RMC33 said:

RS,
gjones5252,

I found the DOF on the 85 f/1.2 to be hard to work with in an active people moving around setting. If one person in the shot moves a bit forward the shot can be ruined, or with two people flanking a central subject and at a slight angle. I guess I can give it all a try. I do know what you mean about APS-C bodies. Something fun about them and an EF series lens. I personally enjoy my 100 f/2.8 Macro on that camera more then the 5d3.

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I totally understand what you mean. I had the 85 1.2 ii for about a week. I like it...sorta. When people were sitting still and i got the focus right it was very good. But for weddings, portraits or any other seemingly high paced picture environment it was just a really frustrating endeavor.
Yeah the 100 2.8 has actually become one of my favorites to play around with. I can use it to take a great sharp picture and then very easily be operating the camera in video mode and it looks like i have a stabilizer. The IS works so well.
I do love the 50mm range as well. I am eager about looking for an upgrade to any of the 50mm line. Not that the current ones are good i just havent purchased one yet(other than the 501.8ii and my wife dropped it. Great manual focus lens now) and so i might as well wait to purchase one of the upgraded ones. Especially if it has IS. It does wonders for video. And it just as fun to toy around with when there is no tripod available.

Fair point, neuro. It absolutely does count as a mid-range (price) normal zoom lens. However, in comparison to lenses like Nikon's 24-85mm VR it: 1) looks antiquated (1998 vs 2012), 2) has generation 2 IS which is noisier and much less affective, 3) is large and heavy and 4) does not go to 24mm. Heck, even compared to the EF-S 15-85mm the image quality, features, and build quality seem to be lacking. Something in the same price range for full frame is needed.

I mentioned the 17-40mm only because it is the cheapest new-in-box UWA option from Canon. If Canon could undercut the Nikkor 18-35mm with better build quality and image quality it would be huge. Additionally, Canon will definitely be coming out with a 14-24mm f/2.8 and something to compete with the 16-35 VR (and you can bet they'll both be substantially more expensive than the lenses they replace) which is all the more reason to come out with affordable, modern, non-L zooms.

verysimplejason - ROFL! ;D You beat me to it! Gawd, I was thinking the exact same thing and I had to restrain myself from quoting your quote of the other quotes that I didn't need to quote!! Ahh, ha ha ha ha!!! You are so bad! I Love it! 8)

CliveB said:

A 602TX can be mounted on a 622, to drive 602RXs. There is quite a hit on the sync speed, however.

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Why not just mount the 602/603TX to the camera hot shoe directly. Let me rephrase, are we gaining anything with the setup you provided ? Really curious as I have the 603s and waiting on my 622s to arrive. I also have a mix of E-TTL
and older A-TTL speedlites that is why I was hoping you can mix-match these transceivers so that I can (hoping) control the E-TTL speedlites from within the camera.


thanks

the new 100 macro with is is a perfect lens for a designer - great bokeh, portrait length, and macro
for product closeups - aside from the fact that it's razor sharp and affordable.

Not to despair, go to Play and search for the same (CanonSGLens) which has the same features as the iOS version. Its up to version 2.4.1.

Thanks so much!

It is mostly a camcorders. Why it can't be a DSLR?
The new rumor mentioned about EOS 70D, with 3" flip screen (some people take it as 3.0fps as a mistake), if there's on chip phase detection AF, with the flip screen, it will be better for shot over head. It is what 650D/T4i has did now, but it is a little of low end, and not strong enough.
It is also said that the sensor is the same between 7D2 and 70D. Maybe it's idea of:
7D2 prefers the users of extreme, who are mostly using OVFs. Just thinking of 6D, 5D3 or higher. Some people hoped 6D should have a flip screen, as 60D.
70D prefers the users of mainstream, who uses screen more often, and with the help of flip screen, LV or video is more easier. It would take a position of video DLSR for APS-C format. 1D C is alternative 1D X in FF, there should be an alternative version video DLSR in APS-C.

Agreed. I use the 300 f/2.8 and 400 f/2.8. But money is a problem obviously with those, lol! So on crop body, 70-200 is more than sufficient.

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<mumble!> My mother's Leica Rangefinder
<mumble> Bought my first SLR - just-released Minolta AF 7000 (aka Maxxum), 24mm f2.8, 35-70mm f4, 70-210mm f4 "beercan." After a few too many snap-happy weekends (20+ 36-exp films) it was mothballed, to save my aching hip-pocket nerve! The 'keeper' rate on this camera was astonishing.

1999 (Sony DCR-TRV900E - video)

2003 Canon IXUS 400 - great little camera; still have it, still use it occasionally (keep it in the car)

2008 Canon 30d / 17-85 IS USM because I needed a half-decent camera now and the 5D2 was too late; compromise camera ought 2nd-hand with the intent of replacing it with a 5d2 - which quickly turned out to be a white elephant due to AF issues and the price.

2011/2 (Sony HDR CX130E - video) To simplify my workflow - mini-DV is a hassle, SD cards mount right up With no '5d mark 3' available at the time - again - Canon left me high and dry. Again.

2012
Canon 5d Mark III (arrived last week)
70-300 f4-5.6L (arrived Wednesday, my only non -S EF lens)
100 f2.8L Macro (arrived Friday, with...)
24-105 f4L (the dealer shipped a 16-35L II instead!)

That's about all I can afford right now. Arguably more.

I see what all the fuss has been about now - the big, bright viewfinder, the heft of the beast... and images that make you scratch your head when they hit LR4. I'm used to seeing something obvious to fix from the 30d, but the images SOOC are way better. Sharp as a tack, too. Gotta watch that DoF now

I picked up a 1D Mark IIN a few days ago, it's my first time with a 1-Series body. I'm moving from a 40D/60D set up to a 1D IIN/40D set up as I'm shooting mainly sports and events. The previous owner was a press photographer who used the camera for years and looked after it, she never had a problem with it.

I've noticed that there's a slight hesitation before it attempts to find focus and it's noticeably slower than my 40D, it doesn't feel quite as snappy. I've tested it on a Sigma 24-60mm F/2.8 and a Canon 70-200mm F/2.8L and the results are the same. The tests are using only the centre AF point. The 1D hunts a fair bit more in lower light than the 40D but I put that down to the age difference between the two. Could the hesitation problem due to the age as well? I wiped down the lens contacts but that didn't make a difference.

I'm considering sending it in to the local Canon service centre here in Dublin, but would just like some other opinions before I do so.

meli said:

Mark Carey said:

Really sorry guys - this is embarrassing.

The demand on my site from this post has caused a massive load on a shared server. Its a big post with a lot of images. As soon as it comes back online I can trim it down a bit - at the moment I cant get in to do that.

Im investigating getting a dedicated server. I have a couple of other sites as well so might not be a bad idea.
If anyone knows a good value company for this Id be very interested. Im in the UK.
My website admin guy is talking about £80 per month, gulp!

Mark

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Hey it happens, just break down the photos into 4-5 pages and you'll be allright. I wouldn't consider a dedicated server unless you expect that traffic everyday! Alternatively consider setting up a secondary blog in something like tumblr, its free & it can handle the punishment.

Cheers for the review & the wonderful photos!

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Thanks Mate,
its seems to have recovered now. Im astounded at the amount of visits CR sent to my website!
Good call about breaking the blog posts up. They are really content heavy and Ive been slack about considering that. I dont know how to break them over several pages but Ill figure it out. Ill check out Tumblr as well.

cheers

Mark

jondave said:

Huh? What's your opinion based on? Canon and Red aren't even competing in the same category, much more on price.

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Well after the price drops the Epic isn't much more than a C500 and the Scarlet isn't much more than a 1DC and about the same price as the C300. And in terms of specs the RED stuff is killing it. Then again people love the C300 and seem to love the C100 so specs aren't everything, but they still matter to some.

Agreed -- good advice. Thank you!

You'd need another Yongnuo receiver.

My BG-E2N got stuck on my 40D, half way unscrewed so it would not turn on.

The problem is over tightening or over use. The main cog is plastic and the smaller one is metal so it strips. Only way i could get it off was by drilling a hole through the visible cog and un-tighten the smaller cog with a screw driver. Broke the grip, but they are pretty cheap now.

You can see the metal cog here.

I use clear uv filters on ALL my glass! Make sure its a good quality one, at least spend the $ on a b&w one! The least u can do is protect ur expensive glass. The less expensive filters will effect the quality of ur images plus god forbid u bang the front element u only damage the filter not the lens!

On my 1D4 the 135L focusses very quickly and accurately. This lens is simply great value for money.

Very handy, thanks for posting!

neuroanatomist said:

Northstar said:

I so so so so frequently have to boost exposure in pp by 1/2 stop if I've decided to shoot auto iso in "m".

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As I said, you can correct it with an AE microadjustment, which basically sets the zero point for the camera's meter where you want it.

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I will be doing this...thanks again.

serendipidy said:

The tiger works for Nikon ;D

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LOL!

I recall something about needing to disable silent shooting in live view with TS-E lenses, but I thought the new ones (17 and 24 II) were exempt, so that's probably not it...

Even though restoring defaults fixes it, it could certainly be a firmware bug. For example, the AFMA bug that was fixed with firmware 1.0.6 was triggered by enabling the orientation-linked AF point setting. If you can reproduce the behavior based on a single setting, that will help Canon (and the rest of us, eventually). If not, you might still contact Canon and offer to email your settings file to them for testing.

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It's more prominent with smaller light sources when the focus distance is close and the light sources are also close, but still OOF.

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True, and I inadventently had a nice 'test lab' this year since our tree had both clear miniature lights and the larger old skool solid color c4 lights. The mini - which as far as light sources goes is both the visible filament and the reflection of the filament in the clear glass - has some onion effect while the larger uniform light source c4 bulbs are perfectly smooth. Moral to the story is string your tree with c4 bulbs next year for premium quality bokeh, lol.

Thanks for all for the feedback! Glad to know that I'm not missing anything with the 1.4 Mk II Extender on the 70-200 II.

Now I recall reading that the Mk IIIs were optimized mostly for the real big whites.

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How are you determining that the dark frame is done? After the exposure and a few seconds into the dark frame, the read LCD comes back on (showing the quick control menu). Last night, that's when I stopped the timer - I was holding the camera, and my hand was covering the red light. :-[ But, the red light is still on and the 'shots remaining' display flashes until the dark frame is done, and the review image is displayed. To confirm, on both my 7D and my 1D X, with long exposure NR enabled (not Auto), the dark frame is the same duration as the exposure setting.

So...I recommend checking again, timing from the shutter/mirror click until the red light goes out and the review image shows up - that should be the same length of time as the exposure was set. If not, I'd call Canon.

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Not sure if it applies to 7D/5D/1D, but on the Rebel it helps to turn on Live View. You get a second "clack" at the end of the dark frame, and the display says "BUSY" while it is taking the dark frame