Mt Spokane Photography said:

Does anyone know that Nikon does not produce EOS Bodies??

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True. But Volkswagon does.



The ultimate car for a true Canon afficionado would be one of these in black (or white), with a red pin stripe.

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neuroanatomist said:

dilbert said:

I think that it has just taken time for the better sensors to get into camera models that actually get attention: D800 & D600.

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Three years ago, the D7000's APS-C sensor was way 'better' than it's competitor, the 7D (in DxOMark-land). Which was more popular?

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Yes, which one was it , I have not seen any soner SRL figures then this.
Photoscala has posted an interesting Gain & Loss analysis of the worldwide DSLR market, for the period 2006-2008. According to their findings Canon, who were the undisputed worldwide leaders in 2006, have lost 9 percentage points and barely managed to keep their number one position against Nikon, who have gained 4 percentage points in the meantime. The biggest winner is Sony, who managed to more than double their market share, and took the third position from Olympus with ease. The rest of the market is devoid of any major changes, although Panasonic has managed to double its share, partially owing to its introduction of the DMC-G1 (which is, technically speaking, not a DSLR, but is nevertheless included in the figures). Nota bene: Photoscala warns that these numbers, which were derived from multiple sources, are to be taken with a grain of salt, but allegedly “the tendencies have been captured quite accurately”.

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Do you have actual numbers? Last I heard (and this is for 2011-2012, a far more relevant timeframe than 2006-2008), Canon held around 45% of the digital camera market, Nikon held about 28-29% of the market, and Sony around 10%. It is easy to grow, relatively speaking, by a huge amount when your market share is still only a fraction of what your main competitors have. Sony doubling their market share would mean going from 5% to 10% market share...which is still 1/5th of Canon's market share. (Ironically, I think Sony actually had a far greater percentage of market share in the past than they do now...on the order of 30%. Goes to show that as Nikon grows, it's Sony, not Canon, who is losing out. Makes for strange bedfellows.) And how does Canon having a 17% lead on Nikon mean they are "barely managed to keep their number one position against Nikon"? If the race was neck and neck, 30% vs. 29%, I'd call that "barely holding the lead"...but Canon is solidly in the lead right now. In 2010, Canon still had almost 45% of the market, and Nikon still had around 28-29%, so things have not really changed all that much lately.

gferdinandsen said:

This is the last time I ever use open-source for anything.

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Do not confuse community camera hacking with the open-source movement in general.

As much as I support community camera hacking, (among other things, as a great way to show camera mfrs what their products *really* should have been like from the factory), it remains just that: an unsupported hardware hack built by some very skilled volunteers. In this case, it seems you got what you paid for.

But open-source projects like linux, the BSD operating systems, Mozilla/Firefox, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Android, etc. etc. etc. are managed largely by professionals (i.e. people paid to work on them) who Know What They Are Doing. You can thank open source for creating competition in markets where there previously wasn't any, and the consumer (& even the original incumbent player in each market) has benefited enormously as a result.

You can bet that there's some open-source code somewhere in the factory OS/application stack running on your Canon. Manufacturers are even putting Android on cameras now (Samsung, Nikon)...

Roger at lens rentals has opinions on these lenses that you might find useful. Apparently both the Canon 1.2 and Sigma have AF quirks that fall into repeatable patterns.

See Roger's Take:

Canon 50mm 1.4 : http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/normal-range/canon-50mm-f1.4
Canon 50mm 1.2L : http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/normal-range/canon-50mm-f1.2l
Sigma 50mm 1.4 : http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/normal-range/sigma-50mm-f1.4-dg-hsm-for-canon

No, Big value, INC is not a authorized dealer. this comes up about every two weeks.

Here is he link to the video:
http://www.stockhammedia.com/2012/10/03/san-diego-wedding-videography-christina-and-carlos/

This was a stressful day but I did my best to capture it well =-) Tell me what you think!

Over here in Europe the situation is not too different from Australia. My gear is all covered through my home insurance (from Axa), but I had to raise the insured sum, so that it will also cover my gear, which I might bring along, when I am travelling. I have some 15k$ of equipment insured against theft, accidents or damages, when I am out of my house and beyond 100k$, when I am at home.

The same insurance company also offers to insure photographic gear as a specific insurance for photo equipment, but that seems to work only in case you rent something or use something for a specific trip (safari or such), because it only insures listed equipment and only at time value, so if you leave this insurance running for some years, your old equipment will not be replaced with new equipment, while your insurance rate will stay up, but in case of claims they will calculate how much value your equipment has lost, so it is not better than a normal insurance and in addition, if you buy new equipment, your insurance rate will go up, if you add it to the list of equipment or it will not be insured.

Please be careful with those options. For me the combination with home insurance works fine, although I must admit that my yearly rates are similar to purchasing a small L lens per year.

Ellen Schmidtee said:

insanitybeard said:

Canon has updated the 24 and 28mm 2.8 primes- even if the price is a bit steep at present. The 24L has been revamped and is a mk.2 already and there have been hints on this site that a mk2 35L and possibly non L may be coming....

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I should have stated in advance I'm limiting my self to non-L lenses. I'm sure the L primes have a market, just like the superteles, but it does not include the average hobbist who isn't making any money off his lenses.

As for the 24mm & 28mm, I hope two swallows do make summer. The photozone review of the 28mm f/2.8 is encouraging, even though I would rather have f/2 over IS.

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I was also interested to see the Photozone review of the 28 IS, I'm hoping they also review the 24 IS. If it performs similarly I will be tempted (after leaving it a while to see if the price drops!), the 24 will make a nice compact walkaround and slightly wider than standard lens to use on my 7D, and if it is corner to corner sharp then it will be ideal as a landscape lens.

LifeAfter said:

So i'ts for Full frame, the 5D III

Can you tell me the overall image quality of the Sigma 85mm f1.4 vs Canon 135mm f2.0
(resolution, CAs, focusing..etc)

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I own the 135 L and recently rented the Sigma 85 for a week. Based on that somewhat limited experience I would say that image quality is very similar; for me, the main difference is that, thanks to the longer focal length (presumably), it's even easier to get really smooth backgrounds from the 135L than the Sigma 85 (the same's true of my 200 f/2.8 L, but I've no idea how well that works on human faces...). Both are extremely sharp (perhaps the 135L is a bit sharper wide open than the 85, but you really have to look for the difference), and I've not noticed any CAs with either one. The135L focuses amazingly fast, considerably faster than the Sigma (the copy I rented, anyway) but the Sigma seemed just as accurate when it got there (and it wasn't exactly slow anyway). I've no idea how either one compares to the 100mm f/2. The Sigma produces somewhat smoother backgrounds than my Canon f/1.8, but again doesn't focus anywhere near as fast. (I use a 5DII.)

However, since you have a 70-200L f/2.8 you might first want to ask yourself (1) what it is that you want from a lens that the 70-200 can't provide, (2) which focal length you find most useful/desirable out of the three, and (3) if you're photographing weddings, is a zoom more useful anyway? You may not need to buy any of these ....

Mt Spokane Photography said:

There are issues with IP filtering, I just do not mention them, enough trolls know how to work the system already without giving a tutorial.

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I understand. Just that doing the basics eliminates 99% of the problem users. There will always be the 1% that are cockroaches.

I've been asking myself a very similar question: get the 24-70mm II or the 70-200 2.8 II? I've never had prior versions of both, and my current collection of L lenses includes the 17-40 f/4, the 50L and the 100L macro 2.8 IS.

After hearing all sides of the responses, I can surmise that it really depends on your subjects, expected shooting distances and typical lighting conditions vs available light.

Here's a question to throw into the mix: if the OP wants flexibility of the 24-70 with some extra reach but without the needed bulk, what about investing in the 24-70 II + a 3rd party extender like the 1.4x or 2.0x (Canon's own extenders are not compatible)? :

I'd of course presume that with this combo, the excellent sharpness, lack of CA and slight distortion of the new 24-70 will all be degraded slightly with the extender, but the penalty's not that severe hopefully. Extenders from makers like Kenko or Sigma are suggested. Anyone has actually tried such pairings before?

Cheers, Joe

brianleighty said:

I think I read this somewhere one time that some people set their cameras to 0 for sharpness to make it easier to tell if the shot is actually in focus or not on the LCD. Similar to how you get a focussing screen without the tiny micro lenses which make it look sharper than it really is. Is there any weight to this at all? Of course in post you can set it to whatever you actually want.

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Never heard that one. I use 5X or 10X and live view and am pretty confident in the focus adjustment. However, except for special conditions, I have never been able to focus more accurately than a properly adjusted AF system.
I think that my vision might not be as good as some.

I've got a 189 f/2.8L.

Er, that is a 135 f/2L and a 1.4x TC .

Very versatile & portable setup, and you can leave the TC at home when you don't think you'll be needing it.

I sold the 70-200 f/4L non-IS zoom after I got the 135 & TC as the zoom just ended up not fitting in my bag when it came time to pack for a trip, & the 135L always came along.

I was thinking of the 7d, but it's just too old now and the ISO performance isn't good enough for me as i sometimes need to do low light filming, (concerts/clubs) so I'll get the 5dm3 at the end and pay the price as it just has better video options than the 1dm4...

Renting out isn't an option for me as it's way too expensive, and I have panasonic hpx500's available for short time renting from my university at no cost.

neuroanatomist said:

zim said:

Is it correct that this limitation (I also have this issue with the 500D) has been fixed in the 7D through a software update only?

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Yes. But given that your camera has already been replaced (three times over now), I would not expect an update for you. The 7D firmware update seems to be something of a stop gap, since Canon is not yet ready to release a 7DII.

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:'( :'( :'( :'(
A well, still it's got a great little (under-rated I think) sensor

I voted no change.

It'll be discounted and discontinued ASAP, but it's still a fantastic camera with several qualities that the 6D won't have, such as better weathersealing, CF compatibility and a tougher/faster/durable shutter.

I think they'll be readily available in the secondhand market, but the price won't take a dive.

I own the pre-IS 400mm f/2.8L II and see that it is not listed on the CPS repair eligible list. My lens is working great at the moment, but I am concerned that if the USM fails or something else goes wrong that I am going to have a very expensive paperweight. I am considering selling it while I can.

Does anyone know where I can get it serviced? Parts availability?

For an iris opening of a certain constant size, the f-stop will be lower for a lens with a longer focal length. This is because f-stop is the ratio of iris size to focal length. Practically, this means that most telephoto lenses will have a smaller minimum f-stop than most wide angle lenses.

sama said:

I broke my leg a few weeks back and thus have to cancel my planned trip to the beautiful Muskoka and Algonquin area. Attached are some pics taken with my Canon 40D in my neighborhood.

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Some more to share.

This is another eBay deal for Canon EOS 5D Mark III! If you have missed the last $2749, you may consider this one. The lens is a good one (my walkaround lens).

Price: $3499 (usually $4299).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-Digital-SLR-Camer-w-Canon-24-105mm-f-4L-USM-AF-Lens-/230857493010

Went out shooting the CaniCross and Sleddog championships last weekend. After a bit of wondering around I found a spot that not only allowed me to get some cool shots but added a nice reflection to them as well. (Some other shots thrown in for good measure. ) ;D


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr


CaniCross Finnish Championship - 29th September 2012 - Ohkola, Mäntsälä by K3ntFIN, on Flickr

Canon 5Dmk3 with voitlander 20mm f3.5 SLII

set it to f8 infinity focus on the lens (hard stop) Pretty much everything from 1.5m away from you and beyond will be in focus

adjust shutter and iso as needed

KKCFamilyman said:

qwerty0 said:

KKCFamilyman said:

I even tried HP and still some were ok and some were bad but I was fighting the paid photographer for shots. Surprisingly she shot all night with some Uwa that looked like a fish eye by tamron on a Nikon d7000 she just shot without looking like it was a weapon. Am I trying too hard is that not what composition requires you to actually look thru the viewfinder?

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It's probably just a misunderstanding of your words but I am assuming you just mean that the paid photog was getting in your shots and not the other way around right? You weren't actually getting in the paid photographer's way? Because if you were - you were screwing with someones living for no good reason. If you mess up your pride is hurt and you write on an internet forum. If they mess up it costs them money / reputation / future income. You don't have to be impressed by them or even their photography. It's just courtesy.

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I understand. I feel attacked here. I am just trying to get better at photography as it is my passion and hopefully want to do it professionally at some point. I did respect her and stayed out of her way as much as possible. It just felt like everytime I wanted to just get those few candids she was there or I was in her way. She said no flashing when i'm flashing so I had to do it without a flash. I was there helping watch my two kids and the ceremony so pics were hard to concentrate on. I just took a few here and there. Unfortunately the only ones that turned out good where the bride and groom. The wife is now mad and said all the one's I was meant to take of the kids were bad. I was respecting the professional that is why I did not get the shots I wanted. Very frustrating to hear it on this forum and from the wife. Maybe this is not my calling.

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Don't think that. If she really wanted a 2nd shooter, she should have gotten a photographer with a second shooter. Take this as a big learning experience, and unfortunately with some lessons on what not to do, but that's often how we get better at things.

Unfortunately you didn't get a chance to coordinate/talk with the photographer more before the ceremony, I'm sure she probably would have given you a few tips, and helped coordinate where you each would be, and what general photos she would try and get vs you would try and get. Don't let this stop you, it's just one experience in a long list of experiences to come.

Second outlet was the first thing.

but yes it stays flashing with no batteries in it as well, takes an unpluging and plugging back in to "RESET" it to no batteries in 50% flashing and the 2 charge light green with NO batteries in place so I'm assuming its broke.


frig sakes.

I have both: 5D2 for landscape, 7D for sports and wildlife