This weekend I will be shooting portraits of my sisters for this year's christmas card. I will be taking them at the chicago Botanic Gardens, that I know for sure. However, if anyone out there could suggest a good place within the gardens to take a semi formal portrait it would be greatly appreciated! (preferably with stone/brick walls, planters, just not a lot of flowers and grasses) Also, if anyone has some secret outdoor portrait tips that would be great too! Hurry, I'm doing this on sunday!

brad-man said:

Who here among us has a tripod that would support that thing?

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How about a motorized tripod? Normally it carries a 12" telescope with the equivalent magnification of a 2200mm lens, but I suppose I could mount something smaller like SigZilla on it

more cool shots.

I bought a used one that creeps. Kind of annoying but really not that big a deal. I figure it could be refurbed if necessary.

-Brian

This was way back when, I was lucky enough to tag along with a friend for work. At the time I wish I had longer reach. I had a 24-70 on my 10d. I couldn't get a good closeup when they got out of the gate. Since I'm on the other side of the rink, I did what I could. I strongly suggest a 70-200. An aps-c camera with 70-200 for extra reach would be a plus.

Good luck, and have fun!

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dstppy said:

I don't think you can move region, only remove and repost on CL, right?

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No, you cannot move a post. But why remove? Just post on more than one board. Normally, the buyer travels to the seller, but if you post in a board that's a distance from you, be prepared for some push back from a buyer on travel, which is reasonable. Someone from New Hampshire posted an ad on the Boston board, and agreed to drive down to Boston (where I am) to make the sale.

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I live 4 miles from the border of the other region I ended up removing/readding two as a trial. Their site said don't post in multiple regions, so I figured I'd play by the rules

I haven't had any more nibbles, so I'm going to probably switch strategies and put up firm prices instead of 'what everyone asks for' and wait for them to try and negotiate.

what i really hope from them is a A88, to counter the D600 and 6D, after all, Sony is the one who introduce the budget FF, the A99 is still too much $ for me.

stefsan said:

Very cool shots, congrats! I like the first one and the one with the wing almost knocking down the street sign best.

It's a blody shame though that they retired the shuttles – they are probably the most awesome machines mankind has ever built.

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Thanks. It's the end of an era. The shuttle is a very long way from when the first humans started using stick tools. We are now ready for the next generation of transporters.

I visited your Flickr stream, you've got very cool images yourself, congrats!

Thanks again Phil.

I will take your advice and go for it, i don't mind not taking entire advantage of the fast card, as long as it get rid of my wait, i am satisfy.

hopefully the 1000X Lexar do live up the name over the 600X Sandisk EP.

Jakontil said:

thanks that means no choice but to move to canon's system right now... dang!

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I wish I could, well...I might for outdoor use, I've already got one 600EX-RT. But indoors I also need to trigger a monolight, and the Canon system doesn't help there. I'm still hoping for a Canon -RT receiver that can trigger an older Canon flash or a monolight. I do expect we'll see one...but not until after a 430EX II replacement with radio slave capability is released, and sales of that slow down.

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KKCFamilyman said:

Thanks I ended up with the Sony nex f3. It's fast and came with 18-55 and 55-210 combo for $899. Even included an extra battery. I know it's not pocketable but takes decent pics and the wife will use it which is the most important.

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You could also opted for an EOS-M. That way, you can "share" lenses.

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That is what I think I M going to do. Just waiting to see how people respond.

And there's no complications with the 5d3?

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Sharper100 said:

AF Center Point: -3 vs. –2 EV = 6D is 33% more sensitive in low light

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EV, like stops, is log2. So, not 33% more sensitive, the 6D works in half as much light.

But of the two, I'd still pick the 5DIII.

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I finally pulled the trigger and got the 5DIII. The AF system is truly amazing, and capable. I am glad that I made that choice. I must admit that Neuro's comment had an impact, as I find his knowledgable comments very informative.

The price was a bit above my original budget, but I feel that I got my money's worth. It is an amazing camera......

wiggles said:

That's what I was worried about. Here's what I'm looking at used-wise. Am I crazy, or does this look like a decent used lens?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200831768761?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

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I'd stay far away from used ones. The lens is well known for being easy to knock out of alignment, even by those who are pretty careful. Most users do not have the equipment or the knowledge of what to look for.
If you must buy a used one, get it from Lens Rentals. They test them for sharpness and issues before selling them, so you are going to get a good one as long as there is no damage in shipping.
They seem to be out for now, but you might email Roger and ask.

Awesome.

Very well captured - funny about the cops

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Drizzt321 said:

The guy had a spare 'dump' adapter which works great. Since it's a Macro lens (55mm f/2. 8) , I probably won't really care about the AF confirm unless I'm actually shooting someone. Oh, and it came with an m42 bellows as well Too bad it'll have to wait for a couple of weekends before I'll have time to start really playing with Macro.

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That sounds good. Just because 99 of 100 of the cheap chips work fine, does not mean its worth risking a $500 repair bill to save $20.
Its like the guys who got third party Li-on batteries and they did not catch fire. Therefore, everyone is safe from buying them. Tell that to the guys who died on the 747 brought down by Li-on batteries on fire.

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Err...I meant dumb, not dump. But yea, either I'll stick with the dumb one, or find a quality one.

bbasiaga said:

I also prefer the twilight feel of the first (original) picture.

The digital conundrum...because it can be changed, does that mean it SHOULD be changed?

-Brian

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Its up to the original shooter. If he wants to use PP to change the image to look like what he remembers, he should. The camera is merely guessing at the colors and other parameters based on mathematical algorithms and can be way off of what the scene actually looked like. It is not necessary to keep a photo in its out of the camera state.

Re: 1dx Shutter speed TV->M

Confirmed.

TV -> M -> TV Shutter Speed set the M Shutter Speed.
AV -> M -> AV Aperture set the M Aperture.

M -> TV -> M Shutter Speed set the TV Shutter Speed.
M -> AV -> M Aperture set the M Aperture.

More confused.

JH

I'd consider the Sigma 28 1.8 to complete the

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It is hellofva lot sharper center and corner wise than the Canon counterpart and built a lot better as well but the back/front focusing hassles and sending it back funtimes are not something I look forward to. If I knew I would get a good copy then it would be a no brainer.

To Dylan:
Hard to say. Usually, all big retailers ship the item same day as their shipped email. However, your tracking # indicates its not a regular UPS shipment. It's one on those things where the end part of shipment is carried by USPS (FedEx has it too). It has horrible tracking but to my surprise delivered faster than UPS ground (of course I have just one data point to fit to a line in this case). I hope this helps.......

Very nice considering it was a 24-105 and handheld! Kudos!

It is amazing how shallow the DoF is even at f7.1

What about looking into which of Canons compacts can run CDHK?

Something like an IXUS 1100D or Powershot SX230is have the barebones of what you need, just not RAW.

I think you are going to have to accept that a big zoom and a larger sensor means a larger camera. If you want compact and superzoom then concessions have to be made. I think the Panny you mentioned makes a better fist of this than most.

In a way its a shame there aren't any equivalents to the Minolta Diamge A2 or Powershot Pro1 any more, decent handling, decent optics, pretty nasty sensor right enough, but the current crop of HS sensors could make up for the venerable bridge cameras short comings...

But then, cheap rebels killed this segment off! T3i and 40mm?

ML isn't about most people, and neither for that matter is the 7D. It's a little bit like Eye Control Focus, the folk who hated hit seemed to forget about the off switch.

I don't need the green square or spot metering, so I don't use em.

It would be nice to think Canon would open source their firmware to the likes of ML, but then it's Canon who have to deal with warranty repairs. Given that they denied problems with their stock firmware when it was corrupting my movie files for a year, I don't know if I'd trust them to come up with a stable reliable Canon homologated version of ML.

Mother of the sub-adults. The sub-adults were photographed in January 2011. Their mother in May 2012. I was on an elephant back for over an hour. This tigress was in a cave just above me. The first image at 7.33 am and the second image at 750 am.

No Cropping.

Canon 7D with 100-400. Few minutes later she came down to mate (posted earlier as Male Tiger Relaxing 2). He was in a cave below. Video-graphed with a 100-400 and iPad 2. The elephant was all the time swaying. When the tigers climaxed they roared and that shook all of us including the elephant that was just 10 feet away.