Robert Welch said:

The other option is the 6D, nobody seems to have mentioned it. I know it's video features aren't quite a good as the 5D3, but the IQ should be about the same (aside for possibly worse moire issues). If the video features of the 6D are adequate for your needs, then it may be worth looking at over the 5D3. It seems to me, many of the advantages the 5D3 offers over the 6D are more for photography rather than video (increased AF points, for instance). So you may be paying extra for features that are of little value to you.

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6D has really been getting knocked for moire though

Since it has moire I wonder if it doesn't line skip too? Does it also give you a solid 1.5 stops better SNR than the 5D2 video like the 5D3 or not? I'd think not but then I saw a few vague hints that it does improve SNR over the 5D2 as well.

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9VIII said:

...but the 200-400 f4 is in the same price range, and kind of gets you "everything telephoto" in one lens.
I would at least rent the lens and see if you like what it offers.

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What is the list price for the 200-400/4, and from whom could one rent it? :

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The OP did say "this summer", but yes, I am making a few big assumptions. I should have said "if it's available" then it might be worth looking into.

Here are a few more

There's nothing wrong with a T3I if you know what your doing. Ive shot over 20+ high end video productions on a T3I w/ good settings.

Probably would suggest getting a small rodeo mic that just goes on top of the camera and would allow much better audio intake straight off the camera.

Ok, so I have the 100L macro and 25mm extension tubes and the 1.4x. This is a sample image set. One is a 100% crop and the other is the whole picture reduced to 1152 x 768. BTW, no editing has been done...

The image was auto focused using live view - my eyes are not as good as they used to be...

Hope this helps. Sorry my images here are not as pretty as as Mt. S's

The resized whole image...


The 100% crop...

200 f/2

40mm x 16.5mm

400 f/2.8 II

Same size

500 F/4 II

Same size

After a bit closer inspection of your photo, the 200 f/2 has a different scale then the 1.8. All the "new supers" have the same window but the older MK1 versions make have one similar to yours.

case 1 & case 6 work petty good for me on birds.
AF points It comes down to how much is filling your view finder small fast birds you need all 61 hawks & eagles 50/70yrds I use 9/12 things that fill the frame 1
hope this helps

24 mm TS-E for my line of work (landscape). Tilt and shift functions extremely useful, extremely sharp, only con it is not weather sealed and that becomes a problem in the weather we usually encounter.

garyknrd said:

If you have time I would like to see more with the 1DX. If you have them on another site I would like a link.
Thanks, Gary

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Im still learning the 1Dx but I do love it. I have been posting in the http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8079.0 "anything shot with a 1Dx. I am still trying to find a proper place to AFMA the lens to my 1Dx as well. Here is one more.

Played around a little bit with the 5D MIII which I got as CPS loan. A huge step forward from my 40D, especially the AF and low light photos. Focus was amazingly fast indoors. this is the first time I am using a FF camera. The IQ difference is big. Some samples below. In have tried ISO up to 12800(first two images below) and still got decent pictures (better than my 40D at 1600). Have not tried 6D. I assume IQ would be more or less the same, but speed and AF would be something I would really like. Shutter life is another thing I consider as a differentiator, as I plan to keep the camera long term, as long as it works. The debate still continues, need to make a decision before the rebate ends. For now I am leaning towards 5D. I have to really stretch financially to accommodate it, hope I will be able to manage.
Thanks everyone for the valuable inputs.

mrsfotografie said:

Rocky said:

17-40 has the built-in gel filter holder at the back of the lens.

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Hey, I never realized that. It's quite an exciting idea, really. Does the 16-35 (II) have this as well?

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No, but the 16-35L MkI, 17-35L, 15 and 8-15L fisheye lenses, and 14L have a rear gel holder.

Sporgon said:

I think these are quite good, especially the first one: it's captured a moment, something only still photography can do.

( + I'm intrigued to know how you didn't bump into the camera on first shot. Did you both jump over it

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It was 17-40 at 17mm, we landed right in the front of the camera. Dancing practice during last years helped ;D

Very nice price. Definitely a must buy for APS-C users if the IQ is decent.

Daniel Flather said:

Many on this forum like to chew on Canon about prices, check this ad out!

http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-cameras-camcorders-Brand-New-Canon-5D-Full-Camera-Package-for-Independent-Filmmaker-W0QQAdIdZ452226547

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Yeah the whole kit is worth $5500 tops $11000 is crazy but it does say please make an offer.

jimy444 said:

Hi Guys
i am facing a problem when using my 5d mark 2 during night shots
I am shooting at 5 - 10 - 30 seconds and bulb and it is taking as much time for the picture to display on the screen/finish processing as the exposure time

example if i set the exposure to 30 seconds it takes another 30 seconds for photo to appear
and the buffer is going full and making me wait after couple of shots.
Imagine doing it on long exposures, 100 secs each.. i can only shoot couple of shots and it will make me wait to finish precess before i can even shoot another one.

is this normal ?
are you facing such problems, i tried with a friends 5dmark 2 and it is going much faster. even with a 200 seconds exposure the photo is appearing the second the shutter closes, and it is a big problem as i shoot night skies and scenery to wait that long for each photo...

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The increased time is the built-in camera Long Exposure Noise Reduction (LENR). It exposes what is called a Dark Frame after the light frame, and that frame is used to subtract noise (assuming it works...in-camera LENR does not always work.)

If you are doing night sky astrophotography and want low noise results, it is better to handle noise reduction on your own. You can take your own dark frames, as well as bias frames, in addition to light frames, and combine them all with a tool like DeepSkyStacker. DSS will use multiple light frames to maximize SNR, and use a properly combined dark frame and bias frame to subtract the noise.

Light Frames are the full color exposures of the night sky. It is best to have as many of these as you can. A single light frame will be very noise, poor in contrast, low in SNR, and otherwise barely sufficient for a night sky photograph. Stacking two light frames produces better results with higher contrast, but you will still have a low SNR. It is best to shoot at least 20 light frames or more of the same stellar object to maximize SNR.

Dark Frames are exposed the same as light frames, only with the lens cap on. By "the same as light frames", I mean...EVERYTHING has to be the same. Shutter, Aperture, ISO, AND temperature. The temperature matters her because it affects noise. If you are shooting the sky on a very cold night, dark current will be lower than on a normal night, and noise will be lower than on a normal night. You can expose all dark frames after the entire sequence of light frames is done. It is best to have 16-20 dark frames to produce a master dark frame for that particular shoot. If you end up shooting 40, 60, 80 light frames, you still only need to have 16-20 dark frames.

Bias Frames are created at the fastest possible shutter speed, and the same ISO as the light frames. It does not matter what the temperature is. Again, it is best to have 16-20 bias frames to produce a master bias frame for that particular shoot.

Once you have a set of light frames, dark frames, and bias frames, you can stack them with a tool like DSS. Just give it all the files, and it will take care of the rest. It'll produce master dark and bias frames for you from their individual frames. It will then process the light frames...align them, apply the dark and bias frames, then stack them to produce a single, low-noise, high SNR night sky photo. Once you have the initial night sky photo...you are pretty much on your own to tweak the final outcome (which is actually quite a pain with DSS, you might end up better off by exporting the default output for tweaking in another program.)

The results of the above method should be far superior to single-shot exposures of the night sky, with or without in-camera LENR.

I know some fd lenses are highly regarded, but the proof is really in the pudding. Not all lenses are made at the same standard deviation, so there are some 24-70's mkii that are AMAZING... and some that are merely great. So it depends on where in the spectrum that lens falls. If you can try it out for a week and compare and contrast... do it.

Vivid Color said:

I mostly plan to shoot skills, but maybe some limited video. Also, while most of my shots will probably be single shot, some pix may be shot using continuous. Any additional advice on the speed of the cards would be appreciated. Should I just get the 95MB/s cards to be safe?

And, finally advice on the size of cards would be helpful. Is there any image quality differences among the different sizes?

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If you shoot a lot of RAW images, then a larger capacity card like a 64GB is the way to go ... since you are going to do a Safari in Tanzania I assume you would want to capture a lot of wildlife and if the wildlife that you plan on shooting happens to be birds or fast moving animals, and you want to shoot RAW, than yes 95/MBs is the way to go. But if you only shoot in jpeg and/or particularly not so fast animals, even a 45 MB/s card will be more than sufficient ... these days the 64GB capacity 45MB/s cards are not very expensive, in fact B&H is having a sale on SanDisk 64GB 45MB/s card till 31 March 2013 - it only costs $65.56 now

I said I'm not a pro....but I am in my field. I'm a pro freelance videographer. Through the years I've shot not only video but 35 and 16 motion picture film and 4x5 and 8x10 view camera projects but by far the lions share of my work has been with video.

I know the 7D is great for airshows. I've carried both to shoot with. I'd love to buy a 5DIII but since I don't make a living shooting stills it's hard to justify buying one. I bought both current cameras used but with very low shutter counts. It will be a while before the 5DIII comes down to where I bought these two cameras for. I guess I'll wait before selling to see if a really nice 300 2.8 shows up for a good price that I can afford.

I have a 500mm F4 IS (original, not II) and could not get the foot loose (I got the first screw loose but the 2nd would not turn so I gave up). Any suggestions besides stronger torque? I tried using a small allen key - perhaps that was my problem.

accidentally found this, so I thought I'll share, though you might have seen it already...

relax with a 24-105 of a 50mm under your head

http://www.homezooka.com/2011/07/photography-enthusiasts-plushtography-lens-pillows-home-trend-house-trends/

dilbert said:

Is there some reason why Google won't answer this question for you?

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Google does have the answer to most questions, doesn't it.

However, I had never even considered buying my CF cards from the US before, and only discovered they were almost half the price of the UK by mistake. That's why I wondered whether other CR members in Asia and elsewhere outside the US, buy their cards there. Google probably couldn't answer that question, though it might be able to once it finds this thread. I also wondered whether the US was the cheapest, or whether I had missed somewhere else.

In fact this little discovery (for me at least) means I might be buying a bit more than just CF cards from the US in future.

Hello,

Long time reader / first time poster. I recently purchased the 24-105mm lens as an upgrade of my 28-135 lens. From the reviews I have read, it appears the 24-105's performance at 105mm is not as strong as other focal lengths. When I shoot at relatively close distances at 105mm with my 24-105mm lens using the center focus point, the center performance of the lens appears fine but the corners appear out of focus rather than merely soft. I've looked at images from distances between 10-30 feet and noticed the same results. The corner performance at 105mm with subjects at or near infinity focus is fine (about the same as my 28-135mm but not as good as my 70-300L, which is about what I expected). Perhaps the increased depth of field at infinity focus explains this. Stopping down to F/8 also helps, but does not completely alleviate the issue. Applying an AF microadjustment of +10 on my 5D III improves corner performance; however, the center performance then deteriorates - the same also happens when I focus on the corner of the frame either through live view or the viewfinder. As all the corners are out of focus to approximately the same degree, this does not seem to be a centering issue. Has anyone else experienced this with your 24-105mm lens? Is this typical behavior for the 24-105mm lens? Thank you in advance for your comments.

rcarca said:

rpt said:

Fantastic pictures. The last time I shot Gulls, the shutter speed was 1/800. Too slow. A learning...

Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks... one of the glories of the 5Diii in my mind - you can push the ISO to get the speed and still have a vaguely usable picture. All I need now is the L lens to complete the set up!

Richard

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My thoughts exactly - however, that costs $$$$$$$...

Your kit is fine. I guess you could sell the 5Dc and 100 f/2. You don't really need them do you? If you need a second body then keep the 5Dc.

I would also sell the 24-105 as you have a 50 and 70-200 that covers most of that range. Do u often shoot wider than 50? If so maybe sell that 24-105 and get a 35L or sigma 35.

If you went on a shoot you could then have a 35 on one body and a 135 on the other. Sorted. Two bodies two lenses. Plus the fifty in your pocket just incase.

Keep the the 70-200 for days that require some versatility.

I do agree that having one lens that covers wide to telephoto is very useful. I sometimes wish I had the 24-105L. However, if you are serious about portraits primes are the way to go. An 85 and a 135 and you're all set.

I also think one of the cheap 50's might be worth investing in. They really come in handy and on a FF you can can work in some real tight spaces.

So many ways you can spend your money that it really depends on your own shooting style. We could advise you all day long about this lens and that. But at the end of the day only you know what you actually need.