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Menace · Feb 8, 2013

JimT_1954 said:
Thank you very much!

EOS 7D, 500mm f/4L w/1.4 TCIII, f/8, 1/800, ISO 320.

Well done

Menace · Feb 8, 2013

Nice

sandymandy · Feb 8, 2013

At the heart of the image.

bcliburn · Feb 8, 2013

tobiasv · Feb 8, 2013

This is absolutely normal. The lens only locks at 70mm and is only to avoid lens creep.

CarlTN · Feb 7, 2013

Looks like doves have dilated pupils too. This was the 400 f/5.6 last year, cropped to 100%.

Feb 7, 2013

bseitz234 said:
Re: flash. What's your camera? If you have one with an integrated speedlight transmitter, being able to use a 430 off-camera could be a huge plus. (the 270 II can do this as well, but I believe the original 270 could not). Plus canon has refurbs available, which I'm a huge proponent of, since they're cheaper and individually inspected before leaving the factory. Anyway. Between the flexibility of off-camera flash, and having a rotating head, you'll be able to do a lot of fun things with light.

Otherwise, if you have a model you know well, and you're a relaxed and easygoing person, then I think that while planning is valuable, you should trust your spur-of-the-moment instincts as well. Either you or your models may see a particular spot, or envision a particular pose, and even if it's not on your planned list, go for it! Worst thing that could happen is it doesn't work out as great as you thought, and you can move on to the next planned out spot. But if you know some places that you have in mind, and they have some places they have in mind, I'm sure you'll be able to capture some great images!

Hi, thanks for your comment. Well the planning I want to do is to make sure I have a baseline to work from, then leave the door open for improvisation of course. I want to be prepared to make sure we don't lose time because I'm clueless.

About camera, I have a 5D3 so no pop up flash. Will see how I do it, I might bring just the 270 for fill flash where needed.

thanks
J

Alex · Feb 7, 2013

It should be free to all CPS platinum members. They have already spend enough lol

HurtinMinorKey · Feb 7, 2013

HurtinMinorKey said:
PhilipBloom said:

The C300 in the UK is by far the number one broascast camera, the title that in SD days was the DigiBeta.

Click to expand...

Do you think he means "number one" as in the most used today? If so, that would be very interesting.

Looks like Philiip knew what he was talking about.

http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Canon-C300-tops-list-of-most-popular-rental-cameras-_nid-2498.html

kirispupis · Feb 7, 2013

The AF of the 5D3 + 70-200/2.8 II is blazingly fast. When you add the 2x extender is slows down to about the speed of the 100-400.

So far from what I can tell the AF of the 400/5.6 is very quick - or at least far quicker than the 100-400 or 70-200/2.8 II + 2x III.

In both cases you can significantly improve the AF by using the focus limiter switch.

InterMurph · Feb 7, 2013

drummstikk said:
The school is not getting my experience or my level of quality, but they have apparently decided the quality sacrifice balances out the cost savings.

They have also likely decided that making an athlete's father happy also helps.

Marsu42 · Feb 7, 2013

Imho there will be a lot of demand for 3rd party primes in the future. Canon has the recent strange IS primes, and the upcoming L primes at "triple the price" will be targeted at the high mp eos1 tba 2014 - so the traditional market is up for grabs.

Mt Spokane Photography · Feb 7, 2013

Shooting a dark subject with a snow background is right up there with the most difficult things to photograph. A fill flash, if you didn't use it will help deal with the extreme DR.

dlleno · Feb 7, 2013

The thread is valuable IF we can look at the RAW files. the evaluation results will be bantered about and argued, but frankly those of us who are interested in knowing what is truly important about them, and what can be learned (if anything) that helps Canon users understand their cameras better -- we will be able to parse the signal from the noise.

in fact, we've been able to do just that all along. its pretty easy to recognize clear, factual, important, and compelling information versus the sound of axes being ground

without the RAW files, though, I agree nuke the thread.

Zv · Feb 7, 2013

That was also my first L and I love it! Great choice! After I saw the IQ from that it made me realize why L lenses were so sought after! Now for my first L prime!!

RS2021 · Feb 7, 2013

Works fine for me, except the top banner.

rpt · Feb 7, 2013

Re: Who's Fabricating the sensors?

Brock said:
Did Canon secretly build a smaller fab?

It seems impossible they'd be able to push 40+MP on a full frame sensor w/ 500nm tech.

I wonder if they're going to use Sony to fab, since Nikon recently switched to Toshiba.

I just hope the sensors don't inherit Sony's color inaccuracies. That's the main reason I prefer canon, true to life colors.

Perhaps if they did have Sony fab it, they'd be using a Canon sensor design which will give similar results to their current designs, but with higher MP.

In an ideal world. Fingers crossed.

18 * 1.6 * 1.6 = 46.08...

Happy viking · Feb 7, 2013

Then i orderd the 300 MM f/2.8 L IS USM used from a Canondealer w/ 3 months guarantie ;D

If i still dont like the reach i can resell it whitout loosing to much money 8)

DocMo · Feb 7, 2013

Hey All,

New to the forums and just wanted to say that this thread was one of the most interesting threads that I've read in a long time!

candyman · Feb 7, 2013

When I am in the field, I use 2 cameras: 7D with 70-300mm L and 5D MKIII with 24-105. The 16-35 MK II is in my bag.

Now, if the 28-300 II has better IQ than the combination of 24 until 300, yes. Even if the weight of this one lens is more to carry with my camera. I would have it on the 7D and the 16-35 MK II on the 5D MK III

For the moment I got used to my combination and I am pleased with it.

brant · Feb 7, 2013

Meh...

R1-7D · Feb 6, 2013

Nice shots! Glad you're enjoying your lens. I am enjoying mine more and more now.

shunsai said:
I bought the Tokina 16-28mm about a month ago and I love it!
I'm no expert on UWA photography, but I'm having fun trying to get the hang of it.
My first impressions have been that it's very sharp, good color, low distortion, and affordable. A fantastic lens!

There were instances where I had some flare when the light source was directly in the picture, but it didn't strike me as a major issue or big detractor from the overall quality of this lens.

Here are a couple I took recently.

shutterwideshut · Feb 6, 2013

RMC33 said:
I have never used a TS-E lens and was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on if this would be a prudent investment or a few online tutorials. I have searched around online and had little luck with finding anything tutorial related.

Thanks!

I hope this link helps: http://oopoomoo.com/ebook/the-tilt-shift-lens/. The e-book has everything you need to know about the TS-E lens. I'm as well looking to invest on the TS-E lens in the near future.

robbymack · Feb 6, 2013

Youre welcome rusty. I think the op will do fine. I am by no means a pro, but as the guy in the group with the "big" camera I'm put in this situation often whether it is friends, co workers, etc. I'm generally very happy to do it especially since folks who are turning to me are generally looking to spend less than $1000 for a photographer for their big day. Seeing the results of that kind of a budget I know I will no only care more than another photographer and will try my best. do I miss things, yes, but I put the time and effort into it to make it a good day for them. Expectations are set low, i inform them id much rather enjoy the day with them, but i also don't want them hiring a hack who doesn't care. all I ask of the couple is to cover my backup gear rental fees and a nice bottle of wine.

fonts · Feb 6, 2013

MarkII said:
Marsu42 said:

Luckily, the Magic Lantern devs have figured out what iso is "best" - and it's rather surprising and more complicated than one might think...

Click to expand...

The charts here are instructive: http://home.comcast.net/~nikond70/Charts/PDR.htm

If you look at the 5DIII, you can see the waving up and down of the DR with intermediate ISO steps - exactly what you would expect for a mix of analogue and digital gain setting. In contrast, the 1DX plot is smooth, perhaps because it is using analogue gain for the intermediate steps.

The plots suggest a peak DR at ISO 160 on the 5DIII, which is consistent with the ML folks conclusion that the native ISO is somewhere around 80ish and everything else is a push/pull of that.

The effect is small, however, and probably not worth the hassle of fretting about when shooting... however I wish Canon had a RAW capture mode and metering that operated only at native ISO values.

What's insane (if its accurate) is the 5D Mark III/1Dx vs D600 .... God damn it :/

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