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CarlTN said:

Rienzphotoz said:

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Botts said:

sdsr said:

Oh, and like many others, I think DxO's software is good (probably the best for noise reduction).

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I'd argue for automatic distortion correction as well.

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Well, when I asked about noise reduction software last year, I was lambasted for it. According to many (on CR anyway), there's no such thing as noise reduction, only image softening. I tend to disagree very much, even with the NR available from Adobe. I've not tried DXO...perhaps if they offered it free to Canon owners in return for their bias against the brand, I would opt to try it out?

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I use noise reduction on many images, I guess some people would like to argue that it is not noise reduction and that it is is only "image softening", maybe it makes them look intelligent if they use an alternative word then what the software developer has chosen to name it ... I know some people call landing the flight a "controlled fall" coz it makes them look intelligent ... maybe they are just pessimistic people who cannot build any useful software or hardware but would like to come across as intelligent people with "clever" words to describe everything - or maybe they just want attention ;D

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I'll defer to your expertise on that How come you didn't come to my defense back then? Or maybe you did, I forget.

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;D ;D ;D ... actually I don't even know which thread it was ... sorry, next time I shall come to your defense .. but I charge a very nominal fee for defending other people's posts, I was thinking a Sony 10-18mm lens ;D

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Haha, is that supposed to be a good lens?

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Its an ok lens for Sony's crop sensored mirrorless cameras ... I was planning on buying it, to use, for times when I don't want to take my 5D MK III + 16-35, especially during business trips ... also recently our office moved to the downtown area of the city where there lots of skyscrapers, so I wanted an easy to carry/portable lens to capture the landscape of the concrete jungle here + I plan on getting the Sony a6000 during the end of April or early May, so the Sony 10-18 would be a nice fit for that camera, meanwhile it can also be used as a 12-17mm full frame lens on my Sony a7.

petach said:

6d 700/300L

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Very cool shot. I really like it. 8)

Hi there Sydney area pros etc,

My Wife has a collection that has been selected as one of the feature artists in the upcoming Head On Photo festival in Sydney http://www.headon.com.au/

she will be exhibiting in one of the main galleries and we are currently in china but are based in perth, she was planning on using a perth printer she uses regularly but then has to transport 30 or so large prints to sydney to exhibit

so I was thinking its probably better to just send the images to sydney and have them printed there so looking for the absolute best most reliable pro print house there is in sydney. Its all low key mix of colour and black and white, will need to be on high end fine art paper I guess.

so give us your recommendations please

sorry can't post the images as they are politically sensitive and NSFW and she would not allow me to put them up here

It's now available. It's time to get a Samyang 14mm. The good thing is it's cheap! ;D

http://shashinki.com/shop/samyang-filter-holder-14mm-aspherical-lens-p-19301.html?osCsid=a9b89a89d01790a4d2c68afe332d4e58

I've been looking for UWA options for 5dmk3 and couple of weeks ago I tried Tokina 16-28 and 16-35L mk2 side by side - to my surprise L was noticeably better in corners at widest range while Tokina had more consistency throughout whole range, with a bit of smeary extreme corners @28. Tokina was also quite slower in terms of AF and coatings seemed on the cold side. To my surprise L lens was pitiful near 35 range, just unacceptable, probably due to non-existed field flatness. Might be also decentered copy though corners were even. My guess there's a lot of copy variation with most UWA zooms due to complexity of designing these, or maybe I got spoiled by 24-70L mk2 and Sigma 35/1.4, before I got these 2 lenses I've been shooting primes only for 2 decades (mostly mf minolta mc/md & nikkor ai on film and 5dc). If this rumor turns out to be true I'd gladly settle with shorter range in trade of better IQ.

Where is the Samyang 10mm F2.8? A prototype was exhibited at Photokina 2012 and later reformulations of the lens hood, it was announced that it would be shipped to stores in March 2014. The BH site showed Samyang 10mm F2.8 as "new release" and price not available yet, and now it's gone from the site. :-[

If you own a prime lens that doesn't look good until you stop it down to f2.8, then you should get rid of it. All of the newer primes (those with max apertures lower than 2.8) are quite sharp with high IQ below below 2.8. Even if the quality at the widest aperture is lacking, stopping down 1-2 clicks will generally give peak results and should still be below 2.8.

If you're talking about some of the older primes like the older version of the Sigma 50 f1.4, then yes...total garbage wide open. All of the more recent L primes are quite sharp at the widest settings. Sigma seems to be knocking it out of the park lately too with their new lenses and I already have 2 of them (the 35 and the 120-300).

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tron said:

ahsanford said:

pradeepgj said:

Any idea on Canon's timeline for a parent to turn into a real product? I am really looking forward for the 85mm IS

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Next two years, one would think.

The non-L IS refreshes are in pairs, like the originals from the '90s:

24 / 28 have similar size, filter diameter, etc.
35 / 50 have similar size, filter diameter, etc.
85 / 100 (the F/2 -- not the two macros) have similar size, filter diameter, etc.

So I see the 85mm and 100mm non-L IS refreshes to be released together.

The only mystery is why the 50 non-L IS is taking so long. One would have expected that one with the release of the 35mm.

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Or ... three or four
But rest assured that in five or six there will be a CR2 for all three missing lenses: 50 IS,85 IS,100 IS ;D

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I believe Canon must answer in the 50 segment soon or Sigma could legitimately scoop some bread and butter Canon pros.

Consider: the buzz for the Sigma 50 Art is deafening, and if it's as good as billed and priced correctly, it could scoop both the (a) often-shooting-wide-aperture-but-still-wanting-AF camp (using the 50L) and I-need-a-sharp-corner-to-corner-50 camp (stuck with the trusty old Canon 50 F/1.4).

The overdue Canon 50 F/wedontknow IS is a strong answer to the second group's needs and seems to be the only thing Canon has in the pipeline right now.

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I agree and I do not think it is difficult for Canon to do so.

Unless, they are busy working hard for 35mm 1.4L II, 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II, 400 5.6L IS .... ;D ;D

OK I stop ;D ;D ;D

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btaoka said:

The Silver Lining of Storm Janus by btaoka, on Flickr
The Russian guy's snowflake photos have more DOF and detail to them, but this was taken from my 100L macro (i.e. 1:1 magnification), no focus stacking, just a single shot. No special lighting either, ambient light used.

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Decent quality there! Why did you do as the Russian and put the flakes in some pubes or something similar? That was the only thing that bugged me in his photos when I saw them the first time.

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Haha yeah I didn't think of it that way, but now every time I see photos like this I will . The main reason to use some kind of cloth is you need something that doesn't conduct heat at all. Metal is the worse and glass can somewhat conduct heat as well. If you put snowflakes on either of those two surfaces, they'll probably melt away before you even take the photo.

Sounds good ... hope it will be released within the next one year.

Made in a small Karoo town called Murraysburg.

More images here at : http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2014/03/welcome-to-murraysburg.html

mackguyver said:

I replaced my 70-300 with the 70-200 f/4 IS and the 1.4x extender. It's SO MUCH better and still a very compact lens

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Hello, I am interested in this. I was thinking to get the 70-300L for its compactness.
However, I do have 70-200 2.8 II and 70-200 f/4L IS (as well as 1.4XIII and 2XIII teleconverters) which I do not intend to part with. So shall I forget the 70-300L ? (I do not like the reverse use of its rings anyway).

OR, are you referring to the non-L version of the lens?

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The difference with o-rings & gaskets and the like is they are not at wearable joints. They are put in place, and they stay in place, and there is no wear on them. The most worn seals in a DSLR are the seals around the buttons, underneath which is a full seal that separates the button itself from the electronics inside.

My point is that an articulating screen is something that will constantly be pulled out and put back, on a continual basis, over the life of the camera. The joint there is going to take a lot of wear (especially if it's one of those swivel joints.)


I am aware that it's been done. I would also be willing to bet that Olympus has encased the ribbon itself in the seal, rather than breaking the seal to allow the ribbon through.

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I'm not familiar with the ways that Canon or Nikon weather seal their cameras. However, O-rings (but not gaskets) have and continue to be used to seal joints that move. You can find them on rotating and reciprocating machinery such as pistons, shafts, etc. The O-ring design itself isn't innaproporiate for such joints per se, it's that you have to pick appropriate surface roughness and O-ring hardness for the taks at hand and for the surfaces that form the mate. It's certainly mechanically possible to design a joint with a ribbon cable that is weather sealed, to whatever specification Canon builds it's camera bodies to.

Whether such a solution is appropriate and/or cost effective for a DSLR designed for a specific price point and performance level is another matter. I think we are generally in agreement that a moving screen probably won't be included in a weather sealed, sports-focused body, for obvious reasons.

Just because a particular store decides to stop selling a model does NOT mean that the manufacturer is going to stop making them.

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Does Canon's (or anyone else's) camera subdivision play any role in determining its "computer" rankings, the category in question here? Do cameras, as a category, fit into this particular ranking at all? If the answer to these questions is "no"....

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The type of reasoning is called the curate's egg ...

I wouldn't leave the camera. I sat there and had an eye on it all the time Beside controlling if all recordings are properly working.

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So basically ... no, I'm not considering the A7R any longer. 8)

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For me...I'll stand by for Zeiss FE UWA for my A7R

It small to carry around and produces HIGH quality images.

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Jim Saunders said:

Trovador said:

I was also thinking about the Yongnuo st-e2, but I'm not sure if it's compatible with the 6D.

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I was going to suggest this and their lights rather than screwing around with optical triggering. There is another thread here somewhere (here) discussing what it can do. The idea of firing Canon-type wireless lights with a different-brand body is intriguing.

Jim

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i have the yongnuo st-e2 it does not work with the 5Dmk3 not sure why itsw fine for the other cameras but i've never used it since getting the phottix odins i should probably give it to someone who needs it more and might actually use it

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It should. Do you have the latest firmware (v1.08) installed? The EX90 is going for $50 at 6th Ave via ebay, if anyone is interested.

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yeah got the latest firmware but like i said the ST-E2 copy is so superceded now its in a pelican case somewhere in a different country to me so i can check, right now all i use are an odin controller and mitros + flashes with built in RT
love it

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You guys are talking at cross purposes.

The Yongnuo ST-E2 does not work with the latest cameras and never will, it does not have a USB port and is not firmware upgradeable.

Jim's link is for the Yongnuo YN-E3-RT, that is the radio based triggering system and it only works with the 600-EX-RT, no other flashes. It does have a USB port and is on Firmware 1.08 but is not relevant to this thread.

The 90EX is a POS, it does act as a trigger, but only if you have a camera with the flash settings in the menu, and it has so little power it can't act as fill even when not doing triggering duties, seriously, it is so underpowered it barely registers. I got one for free in an M kit, I thought B&H had made a mistake so asked them if I should send it back, they said no, neither B&H nor I attach any value to the 90EX whatsoever, it is practically useless.

Recently finished a film I directedthat was shot with an array of Canon glass from various generations. Mounted to a Red Epic, it was interesting to see both the range and the consistent quality that the Canon glass offered over years of development.

Here's the link to the film:

https://vimeo.com/88612175


Here's the list of glass that was used:

28-70 2.8
100mm 2.8 Macro L Series
85mm 1.2 L Series G2
400mm 5.6 L Series

The lens will give decent results on the longer end and really benefits from software correction from dxo and DPP. I think its more useful now because of that than it was a few years ago but there are better options nowadays

PS. Wackocrash, do you play a 5150 or are you just crazy?

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wickidwombat said:

3x crop mode! i didnt know ML had done this! have they done it on all cams yet like the EOS M and 5Dmk3?

this is awesome on the t3i no idea why canon dropped it

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I've not tried ML on the 6D or the 5D3. However, ML is one of the reasons I got my wife a 600D for her birthday as an "extra" gift ... a gift that she rarely uses!

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Very cunning ;D

Why don't you experiment with different subjects to take photos of? You can systematically acquire new techniques instead of new gear. I tend to experiment a lot seeking to optimize my technique like that. GAS helps in bringing in new gear to play with, but that shouldn't imply that you can't do new things with your old gear.

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Maybe a non-Canon off camera cord that has a hotshoe on the camera end of the cord and a second hotshoe on the other end of the cord.

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If you carefully read the descriptions of those dual-hotshoe cords (at least, all of them that I've seen), they state that the E-TTL signal is passed to only one of the two hotshoes, and the other is manual (i.e. just a fire signal like conneting something to the PC terminal).

The street prices I see for the Sigma 70-200 F/2.8 have come down a lot lately, and I would assume they had to cut their prices to stay competitive with Tamron's new 70-200, and especially the used price of Canon's 70-200 Mk I.

Sigma more or less has to come up with a new (and better) 70-200, if they want to stay in that market ... BTW the same is true for their 24-70.

I just received a 70D in the mail yesterday for my buddy who has asked me to put it through it's paces for the next two weeks and share my findings.

While I already knew that the dual pixel tech was going to be decently quick, I am still very surprised by how well it is performing so far. I find that it is much more consistently quick even in less than ideal lighting conditions than both my x100s and xe-2.

The lenses I have tested so far are the 24II, 35 IS, 50L, and 135. All have been consistently quick which is quite amazing (to me at least).

IQ is still less than desirable when bumping up ISO to 1600+ as expected so nothing to write home about there. But the real gem here is the dual pixel technology. Finally experiencing it for myself, I am now beyong excited to get an updated full frame body with the feature as it will be nothing short of stunning. Dual pixel, in conjunction with a hybrid vf + full frame sensor would make me soil myself.