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Gary W. · Apr 6, 2012

Hey all,

I have a Canon OC-3 flash cord with the lever lock and, compared to the twist lock, I love it! Glad Canon changed over to it, just wish I knew before I got the version I.

Gary W.

Apr 6, 2012

mummel said:
The 2Ti body is $560 at Amazon, where as the T3i body is only $624. For the extra $64, I'd rather just get the newer model if I had to buy it today. But I'm really hoping to wait as long as I can, at least try and push it to mid April to see if there are any announcements. I also dont know about the pricing. If the T4i kit is priced at $1000 for example, then I would definitely buy the T3i, as this will be my first DSLR, and I have a lot to learn before blowing big bucks. But I would be seriously bummed if I bought the T3i for $624, then a month later, the T4i is selling for $700 for example. I would rather get the T4i at that price because of the better sensor and silent auto focus. The kit lens sounds sweet too. I have to buy a camera by the end of April. THOUGHTS?!

I can guarantee that the T4i will not be sold for $700. When the T3i was first released it was selling for $900 (body only). The only reason why you can get it for so cheap now is because time has passed and they plan to announce the T4i soon. I estimate that the T4i kit will be at least $950+. I have read some other rumours and it seems that people are predicting it will be around $1100 for the kit. Also, even if the camera is announced within the next few weeks, it may take months for it to be sold. If I were you, I would wait as long as you can to buy the T3i. I think the price will continue to drop. I am not a pro by any means, but from what I've heard, the T4i will only have small additions. If you are willing to pay a bit more, I definitely recommend the 60D. It is extremely well made and very sturdy. It is a camera that will last you a long time.

Bosman · Apr 6, 2012

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Yes, you can control which does Tv or av. Go to C.Fn2 and select custom controls. Then select the control you want to change.

Thanks Brotha, someone helped me from another forum so i shared the info of how i found that setting. I pretty much have slept with this camera and still i forget this setting, it should be on the top of the menu in my opinion. Like i said i was consulting the manual and specifically researching the dials and nothing comes up about custom functions...

Apr 6, 2012

pwp said:
Just two? Easy.

16-35 f/2.8II
70-200 f/2.8isII

Paul Wright

EXACTLY the two I shoot with most of the time. I keep one lens on each body. Its the most perfect combination for wedding photography!

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 6, 2012

I'm using the 60mb/sec CF cards I used with my 5D MK II and my 7D. They are only 16GB, and 64 GB would be better.

I bought a 30mb/sec class 10 SDXC card earlier this week on a Amaxon.com special, so I will not have to change my backup card frequently. Right now, I'm writing jpegs to the SDXC and raw to the CF, but that's just a test. I could write a lot of jpegs to a 64GB card.

i'll try writing raw to both and see how much that slows it down.

Apr 6, 2012

Mt Spokane Photography said:
dadgummit said:

I received my 5d3 on Wednesday and my new sigma 50 1.4 yesterday.

At MFD it needs +5ma
At about 5 feet it is spot on
At about 10 feet it needs -5 ma
At infinity -20 ma (max) is not enough

It went back to Amazon and a 35L is on its way.
I do have to say that the 24-105 kit lens has exceeded my expectations. it is quite sharp in low light for a f4 lens!

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The 35mm L will need AFMA as well, a wide aperture lens has a very narrow depth of field. The 24-105mm L is a very good lens. You only hear about the bad ones, or from those who are looking for any possible flaws. It is known to have distortion at the wide end, but the major photo editors take care of that.

My Zeiss 100mm f2 is spot on and that has a thinner DOF than a 50mm or 35mm at 1.4. Also the 85mm f1.8 is perfect too.

I only have photoshop elements. Can you recommend a better photo editor that that has that feature (other than reg photoshop for approx $600)? Thanks!

Apr 6, 2012

I just upgraded from a 7D to the 5d3 so I am in the same situation as you.

I am happy to report that the 24-105 seems just as sharp as my old workhorse the 17-55 f2.8. Very sharp. Better build quality. Cool red ring!!!

I also have the excellent 70-300L and I would say it is even sharper on the 5d3. I shot a picture of a car 100+ feet away across the street and you can zoom in on the camera's lcd to actually read the temperature rating of the tire (tiny black letters on a black tire)!!!!

Man, I love this camera!!

Viggo · Apr 6, 2012

Holy crap!!

cayenne · Apr 6, 2012

Inwardlens said:
MacConnection had one yesterday, you'd probably need to call them to check.

Good luck avoiding sales tax. Online sellers will still charge you sales tax if they have a warehouse or an office in your state.

Interesting...I've actually very rarely ever come across an online store that had a warehouse or office in my state (LA). About the only time I ran into this, was with auto tires with tirerack.com...so, went to tires direct.com...and voila...no tax, free shipping, etc.

I'm looking to get the camera (and I can wait) from crutchfield...free shipping, no tax, and with their points system, I'm looking to generate about $236 or so in freebies I can use towards another lens or maybe the battery grip in the future...

HTH,

cayenne ;D

Apr 6, 2012

http://www.davidcheok.com/storage/EOS1dXRAW.zip

Looks very clean and I see NO banding

Apr 6, 2012

Thanks for all the replies everyone, it's a big relief to say the least. I was not especially impressed with the packaging of the 5DIII (minimal protection for this expensive camera) but it seems to be working well so far so whatevers!

I looked for screen protectors on ebay but it looks like no one is making/selling made to fit screen protectors yet (the dimensions are off a bit on the ones that I saw), so I also cut a larger cell phone screen protector (the ones that attach via a silicone layer) to fit the 5DIII and it looks great. I also did it for the smaller LCD on top.

Apr 6, 2012

Viggo said:
Well, I use lightroom and still think the pictures are soft, so I was hoping for a new firmware...

Edit: I shot jpeg and raw converted with Lightroom, and the jpeg is sharper.. So it's just the raw convertion both from Adobe and Canon that's got some issues I guess.

Is it possible that Adobe uses parts of DPP to make it compatible with Lr?

My assumption would be that the RAW conversion in LR and ACR would be identical (assuming the same settings). Are you seeing any differences in the RAW file conversion between LR and the latest ACR BETA?

Apr 6, 2012

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-11676-12491

CPS members in Canada can get their 1D X for less according to this?

Also looks like platinum CPS is $250 cdn vs $500 in the US? Substantial difference

cayenne · Apr 6, 2012

skitron said:
cayenne said:

I"ve been reading up on color correction, etc...saw things about Magic Bullet.<P>
I've just been looking at Adobe site..and am quite confused as to what products there I need?!?! Photoshop ? After Effects? Lightroom....it seems most of them overlap in function...etc. Not sure what to get and WOW....they are very $$$.<P>
I'm wondering if I can do the same things with open source software like GIMP and Cinelarra.....?<P>
I"m gonna be pretty much tapped buying the new 5D and a prime lens...

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You might want to go for the Premier/Photoshop Elements bundle to start out with. This way you're able to do video and stills (both RAW and JPEG).

I have Premier Pro CS5 and Magic Bullet Looks II (both for video and stills) and as much as I like MBL, I would not consider it essential for starting out.

As for Elements, since Adobe is releasing CS6 soon, you can probably find a deal on the current version if you need to save a few more $. It's a good way to get familiar with the software and really reduce the learning curve for when you eventually get Pro versions.

Thank you VERY much for all the input.

After looking around a bit more, reading reviews, youtube demos...etc.

I'm not leaning towards going the mac route...with Apeture (only $80), and with Final Cut Pro X ($300).

It appears that FCPX has now added in pretty much all the items pros were complaining about it was missing (multi-camera, xml, etc). I was in touch with Red Giant, and they are rapidly working to get their plug-ins, like Colorista ported for FCPX.

From what I can tell...Apeture seems to be at least on par with the Adobe offerings, although I guess it is more like Lightroom than Photoshop.....

It seems that maybe more folks on this forum are windows users than mac users?

I use whichever one is good for the job...heck, my preference for my personal usage most of the time is a gentoo linux box....hahaha.

Anyway, thank you all for the input.....any comments on the mac offerings I mentioned?

TIA,

cayenne ;D

Steven_urwin · Apr 6, 2012

Aperture Raw Update has finally been released for the 5DIII

I'm now a happy bunny again! Go and download

mistabernie · Apr 6, 2012

Looks like they're back up to the four pages of lenses.. including a couple of relatively rare items in stock refurbished...

Apr 6, 2012

msdarkroom said:
I recently emailed the FoCal guys and I'll have to wait until later on (they hope for Q2) to use their stuff as I'm a Mac guy.

Yeah, so am I. I run FoCal on a Parallels virtual machine running on my 17" MBP, and it works just fine.

Viggo · Apr 6, 2012

I tried to use my color checker passport yesterday, I tried under all different lights and the wb turned out VERY war no matter how many samples I did (with the built in greycard). It seemed sampling the custom wb was impossible to get right, could this be firmware issue?

Anyone else struggling to get a correct sample when using Custom WB on the 5d3?

bchernicoff · Apr 6, 2012

If you haven't heard, they updated Apple RAW support last night:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1513

Apr 6, 2012

Lens are fine although the 15-85 is better

As for the body:

- 40D is older with 10mps and 6.3fps

- 550D has 18mps and 3.7fps

For your requirements I would guess pixels count more than frame rate.

Used prices in the UK are about the same for both - in the region of £300-£350

DarkKnightNine · Apr 6, 2012

epsiloneri said:
DarkKnightNine said:

I've always been curious about this kind of photography; tried it a few times and failed miserably. Just what exactly do you focus on when shooting the stars? And what are optimal camera settings? Can anyone help me with this?

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You focus on infinity. Pick the brightest star/planet and zoom in with live view to focus manually. Or use any very distant light.

For shooting stars (a.k.a. meteors), you would ideally want large aperture (naturally) and wide focal length, on a tripod, also dark skies if you can find some. Your 5D3 or 1DX together with 16-35/2.8 @ 16/2.8 will be perfect. Then use the appropriate ISO that doesn't overexpose the sky in 10s, point your lens towards the sky after midnight and start shooting multiple 10s exposures until you get a meteor in the field. The difficult thing is that you don't know were or when they show up. With a remote, you can just let the camera run and do something else in the mean time. Alternatively, you can use bulb mode and stop an exposure early if you actually see a meteor during the exposure (to improve contrast).

On average you will find only one every 30 min, unfortunately, but it helps if you do it on a night with known high meteor activity (meteor 'shower') such as the trusty Perseids in August (then you might find up to 100 meteors/hour).

Edit: Oops, I read shooting stars, not shooting the stars ;D Please disregard most of my previous text. For shooting stars you can use essentially the same settings, but you don't need to do multiple 10s exposures. Use as long exposure your night sky allows. If it's longer than a few 10s of seconds, you will start to see star trails (depends on focal length and direction).

Thanks. Really appreciate the advice.

wickidwombat · Apr 6, 2012

@!ex said:
wickidwombat said:

insert obligatory must be user error post here

I took mine back yesterday, just waiting for a replacement to come in now

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Same exact problem I take it, ya Wombat?

Nah mine had all sorts of wierd AF issues, it just wasn't working properly, getting 00 errors on top etc
I think its likely there will be a few faulty units come out but generally it looks like the bulk seem to be going well
you looked like yours was going fine until this popped up out of no where. I love the camera just want one that works like my other cameras

rlarsen · Apr 6, 2012

The smart choice is Norman Camera in Michigan.
No question.
Ask for Patrick, Online sales manager.
Tell 'em Rex referred you.

They beat out the so-called big dealers every time.

Reliable and fast !

Apr 6, 2012

That Ken Rockwell thread really struck a nerve with you. Maybe we can shop for wigs and house coats together.

This was a pretty good April Fools joke. I would have loved to see some reactions to this before it clicked.

DarkKnightNine · Apr 6, 2012

t.linn said:
Janco said:

I really like the fact that Wallace is not bringing up one single word that would state a biased comparison against a specific camera from some other brand. I think both cameras/brands have their place (yes slap me if you want) but I'm only interested to see what the 5DIII delivers. Of course, it's only my opinion... I don't know if he's brand-fanatic or not but I could imagine him as well talking about the good things that's delivered by the other brand. I guess that's kind of professional.

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As others have pointed out, Wallace is working for Adorama in this instance. I'll bet it would be hard to find a review in which he doesn't serve as a cheerleader for the product in question. I'm not saying he's necessarily wrong in this (or other) cases. However, I would actually attach more significance to criticisms given that any negative comments would be against self-interest. I don't know what one can conclude from a lack of them.

I would agree that Mark is a bit of a cheerleader doesn't seem to have much (if anything) negative to say about any of the products he reviews. They always seem to be great for some reason. lol

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