scottsdaleriots said:

PhilDrinkwater said:

Seriously ... the difference between 22MP and 25MP will be completely negligible. If Canon are going to release a higher MP camera, they have to go over 30 at least.

And when will they do it? Who knows. Probably next year would be my guess - they have a lot of releases this year with the cinema stuff, 1dx and 5d3.

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well i'd rather they have made the 5dmkiii 25MP instead of 22MP.

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yep 3 MP would make a huge difference.

i mean.. a psychological difference. not that you would notice it.

Agree that the smite button needs to be done away with... Positive karma is cool though.

Stevo2008 said:

Currently DSLR Camera Remote HD is the only app that seems to do so, but it requires another computer to act as a bridge. Looking at how much time Apple spent to demonstrate new iPad's photo/video capability during the keynote last week, I find both Apple or Canon missing a large part of the workflow here. Isn't it about time they (Apple/canon or third party) release a direct camera to iPad link, which enables iPad to be used as an external monitor for video recording? Retina display will be awesome for accurate focussing.

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And if it color-managed then you could quickly set white balance in the field to match what you are shooting (gray card just makes everything look like daytime and ruins special lighting, like golden hour, or blue winter evening, sunsets, etc.). I'd think they'd make a ton. But Apple seems most concerned with being big brother and making sure you can't do this or that.... eventually maybe they will slowly lose market over the years because of this sort of thing, instead of totally locking in domination.

bobthebrick said:

What are you shooting with, and what are you shooting?

The 24-105 is a great all round video lens, but if your work requires you to go longer, the 70-300L could be a good option (70-300L is word of mouth; I'm yet to use it).

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Only problem with the 70-300mm L is that it doesn't have a constant aperture with an f/4-5.6 That means if you're filming and using the zoom, your ISO levels will fluctuate which is really not good compared to the 24-105mm that stays F/4 through the zoom range.

Anybody know how to print the manuals without the stupid "Copy" watermark?

The 22mp is fine by me. It's actually more than I know what to do with coming from the 12mp 5D1. Ideally, I wanted the 1DX, but it's too expensive and I don't need the high framerate. The 5D3 suits my needs just fine. I really had thought we'd grown out of the mega pixel wars, but sadly it seems I was mistaken given the hysteria surrounding the 5D3's "mere" 22mp to the D800's 36mp.

I am absolutely floored by how much time and energy people are putting into dissecting these examples as if they were alien bodies found at Area-51.

I hope once these cameras hit store shelves, you can all just go out and enjoy what we love....

Taking pictures. Wouldn't that be something?

I'm very excited to receive my MKIII 8)

The 24-105 L is sealed, and has the gasket.

It's worth noting that a sealed lens is only useful if the body is also sealed (1-series >> 7D = 5DIII > 5DII = 50/60D, nothing lower or older is sealed).

Here's where the gasket is:

While I know it is a pipe dream, personally one of the things I would love to see out of a higher MP sensor someday would be some more flexible CFAs. A 40MP sensor could easily throw in an IR or UV channel, some other colours, or even throw in some ND pixels and get single-shot HDR which would produce some nice dynamic range.

Sadly, all of those things kinda break from 'just do what you have been doing, but more!'.

etto72 said:

Those 3 camera are great!!!!!!!!!!!

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1032&thread=40917546

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images shown have different exposures so I believe they are not comparable

the over the fence guy said:

ha, HDR in jpeg for the 5DMarkus the 3rd. is like a camera app in the iphone

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True... but having an iphone available at the right time is better than not having a 1Dx when you need one.

Here is the link (to fix the previous one) to download the Canon 5D Mark III Manual and official Pocket Guide:

http://www.dslrpassion.com/news/36-canon/372-download-canon-5d-mark-iii-instruction-manual-and-pocket-guide-in-pdf.html

I don't have the camera yet but I am reading the manual too, what is wrong with this

I posted earlier today that Jacobs in the uk rang me and said they have them already and will post it tomorrow to be here Monday.

I want body only though which they don't have yet , so I'm going wait.

It is the same thing as using the wrong lens hood. If you have a 16-35 with the hood for the new 24-70 then you'll see the hood from the "wideness" of the lens. 24 should be long enough to avoid any Viggnetting!

KreutzerPhotography said:

The page at Adorama is GONE!

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Yes, I sent a e-mail to Helen and she took care of the error. Obviously, Adorama had no intention of selling them as a bundle, they would just get them back.

I was waiting for MKII for a long time, but the estimated price in Poland is crazy.
I went today and bought new MKI for my 7D at quite good price.
Happy so far, gonna be testing it whole next week.
Sorry to barge into your 5D talk. ;-)

Thanks for the input everyone. The 60D should be here tomorrow. Can't wait to play with my new baby

All these threads about the same topic . . . and the same worries, etc etc etc etc etc

If you are with Canon, and not with Nikon, you must understadn that Canon has the tech to make sensors that are out of this world, and even lenses. . . . but the thing that bothers me is that they refuse to beat the pants off Nikon, and are instead happy to just be at par or follow in other respewcts, or to only catch up in others.

If you are with Canon, then I would stick with Canon simply because you are with a company that makes itès own manufacturing and advancements in tech. They make their own lenses and sensors, and also create machines for eye surgeons and other hospital technologies. They have the ability to make 120MP sensors, and they do not make it 3rd party. If you are witrh Canon, then you need patience . . if you are with Nikon, then you need to worry about when Canon will explode and create things not seen befoer in the stills and video sections . . . and I can tell youthat JUST NOW they are starting to go all out. Still they take thier time and agravate the masses, at times. That is all the have to think about. Sicne the photographer is the last word, stay with Canon and worry about your images: composition, artistic merits, and creating a name for yourself, not based on a few points in DR or ISO either way. . . . Keep your eye on the ball, and all this other stuff becomes less of a hassle that it really is.

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Seems the the main use of it to me, allowing you to see a standard HDR done in camera to judge the suitability of the shot, kind of like shooting B&W in raw to get some feedback but actually doing the proper conversion yourself latter.

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I agree completely - having a preview of what something might look like in HDR will give me the impetus to take the raw files into photomatix. It'd be nice if Canon's tools could recreate that same image on the computer and let you tweak it from the camera's starting point.

I am disappointed that it can't fire off three bracketed frames with MLU (at least it sounds that way from the reports)

Thanks again for all of the input. I preordered the 5d3 with the kit lens(24-105L)...along with a Zeiss 21mm f2.8(for landscape/video), 35mm 1.4L and the next lens I will get is the 70-200mm...and am considering the zeiss makro planner in 50mm...

Take care,
Nate

When the cameras come out, it still could be a factor with people chimping their images after they take them rather than letting their natural instincts kick in... but you never know, haha. And to think there were people afraid Canon Rumors would be dead after these two cameras are announced. haha

Hi again,

i know i want to know a lot, but maybe i can help others in the future .

Question 1:
Which Studio-Set would you recommend for a room that is a bit larger than a single-garage and that is usuable for outdoor-shooting. Budget up to 1500$. I would like to have a set with 3 strobes.

Question 2:
Are there third-party lenses from walimex, tamron or sigma that have a better image quality that the original lenses? Maybe even higher than l or g lenses? I would love to achieve some primes too add to the 24-70mm 2.8 and the 70-200mm 2.8.

Thanks in advance!,
Jay

Before switching to Canon Digital I was a Nikon enthusiast and built up quite a collection of those wonderful manual Ai-S lenses.
I used a Chinese made Nikon/EOS adapter with focus confirm on a Canon 400D.
The results were exceptionally good with fine vibrant colour rendition/no flaring on the following Ai-S lenses I tried: 50/1.8, 135/2.8. 200/4, 180/2.8ED.
A disappointment was the 85/2 (lack of contrast).
The surprisingly good Nikon lens was the lightweight non Ai-S 100/2.8E which gave exceptionally sharp images with fine colour rendition even though it had some fungi in it!
I even tried a friends Nikon 600/5.6 which also gave exceptionally sharp images unfortunately accompanied with a colour cast.
Manual focus on the Ai-S lenses is really nicely damped - much better feel than what you get with digital lenses.
Judging correct aperture/shutter speed comes easy after a few days - use PhotoShop for slight under/over exposures.
Lens jamming? Never had a problem!
And all the lenses reached infinity focus.
If you don't need AF and IS for a particular application then Nikon Ai-S lenses might be the way to go - they seem to last forever!

Thank you both. It makes sense that lenses are in lack of better words "optimized" in this sense for APS-H format, given that some of the inherent challenges lenses have on a FF camera are obliterated to a larger extent on these type of bodies. Photozone operates with two types of tests; FF and APS-C, but I have not seen tests on APS-H.

The authors claim was that there was lenses made specifically for these bodies, which seemed strange to me, although of course the lenses perform better the bigger crop you get, although you loose more and more on the wide end.

This is the 8-15 fisheye. I got up in the roof for this - look at the people in top right and top left to get the scale

There is a tremendous potential for artistic impressions from this. As there is no distortion in the center you can create picture like this. Got the young lady to stand still for 10 sec - 1Ds3 @ iso 200

Still learning how to push the boundries with this lens - especially at 15mm. Works best on the ff 1Ds3 - the results on the 1D4 are not so impressive