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Jack Douglas · Sep 2, 2016

arthurbikemad said:
Jack Douglas said:

arthurbikemad said:

I guess so Jack, well that and the AF system on the 1 series always seems to have the edge, saying that we don't know how good the 5D4 is at this time, but given 1DX v 5D3 you could place a good bet. Like you I like to have good IQ etc, but the thing that always comes back to me is no matter how good the IQ if you miss focus...well...you know.. I like your style Jack, now I used to always talk a mate into buying something, that way I could get a good hands on before "I" buy haha, shame only one of my mates has the bug for photography and does not suffer from GAS!

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Sadly death took my camera buddy. We complemented each other like peas in a pod alternately buying gear and sharing the impressions and actual hard evidence. I plunged first on the 300 2.8 II, he first with the 1DX and I restrained since I knew a Mark II wasn't far away.

Funny how some gripe about CR and its personalities. I wouldn't want to give up on CR. Too many helpful folk with good information they are wiling to share!

Jack

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Sorry to hear that Jack, most people round me (mainly my partner) get sick of me talking cameras and bikes.

Had many bikes but gave that up when it was clear that I probably wasn't going to survive to enjoy my retirement.

It was hard for sure.

Jack

IgotGASbadDude · Sep 2, 2016

Luds34 said:
In case anyone is interested, my entrance into the concert was very anti-climatic. No one even wanted to look through my bag (granted it was that tiny lowepro dashpoint). Oh well.

My favorite concert was the Within Temptation show I saw in November 2014. They are hands down my favorite band and I was determined to try and get my 5D3 in. Turned out they just took my ticket and didn't even look at the backpack I had on.

I shot the show for probably 4/5 of the concert when finally the security guy (same guy who handed me the extra battery my wife handed down from the balcony level earlier in the concert) told me "you're gonna have to put that camera away cause it's professional. I shot video on my phone for the remainder of the show. Excellent quality video . . .

Luds34 · Sep 2, 2016

Pookie said:
My wife's family is in Manhattan and we go often...

Walking in Central park with two expensive camera bodies slung is asking for trouble. Be sure to also carry a giant map of the city and a shirt that says "I love NY". A cowboy hat would look good too.

I think you forgot your winking face or sarcasm tags.

leGreve · Sep 2, 2016

Interesting.... ofcourse its just one more camera to choose from. Will be fun to see if people will actually buy into it. Most people use the alexa and the red because they like that particular feel or because its useful for that particular movie.
I do like the color science of canon though, its very pure.

What I dont care for though is their lens line up for film.... breathing simply does not look good on film.
Which is where zeiss, angeniux etc. rules the world.

drmikeinpdx · Sep 2, 2016

This lens really needs an optical upgrade. I sold mine a couple of years ago due to poor sharpness. Also, the image stabilization didn't seem to help as much as I thought it should.

I replaced it with a 75-200 F/4 L that seems to work fairly well.

Iliah Borg · Sep 1, 2016

CaptureWhatYouSee said:
From Iliah Borg (found via DPR):

http://www.rawdigger.com/howtouse/Canon-dual-pixel-technology

Part 2 of the article, a demonstration with blown-out sky: http://www.rawdigger.com/howtouse/canon-dual-pixel-mode-highlights-are-there

rrcphoto · Sep 1, 2016

ahsanford said:
What's the biggest driver for that? No viewfinder? No intermediate model? No lenses? I know what I'd like to see in EOS M, but I fully recognize that I am not the market.

- A

that's just Canon USA being stupid.

I got my M3+EVF+18-55 from Japan for $479 at launch.

FECHariot · Sep 1, 2016

I was hoping Tamron would announce this and the 9-18 at Photokina. With them announcing the new 150-600 and not these, I wonder if that's all for now or if there is more coming.

Mikehit · Sep 1, 2016

jaayres20 said:
I am not sure if I understand this, but this seems interesting to me. Especially if LR eventually supports DP RAW files. Most of the time it seems like we look at the ability of a camera's sensor to recover shadows as a measure of dynamic range. But if the info is in the highlights, then there is no reason to underexpose everything by 5 stops.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2016/09/01/dual-pixel-raw-redux-forget-focus-tweaks-canons-new-tech-can-yield-an-addit

It could be less to do with the sensor and as much to do with how the manufacturer sets up the metering algorithms.
The sensor records the data and the metering can be programmed to give you the equivalent of ISO100, f5.6 1/250 or ISO100, f5.6, 1/350 or ISO 100, f5.6 1/180

What looks like 'recovering highlights' is simply the programmer helping you not to blow the highlights.

A good example I have noted with my 7D2 (and others have commented with 6D and 1DX2 etc) is that images straight out of camera seem darker than with previous generations.

You then of course have other programming wizardry that could help the situation.

ahsanford · Sep 1, 2016

GMCPhotographics said:
Canon and Nikon know that to battle on a 1:1 basis is not good business, it devalues the market and margins for both companies. So the trick is to split the range so that neither camera quite competes on the same level. Canon did this with the 6D and 5D3. Then they split the range again with the 5DS/R. So the Nikon D810 doesn't quite compete with any of these cameras and it's current choice of 35mp was quite cleaver. Although it's still trying to regain the lost market of the D800 from the D700. The D800 was a camera that no one wanted and it isolated a lot of Nikon users. The jump from 12mp to 36mp was too steep for many. Also it's interesting that the release cycles of these two brands is 2 years out of phase. So each brand gets to trump each other every two years...when the truth is that it's just a new camera competing against a more out of date camera.

I am very curious to see what the D810 follow up is. I would have thought Nikon would have simply licensed that A7R II sensor, but they have opted out, either for timing reasons (it was mid-cycle on the D810) or they want to go it alone with their own sensors.

(Also: D5 = Nikon sensor, D810/D750/D610 = Sony sensors, D500 = ? I can't seem to find a clear tell elsewhere online.)

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dpc · Sep 1, 2016

I forgot to mention Beacon Hill Park in Victoria.

9VIII · Sep 1, 2016

I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for the 14f2.8, being Full Frame there's a chance it has good distortion control on Crop, and hopefully they make a manual focus version for Canon.

Michael Clark · Sep 1, 2016

martti said:
I do portraits and sceneries. No sports, no weddings hardly any video.
I cannot stand things that black out in the middle of something. I hate it when something expensive just does not work...yes, I am talking about Sony A6000/Metabones/Canon EF lenses...

Why not a 6D? The sensor is just as good as the 5D3, it just doesn't have the better AF system that you don't really need for your use case.

GMCPhotographics · Aug 31, 2016

Euros....wow...that's so last Brexit.

Pansottin · Aug 31, 2016

Thanks a lot for your help. I´ve my answers now ,-)

lino · Aug 31, 2016

every extra fps counts

Maiaibing · Aug 31, 2016

iaind said:
Probably with the 5dv with hopefully cfast cards and probably nearer 2021.

5ds/r cheaper than 5d4. which would you buy?

For the price I'd certainly go for the 5DS/R myself.

5DIV looks great and I expect the sensor has better noise and DR than the 5DS/R (of course need to see this verified by real tests) however, the 5DS/R wins big in detail/resolution ~50% better than 5DIV which is more important to me. Also, the 5DS/R has a lot of the key IQ upgrades that you find in the 5DIV. Like its DR is up to 2 full stops better than the 5DIII at lower iso.

Can't go wrong with either.

Good luck with your choice.

j-nord · Aug 31, 2016

I'm interested in a 50 1.4 II and I think a very large % of other consumers are too, what is taking so long? A lot of people are bring their sales over to Sigma and Tamron for these standard primes. I have the 50 1.8 STM and despite the incredibly slow focus speed and awful focus by wire it's still a great/useful lens with the dated 50 1.4 providing no benefit that I can see.

PureClassA · Aug 31, 2016

Well the FS7 is cheaper and has more capabilities than the C300 II if memory serves. Hence my notion that if Canon is serious about this stuff, they would squeeze all they can out of it via firmware while still leaving potentially plenty room above for a C700

sootzzs · Aug 31, 2016

Mikehit said:
sootzzs said:

I have the feeling that the original poster would prefer people who spend their time in writing sound, detailed advice, even if he doesn't feel comfortable with their photos on his thread, than just an empty, useless sarcasm.

I would, at least.

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Well...speak on behalf of the OP (who I am sure is perfectly capable of making their own mind on this matter) about the unacceptability of posting photos and then accuse someone else of empty sarcasm. Instead of one post you find unacceptable there is now a diversion about forum ettiquete (and yes, I do realise the irony of saying that while adding my own post on the matter, so I will leave it there).

Fair enough. It just maddened me to see someone spending their time on giving a thorough, helpful advice, being bashed for no apparent reason. Opinions may (should) differ of course.

ahsanford · Aug 31, 2016

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30675.0

I don't know why the topic isn't 5 pages deep already (long long long awaited info on high ISO performance!), so I'll repost it here. Please put comments in the thread I've linked above.

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bsbeamer · Aug 31, 2016

I'm surprised there haven't been more updates for the 18-35 art. If anyone is using the 5D4 for 4K, this could be an important lens to have in your kit with the almost 1.75x crop factor. The mount is standard EF (not EF-S) and can see more people using that range than the 24-35 in 4K mode.

tron · Aug 31, 2016

AlanF said:
Arthur Morris is raving about the 5Dsr on his blog - but he does have links to buy it! Other bird photographers are more sanguine.

The appeal to me is that it would have better resolution than the 7DII when cropped for distant birds, and for close ups would be significantly better when the bird fill the FF. Set against that, are the size of the files and the slower frame rate.

Also, I am wondering if the resolution advantage of not having a low pass filter would be lost when using a 100-400mm II + 1.4xTC. The native lens is sharp enough to take advantage of the sensor. But, the softness introduced by the TC might mean that the 5Dsr cropped is no better than the 7DII.

Alan if we have to compare apples to apples the 7DII and the 5DsR have the same pixel density which means the same pixels/bird (some member had said pixels/duck which I like a lot ;D ).
So we have to compare them either without or with tc on both of them.
EDIT: I just saw it was a very old thread. Sorry for this!

expatinasia · Aug 31, 2016

I tried a search and also cannot remember seeing anyone mention this (apologies if have) but I just noticed that DigitalRev TV reviewed the 1DX Mark II.

Another fun review from Kai!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4BmzWghC4

IglooEater · Aug 30, 2016

Tugela said:
IglooEater said:

Tugela said:

Humid air will not stick around a heat sink. Because it is hotter, that area will actually be drier.

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So is that why exhaust lines never rust? :

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Corrosion through oxidation are electrochemical reactions. They don't require exposure to water, they require exposure to air. Heat will accelerate those processes.

Agreed. The illustration is somewhat flawed, but it's point still holds. Just because something is hotter doesn't lower it's propensity to oxidation necessarily. In general, oxidation is accelerated as temperature increases.

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