Got my 1D X 'fixed' today for the AF service advisory issue. Given some of the 'horror stories' above about poor packaging, etc., I took advantage of a work-related day trip to New Jersey to bring it in person to the Jamesburg, NJ service center (about a 20 minute drive from where I needed to be today).

Despite being short-staffed (only two of their six technicians were in, the rest are out on vacation), since I was just down for the day from Boston, they very kindly serviced it while I waited. Took less than an hour including a free sensor cleaning.

Thanks, Canon!

Hi Folks, I have the EF-s 17-85 kit lens from my 40D, I am using it on my 7D which I bought body only.
I have checked the AFMA using the dot focus method and find that from 50-85 I need 0 to +1 for centre point of dot method.
The problem arises as I get down to 17mm I am out of AFMA points starting at about +10 and still going at +20.
I had the ribbon cable repaired recently though I don't think this has caused the problem as I see that older pics have the same OOF problem.
My question is, is this normal for this lens, if not can it be easily dialled in as I see this is the end I use most.
I do not wish to spend any more on this lens and I am not shy of getting out the screwdrivers if I can find someone to tell me which bit affects what. What I don't want to do is experiment with adjustments and screw up the end that is in focus!
It is possible that the best bit won't be having the lens fixed but fixing it myself!

Cheers Graham.

This topic has been moved to Technical Support.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=16818.0

There are a number of really good splash housings out there (SPL, Del Mar, Aquatech, CMT, Essex, and more). These are specifically meant for above water photography though. I had an SPL for my 30D for about 5+ years and have since moved onto CMT for my 1DX. It is lighter and more streamlined which is key for such a big rig.

She's driving on the wrong side of the road ;D lol

Nice video!

Didnt read many of his posts but the ones i read were quite provoking and just looking for trouble. So imho a ban is justified. Sure we could all just say "oh whatever" and ignore his provocations but thats not what a forum is about

Canon guys are at the back

Hi Sama,
I bought one of these for my 40D, fitted it and hated the way it felt in the hand, can't really put a finger on what it was though, it fit real snug, did not slop around, did what it was meant to do! I just didn't like it, much prefered the feel of the bare camera. Also I wasn't convinced that it offered enough extra protection to justify putting up with the way it felt, I put it back in the box and put it on the shelf.
I do however keep looking at the box on the shelf and only a couple of days ago I thought I should try it again, thought as the 40D is now my backup to a 7D it might benefit from the extra protection.

I would see if you can hold a camera that is wearing one before you buy one as this is a very subjective item!

Hope this is of some help to you.

Cheers Graham.

Edit I also use the 2 piece GGS screen protectors on my cameras and found them a good fit and easy to apply.

Re: Canon Expands Its Cinema Prime Lens Family to Six Models with the Introduction of the New CN-E35

Ricku said:

BozillaNZ said:

Disguised 35L II is out in the wild! When will the real thing come?

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It is already here.

It is called the Sigma 35, and it is actually cheaper than the old 35L.

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I'm sorry but I don't like optical genius coupled with mechanical and electrical junk

Again 6D, shot at sunrise 10stop ND shot at 28mm F22 for 128sec Debating what I'll do to tweak the sky

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surapon said:

I just set my Canon 4D MK II at 1 center Spot Focus

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This must be an interesting camera ;D

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Ha, Ha, Ha---Dear Tron.
Sorry , That is my mistake , I should type 5D MK II-----And At that Time , My brain thinking about 45 MP Future 3D, I say NO--I do not need 45 MP DSLR yet, and I just type 4D MK II ----Ha, Ha, Ha
Surapon

One thing I noticed after downloading the RAW files is that the samples in the review video appear to be post-noise-reduction (either from-camera JPEG or noise-reduced in Lightroom). There's a healthy dose of chroma noise in the 1600 ISO sample.

That being said, on the sample RAW image in question, it does clean up quite nicely in Lightroom without too much loss of detail. I can still read the smallest numbers on the tire just fine ("For DOT test and normal highway use in North America and Australia" on the upper left side).

The sample image is a fairly close-up view of a mostly smooth object, though, so it might just be that this particular images cleans up well because there's not as much detail to lose. Still, this is WAY better than what I'm getting right now from my camera, so this still looks like a solid upgrade to me...

You Will be just fine. Enjoy your new camera and stop worrying.

J.R. said:

Did you try to remap the hot / stuck pixels?

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Yes I did. What really stinks is the first one I had that was stolen only had maybe ten now I have 50+ and that's at iso 400 and 10 sec.

85LII > 100L

The images in the link you posted have very shallow depth of field, so as you have said you want to take images like those I would recommend a used 5D, as others have stated. Fast primes do not have to be expensive, and as you are controlling the distance to subject you do not need a zoom anyway.

Can't go wrong with a 50 f1.4 ( well actually you can because used half of them seem to be broken ), 40mm 2.8 is stellar, and if you like the distortion effect coupled with shallow depth of field get a 28 f1.8

Tips on shooting the 5D; use RAW and 100 ISO. Contrast can be abrupt.

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Aglet said:

70D has a bit better sensor performance than the 60D, it's pattern noise is negligible compared to both 60D

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Are there any reviews on this yet? Of course the 70d is the better camera as it should be, but the 60d pattern noise was already lower than 7d and probably even 5d2 - and the one "lens cap" shot from 70d still showed the pattern, so I wonder if there's really any noticeable improvement.

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don't know if there's any big site review yet, there's evaluation of it and I put up the samples in another thread here days ago.
started in the rumors section, unfortunately OOPS/

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=16713.0

70D's not perfect, but it's the best crop sensor from Canon since the 40D from what I can tell. It's way less bandy than my 60D at lower ISOs. It did seem to throw up a lot of extra noise with the main display ON tho.

Thought I'd give an update on my problem. The shop concerned was very difficult to deal with, wouldn't return messages etc so as I needed a working lens for my work I bought another copy which worked perfectly - such a nice lens. However it took up until today to get a refund, I sent metadata to them first which showed the fault then the lens once they asked for it. But surprise surprise when they got it they said there was nothing wrong with it and it was my cameras that were faulty. Basically it was weeks and weeks of hassles until today, at least I got a new lens (from another shop) that works a treat and I got my money back, except for postage as they still deny the lens is faulty.

http://nikoninspirations.com/

Canon camera is welcome!!!
Good luck 8)

You are welcome, it sure takes away the need to always use the ST-E£ screen if it is at an akward angle.

I had a question for 60d/7D/5DMK2 users: In many situations, when shooting on M one doesn't have time to adjust shutter, aperture, ISO etc. for e.g. events with moving subjects and areas of varying exposure. I would prefer to shoot Aperture Priority with AUTO ISO (since noise levels are perfectly acceptable to me upto maybe ISO 3200). However, this is out of the question since the camera often selects shutter speeds which are ridiculously low and there is no minimum shutter speed setting like the new Canons or older Nikons. If I choose Shutter priority, the camera will select whatever aperture it wants, which I may or may not need. It seems like AUTO ISO is only helpful in M mode.

I was just wondering, for those of you who shoot in these types of situations, how do you shoot? What are your settings? Do you always shoot on Manual and adjust shutter, ISO, aperture? How does one use AUTO ISO without the min shutter speed functionality.

Thoughts appreciated. Thanks.

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Thanks for looking

Make sure you have up to date memory cards, when I upgraded to a 60mbps flash card it made a big difference in buffer time.

Also, USB3 empties my 8GB card pretty fast (again, a good modern card), when I bought my 5D2 I made sure to have something that doesn't take 15 minutes to empty the card. USB3 will do it in 2 (or less with better cards).

I did a few simple experiments with mRAW and it looks like downsampling full RAW on my computer gave better results than shooting mRAW, which is unfortunate because if they could do better downsampling on-camera I would use it.

Thanks guys this helps alot

paul13walnut5 said:

No experience of the Metz.

The Canon will absolutely:

2nd curtain synch
High speed synch
be controllable through the camera menu
will crop the zoom according to sensor size and lens
work seamlessly with E-TTL II
work on your next EOS, or the back up body you buy
give you flash modelling preview
work with your AF for assist (there are different modes to select parts of the AF pattern, not sure how it will play with your 5D3)

http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Consumer_Products/products/cameras/Speedlites/SPEEDLITE_430EX_II.aspx?type=download&page=1

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Under low-light or low-contrast conditions when autofocus cannot be achieved, the built-in AF-assist beam will be emitted automatically to make it easier to autofocus. The 430EX II’s AF-assist beam is compatible with the AF points of almost all EOS cameras. The AF-assist beam is compatible with 28mm and longer lenses. The effective range is shown below.

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I had a Metz 58 AF-1 and it did do the following.

2nd curtain synch
High speed synch
be controllable through the camera menu
will crop the zoom according to sensor size and lens
work seamlessly with E-TTL II

work on your next EOS, or the back up body you buy. For this one the Metz comes with a port for FW updates

give you flash modelling preview. Not sure about this one

work with your AF for assist (there are different modes to select parts of the AF pattern, not sure how it will play with your 5D3) AF assist worked but not sure if there were 3 patterns