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pj1974 · Apr 21, 2016

Hillsilly said:
I use flash a lot, but only in really simple configurations, so I can only really comment on a couple of things.

I've got a Di866ii as well. Unfortunately, I've only got the one and have never played with its wireless abilities. Mine usually acts as slave and is triggered by a camera mounted flash.

But optical triggers are problematic outside during day time, as the slave has to be in front of the trigger. Whereas, indoors, you can place the slave almost anywhere and reflections from walls and the ceiling will usually trigger it. (Actually, there is more to this. If your on-camera flash can rotate, then you can point it in any direction. Let's just say you have to think about it a bit more and will have a higher percentage of times that the flash won't trigger).

To get things to work consistently outside, I have a pair of Cactus V5's. I've had them for a few years and they're still working fine. The newer V6's are even more feature packed and great value. If my V5's break, or I start getting more creative, I'll be looking at the V6's, too.

In relation to other advice, I've only shot with portable, studio type lights (eg Elinchrom Ranger) on a few occasions, but every time....wow!! In the last couple of years, some more affordable options have come to market. I often wonder why I continue with little, puny, handheld flashes.

pj1974 said:

...relatively small / light / portable...

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...Oh yes, that's why. So if you want your photos to look good, you're probably considering the right sort of questions. If you want your photos to look really, really good and you've got a helper /wife to help carry gear, maybe a bigger paradigm shift is called for.

Thanks for writing Hillsilly.

I have really enjoyed using my Nissin both as master (on my older DSLR bodies) – or as part of my (4 slave) configuration when triggered from my 7D. It allows quite a bit of creative lighting.

The Cactus v6’s have some great features (e.g. 1) being able to adjust lighting in absolute power, and 2) having profiles, all my flashes are in pre-defined presets). So they are what I’m leaning too (or the next Cactus triggers, due in June 2016.

Thanks for what you shared about your experiences with the v5’s. The ease and control of radio (particularly being able to adjust at the Cactus on the camera) is important to me. That’s what I like about being able to adjust on my 7D in camera menu, the level of any of my slaves, or by having my Nissin on my 350D / 400D.

I want to keep my lighting / flashes very portable at this stage… so I won’t go for ‘continuous lighting’ at this stage… but try to be clever in the way I use my “Speedlite” style flashes.

In the future, however, I may get more professional / bigger gear! I will keep an eye on what people recommend, and as you wrote, with affordable options now being available, that’s a good sign.

Cheers

Paul 8)

slclick · Apr 20, 2016

neuroanatomist said:
jeffa4444 said:

neuroanatomist said:

OrangeBjorn said:

Maximilian said:

Hi Bjorn!

I cannot confirm this from German retailers. They all say "on stock" and seem to have lots of them.
But I agree this sounds a little bit odd.

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Thanks for the update! I was actually about to buy a 6D, but when I saw this I backed off a bit thinking the mk II was about to be announced.

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Over a year ago, the 6D was listed (for a while) as discontinued on amazon.uk.

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Amazon UK stated it was a "mistake" and Canon has heavily promoted the camera in the UK over the Christmas period & into the new year. The dealer I use in Guildford still had plenty of them this past weekend & said they still sell well.

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Exactly the point. Drawing a conclusion based on a single retailer is unwise. It could be an error, or in the case above a tactic (only three left, buy NOW!!).

On that same note, how many conclusions are drawn from CR1's?

Mikehit · Apr 20, 2016

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Beware when reading this stuff. No one on here actually has information as to the manufacturing techniques of the sensor, so its all based on a guess.

Once chipworks strips the sensor down and checks it, we might even see the word Sony on the lithography, but they have taken to leaving their name off some recent production. Only if someone actually has inside information, or does a analysis can we know for sure.

I can't see why the manufacturing techniques are relevant. He is testing the camera so does it matter where it is made and by whom? The fact is he finds the 7D2 an extremely good piece of kit.

But on the sensor issue, Canon have always denied ever using anyone else's sensors in their DSLRs (much to the chagrin of those who eye Nikon jealously). And Nikon have (until recently) seemed to get more out of the Sony sensors than Sony did themselves.

aj1575 · Apr 20, 2016

These awards are for the camera industry to celebrate themselves. The awards are distributed according to the market share, and they also take turns in who is leading in the most important categories.

But, it also highlights another fact. Todays cameras are so good, that the differences do not really matter.

For example: Sony is bringing out a a9 with continuous RAW-Shooting, yeah nice, interesting what is possible. But aren't the 170 RAWs of the 1Dx II not enough in 99.9% of the cases. Nice achievement? yes! Game changer? No!

WorkonSunday · Apr 20, 2016

love my 11-22mm. i wish it is abit wider like 10-22 . or canon lower the crop factor, lol, which will never happen.

Chisox2335 · Apr 20, 2016

Hector1970 said:
It wouldn't bother Leopards or Hyenas.
I don't recall birds being much of an issue either but they may be more sensitive.
The animals tend to ignore humans.
Leopards are beautiful animals. A bit harder to find than other cats.
They camouflage well up a tree but well worth finding .
The Cheetahs are best for action. They really are very fast.
Lions come across as very lazy - especially the men.

A couple shots from my first safari

East Wind Photography · Apr 19, 2016

Hector1970 said:
Until you asked the question I hadn't noticed any issue with battery life.
I've found it comparable with the 5DIII but without any proper measuring.
The Canon batteries are typically better than all the others.
I find the second or two wait to see the photo after you've taken a raw shot a bit annoying.
The file size it makes is an issue for me too.
You'd plough through 16GB or 32GB in no time.
Still its a good camera but I'd find my 5DIII all round to be more useful

Lol. You should try shooting with film. The delay is just infuriating.

Viggo · Apr 19, 2016

Mancubus said:
Viggo said:

I sold a bad copy of a 70-200 II and told the guy I had it services and it still was very soft compared to others I have had before. I tried it out for a week and loved it.

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That bugs me even more, you had it serviced and they DIDN'T FIX it!

Two things I get really angry about is when my Canon product is returned from weeks of repair and the paper with states "Calibrated, tested ok" and "product is within specs"

FIVE times I sent my 1dx to be repaired as 20 out of 20 shots with One Shot and Servo had WAY different grade of OOF shots. They said it was okay, I sent samples of the opposite, and the last time they said I would either get a new one or they will fix it. They did fix it and now it works, but WHY send it back from service stamped "tested ok"?

moreorless · Apr 19, 2016

Wonder if the larger CMOS will get a V series back the way the 50 MP one did? it would seem like a better fit.

Hector1970 · Apr 19, 2016

Interesting background piece of paper Surapon.
Are trying to break into or break out of Franklin County Detention centre.
You seem to have the blueprints.

surapon said:
neurorx said:

I am looking into purchasing some graduated ND filters and it seems like there is quite a variety out there with significant cost differences. I've read about the color changes etc. I wanted to see if there was anyone actually using the various filters that may give their experience. I would be most commonly using them for sunrise/sets or water scenes. I suspect most commonly on my Canon 16-35mm F2.8L II or 24-70mm F2.8L II.

These both have 82 mm filter sizes, so do you need another bracket to go to 77mm?
What filter stop difference is most commonly used 3? 6? 10?
Any other words of wisdom?

Thank you!

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Dear friend Mr. Neurorx.
Yes, I try to shoot all of my Photos as best as possible in the Camera, With Minimum Time of Post Processing by Photoshop---Yes, I need a lot of Help from Coklin Creative Filter System ( Made in France).
AND IT's Work great too.
Good luck to you.
Surapon

slclick · Apr 19, 2016

Ok, I missed it, but for clarity I wan't meaning the big quakes that took out the reactor but the spate of them in this past week.

Sabaki · Apr 19, 2016

I have this problem and in the first month Canon launched the 7Dii, I went through 3 different bodies, each posing their own problems.

As mentioned above, keeper rate isn't great, as it's normally only 1 or 2 shots of about 10 that are sharp. The problem to me was the pitch Canon used when promoting the camera, effectively calling it a 1DX mini. It is not

That dedicated processor that tracks colours and shapes in the 1DX is a large part of why one gets nearly 100% sharp images, neither the 5Diii nor 7Dii have it.

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 18, 2016

jebrady03 said:
I have to imagine that being the staff at one of these shows has to be a bit of a pain sometimes. Regardless of the company, your products take HEAVY criticism, and the opportunity to unleash dissatisfaction, IN PERSON no less, at a representative of a company is likely overwhelming for some, and they certainly feel compulsed to do so. For NAB, I have to imagine that they'll receive non-stop inquiries about "why no 4k on the 80D?", "where's the 5D Mark IV - it better have 4k!", "the 6D Mark II better be a FF version of the 80D plus 4k and 10 bit blah blah blah", etc... I wonder if the companies give their reps Valium before the show starts?

They have canned answers for such questions, I doubt if its a issue. The feedback will be submitted to the management, for example, I was asked 40,000 times about 4K. Canon knows that buyers will jump for the latest fad, so expect it on new models. Existing models, just like new cars had their design frozen 2 years before the camera hit the streets.

expatinasia · Apr 18, 2016

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

The Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4K (EF mount) does not have the best reviews, so am sure those that have it will be eager to try out the new firmware.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1137314-REG/blackmagic_design_cinecamursam40k_ef_ursa_4k_digital_cinema.html

d · Apr 18, 2016

Canon Rumors · Apr 18, 2016

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AE-1Burnham · Apr 18, 2016

Hi all,

I have been very excited by the Leica SL, both its form factor (rugged, design-heavy-functional), specs (viewfinder promise) and a sort of middle-finger towards the mantra of "Mirrorless should be small". This weekend I got to handle one for a bit (maybe 20 minutes indoors and outdoors) and well, I was sort of disappointed (this is not a review, just some thoughts!):
1) The design felt very Leica and very minimal, refreshing compared to the back of a Canon 7DII, but way way too extreme on minimal and lack of labels of any kind.
2) Most disappointing was the viewfinder (!). Ever since I first picked up and tested a Sony Alpha series (the mock-SLRs of a few years back) and was horrified, I have never considered abandoning optical viewfinders. Even this well spec'd Leica was laggy, colours were terrible and most important of all, it was uninspiring to see the 2D-ness of the preview (in fact it was flat in every meaning that the word could have...) and this deflated my enthusiasm.
3) I actually liked the size and the shapes (did not have battery grip on it) and yes like a 1-series or DX series you could probably hammer a nail into wood with it.
NOTE: I should have tried other lenses as the only available during playing with it was the new monster of a not-so-bright zoom lens with AF (AF was fast and accurate).

This is NOT a review, it is just a reaction to something I have been fantasizing about and I hope that Canon manages better. If I were Canon I would not compromise and release something serious (no offense to M-series -- but serious as in a 5-, 3- or 1-series mirrorless,-fullframe!) until I had something better than what the SL is delivering today.

All thoughts are welcome. Happy shooting y'alls, -John

dufflover · Apr 18, 2016

Weather sealing as a marketing term is one of the biggest load of crocks ever. Sure it exists, and exists to different levels, but the number of people who think they need it cos a few drops of rain fell is hilarious. Or they blame a badly built camera because they dropped it from a height :

Click · Apr 18, 2016

Excellent pictures. Well done, Dave.

Zv · Apr 18, 2016

neuroanatomist said:
SwampYankee said:

f6??????? I hope this thing costs less than $99 because f6 is is a huge step back. When is the last time a major camera producer had the audacity to release an f6 lens? I think the 1st iphone was faster. Keep ignoring mirroless Canon. lets see how that works out for ya!

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Oh, like a couple of the existing Canon EF-M lenses, like the Sony 55-210mm, like the Nikon 18-300mm (that's for dSLRs!), all of which are f/6.3 at the long end. They're all current lenses, released in the last few years.

Did you mean more recent? Well, for a mere $1800 (that's just a bit more than $99, I think), you can pre-order the recently announced Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3 OIS.

If you're going to drip sarcasm and spread scorn, try to get your facts straight first, mmmmmkay? :

Tamron 18-200 f/3.5 - 6.3 also comes to mind. There's actually quite a few with f/6.3 at the long end. Seems quite normal. Maybe it's just that f/6 looks strange on paper! We don't usually see it in a f- stop range!

SUNDOG04 · Apr 17, 2016

I have the 17-40 for a number of years and supplemented it with the 24 IS lens. There are times I prefer a more compact lens and prefer this to use with neutral density filters for water falls and the 2.8 is a bit better and sharper for night photography. Overall I think the 17-40 is a decent lens, could be better in the corners for landscape work.

That said, buying now, I would definitely get the 16-35 IS lens over the 17-40. The IS is useful to me, regardless of what others say about not needed on a wide angle. Overall the 16-35 is a vast improvement (from what I read) over the 17-40. Upgrading from the 17-40 is second on my photo equipment updating. Adding a 14mm is priority, but also unaffordable at the moment.

Busted Knuckles · Apr 17, 2016

Wow - what a view - also thought it was pretty cool to see the the camera and telephoto being flipped around in -0- gravity.

Thanks for the link

Click · Apr 17, 2016

Khristo said:
Great shots!
Specially like the 2nd one.

+1. Well done, tpatana.

niels123 · Apr 17, 2016

neuroanatomist said:
niels123 said:

Strange Canon...

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The camera presumably worked normally until it was modified, but the strange behavior is Canon's doing? ???

Glad it sorted itself out.

It was modified a couple of yours ago and has been working perfectly fine until yesterday...

-1 · Apr 17, 2016

surapon said:
TWI by Dustin Abbott said:

surapon said:

hacra said:

Have you ever tried to use a dandelion chip?

In my rokinon/samyang 16mm i have attached a dandelion IV canon chip and works quite well with my 1Dx.

http://www.peleng8.com/af-lens-adapters/af-chip-dandelion-af-chip-dandelion-iv-generation-for-canon.html

You can program it in a way that the files will retain the F stop used.

its also quite inexpensive (+/- 20 USD). While the AF confirm is a bit wide (i think it can be adjusted somehow) it does work quite ok.

here is a link to some of the parameters it can be programmed.

http://filmprocess.ru/oduvanchik/instructions/programming_en.html

Had no problems with it, and might be the solution to your problem. It does take some adjusting of the position so that the camera detects the chip but once thats done, it just works.

This being said, i hope in the future rokinon included such a chip in the lens itself.

Not sure the same chip exists for other camera systems, but it somehow solved my problem.

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Dear Friend Mr. hacra.
How can you mount this dandelion chip and control the Manual Focus Lens of Rokinon for EF-M mount ?
No Power point on Rokinon Lens at all.
Thanks.
Surapon

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No, you can't control the aperture or focus with a chip. What you can do is get electronic communication and program in the focal length as well as calibrate the focus confirm chip so that the appropriate focus point in the viewfinder will light up when the lens is in focus.

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Thank you Sir, Dear great teacher Mr. Dustin.
Now, I am understand 100%.
Have a great night, Sir.
Surapon

Dear Mr Sir von Surapon!

I just want to make sure that you and other readers understand that the Dandelion chips won't work with EF-M lenses. Only with EF/EF-S such. The latter will report to your M camera thru an wired EF to EF-M adapter thou. You also need an EF camera to program them, that can't be done on a M.

With the most Sincerely and Honorably Regards

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