Ruined said:

lloyd709 said:

sunnyVan said:

The specular highlights produced by the 85 1.8 look angular, not circular. That's part of my consideration when I sold it. Also maximum usable aperture is probably about 2.5 which is too close to my 100L's 2.8. Bokeh is not 135L quality. Nobody should expect that. But it's far better than 50 1.4. Personally like 100mm blur better though. Also it has no weather sealing.

On the good side the 85 focuses faster than the 100L. The focus seems more consistent and reliable. This is only based on my personal experience.

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The 85 is a great value lens. You should definitely try it. Nothing to lose.

Don't agree with you on the usable aperture of 2.5. It's the best lens I own and virtually never take it off 1.8 for professional portrait work - it's a belter of lens, I reckon by far the best bang for buck in the Canon line up.

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85 f/1.8 is great value but I agree with the previous poster that if you need to stop it down to f/4 for a group shot the angular bokeh is ugly. I wish Canon would update this with a 85mm f/1.8 IS design similar to the 35mm f/2 IS.

I personally would rather have the 100L of the two for its dual purpose macro/general as well as more pleasing bokeh stopped down.

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Interesting that you liked the 100L bokeh stopped down? I didn't like it even wide open. Can you share some images- in case it was my technique which was the issue (and it might well be... )

To repeat what Ive stated elsewhere I use the Wi-Fi to remotely fire the 6D in landscape regularly and it always works fine never had any "quirky" issues.

My first DSLR (2004) was a 1Ds - I've still got the OM2 bodies and lenses I used before, and now they feel tiny


Things came full circle this year when I got a 100D for Macro and for some work use (10-18 and 15-85) alongside my 1Ds3.

I've large but relatively thin hands and find the shape of the 1 series just great (the Canon side hand strap from my 1Ds is now on my mk3 - along with the grey/black Canon strap).

The 100D took some getting used to, although my wife (who can't use the 1Ds3 for any length of time) thinks it's just ideal in size.

The interview (as expected) doesn't really say much, although the (very) optimistic might see it as a prelude to the mini 1 series that replaces the 7D ;-)

PS In looking for that photo above, I looked again at the article it's from - one of the first I wrote, in 2004, comparing film and digital
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/digital-black-white.html
My, how some things change, and others don't ;-)

My 50 f/1.4 wasn't great until f/2, but at f/2 and above, it was an awesome lens. I would never have bought the 50L if it hadn't been for my love of the f/1.4.

Will need to revalue ours then. At one time we actually had two of these.

Hi Canon1.
Thanks for that advice, it certainly seems to be the consensus to not carry the Sigma. I have to get past the mental block that 500 is better than 400 cropped, I just can't seem to prove the point to myself, I accept that I have a poor but improving technique which is probably holding the 200+2x back and I have not got round to doing direct comparison shots from a tripod to convince myself. Perhaps I should carry the 40D with a wider lens for the scene shots?

Canon1 said:

I would ditch the sigma... Permanently. The 70-200 is a sharper more responsive lens even with a 2x. Cropping that at 400 to the same fov as the 500 sigma will yield a better image, and your keeper rate will be higher. I'd bring the 40d along as a backup body. That's what I would do.

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Hi Hjalmarg1.
I can confirm that I am very happy so far with the 70-200 2x combination, and to me the lens on its own seems stellar, I couldn't be happier with it.
I think I might now be going with

Bodies lenses
7D With EF 70-200 f2.8 IS II with or without EF 2X III
40D With Sigma 17-70 for the ambiance shots, (it seems to make more sense than carrying a backup body with only a body cap on it.)

Cheers, Graham.

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I have used the combination 7D + EF 70-200 f2.8 IS II with EF 2X III and provides very good results in terms of sharpness and image quality. You'll not be dissapointed.
And without the teleconverter the EF 70-200 f2.8 IS II is one of the sharpest lenses in Canon line-up.

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I shot some pics at a festival where the weather was so hot the firefighters constantly used their hose on the crowd. The 6D went through, like the 135L even though it was not sealed. Hid it under my soaked shirt for one hour, between two shots

Sporgon said:

Agree with those that say a good quality one has no adverse effect apart from flare, but as I shoot into the light a lot I don't use them, unless I'm in a really aggressive environment. The multi coatings of these lenses are really tough.

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+1, good quality filters have minimum effect on picture quality. I agree that shooting indoors can save you from using/requiring the extra protection of filters, although I prefer keeping them on, not only for extra protection but also are easier to clean.

chmod said:

They could have a new high MP unit in the channels NOW. They could have an innovative mirrorless body in the channels NOW.

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Why do you think they don't? Bear in mind that Canon has the best-selling and most-profitable DSLRs right now. In light of that, what specific reasons might Canon have for their lack of high-MP body? Have Canon shooters been flocking to Nikon D8xx bodies? Or to Sony?

You may be happy with these new announcements, and that is your right.

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Why do you assume that? Perhaps we're just realistic. Nikon has demonstrated that a high-MP body is not as profitable as what Canon is selling now. Sony has demonstrated the same for mirrorless. Canon does not want to sell your perfect DSLR just to people like you, they want to sell a popular and profitable body.

It might do you some good to pick up an introductory business textbook.

Re: Sigma to Announce 14-24 f/4 OS & 24 f/1.4

I also fear the front element will be size of an elephant and shape of football. But we'll see.
I purchased Lee 100mm system maybe a day or two before I heard the rumor of new Sigma.
What I have heard, the EF 16-35 F4 is fantastic lens, I think it can't disappoint me.
Just need to save some money..

As Graham says, the SN-R3 is for triggering the camera shutter from the flash, and it's only needed with pre-2012 bodies, your 1D X can be remote-released directly via the hotshoe.

You should be able to connect the camera's PC terminal to the 600's PC port (or hotshoe if you have the PC-to-shoe setup) and it will fire as a 'dumb' flash. The ST-E3-RT cannot be triggered except via a hotshoe connection (direct or via an off-camera shoe cord like the OC-E3).

Re: Medium Format Announcement a

Oh what I would give for an affordable Phase One Achromatic shooting hour long exposures with minimal noise at ISO 33 in both visible spectrum and infrared... keep dreaming boy!

Camera back from CPS with the following repair report:

PCB assy replaced, FP screen, focus EC-CIV, general check and clean and full functional check carried out.

If it was going to go the whole 1D direction (urgh, sorry) it would have a proper card door, proper eye cup and the diopter on that side would be replaced with the blackout lever. How much of this really makes it into a 7D II is anyones guess but I would be pretty confident they'd put a proper door on it if they were serious about it.

Ruined said:

The second photo in the OP tells me this was a production problem with the paint on the back panel of your camera. This should be covered under warranty, but you may have to fight for it. If it truly were due to the user abusing the camera, the wear would not be uneven like that across the bottom.

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My guess is that they let the primer dry too long before shooting the top coat. You're supposed to let it dry to the point where it is no longer liquid, but if you go too much longer than that, the paint will peel off in sheets when under moderate stress. This often occurs when a part gets primed at the end of the day on a Friday, but they run out of time and end up painting it on the following Monday.

This happens on cars, too, occasionally. If you've ever seen a Chevrolet with a mostly primer-grey hood, you know what I'm talking about.

Hoping for a Pro Series that uses Lucia Ex for closer "hard proofing" before sending orders to the large format shops.

I asked the guys at CES - the Pro series was coming on three years and due for an update. And neither the Pro group or Large Format group wanted to claim ownership of the 5000 series.

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Skirball said:

Why not take a photo at max sync speed, then just go up 1/3 a stop and see the difference between single pop and HSS. It would minimize the impact of shutter speed, which will directly affect exposure in HSS. Once you establish that difference you know that you'll lose a stop every time you go up a stop in shutter speed.

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That is exactly what I dd in my first reply. Going up 1/3 stop above sync cost 2 and 1/3 stops of power.

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Sorry, you're right. I saw a bunch of discussion involving changing the aperture and shutter speed and whatnot and it seemed to be over-complicating things.

Actually this thread helped me get my lens. So thanks!

Was waiting for it to come off of the "pre-order" status but after reading about the delays and the pre-order people getting theirs I went to my local camera shop and got on the waiting list in late June. Was contacted last Friday night and went Saturday morning to get the lens. They told me they only get maybe 3 a week and the waiting list keeps growing.

Of course the weather didn't cooperate but was able to take it out for a few shots. Know this isn't THE lens of all lenses and from what some people have mentioned it may have a few issues more than a $$$ lens would but so far I like what I've seen and looking forward to using it more.

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psolberg said:

boy if canon every scores high on DXO, so many people are going to eat crow when they suddenly praise their accuracy. fanboys. meh.

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But is the specific criticism of DXO methodology incorrect?

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The criticisms will remain valid no matter who scores higher. The problems are the bias inherent in the Scores, and their unwillingness to disclose their formulae and weightings.

One could argue that I'm a Zeiss fan. I believe their optics are good enough that I've spent millions of (research) dollars on Zeiss microscopes. A Zeiss lens is DxO's top-scoring lens...and I still think their lens Scores are BS.

But some people (including some professional photographers who like to brag about now much money they make) enjoy breathing in the smell of DxO's BS, and then exhale that stench all over these forums.

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ScottyP said:

I found this Nikon Rumors thread kind of interesting to snoop on.

http://forum.nikonrumors.com/discussion/2942/phottix-mitrosmitros-my-experience

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And it was also interesting to see how anemic the forum is on Nikon Rumors compared to Canon Rumors. Very little activity, not nearly as well-organized, not as much content.

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well compared to most forums, this forum is quite anemic. just a fanboy nest for validating a purchase. so let's not call the kettle black.

Do you have a grip? It appears that my grip went tonto and fried all my lp-e6's and nearly my camera...

my research at the time suggested there were two production revisions of the 7d, with an altered battery contact design on later models... as usual with canon, I found lots of people with the same fault on line, but no acceptance of any problem by canon.

(see '7d fw1 with udma cards' and 'mass sony sourced ccd failure')

Canon wont admit there is a problem until the mob arrives at their door with pitchforks and torches.

Aglet said:

The idea of being able to do this is absolutely drool-worthy.
Will be interesting to see how well it performs and how much movement range it will have on a FF.

www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/08/14/hartblei-introduces-hcam-master-ts-14-24mm-tilt-shift-optic-for-sony-e-moun

Dang! Sony's the only system I don't carry... yet.

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At least it's native EF-mount so this still has a place on this 'Canon forum'

I wonder if it's also possible to adjust the aperture of Canon lenses.

Hmmm. I couldn't really see anything obvious on the back element, but I cleaned it and it seems to have made things much cleaner! Thanks everyone for your feedback! You guys are great!