Lots of interesting thoughts and images in this post. The 80D seems to be a very nice camera. We bought my wife a 70D when it first came out. She loves it. Canon has yet to release a camera to get me to part with my 7D and my money.

cayenne said:

Does anyone know much about the new "Digi-Bees" by Buff?

https://www.paulcbuff.com/alienbees.php

I can't really tell the difference between them and the regular Alien Bees...except some specs and price....are they just newer models of the AB's or is it really new tech of some sort?


cayenne

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Only that they take the CSXCV which is a key requirement for me. Oh and the stupid naming nomenclature continues, the 400 is a 160 Ws and the 800 is a 320 Ws.

If you need low power the 400's look interesting, if you are thinking about the 800's I can't see the price differential between them and the Einsteins being worth it, take a month or two more saving and just get the Einstein.

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kaihp said:

East Wind Photography said:

So you need need either a gigabit hub or a crossover cable.

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While Gigabit half-duplex is standardized, I have never seen equipment (except dedicated test equipment from Ixia and Smartbits) that support it. Even less a gigabit hub. Fortunately Gigabit switches are abundant and quite cheap as well.

Cross-over cables are mostly (far mostly) a thing of the past, with all Gigabit PHYs supporting Auto-MDI/MDIX (internal cross-over) and 100Mbps PHYs have also gone that way.

TL;DR: grab an Ethernet cable (Cat-5e or higher), plug one end into a switch and the other into the camera and you should be good to go.

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The thought here wasn't due to duplex issues, it was so you could transfer at lan speeds without using a hub at all. Powering a hub in the field may not be possible and one may not want to travel with the extra equipment. A cross over makes the simplest sense.

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EW, my point was that hubs and switches are different things. But yeah, both requires power (which is your point).

Directly attaching the 1DX2 to a laptop is the alternative. Due to the "auto-MDIX" feature of the Gigabit Ethernet standard, a specialized "cross-over" cable is not required (it used to be in the 10M and early 100M days, but no longer).
The one thing left standing is to get the laptop & camera on the same network - either by static setup or make the laptop function as DHCP server to the camera.

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neuroanatomist said:

StudentOfLight said:

I can put any of my current Canon DSLRs into liveview and operate them mirrorlessly.

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-less \ˈles\ adjective: an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless).

I'm led to believe that you reach in with some pliers and yank out the mirror from your Canon dSLRs to 'operate them mirrorlessly'.

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Not another camera accessory. Will 3rd-party pliers suffice or would you recommend I get the expensive made-in-Japan ones?

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I'd say 3rd party is ok, as long as they have the same red accent found Canon L-series lenses...

Pay Canon the $112...

Because you cracked the body, it shows abnormal use of the piece of equipment and thus all the equipment is no longer subject to warranty...

That's the gist of it, you will have to get a lawyer to point out the applicable captions and text...

greger said:

I bought an AE-1 in the mid 70's. After many rolls of film I used rolls and rolls of slide film. I kept using the camera after I got glasses thanks to the rubber eyecup that came with it. I still have the camera. I bought my wife an Olympus 7070 wide zoom. I bought myself a 40D and used it till it said error 99 after every shot. I bought my 7D which I am still using. If it breaks I will have to see what Canon has to offer. I have too much invested in lenses and flashes to switch brands. I like some people think about full frame. I might stick to APSC for the reach. The 80D is a nice camera with 2 Custom spots on the mode dial. It's something I could be happy owning. I'm wanting 3 custom spots and an articulating touch screen with WiFi. GPS would be a nice feature if we did a lot of travelling. As many people state, Better Dynamic Range!

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I have very good friends where his wife was shooting with a 60D and he uses a 7D, for christmas this past year I recommended, for the budget constraints he had vs. what he wanted to get for her, the Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM lens. She loved it, works great with her 60D, then for her birthday this past May, he bought her the new 80D, they took it to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons for their summer vacation...they both love it and I can't wait to see her photos. They have the 55-250mm IS STM lens too, and a couple other Canon lenses.

Is there anyone with both a MKI and MKII, including their wireless adapters, and can comment on the wireless capabilities of each?

My buddy has a MKI and WFT-E6A and he tells me that he can configure the wireless to be an independent destination from his CF cards, so basically it acts as a 3rd media card. For example he has his CF cards configured for mirrored writing of raw files, and he sends small jpg's over the wireless to Shuttersnitch on his iPad.

I'm trying to replicate exactly that on my MKII and WFT-E8A: I want to mirror the raws on my CF/CFast cards, and send jpg's over wireless. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. It seems that instead of treating the wireless as a 3rd card, like my buddy's MKI, the MKII instead just takes a copy of what you're writing to one of the media cards and sends it over wireless. If this is in fact the case, it seems that the MKII's wireless is crippled compared to the MKI.

Any thoughts on this? My buddy and I haven't both been in the same place with our camera's for quite awhile so we haven't had a chance to compare our settings side by side.

Hi Halfniak.
I would imagine the differentiator here is the use of the terms "own" and "used." I would imagine that means the cameras were company or borrowed or rented rather than owned.
Of course it could just be that there was more emotional attachment to his first dslr.
Or by the time he had to choose between selling the either the 350D or 700D there was not enough residual value to the earlier camera to support an upgrade, this is what usually happens to me.
Following an unexpected shutter death whilst on holiday I resolved never to be without a backup hence I kept my 300D until I wanted to upgrade my 40D, 300D value <£100, camera had more value as a time lapse shutter sacrifice so I kept it, it is still going and gets loaned to my nieces to use without fear of financial ruin!

More on topic.
Angela had an EOS M that we bought for her to use as she wanted better control than is offered by a phone, had to be a Canon MILC to take advantage of my lens collection. After a couple of days where just walking on the seafront on a summer day made picture taking impossible (live view reflection) it was decided that a viewfinder was required. So we looked at an M3 plus add on evf vs an SL1 / 100D, the M3 with evf was about 20% smaller than the SL1 / 100D (not sufficiently smaller enough to not need a small camera bag) and about 25% dearer, enough to sway the decision.
We are both happy with the SL1 / 100D as I can help with menus and controls as they are very similar to my cameras and Angela is already having better results for her effort, she can also track moving targets that were much more difficult on the M due to lag. Plus I'm not likely to try to "borrow" it as I find it too small to hold comfortably, it causes cramp from screwing my hand up so small on the grip.

Cheers, Graham.

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pj1974 said:

I currently own a 7D and a good old trusty 350D. I used many other cameras, from 1DsIII to 700Ds and several Nikon DSLRs (including the D800).
I also have used some mirrorless cameras (Sony A6000, a few Fujis, an Olympus on the odd occasion too, etc).

Best wishes and peace to all.

Paul 8)

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So why did you keep the 350 and not the 700Ds?

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Hi xps!

I have neither the 80D nor the 7D2. So sorry if you want to see personal experience only.

But if you read the reviews of Dustin and Bryan and know their reputation I'd go for the 80D.
Both say that the AF is great, a big improvement over the (old) 70D/7D AF and coming close to 7D2.

Dustin says:
The upgraded AF system makes it a viable competitor to the 7DII, though that camera should probably still be the ultimate choice for sports or wildlife shooters. But the Canon EOS 80D is the jack of all trades, good enough at everything to make many owners very happy.

Here are the direct links:
http://dustinabbott.net/2016/05/canon-eos-80d-review/
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-80D.aspx

I hope, I could help a little bit.

Yes, true. Different needs, different priorities.
From my own experience I figured that I'll rarely go below my 17 TS anyway.

AF performance of all Canon EOS cameras and mirrorless-suitable (!) STM lenses is not negatively impacted by use of the EF/EF-M adapter. AF with EF-S STM lenses on EOS-bodues is fully on par with comparable EF-M lenses: eg 18-55 STM IS or EF-S 55-250 vs EF-M 50-200.

non-STM lenses - especially older designs - perform not as well, neither on EOS-M (via adapter) nor in liveview on EOS DSLRs. it is a restriction of the lenses relative to hybrid/contrast-detect AF-systems. not caused by the adapter.


ps: canon teleconverters (1.4x and 2x) do cause slower AF performance (consviously implemented electronically that way by Canon) - but they are a totally different story compared to a simple "extension tube mount adapter" used to mount dslr lenses on mirrorless cameras with shorter flange distance.

I came to the same conclusion regarding crop vs. ff when I'm shooting my daughter's dive meets. I have a 6D and the results it produced compared to my 60D were superior. I also found for my use that the 70-200 f2.8 mk ii was the perfect lens for that. Most of my shots were around 135mm so our next meet I'm going to try the 135 f2 to see how it compares. I'm expecting the image quality to improve by allowing me to drop the iso one stop. I keep my camera set to iso 3200 and the shutter speed at ~1/1000-1250, which is sufficient to stop action on most of the divers. It gets harder for the 6D with our seniors who twist really fast - limitation of the camera as it loses focus lock and won't re-aquire.

Congratulations on your 1dx! I may be following your footsteps for an action camera, but I want to see the next 5D first before making a decision. I don't need the 14 fps, but the 4.5 is pretty slow if shooting something other than youth sports. It's more about perfecting your timing with a camera that slow (which can be done).

I wouldn't be surprised if this lens was made in small numbers, just like the two monster lenses made for the Koshien Stadium, but gave the company a lot of PR which leads to secondary sales.

I've never been happy with the af on the lens but the iq is really good. there is always a thread or 2 running on a comparable canon lens. that would bring better af for sure. these are not award winning wildlife photos but you can see the lens is plenty sharp.

taken with the canon mount lens on an a7rii + metabones adaptor

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Hector1970 said:

Thanks for all the replies.
I had thought maybe APS-C had a less shallow depth of field so objects appear sharper might be part of what I was seeing but that seems to be debunked.
For my eye on APS-C I'm closer to the subject (if the full frame camera is in the exact same shot).
If I was manually focussing both it would be easier to focus with APS-C because the image size is bigger in the viewfinder.
I was wondering if it was the same for the autofocus sensor?
I think you are saying it's not.

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That that Orangutang says, I think is that the AF sensor is independent of the imager and thus don't "care" if it's a crop camera or not. Given that it is the same AF sensor, processor and lense. It would be different in live view...

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Accept for the fact that a ff camera has more area available and thus can use a larger af sensor. It does not use the imager but the rest of the system, mirror, prism, viewfinder to support the imager all play a role as to how large the af sensor can be. Canon does choose to use larger sensors in full frame cameras now which allows better phase detection in lower light levels.

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The interesting part here is that the imager and AF are separate: The fact that Canon might chose a larger AF sensor in the 1-series than the 7-series does not depend on the size of the imager but is a marketing and technical decition since the 7D* has a more cramped body than the 1D* and also brings the MF more money per unit...

Crapking, would you be able to do me a favour? Would you be able to take a picture of the sky defocused at f/22 or f/32 at a lowish ISO?

I and another poster on DPReview are experiencing a strange phenomenon of sensor lines across the sensor at these narrower apertures.

http://www.lens-rumors.com/new-patent-tamron-70-200mm-f4-vc-lens/

anyone else hoping this lens becomes a reality?
if it'll cost around the second hand price of a canon 70-200 f4 i think it will be a winner

ahsanford said:

tron said:

All these tests prove that we need a breakthrough in a Canon UWA fast lens as far as coma is concerned!
It does not have to be a zoom lens but if the new 16-35 2.8 III is almost coma free it will be a great lens for any kind of landscape (astro or not = two birds with one stone) . And the two lenses I mentioned mean that Canon just might be able to provide us with such a lens.

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Here's hoping, of course! I don't mean to be a cynic.

I still think the gamechanger for the astro camp will be the next 24 f/1.4L with the BR gunk. The 35L II is terrific but a bit too long -- just put that magic into a 24 and you're there.

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+1 That would be a very tempting lens. But if Sigma can mae a 20 1.4 (although not a good one comawise) I can dream for a Canon version and/or a 14mm f/2.0 (OK 10 years from now...) But there is a .... CR3 that 24mm 1.4L III will appear eventually ;D while the others not so much (even 10 years from now...)

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Maximilian said:

thetechhimself said:

Something we've noticed while testing all of the 1"-type ...

... Of our four Sony RX100s (III/IV), three have so-so lenses and one is stellar.

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May I ask where you're working? Rental shop?

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Nope, ...

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Thanks for your reply. I'll keep that information in mind when I am about to get one.
Will take some time because 600,- € are still some way above my (personally set) limits.

Canon 5DIV - 32 MP sensor? Likely?

According to http://thenewcamera.com/tag/canon-5d-mark-iv/
There are some specs floating in the web. I wish that's not true, 24-28 MP is enough.

32MP sensor / 24.2MP mode
61 AF Points (41 cross-type)
DIGIC 7+ (Single)
7fps
ISO 100-51,200 (expandable options)
3.2″ touchscreen LCD
CFast/SD card slots
Wifi built-in
GPS built-in
BG-E20 battery grip
LP-E20 battery
Slight weight reduction

My 80d focuses just as fast and accurate as my 5dmk3.

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wjk wrote "... and with fast actions sports it missed about 75% of the focus, while the 7d2 missed 20% .. ".

That sounds bad, could you elaborate on that with more details about the situations where this happened, and perhaps an example?

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You've a beautiful little girl and some great pictures ! Would the picture have been better on a 5DIII ? Probably not.

300 with mk3 extenders ok hand held.

Have shot 600f4is with 2xmk3 extender with 1d4 on tripod for acceptable results (1560mm)

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AvTvM said:

slclick said:

These mountains? https://www.flickr.com/photos/128052351@N04/

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Interesting! Not from me though. See this Flickr account for the first time.

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Interesting, indeed! I really enjoy my visits to Switzerland. In that photoset, I did notice how plain the Kapellbrüke looks without the flower boxes.

AvTvM's alter ego, taken in April, 2013:

Me, taken in June, 2015 (from a couple of meters closer to the bridge along the bank of the Reuss):

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I was there over the Easter holiday week in about 1998. The town/city of Lucerne is vastly different in general appearance, mood, noise, ambience other times of the year than during that period of quiet. We as a group of tourists were cautioned by the police to respect the quiet, when literally 100 feet or less away, a party blaring disco music from a 2nd or 3rd story window could easily be heard.

There is a new patent on a 200-600mm lens, but its a fact, not a rumor.

Only a few of the thousands of Canon patents each year make it into actual products.

http://www.canonrumors.com/patent-canon-ef-200-600mm-f4-5-5-6-is/