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Aglet · Sep 23, 2015

pre-production unit but recent images from it have a nice look, reasonable facsimile of vintage large format film look.

http://largesense.com/blog/2015/09/reenactors-american-civil-war/

Ebrahim Saadawi · Sep 22, 2015

This 50mm is SO cool for an M camera. I've always lusted for the Canon 50mm 1.2L aesthetic (DOF) and now I can get this instead, with a small eos m.

I wish Canon wouldn't force us to get expensive FF glass for out APS-C/S35 cameras, and offer affordable 50mm ef-s 1.2 and such.

BTW the focus ring on these lenses are heaven, it's very easy for me to focus the samyang 85mm wide open on the m3 screen, but you can take it further with giving a visual peaking aid.

An m3 + this 50mm 1.2 + LCDEVF loup seems like such a cool small video kit, especially with the improved and very good 1080p on the new sensor in the m3, Only lacking optical stabilization (although the digital one on the m3 is great, but I just don't like the idea of potentially losing resolution with digital stabilization, just gives me a bad feel so I don't use it)

I hope for an m4 with even better video quality (perfect 1080p, like 5ds (yes I said s, the video quality on it is the best of any canon DSLR, strangely! or a7s, xc10, gh4, just full resolution, sharp, non aliased 1080P with canon colours and the high-end 90mbps ALL-I Codec), a great clear EVF, clean HDMI out like the 7DII, + please, please, I beg you for some new glass, fast er-m/ef-s primes with IS from 35mm to 85mm, pleaaase!

LDS · Sep 22, 2015

pwp said:
A few years ago I got an EyeFi SD card hoping for useable performance and stability for the same reasons you've detailed.

WiFi in an electromagnetically "busy" environment may be tricky. For maximum reliability, you should find a channel with little interference, especially if using a device not designed to be an access point like an iPad. Some WiFi diagnostic apps may help to check how many devices are transmitting, and on what channels. Remember that 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz channel overlaps, you may need to leave 3-4 channels "clear" to avoid interferences, say channel 11 is in use, you should not select 10 or 9, even if free, better to use 7 or 6 (if free, and not overlapping with other channels). Other many factors may of course be implied.
Setting up a true access point - it needs to be just an access point to create a wifi network, it doesn't need to be a router/switch/ap device - usually yields far better results than an ad-hoc connection, because of better antennas, transmission power, and dedicated hardware.

Also, be aware some hotels and congress centers have been found guilty (i.e. https://www.fcc.gov/document/marriott-pay-600k-resolve-wifi-blocking-investigation) of using techniques to force devices to drop the connection to any non-company WiFi, to make people to use the local, usually expensive wifi network.

alliumnsk · Sep 22, 2015

Re: Sensor movement

keithcooper said:
Good luck with any user interface on that one
Never underestimate the ineptitude and lack of understanding of your audience when designing 'easy' interfaces for complex kit.

Well there is already interface called A-DEP. I don't see why it can't be automatic in green modes.

keithcooper said:
Light field and computational imaging will eventually be far more flexible for any 'Auto' modes, and not need the complexities (and limitations) of moving tilting elements.

Yes. Someday. Now there's very heavy pixel tradeoff (if you need 4x depth you need 16x number of pixels) and exit pupil of the lens has to be coupled with the sensor which makes it er... limited to fixed lens cameras.
Sensor tilting isn't more complex than double reflex mirror.

keithcooper said:
Even then I suspect I'll still be enjoying my "fully manual heavy expensive kludges"

Why not. Some people still enjoy shooting film and manual lenses when there's digital and AF.

LukasS · Sep 22, 2015

It started to show here in Poland, price around 2350USD which is high at this point, previous premieres weren't much different from US (7DII and 100-400/II) in terms of price - this one is significantly.

Sep 22, 2015

helpful said:
Choosing the center point only versus a group of autofocus points is not the issue at hand. If you choose the center point only, does your camera then provide the option to prioritize initial focus acquisition on a potential subject at 10 feet versus a potential subject at 5 feet, if both subjects are detectable by the sensor? I may be wrong, but I don't think so.

Choosing focus points is exactly the issue at hand. I don't believe there is any distance priority for a single AF point. In any of the automatic AF point selection modes, yes – the AF system will choose the AF point(s) that achieve focus on the closest subject within a zone or the whole array. With a single point selected, if there are multiple 'subjects' at different distances the AF system will lock onto the feature with the highest contrast, regardless of distance. You can see this especially with a complex 3D subject like a tree with bare branches, in single point AF the closest branch is not consistently where the AF system locks focus. In fact, in that scenario in diffuse lighting, where contrast between branches is pretty uniform, the process appears stochastic.

Note that the above doesn't change the applicability of your suggestion to the automatic AF point selection process – a distance priority could be applied among AF points, but not for a single AF point. It's an interesting idea, but I highly doubt we'd ever see it implemented, due to the complexity.

This concept reminds me a bit of the old A-DEP setting, where the camera used the distance between the closest and furthest in-focus AF points to determine the aperture value needed to have both in the DoF. In the context of the above discussion it's worth noting that on cameras with the A-DEP setting, that mode forced the camera into automatic AF point selection among all points, it can't function with just one AF point.

Maximilian · Sep 22, 2015

moreorless said:
PA_phoxerballzz said:

cosmopotter said:

It is POSSIBLE that it could be a replacement for the long-in-the-tooth EF-S 10-22 USM... afterall, the 10-18 is quite new and quite cheap.

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True, but as far as speed, nothing differentiates this patent from the current 10-22. In fact, it's slower!
I guess for UWA fun, I'll have to get a full frame with the 16-35 f4.

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Is speed really a key issue for UWA's on APSC though? that nobody but Tokina have ever made a fast UWA zoom for APSC does seem to suggest its a niche market.

9mm obviously offers a notable advantage over 10mm and means Canon edge out Nikons 15mm equivalent on there 10-24mm with 1.5 crop factor with 14.5mm.

If the 80D really pushes resolution then an update to the 10-22mm does seem to be needed badly.

Your thoughts are mostly right but the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM with its aperture starting at 3.5 set the standard.
A lot of people use UWA not only for landscape, where wide aperture is less important. They use it for indors, for nights, for artsy UWA with low DOF and in addition they want the convenience of a zoom. Those want a wider aperture than 4.5.

And even if the 10-22 it has problems with a higher resolution 80D I don't believe, that those people are willing to trade of one whole number in aperture for losing 1 mm on the wide and 2 mm on the long end, too.

They (I) would say: "Canon, make the 10-22 better! give us the 9 mm in addition on the wide end, if possible. If not, leave it at 10 mm."

But we'll see what Canon thinks...

tron · Sep 21, 2015

AlanF said:
Peterpilot said:

I agree with you, the results looks rather similar. What camera are you using your 100-400 II on?

And by the way, how do I reply on a post without getting all these previous quotes?

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If you use "Quote" to reply, you have remove the quotes tediously and systematically by removing all the " /quote " (in square brackets) except the last after what you want to quote, and all the previous until the very first, in your case square bracket quote author=Peterpilot link=topic=27742.msg548064#msg548064 date=1442857589 square bracket. Alternatively, just click on "Reply" and save yourself the trouble.

I understand where the queries concerning the MTFs arise. They are similar. My reasoning for the 100-400mm being better for the APS-C 560/600mm data close to the centre was: the 300mm x2 at f/5.6 has an average MTF for sag and merid of 0.484 and f/8 0.524. There is astigmatism for both as the sag and merids do not converge. For the 100-400 II at f/8 the average is 0.507 with astigmatism but at f/11 it is 0.538 with no astigmatism.

I have the 300mm f/2.8 II and the 100-400mm II so I have no owners bias to either lens and love them both.

Alan I remember you from previous posts. I do believe that since you have tried so many combinations you are more than qualified to have an opinion which by the way I value. It was just the TDP site which seemed to contradict a little.

9VIII · Sep 21, 2015

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/09/ipad-mini-4-review-a-lighter-faster-tablet-with-a-better-screen/

I think this review is a good rundown of the Mini 4.
It's an upgrade, but definitely held back from what they could have done, and should have done, with the platform.

The Mini 4 CPU is only 1.25 times better than the Mini 2/3, and while the Mini 4 GPU is almost twice as good as the Mini 2/3, the Air 2 GPU from last year is three times faster than the Mini 2/3.

As someone looking to upgrade from the Mini 2, now is definitely not the time to buy, the Mini 2 is still quite capable.
I'm betting the Air 3 next year is going to be reasonably priced and share a lot of features with the Pro.
If not I'm waiting for the Mini to get a significant GPU upgrade, which could take a while if they wait to years or more to upgrade the internals on any given model.

TheJock · Sep 21, 2015

In the next photos you can see the back and the "dial" to turn the Circ Pol, you can also see the "sponge" around it on the front to further protect your square filters from scratching.

wyldeguy · Sep 21, 2015

I got the Err 70 a couple times in the past. I chalked it up to one of my cards not playing nice, but it's good to see that it's not and that there is a fix for it. Just in time for my Walt Disney trip.

kanehi · Sep 21, 2015

Wireless charging would be nice in addition to replaceable batteries. The battery can charge overnight and be ready the next day. If Samsung can do wireless charging with their Galaxy phones why can't Canon. Qi wireless chargers are affordable. I also like the idea of wireless functions and transfers and hopefully it'll have GPS.

bwud · Sep 20, 2015

benperrin said:
bwud said:

benperrin said:

Just a quick update on the Sony with the metabones. Whilst the focus accuracy is generally very good I have had several times where the focus stops working all together and even more times where the camera decides to blackout for at least 10 seconds. There are still many issues to be worked out with these cameras.

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I thought that was a metabones thing but mine does that occasionally with native glass too. Buggy firmware I hope.

The thing I notice with the adapter more frequently is the camera not knowing the max aperture. It will display -- rather than an f number, and I have to power cycle. It typically happens after the camera sleeps. Maybe it doesn't supply enough power to the adapter to hold the lens info.

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Interesting. Thanks for the info. I haven't noticed any issues with max aperture yet but I have noticed that 1.8 is displayed as 1.7 on the Sony for some reason. The Sony cameras seem to be full of weird issues.

I am making the assumption it doesn't know max aperture and thus gets confused based on how you have to "teach" it 3rd (4th?) party glass like Tamron. It needs to learn max aperture before it can properly focus (which is done wide open). I assume once it loses info about an attached lens it needs to reboot. Could be a different reason entirely, but the symptom and solution is consistent: display -- for aperture -> reboot.

The display thing I think has I do with the Sony set for 1/2 stops, not 1/3.

A funny thing I noticed is that with my EF 16-35 f4L IS, my exif data reads the Sony FE 16-35 OSS. No clue whether that's the camera's doing or the adapter's.

Sauropod · Sep 19, 2015

Quick update. The empty CLI-42GY_SETUP cartridge weighed 16g (the full one weighed 28g).

I weighed a CLI-8PC full and it came in at 28g, the empty CLI-8PC came in at 15g.

I ran the -8PC all the way down til I was informed it had run out of ink. The -42GY may have had a bit of ink left in it as I changed it before it said it had truly run out of ink. That could account for the 1g difference in empty weight.

I will be curious to see if future CLI-42x cartridges come in at 27g or 28g. I weighed a complete set of CLI-8x and each weighed 28g. As my CLI-42x sample size is exactly one I can't comment yet.

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 19, 2015

sedwards said:
if im not mistaken , AF will work in liveview at F8.

Yes, but using a long telephoto with TC and liveview can be extremely difficult unless on a sturdy tripod with a very still subject. If you are lucky, a bird might sit on a branch in one spot long enough for liveview on a 50D to focus. It will likely hunt for a while.

Sportsgal501 · Sep 18, 2015

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Spring 2016 Debut? As in May? People complain when they have to wait 2-3 months after a Canon announcement. How about making long suffering Pentax users wait 8 months

I do indeed have some old Pentax Glass. I picked up a old Canon FTb QL today at a garage sale, it seems to work nicely at all shutter speeds, and the old L lens works fine as well.

That time period was the heyday of Pentax, they were neck and neck with Nikon, and maybe better than Canon. I never owned one then, but have bought used ones since.

Extra a few months won't hurt better to get a system that is working properly than one full of issues like the first batch of K-3 II.

Jack Douglas · Sep 18, 2015

arbitrage, you have altogether too much gear. It's time you off-loaded some of it to me!

My immediate lust is for the 1DX MII but boy 600 DO - oooh. I would do fine I think since I'm handling 1D4 and 300 X2 with no problem. Couldn't handle your big 600 though.

Jack

kaihp · Sep 18, 2015

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Any difference3 in settings between the two cameras will affect the number of shots. Something is set differently. reset both cameras so they will be the same.

Yup. Different ISO, different noise reduction, different anything that will effect the image processing.

Vivid Color · Sep 18, 2015

I recently got all of my gear insured through Hill and Usher and they were great to work with. Since I'm not working with other people, and was mostly concerned with theft or loss, I did not focus on liability issues, but I did list all of my filters, cards, etc. Although each one wasn't a lot of money, collectively, I was really surprised at how much all of accessories added up to. If something catastrophic happens and I lose all of my gear, I am glad that all of the accessories are covered as it would be a lot of money to lay out all over again. That said, I would include only those things that you would want to replace. For example, an accessory you bought but didn't find useful and never use, I would exclude that from the inventory. At the very least, you should list all of your stuff and add up the replacement cost to make your decision. H&U sends you a great Excel spreadsheet that makes this task very easy. (Don't bother with the PDF version as it is not detailed enough.) Hope this helps.

Vivid

Cali Capture · Sep 18, 2015

The Sony A7rII is a $3,200 dollar body with 1K lenses! It doesn't make much sense for EOS owners to invest in this system just for 4K video or a smaller body.
Canon has come up short in offering all of us vested EOS glass owners with a simple affordable Video system for our lenses. We should be able to slap our lenses on a sub or near $1k video body designed for enthusiast level video & sound capture. It doesn't need to be as compact as an A7 or M series, in fact it should have some weight (great battery) to balance the EOS lens heft.
With most Canon EOS owners coming from the still capture culture, we most likely have that as our primary goal. If I'm potentially shooting both video and stills, odds are video will be on a tripod. So I'd rather have another body that's better at video, with just an easy to use platform, without paying for it to be good at stills!

Anyone else agree, this is a missing link in Canon's offerings?

jeffa4444 · Sep 18, 2015

Ditto. Did not get much out of the tour felt it was clunky and for an imaging company not really informative.

Stu_bert · Sep 17, 2015

psolberg said:
Stu_bert said:

psolberg said:

I'm not surprised. Sony has a huge RD division and they have been a leader in semiconductors for far longer than I can remember. Canon is simply outspent, out performed and out matched. However canon is competing with sony like it competes with Nikon: simply try to out-muscle them. That will not work with sony, as sony cannot just match them in size and scale, but budget, if not exceed them. Canon needs to go back to its roots: understand its market. Sony is giving people what they want. Canon is simply betting on lens mount lock-in to keep its base around.

In many ways, canon is exactly where nikon was some years ago: huffing and puffing its market position while doing nothing to become more nimble. In many ways, sony is the new canon: a challenger company that has nothing to lose so it takes risks.

So kudos to sony, they deserve their wins. Canon, well you know a company that is in a panic when their have to resort to announcing prototypes or "developments" they are working on. You can be both sony and nikon are doing the same things, but they are not silly enough to tip the competition when they have no product to sell.

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It's interesting, none of us know the future, and no of us know how much profit any company is making, and whereas we all want to invest in a manufacturer that will be around for years to come, the reality is Nikon, Canon, Sony will I'm sure be around for a long while yet.

I remember everyone (not here) going that Apple will fail, Android will succeed, yet whereas Android phones have the lions share of the market, Apple have the lions share of the profit. We dont know how much profit they (camera manufacturers) are making so saying that one is dominating the other is frankly mute - no one can prove a thing. Revenue or % market share is important, but profit makes the difference.

As for marketing products not released - that's a normal marketing ploy, you want to keep your customers from going elsewhere. At CES every year, we see TVs being shown, but not released, along with a whole lot of other products.

I agree that Sony has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, and that the competition they bring is good for us. But, as most users of any of the current systems will tell you (so long as they're not trying to generate web traffic to gain income), any of the dSLRs or mirrorless systems are more than a match for what you do. Go read Tom Hogan who writes Nikon books. It's more about learning to use the system to its' potential and actually taking photos then it is about trying to convince others that they've bought into a dead system and as a result they cant take decent photos any more.

For Canon rumors, all these threads are good business. The more we argue, the more hits, the more money. I get that. But it would be good if every time a new camera is released from any manufacturer, people focused more on what it does, and less on why it beats the beejeepers out of the competition and therefore no one can take a good photo or video with the kit they have....

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I'm not sure what you mean. Public companies report how much profit they make. They are required to do this. Canon releases quarterly reports like nikon and sony do. They must. Do they fudge things a bit, off course, but we WILL know if Nikon/Canon camera divisions are struggling. It isn't as hidden as you believe even if we don't have access to the internal data.

Also everybody wants to be apple: huge margins, a fanatical base. The reality is that few, if any companies can exist that way or even achieve it. Canon is no apple. not even close. Plenty of companies do retreat because of declines in numbers. In fact that is the norm. So using apple as an example is really misguided because apple is not like anything out there. Even so Apple is also not invincible: double digit declines in ipad sales are not reversing. The iphone lift has to keep going year after year and any hiccups will be felt as that is basically their only business. It's their "windows" back before microsoft diversified into a million profit centers. Canon is more like microsoft: many profit centers. So the camera division isn't necessarily betting the company. The question is how will their division cope with the changes even as the larger entity goes on. Yes, Android will continue to dominate the future of mobile computing by numbers. Apple may still manage to keep people upgrading iphones, and canon may still manage to keep some professionals buying 1Dxs. It is not that they will go away. That is silly. The question is what role. It may very well be, Nikon/Canon become niche players, like the Medium Format players of today, while Sony runs away with the market. or not.

I didnt think they broke it down even to product families. If they do, then I stand corrected.

Sony is just the latest kid on the block. You are forecasting doom for Canon, a niche player. The same was said about Apple with all the Android sales, yet Apple makes good profit out of their models. I was not stating they are invincible, nor that Canon is trying to be an Apple. And yes, as the largest tech company, of course everyone wants to be like them. But your doom and gloom for Canon appears to be based solely around Sony releasing products that You think are good.

It's about staying in business. It's about making a profit. For the "upstarts", their only line of attack is pricing and innovation. Does not mean they will be successful, or become niche.

Why has the bottom fallen out of the dSLR market? Because smartphones are good enough for most people's needs. How many people who buy a camera know what a Sony has over an Olympus or a Fuji. And for those that do know, just how many are going to chase the latest tech and jump ship?

Sony may indeed be aggressively attacking Canon and Nikon. What happens if they don't make a good profit from the cameras? Sure their sensors division are doing well, but is the camera side doing well ? And is it fact or Sony huffing and puffing and showing they are more successful than they are?

The arguments can continue till the cows come home. Frankly it is just an exercise in futility....

Sep 17, 2015

lv2rescue said:
Thanks everyone! I will try the back button AF idea. The DOF was definitely tight on an 800 mm at close range, but even though the subject didn't move significantly, you can see frame by frame as it gets further and further out of focus. I thought if the subject didn't move it would stay locked on just by pushing down on the shutter in AI servo. Thanks again!

Which 800mm lens are you using? I use the Canon 800 F5.6 L IS and expect a VERY high keeper rate if I do my part! I often use my 800 at close to MFD (sometimes closer with extension tubes) and normally go for F11 to get some depth of field.
Another thing I have found is that my keeper rate is significantly higher with the IS turned off - even more so with moving subjects.

YuengLinger · Sep 17, 2015

unfocused said:
A couple of thoughts:

If you send the camera and lens in to Canon for a clean and check, they will test the camera and lens, and clean the sensor and the front and rear lens elements, but they won't take either apart to check for water damage, unless you tell them what happened and ask for a repair estimate.

Even though the camera is working now, it's probably going to die an early death, as corrosion eventually causes electrical elements to fail. Whether it takes months or years is anyone's guess.

Do you already own full frame lenses? If not, you need to factor that in to the cost of entry into the full frame world.

If you are certain you will be switching to full frame, I'd use this accident as a reason to take plunge.

For the uses you described, the 6D sounds like the best match. If you need weather resistance, the 5DIII is better, but it's not going to take kindly to a dunking in the water either.

If the current camera is working, you might want to wait a month or so and see what prices are like as we get closer to the Christmas holidays (follow CanonPriceWatch.Com).

The Canon refurbished store has occasional sales. You may want to watch for a sale there (again, follow CanonPriceWatch.Com) for a heads up on sales.

Finally, if you aren't ready to go full frame, consider a 70D. It's a big step up from the Rebel line and they are very cheap right now (either new or refurbished).

+1 All sounds like solid advice, exactly what I'd tell a friend.

Canon Rumors · Sep 17, 2015

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<strong>Details</strong>

Firmware Version 1.4.0 incorporates the following improvements and fixes:</p>
<p>Fixes a phenomenon which occurs when the “Shutter button half-press” menu item, configured in “C.Fn5: Operation”>”Custom Controls Menu”, is set to metering start only; depending on when the shutter button is half-pressed, it may initiate AutoFocus.</p>
<p>Firmware Version 1.4.0 includes all improvements and fixes provided in previous firmware versions.</p>
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<p>Notes:

▪ As a result of this fix, cameras with Firmware Version 1.3.9 (or later) will not be able to read the “camera settings file” created with cameras running Firmware Version 1.3.5 (or earlier). If you require the “camera settings file”, please create it after updating to firmware version 1.3.9 (or later).</p>
<p><strong>Support</strong>

Canon USA will perform this firmware update on the EOS-1D C Cinema EOS Camera free of charge. Shipping and handling charges may apply. Please contact the Canon Customer Support Center for details.</p>
<p>This information is for residents of the United States and Puerto Rico only. If you do not reside in the USA or Puerto Rico, please contact the Canon Customer Support Center in your region.</p>
<p>Please <a class="rebecca" href="https://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/registration/professional/professional_cameras/35mm_slr_cameras/eos_1d_c" target="_blank">register</a> the EOS-1D C. By registering, we will be able to notify you via email when future firmware updates become available for download. If you already registered, please ensure you are opted-in to receive the notification.</p>
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