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Skilsaw · Feb 2, 2014

This new viewfinder comes with a strategicaly positioned lip that can be used to open bottles.
Canon wants to attract the Beer Drinkers segment of the DSLR market,

Hype, megapixel, stopped down, aperture, DSLR jargon, yada yada yada

Basilius · Feb 1, 2014

flowers said:
Basilius said:

flowers said:

Looks good! How did you do the slowmotion parts, did you use twixtor or just go below 24p? The 5dii only does 30p, 30->24p is not much slower! In any case it looked good, I didn't see anything that looked bad on first (and only) viewing.

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Thanks! I shot on 25fps and used twixtor as you assumed correctly. I'm glade you didn't discover any warping, thanks for the feedback!

take care
Basilius

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If there was any, it didn't stand out on first viewing which is the whole point, so well done! You were smart to make the really slow parts very short so there's no time to catch any warping.

Haha, Thanks! Yeah for most of the times Twixtor work surprisingly well!

flowers said:
edit: okay I watched it a second time, now the warping is obvious... haha. I don't know if I was just tired or if your video was captivating enough for me not to notice the first time around but either way I think it's not bad. After the second viewing I'd suggest: get a 7d for 60p for slower slomo, don't slow down so much and when you do make it even shorter.

60 fps RAW Video in full HD would be awesome! ;D

jonephoto · Feb 1, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Im new to the forum *high five* I thought I'd sign up and share some images I've taken on my recent travels. As you've already guessed I went to Barcelona, its an incredible city and would highly recommend going to anyone who hasn't been. Here's a few images from my time. If you have the time please head over to my blog to view the full post.
Hope you all have a great day!

Marsu42 · Feb 1, 2014

bholliman said:
+1. The 5D2 really has no advantages over the 6D other than price.

It's not "just" the price, it *is* the price - so as the worth of one $/€ is very subjective, the only possible basis for comparison is someone buying a cheaper body + more expensive lens or vice versa.

We all know the op will end up with the 6d anyway and this thread is just for fun - very few people (one is the CR memeber Paul as far as I remember) can resist the magnetism of is premium products ... so I have to re-post this, I didn't post it for some days now

Pro DSLR + Cheapo Lens vs "Cheapo" DSLR + Pro Lens

iaind · Feb 1, 2014

You will need 400mm

Don't think 75-300 accepts extender

gshocked · Feb 1, 2014

Sporgon said:
Because then you couldn't be charged more for one with weather sealing

Sad but true!

kenni53 · Feb 1, 2014

Hi There has anyone any news re this sx60 if there is going to be one ? Ive just taken up birding and i really want to get a camera asap

Thanks .

Canon1 · Jan 31, 2014

Sample images???

Marsu42 · Jan 31, 2014

toodamnice said:
I am wanting to get a trigger before the spring storm season and I need some advice. I am tired of putting 100s of clicks on my camera just to catch 2 or 3 daytime bolts.

How about using Magic Lantern and the bolt_rec module

... cost: zero, and it's a dedicated software solution for triggering your camera on lightning bolts: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=6303.0

mkabi · Jan 31, 2014

Re: FF video

Niki said:
flowers said:

WPJ said:

who has full frame video as in I mean full pixel count its all down sampled. Full red I guess would rock...

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FF video means that when you stick a 24/1.4 lens on your camera, you get a horizontal AOV of 73.74° and a DOF of f/1.4 at 24mm. That will affect the perspective. If you want practical numbers, if your subject is 2 meters away, your horizontal coverage (how much you see to the sides of your subject) is 3 meters. If you put the same lens on a RED camera, you get a horizontal AOV of 53.89°. This means that you'll only capture 2.03m of the environment horizontally if your subject is 2 meters away. This will look different. The chair on the left of the subject and the hanging tree branch to the right of your subject that were visible in the frame when you used the lens on FF are not visible on your RED camera. The DOF will also be different (deeper) on RED. Also, it's not "down sampled", it's line skipped. The full sensor is used, but only 1080 vertical lines are read out of all the vertical lines to get 1080 resolution video, likewise for horizontal (1920).

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so 5d 3 is a 4k camera?

Not with factory settings...
You can come pretty close to 4K with Magic Lantern.

danski0224 · Jan 31, 2014

RobertG. said:
Unfortunately I couldn't try the new Hartblei lenses with Carz Zeiss optics yet. Basically these are older medium format lenses which use the same mechanical designs for tilt and shift as the old Ukrainian lenses. They are really huge and heavy. I find these aspects quite unpractical, especiall for landscapes, and prefer the Canon lenses.

They have a 120mm macro TS lens. Would like to see one, but given the price...

Halfrack · Jan 31, 2014

+1 on the 17-40 lens .

As for the daughter, you may want to get her the 18-55 as a first step (depends on age). Figure you can get both from the sale of the 15-85 (and a few dollars).

surapon · Jan 31, 2014

Northstar said:
Very nice to see.... I especially like the all red brick look.

Thankssss, Dear Friend Northstar.
That Old Houses in this small rural town = 120 years old +, But The owners so proud of their heritage, and they take care of their old home so good.
Have a great weekend.
Surapon

slclick · Jan 31, 2014

neuroanatomist said:
slclick said:

I also will consider the Manfrotto 330B Bracket...

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It would be good to hear from someone who uses one of these - I think the lack of flexibility might be somewhat limiting. In particular, the two flashes are fixed in the same plane, so while you can tilt the camera to get one of the flashes somewhere in an arc 'over' your subject (simulating the natural illumination from above that our brain 'expects'), that means the other flash at 180° is 'under' your subject. I do a lot of macro shooting at ground level, so 'under' would require digging a hole in the ground for the other flash.

Damn your logic! All it does is take me back to wanting an MT-24EX (which I know is one of the best setups and all I'm doing here is mental masturbation with less flexible and variable light power setups)

Jan 31, 2014

BL said:
thanks for the callout, not sure how i missed that!

maybe then another way to phrase the question:

What exactly gives one DSLR a sync speed of 1/500sec (e.g. a dated Nikon D40/D70, arguably an amateur camera) vs 1/180sec (e.g. Canon's 6D)?

Sensor size? Although I do recall the original Canon EOS-1D having a 1/500sec sync...

The 6D is an amateur FF camera. It has an FF sensor, but many other limitations. That said, you can use a HSS flash on it like on any other camera with a focal plane shutter: HSS supports any shutter speed. Unfortunately the fastest shutter speed is 1/4000 on the 6D, so that's the maximum you can sync your flash to. The 6d can't do faster than 1/4000 shutter speed because of its inferior shutter. The cheap price doesn't come cheap (pun intended): it's not inexpensive, it's cheap!

Rienzphotoz · Jan 31, 2014

Reminds of the lady in the movie "Home Alone" ... nice image.

Rienzphotoz · Jan 31, 2014

TrabimanUK said:
Nice framing, but really, the bin should have been aligned to provide better symmetry

;D ;D ;D

tntwit · Jan 30, 2014

Marsu42 said:
Dejjvid Photography said:

Samsung EX1 at 6 seconds, ISO 80, f/6.7

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Samsung?!? Hang him from the highest tree!

Looking at his flckr page he also shoots with a 5DIII and a 24-105.

Some really beautiful shoots on there.

privatebydesign · Jan 30, 2014

Take a look at these reviews.

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/10/ray-flash-vs-orbis-vs-alienbees-abr800.html

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2013/08/check-out-roundflash-ring-flash-adapter.html

I got the Orbis.

Drizzt321 · Jan 30, 2014

Ah, perfect. Just an optical element(s) that doesn't move directly with the focusing group. Makes sense! Thanks Neuro! ;D

9VIII · Jan 30, 2014

Morlin said:
9VIII said:

Is that doughnuts I see?

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Doughnuts? Where? Or what do you mean?

On your website, in the tenth image from the bottom (and a few others) the bokeh looks like the ring effect you get with a mirror lens. If that's the case it makes your images that much more impressive, as far as I know mirror lenses don't have autofocus.

danski0224 · Jan 30, 2014

surapon said:
Yes, My TS-E 24 mm. F/ 3.5 L MK II is great for Macro Photos too, This Lens have Min. Focus Distant = 0.21 M or 0.69 FT. That great for the Macro of Flowers in this distant.

I took these with a 24mm TS-EII and a 1.4xIII extender. None are crops.

Kinda want to try a 90mm TS-E...

Jan 30, 2014

Stick with crop format wide/ultrawide lenses for a crop body - those focal lengths are where the lens design benefits of a smaller sensor are significant. Don't buy a FF lens 'because you may go FF, in a few years' - buy a good crop format lens and sell it later.

Get the Canon 10-22mm, Tokina 11-16mm, or Sigma 8-16mm. The Tokina has the narrowest range but a constant and fast f/2.8 aperture. The Sigma is the widest, with the slowest aperture. The Canon is intermediate on both. All three are very good optically. The Canon will likely hold resale value better, if that matters.

If you don't need the ultrawide range (<15mm on APS-C), ditch your 18-135 and get the 15-85, which is optically much better than the 18-135.

Mantadude · Jan 30, 2014

Thanks for watching and commenting guys!

joshmurrah · Jan 30, 2014

Agreed... I've been working with closer distances and a 9 or 12 frame pano usually... but in this case, I was working from within the warmth of my home, shooting through a kitchen window

Ideally I should have probably busted out the 50 1.2 for these shots to keep the number of frames down.

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