor.

It could easily be sold for that price if Canon was willing to loose money on each one sold.....

Shirt pockets could easily be redesigned to hold a 6D sized P/S camera that is 15 cm thick and weighs somewhere around 1.5 kilos....

Apparently, millions of people would line up to purchase such a camera and Canon would then be saved from certain doom.

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At last! A logical assessment of the situation! I shall have to get busy sewing oversize pockets on my shirts for this revolutionary P/S camera.

But it would have to have 4k video for the same price or else Canon would be doomed!

Ah-Keong · Dec 6, 2016

owning a crop body,

I am considering this Tamron 85mm VC and the Sigma 50-100mm.
Prime vs Zoom....

Ah-Keong · Dec 6, 2016

Re: Stock Notice: Sigma 50-100 f/1.8 Art at B&H Photo

I have the 18-35mm and I would recommend crop glass for crop bodies (except for outdoor action / wildlife) and enjoy!

Should you get the full frame in the future and you may want to get full frame glass.

Ah-Keong · Dec 6, 2016

Thanks for the detailed review.

I was previously considering the Canon 85mm f/1.8 or the Tamron until I come across this Sigma 50-100mm.
Very sharp!

Maybe I should add a battery grip for vertical grip.

GN Photos · Dec 6, 2016

I am so impressed with the shots that you post. They are always, just amazing!

jd7 · Dec 6, 2016

ahsanford said:
Act444 said:

A fixed focal length lens would be 1x

24-105 is 105/24 = 4.375x zoom

24-70 is 70/24 = 2.92x, often rounded up to 3x zoom

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Yep. I just use 3x and 4.5x to keep it simple, but yes, that's the rub.

- A

Fair enough, I got that one wrong! I was thinking about the range of the zoom (as a factor of the widest focal length), but now I think about it more you were referring to a focal length multiplier, and that does make sense if it is simply the factor by which you have to multiply the shortest/widest focal length to get the longest focal length.

crashpc · Dec 6, 2016

Eagle Eye said:
No doubt Canon needs to get some more EF-M glass to market. I am very excited for the 18-150, though. Same filter size as the 11-22 and enough range that I'm going to let go of my 18-55 and 55-200. I just added in the Rokinon 50mm f1.2. Holy bokeh. Manual aperture and focus isn't everyone's bag, but I love it. With the Rok. 35mm f/1.2 on its way to market, I feel like I'm going to have a great lens setup for my M2 in the coming months. 11-22, 18-150, 22mm f/2, 35mm f1.2, 50mm f/1.2. May even pick up a 28mm macro if I can find a good deal. I've barely touched my 6D and L primes and zooms in the past 18 months. It's looking less and less likely that I'll ever go back to it. Probably will pick up the M5, but the price is going to need to drop a couple hundred. I bought my 6D refurbished from Canon (it was definitely new) for $899. Can't justify spending more on a crop mirrorless.

While looking at 6D, M5 and Samyang 50mm f/1.2, heading to the final decision, due to system usability, size, weight and price, more and more people owning the Samyang 50mm f/1.2 emerge.
Can you please elaborate a little on that lens on M body? How is focusing at further distances? Do you have any idea about comparison with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM? Is the Samyang better wide open?
Any info or recommendation appreciated.
Thank you.

Viggo · Dec 6, 2016

GMCPhotographics said:
Viggo said:

Bought it on launch and intend to keep it forever. I can't wish for anything more. It gives me so much nice keepers and does it with insane IQ, and even though it has been through a lot, it still look brand spanking new, even the lens hood.

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Viggo....you say some odd stuff sometimes. I have a mkI and I've used mine in a professional context for well over 8 years. My mkI still looks new and pristine....which is what i would expect from a lens from Canon's professional line. Your lens is only a few months old...come back with that statement when it's been a few years of heavy usage. The only lens I've owned that looked shabby after 6 months of use was a Sigma 70-200 mm f2.8 HSM...the ones with the awful black paint finish that literally fell of as one used the lens. Canon L lenses are far far far more robust.

Lol, I just go by experience, and I thought my 1dx looked pretty clean still, but then my brother showed up with his, and mine looks really old and worn. All lenses that gets bumped and used by me usually as a few stripes and scuffs or dust, but the 35 still looks like I just took it out of the box, rare thing. So however odd, it's true.

bv66wuw · Dec 5, 2016

icassell said:
I sent my 7D in for repairs a month ago and it came back to me the same way. It required a return visit to Canon to get the viewfinder display working again. It is not a menu-selectable option. They said there was a loose circuit board connector.

It happens to me, Rebel T3i, took it apart and fix it. there is a connector, that most likely they id not put it in all the way, I`ll attach a picture, you need to take the main board off, the loose connection in underneath, can only be seen if the board is taken off, it is a connector, the only one that has wires, black color, and the plug and socket are white, long about 7 mm, can not be placed back properly without tweezers or some similar tool, unplug it first, then place it back, must go in straight in, it will tend one side or the other to go in first, do not apply force, unless connector is flat with the socket and both sides are even inside the connector and push it all the way in.

Your connector is the only one with wires, black wires, all other connectors are with the flexible flat band connectors, just the speaker has 2 wires, white and red you will have to remove that one to get the board off.

Look for the one with black wires, maybe 8-10 wires in one white connector.

I am using a picture from web, I put my camera all apart and do not want to take it apart again to take pictures, I hope you can figure it out!

Sorry for my English! I come from a different planet. Daniel

3kramd5 · Dec 5, 2016

privatebydesign said:
3kramd5 said:

privatebydesign said:

3kramd5 said:

Valvebounce said:

Hi 3kramd5.
The how and why Canon might shut down ML for touching the 1 series is pretty irrelevant when this is taken from the page you link to, under the heading scope!

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I still have the curiosity factor, though. I don't think canon would be able to effectively stop them let alone destroy them. They could temporarily distrupt the website, which could easily be moved to a host who wouldn't fear empty lawsuits (such as a Russian server, for example), or the code could be bit torrented like so much actually illegally shared software.

[intellectual property]

[/intellectual property]

They don't develop for 1d because they choose not to; it's too small of a target. There are orders of magnitude more people using the lesser priced models, and that's where they aim their development.

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Effectively of course they could. The combined wealth of all the ML developers is probably much less than 3 or 4 million dollars, Canon legal department could gobble every cent of that up in defending motions and legalese. They don't need to have a case, they don't need to face off against a company. They have myriads of corporate lawyers on retainers just waiting to be set loose, these guys (and girls) are trying to make a name for themselves and will find every cent you own (I have personal experience of being on the wrong side of a large corporate legal department, even though in my case the corp was 100% in the wrong and liable).

So on a strictly court case based legal argument, especially considering the very broad consumer laws and protections in Europe, you might be correct in that the ML team are not doing anything technically illegal. But that is moot when corporations can tie anybody smaller than them up in knots with the staff they have on retainer looking for a fight. That ML still exists is proof positive that Canon are granting tacit permission to do what they do, but no more.

As a side note, I have the EOS-M and run ML on it, I will be very interested to see if they go back to the EOS firmware for the M5 so ML can run on that too. So far the original M is the only M with ML compatibility.

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The combined corporate legal might of the major software companies worldwide has been impotent to prevent piracy (for every pirate bay shut down, two more open); the overwhelming pocketbooks of Apple has been unable to prevent jailbreak developers (which is similar in nature to magic lantern); the insurmountable pocketbooks and legal power of the world governments have largely been unable to prevent publication on a very public website (wikileaks) of sensitive state information.

I'll stipulate that canon *could* expend the resources to go track down people who have an easy option to move to dark web anonymity, and could initiate lawsuits bankrupting the individuals with paperwork. Could. You said they would. You think it's worth Canon's while?

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That is a completely different scenario, you have millions of uploaders and downloaders for torrents hosted by quick witted domain and domicile savvy owners that make millions off advertising. An impossible thing to put back in the bottle. ML probably have half a dozen core 'developers' who can't even afford a range of cameras to test and live in their mum's spare room (bless them).

The Apple analogy is also different enough to not count. Do you know how much the first jailbreak for any firmware revision is paid? Some have been over $100,000, there is value and prestige in cracking a device owned in the 100's of millions. How many Canon 1DX MkII's are there? How many 1DX MkII owners are interested in the additional ML capabilities? What is the 'prize' money value of cracking the 1 series firmware? Virtually nothing, and ML disavow trying and wouldn't post it even if somebody did it, why do you think that is?

Like I said, this has all been discussed at length with knowledgeable ML participants in the past. They specifically said Canon have let it be known the 1DC firmware is off the table, this seems to effectively include all 1 series cameras. This is not my opinion, it is me relaying comments from those involved first hand. I do not know the specific approach Canon would use to flex their displeasure, but I have zero doubt they could eliminate ML as we know it. Sure you could still get what they currently have via Demonoid or Piratebay, but personally I believe they could cause the few active developers enough trouble for them to no longer consider it a viable or worthwhile project.

Remember corporations have more than one option in instances like this, they could even nullify the development comparatively cheaply by 'sub contracting' the active developers.

sure, they could offer to hire th ML devs. But as for the rest of it, I respectfully disagree; I don't believe that canon could effectively shutdown an unofficial, opt-in group of individuals with no physical common area or financial ties and easy access to anonymity via TOR and non-centralized distribution via bit torrent. Hell, they can't even stop for profit companies like sigma and tamron from reverse engineering their lens protocol.

The Apple analogy is apt. The fact that money is offered makes it easier to track and yet apple, who can probably afford 50 lawyers for each one working for canon, is impotent to stop it.

Maybe the ML developers *believe* that canon can squash them and accordingly won't try with a 1D, but I think they're shying away from an empty threat.

dpc · Dec 5, 2016

Photorex said:
my colourful approach of a christmas theme:

Frank

Like the colours. The chocolate makes me hungry.

rfdesigner · Dec 5, 2016

Maximilian said:
rfdesigner said:

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any recomendations of good gels?

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nope!
Not very good on this. Only in looking at pictures.
What color do you want to achieve on the snow flakes?
White? If yes I'd go for RAW with WB in post and white to blue gels.
Shifting that to white again should give the skin tone a (more or less) red tone.
(Or I did my intuitive chromatics wrong )

Yes I'm aiming for white in the flakes.. or even a hint of blue.

I'll need to get the flash colour down to around 2000Kelvin to get that effect. (2500K in post gives me white flakes)

I'm shooting RAW with flat WB to get the exposure right, then playing with WB in post.

Frank: I don't have a gold rescue blanket, it's a reasonable idea but I think it won't be "deep" enough.

ADBa · Dec 5, 2016

thank you, dpc!

tron · Dec 5, 2016

xps said:
LesC said:

I guess we all hope for the Holy Grail, a high FL multiplier zoom with excellent performance although such a beast probably doesn't exist. You'd be forgiven for thinking it did according to Canon USA's description of the new 24-105:

"For incredible versatility, the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM has been redesigned to deliver superb L-series optical performance that pairs smoothly with the high-resolution, full-frame sensors of SLR cameras. Featuring a zoom range of 24-105mm and a constant f/4 aperture, the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM is ideal for landscapes, portraits, sports and more, offering effective all-day performance for advanced photography and videography. It helps reduce ghosting and flare, and has improved peripheral brightness as well as a 10-blade circular aperture that helps deliver sharp, evenly illuminated images with gorgeous background blur. It even has an improved IS system for better handheld performance, especially in challenging light. From wide-angle to mid-telephoto and everywhere in-between, the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM is a durable, compact performer you can count on for excellent performance and gorgeous results in more places, more often"

Is there such a thing as the trades description act in the US Although I guess it's all subjective ...

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Yes, these words "For incredible versatility, the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM has been redesigned to deliver superb L-series optical performance that pairs smoothly with the high-resolution, full-frame sensors of SLR cameras." summs up my expectation. Maybe the last exceptional upgrades of Canon lenses made me believing these advertisements

Exactly! Thankfully there are reliable test sites that reveal the truth and help us .. focus (pun intended) on the really good lenses...

Jack Douglas · Dec 4, 2016

Go Wild, thanks for that, it is reassuring and I'm slowly acquiring the various bits of information that is painting a complete picture.

The number of options with the 1DX II is initially confusing, actually overwhelming but I'm getting the AF sorted out and now there is the AF manual just in time. The camera is a pleasure especially with my 400 DO X2.

A funny little reference point for me is that I can adequately frame a small bird high in a tree, easily a distance that doesn't frighten too many.

If you find extra good prices on CFast let us know. I think by spring I'll purchase at least one 128 Transcend.

Jack

Jack Douglas · Dec 3, 2016

From GUYF: http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/6/0300025186/01/EOS_1D_X_MkII_AF_Setting_Guidebook.pdf
via: http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=31415.0;topicseen

Just what I needed, an AF guidebook so I'd not have to use the 7D II version.

Jack

Julia_LL · Dec 3, 2016

Hi Josh,

Thank you very much for your detailed answer and information!
This really helped me

Julia

Zeidora · Dec 3, 2016

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Zeidora said:

Thanks for the pointers. Wexphoto does not ship overseas. Not sure about Canon HongKong, sent an inquiry, but webform does not permit to enter USA as shipping country. Can't navigate eBay japan, my Japanese is a bit rusty. Ritz: I'm not sure whom they are kidding.

So I guess I wait ... I put a stock notification in with B&H ...

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Ebay USA has or had them from Japanese sellers. Sorry if I confused you.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xcanon+drop+in+filter+holder+.TRS0&_nkw=canon+drop+in+filter+holder+&_sacat=0

No worries. I have on on the way now from Japan.

TommyLee · Dec 3, 2016

Valvebounce said:
Hi TommyLee.
That is a stunning series of shots, the last couple caught me out, I read that birds expression and posture as I'm outa here, then he just walks out.

Cheers, Graham.

thanks Valvebounce.......
the eagle did a johnny B Goode - ChuckBerry ....... for the crowd... it was a sight...

then he flew away .... in a very graceful way......

Josh Denver · Dec 2, 2016

Get the 18-135mm kit instead. A much better lens for the C100II and 80D than 24-105mm. All who tried both said amen.

My advice is as above. If you'll be operating the B cam and set focus manually, then the GH4 will better match the C100II images in overall sharpness and quality. But if you want a B camera for anyone on set to use, get the 80D. The HD is not that bad vs the C100/GH4 but they ARE visibly different in sharpness.

The GH4 4K and C100 cut together beautifully as if shot on one camera really.

That's the video size of things.

Stills? now you make it complex. I don't love the GH4 stills, I think they look bad most of the time but when I use a Canon DSLR it's night and day.

If you chose the 80D in the video section of the comment above the good you're all set.

If you chose GH4, I suggest you buy a little Canon EOS M3 for 300-400 bucks or a T6i and use your lenses on it when you want high quality prints.

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