bluegreenturtle said:

You can adjust the image in premiere, you don't need to export differently. There are indeed external monitors with frameline generators (I have one on my steadicam) but they cost more than your camera.

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Zacuto EVF has all kinds of options for frame lines (including 2:35:1) and it's $740. It doesn't seem like something that should be an expensive option, I'm pretty sure I could set up the markers on my Marshall monitors to do the same (would just require a little trial and error to figure out the values).

As promised, 24-105 on the 7D - panning, but still good IQ

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Image Date: 2012-05-19 10:35:22 +0100
Focal Length: 105.0mm
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: +0.33 EV

DaveBurbankPhotography said:

I have to wonder if there is software which can read settings from one 5D Mk III and write them to another. Something on a Mac or PC or Android device.

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I guess it might make sense to send this request in to the Magic Lantern guys?

C

revup67 said:

I got the sandisk extreme sd card: SDHC 45 MB/s 32 GB
and for CF sandisk extreme 60MB/s 32GB card.....Will those work ok?

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I took a chance and bought the exact same two as you and Mt. Spokane but not by seeing your post, strictly on research and calls to Canaon and a few photo stores. They work flawlessly at all aspects. Glad to see others have that same combo - I'm most pleased and have it set up to clone, not as additional storage.

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Cool.

I've only been trying to learn to shoot still so far...and have it set to RAW on the CF card...and jpeg on the SD card.

I'm going to pay with video this weekend, I think I'll swap out another set of both cards..and for video, set it to auto rotate for the extra storage....

cayenne

nesarajah said:

Yes please do format, that would be best practice.

Axilrod said:

READ THE MANUAL! If you start a new thread for every question you're going to have in the next few weeks people are going to get really annoyed. You already have 4 or 5 posts at the top of this page, at this rate this section will become "Cayenne's Question Corner" pretty quickly. Use the search and google, the answers to the majority of your questions are already out there. If you absolutely can't find it after a few minutes of digging, then ask.

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Give the guy a break, he asked a question, he's new by the sounds of it. No one RTFM . That's just life. Support centers wouldn't exist if people googled or read it . At least he's not a Nikon troll .

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Re: The 5D Mark III Refusal To Fix

Cineman said:

I have two 5D Mark III bodies from the first shipment that are effected by the light leak to the metering sensor and have been trying to get Canon to do something about it to no avail. I took one body to their service center in Irvine last week and was turned away saying that they had not yet announced the fix but that it would be soon. I called today and was told that they are “still investigating the problem”. It is now two months after I purchased the cameras and they are still not offering to open them and install black tape or black mylar or whatever. I was at a Canon event in Hollywood for the 1DC a few weeks ago and the rep. there said that Canon needs to be able to act upon their fix globally on the same day so they need to get everyone up to speed. I wonder how long it takes to ship rolls of black electrical tape to their repair facilities? Maybe they’re just hoping everyone forgets. To make matters worse, their much touted new service center in Hollywood is just down the street from me but won’t accept me as a customer because I’m not a C.P.S. Platinum member. I spend all my camera money on Canon but until I spend $500 a year on a membership they won’t open their doors to me. I need to continue using their repair facility in Irvine…a two hour round trip with no traffic. All I can say is W.T.F.?

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Quite a sense of entitlement you have there.
They had an announcement they will fix it. Hold your horses. And ? what the heck is wrong with making a facility cater to their best customers? Are they not allowed to do that?

Thanks for all the replies! I'm liking the look of the Gitzo Series 3 6X Mountaineer 4-section Tripod with G-Lock (http://www.gitzo.co.uk/series-3-6x-mountaineer-4-section-tripod-with-g-lock), as it looks like an exceptional tripod, and has all the features I want. I'm not sure I need the height of the long version, so I thought I'd go with this and save a bit of weight instead! Thanks for all the suggestions (and keep them coming!!) ;D

In terms of tripod heads Archangel72 suggested the Gitzo 3780 QR ballhead:

Archangel72 said:

I have Gitzo 3541 L carbon 6x mountainer with Gitzo 3780 QR ballhead.

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And it does look like a great ballhead, but I was wondering what the difference between the Gitzo 3780 QR ballhead (http://www.gitzo.com/product/72038.71852.83183.0.0/GH3780QR/_/Series_3_Mag_Off_Centre_Head_Quick_Release), and the Gitzo GH3781 QR ballhead (http://www.gitzo.com/ser3-ball-head-qr-black) is. I realise that the Gitzo 3780 QR has friction control whilst the 3781 doesn't, but what does this mean in terms of real life use?

Thanks for all your replies, and keep them coming! ;D

Ben Langhorne

http://www.benlanghornephotography.co.uk

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neuroanatomist said:

There have also been reports of people wrapping themselves in light-blocking tape and burning themselves in effigy in front Canon's regional headquarters offices in the USA and several European countries, to protest Canon's inadequate fix for this problem.

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I thought effigy was a place in France ... The same city that DXO is in

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Didn't the French just vote out President Nikonozy?

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Do I hear a hint of... Sarkasm in your voice?

...Okay, I'll leave now. :-X

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Un tasse du the svp

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Après un sortie de la photographie, oui?

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Oui, même si je veux un appareil photo 1DX demain pour la course automobile. Un 5DIII n'a pas assez rapide fps - donc je vais photographier avec le 1D4.

Excuser-moi pour the garçon de l'école française

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Moi aussi, l'école. Je ne veux pas de 1D X. Je n'aime pas de la course automobile.

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no hablo!

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この方がもっといいですか？

I just cannot stand any of Canon's ultra-wide zooms. Like I said, I've tested 1 copy of the 16-35 & 2 copies of the 17-40. One of those 17-40s was even sent in to Canon FSC to fix the problem (left side always softer). When it came back to me, it actually looked considerably better, though still required f/11 for optimum sharpness across the field. But then it sat in my bag at home in my closet for a few weeks & next time I took it out for a shot, the opposite side (right) became unacceptably soft. Even at f/16, it was softer than the left side.

It's a given that ultra-wide zooms are particularly prone to these sorts of problems b/c there's very small room for error given the small focal lengths (1mm change in distance-to-sensor has a much larger effect on focus for a wide angle lens than it does for a longer focal length lens). It's my personal opinion that, given my limited experiences, Canon ultra-wide zooms are just not up to the task.

Maybe I should've tested 10 or 20 copies to get a good lens. I don't know.

What I do know is that the first 2 copies of the Nikon 14-24 I tested on my 5D Mark III (one was a friend's, the other I bought) were BOTH stellar... edge-to-edge completely sharp by f/5.6, w/ f/2.8 performance looking as good as f/11 on the Canon ultra-wide zooms. And, mind you, the Nikon lens has the disadvantage of also requiring strict tolerances on the adapter itself!

Just to help you out if you do decide to go the Nikon lens route:

(1) Do not buy the cheap adapters (typically from China) off of eBay. I bought the Jiakgong one and it is wobbly enough that the lens is held too far out from the sensor & infinity focus is not possible. Also, AF confirm chip messes up performance with the 5D Mark III. The 16:9 adapter appears to require you to remove the weather sealing rubber ring around the 14-24 (huh?!), so that's out of the question IMHO. The Novoflex Nikon G adapter, on the other hand, works wonderfully. I tested all of these & settled on the Novoflex adapter, despite its cost.

(2) Note that even the Nikon 16-35/4 VR will outperform the Canon ultra-wide zooms. I tested that one as well (no VR of course), and by f/8 it already beat the all 3 copies of Canon ultra-wides I tested at f/16. It does not appear to be as sharp edge-to-edge wide open as the 14-24 is wide open though. But, on the bright side, you can get away with smaller (& easier) filter systems!

Meanwhile, my Canon 24-70/2.8 is stellar edge to edge at 24mm by f/5.6-f/8. I strongly believe that certain lenses/optical designs are just better than others, and I've simply had terrible experience with Canon ultra-wide zooms, as well as the 70-200 f/4L IS (again, I tested 3 copies), but not the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II, which is just out of this world.

Hope this helps.

dturano said:

Came across this, not sure if you found it already:

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Thanks! Came across some of those, but definitely not all

dturano said:

Please post if you have access - 14mm on FF and 16mm on FF or crop so i can see what the 2mm difference means in real live. Also is 16mm on FF or Crop display any more or less distortion?

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I have a Canon 17-40mm, and I'll try to get a Sigma 12-24mm mkII on loan from a friend.

This has been done in Digital Cameras since the very early days.

Fujii did this years ago, and got beat up badly for it. They claimed the camera had twice the MP that it actually had, they merely interpolated to a higher pixel count.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t245333-another-fuji-scam.html

Sony has white lenses, Nikon has white lenses, and all three have some black lenses.

5Dracer said:

Just got off the phone with Crutchfield customer service and they verified that the Canon 5D Mark III body and kit are back ordered. They said they've been getting orders in every couple of weeks to fill existing orders. They also said that the double rewards points would not apply to this purchase because of the demand. Bummer!

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When I put my order in....they whole time it said mine was out of stock too. I was shocked to see them ship it out basically 2 days later.

So, I think they tend to get them in a bit more than they advertise.

I look at the pentax camp with some envy. I love the aesthetic and form of pancake lenses (I used to have a minolta x-500 with a 45mm f2.0 fitted, powerful pocket camera) their mirrorless SLR is, I think a cracker. A nod to the past in a good way (unlike say the cynical Olympus OM-D that isn't an OM in any meaningful sense of the word) and I think Canon are really missing a trick. The 28mm f2.8 is probably about their most compact lens, and a lens I rate very highly (wish I'd never sold my copy but there you go) and on a rebel body, it is very compact.... Surely we can't be that far away from an APS-C type mirrorless?

I am interested in the rumors of the 40mm pancake, but I'd take something like the Pentax in spirit and size, with a 28mm f2.8 (non-IS) fitted.

it didn't have a flat head, the main picture has one, but the enlarged pictures does not. The title even says 75mm thread adapter, but there was just a hole. I returned everything. The lens I boughtcame with a replacement foot which works with my wimberley wh-200

Following up on my prior message, here are some images:

This was shot with a 7D and the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L II + 1.4x TC III at f/4, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400 at 280mm:

http://www.imagicphotography.com/Photography/Preview-Gallery/12384118_G8pMWH#!i=1240165276&k=GELoj&lb=1&s=A


Here is a shot with just the that 70-200mm at f/2.8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 250, with a circular polarizer:

http://www.imagicphotography.com/Photography/Preview-Gallery/12384118_G8pMWH#!i=1255559047&k=dWxFzLm&lb=1&s=A

Thanks to everybody for the replys, i´m shooting a lot with the MKII and having a lot of fun with it. 8)
The video is years above the nikon D7000 in noise and textures, the photos looks almost the same as the D700.

TheMonster said:

Awesome. Great to read that. I am basically doing the same thing. I am in the process of selling all my Nikon gear to buy the 7D. Once the money rolls in, I really want to get the 5d3 while accumulating several good >2.8 lenses.

Did you sell all your Nikno gear on e-bay or did you go to a local shop and have it vendored/get other products cheaper?

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Dude i sold in a local forum here in my country and in a website like USA "Craigslist" called "Mercado Livre".

Saving up for the 35mm 1.4 L , let´s shot!

All the best!

Had one until this week, when the AF motor broke. It still runs but it stops at 2.5m. Something has been broken inside. When it stops I change to MF, rotate the ring and I feel it "click", but ir never passes through that 2.5m focus point. My local CPS says they dont even open that kind of lens anymore and spare parts hard very very hard to find. Keep that in mind. For me I think it's the end for my old 80-200L.

But if you find one in good shape, dont hesitate if you can get it at 400eur max. (seen a few on eBay from time to time, from The Netherlands, UK or Germany). Its super sharp, very nice contrast, it works with third party TCs, its solid metal body helps when handelding for sports, althought the main drawback is the AF being a little bit slow, if compared with todays USM motors.

Alternative to the old 80-200L is the 70-200L without IS.

RLPhoto said:

Mac or PC, Doesnt Matter To Me.

I still process 18MP Raw files and huge PSD's with my modest E6600 2.4ghz First Gen, Core 2 Duo System I built in 2009! I Still use Windows XP Pro 32-bit, only 4GB of ram, and a Nvidia 8800 GTS. Never had a BSOD and my system has never bogged down from its original install.

The key is not bogging your system down with crap that you'll never use! I only have a few programs installed that I use and not one more that I dont.

Im sure if I had a D800, My system could still handle any 36mp RAW files with ease. I just don't get all the hype for Macintosh's with the insane prices they demand for them, and if id like, i could install windows 7 and 4gb or more RAM for Little $$$.

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You get what you pay for. It's true with pretty much everything, and that includes cameras and computers.

the keeper rate of the 70-200 f/4 IS is very good. 1/30 in most cases is no problem (provided continues shooting used) and 1/15 is still decent. And IQ is simply something you won't miss again. Cheers!

Forget silly reviews. best way tho judge gear is to try it out. weekend shoot at NYC with the D800 coming up so I'll get to test it some more with lots of diverse conditions. Looking forward to night shooting and using a 2x TC on a 300 f4 and some other glass. I'm hoping the touted ability to focus with f8 effective apertures works to my expectations. I'm meeting a lucky MK3 owner to compare notes and test the others gear. Maybe I'll convert him

I think the question of MP size has already been answered
http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/05/canon-eos-rebel-t4i650d-specs-cr2-5/

Historically the 2/3 and 4-series have been slaves and the 5-series (and now 6-series) have been masters.

Yea it's not there I looked for a long long time. I guess it's a consumer feature?

Beware talking wedding portraits at f/2.8 - the far eye will be often out of focus through lack of DOF