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bornshooter · Sep 7, 2012

neuroanatomist said:
HSS should work fine with radio control from a 5DIII (or 1D X or T4i/650D), but with a pre-2012 camera you need to use optical control for HSS.

thanks neuro definitely an option for me now

RLPhoto · Sep 7, 2012

I Cannot recommend the 5Dc highly enough. Its ISO performance is still better than any APS-C camera canon makes.

Take that extra 700$ and get an used 135L or 85mm 1.8 or towards some good glass.

RLPhoto · Sep 7, 2012

Possible Sensor defect, Get a new body.

Sep 7, 2012

I would be careful of buying used cameras on ebay... except from a dealer with an actual location listed.

A mint condition SLR with only 300 actuations could easily be 10'300, 20'300, 30'300, 40'300, 50'300, etc, especially if its been used for timelapse...

Sep 7, 2012

distant.star said:
paul13walnut5 said:

I wish there were more pics of me with my grandparents, but money wasn't abundant in the west of Scotland in the early 80s and film and printing wasn't cheap.

Moral, that cliff in your sunset will be there in 10'000 years, take more photos of and with the people you love.

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Amen, brother!

If you were to take away every picture I ever made, the last one I'd give up would be one I took of the family in July, 1967 just before I went to Vietnam. There is nothing to recommend it photographically/artistically, but it's the best picture I ever took.

Im currently in Vietnam. I missed a great shot the other day up outside A Luoi going back from Hamburger Hill. The sun came
out through the clouds over the valley. But I was soaked and my 24-105 had given up as it was also soaked. I did stop the motorbike and enjoyed the moment so I guess I have the image in my head instead.

PeterJ · Sep 7, 2012

Mike Miami said:
To get the money paid instantly he would have to have at least 25 positive feedbacks as a seller, not total feedbacks.
If not, then the seller has to wait until the buyer receives the item and posts positive feedback for the seller before PayPal transfers the money to the sellers account.

I wonder if that varies by country or if there are other rules? I've sold a few things on e-bay recently and got paid straight away but just checked and have only had 9 feedbacks as a seller. I have a total feedback of over 140 positives at 100% but mainly as a buyer, I've probably only ever sold 15 items or so and got no feedback for the others (so assume all was good).

Axilrod · Sep 7, 2012

hhawk said:
Since posting this message, I made contact with Canon support again and this time I actually received some logical answers. The shutter count sub- menu within the battery info menu measures battery condition by counting how many shutter actuation's you have taken per battery. Every time you recharge a battery, the count goes to 0. Over the life of a battery this number will drop. To measure the actual shutter actuation's , I had good results with EOSCount.com. Its cheap and accurate. : )

Lol did you even read any of the responses? Two people answered this for you....

Sep 6, 2012

I had good results with EOSCount.com. I got a brand new 5d MkIII with 0 Yaaa! : )

BumpyMunky · Sep 6, 2012

As Mt. Spokane says, one must be careful with this configuration. If the manual flashes illuminate the subject at all, the exposure will be increased by that amount. If none of the manuals are on subject however (ie: background gels, etc) this mixed setup can work quite well. This presumes the manual flash triggering method ignores the (E)TTL preflash like many optical triggers don't.

I use this setup with Phottix Stratos on remote manual flashes and my 580EXII in the hotshoe.

Chris Geiger · Sep 6, 2012

Help with what? I don't ever use P mode, I use Manual and Aperture modes. Most of the settings stay the same as you switch between modes but you will have to set some things with the different modes.

Sep 6, 2012

Re: G12 Successor what Preview?

update,
according to some birdy here on Canon rumours a G12 successor is 'likely' to be announced in the week prior to Photokina!
We wait with bated breath!
Will it be another EOS M type announcement?
Announced now,

available xmas?

Axilrod · Sep 6, 2012

I've seen them on eBay for either $2699 or $2799 (can't remember, but I want to say $2699), so at this price I'm sure it's legit. It kind of tics me off that I paid almost $3800 for mine after tax not even 6 months ago. I'm honestly very surprised the price has come down this much.

Sep 6, 2012

Probably why Canon has decided to move toward on camera tutorials. Next will be to just provide a PDF on the CD and omit the printed version...

MKIIIphotographer said:
Another case of RTFM !!! "Why are my images soft?" "5D3 ignores microadjustment in LiveView", and on and on... seems to be a endless parade of users that spend big money on professional equipment thinking it will make them professional photographers.

There should be a whole nother thread just for newbies with great cameras who don't read the manual and are frustrated because ... "Manuals, we don't need a stinking manual !!!"

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 6, 2012

You can report it, but Canon may not do anything. I'd return it to the store and complain. It is very possible that they did not know and it was supplied by a crooked wholesaler. They will tell you that in any event.
It will probably work fine, but you overpaid for a poor imitation. The AC section looks poorly designed, and might be a fire hazzard.

MK5GTI · Sep 6, 2012

thanks for your reply, so what would you recommend for user with old Canon body (without the flash menu)?

my understanding now is that both Pixel King and Yn622 both won't provide me with control, all i can do is TTL and maybe compensation?

JoeDavid · Sep 6, 2012

Looks like Fujifilm has announced the mirrorless camera with the features that I'd have liked Canon to include (mainly an EVF, built-in flash plus hotshoe...). Check out the E-X1 instead of the X1 Pro. If Canon had produced that camera with the option of using my EOS lenses through an adapter, I'd have pre-ordered one. The EOS-M is nothing I'd consider...

2n10 · Sep 6, 2012

The vantage point to get this shot is from the northeast unfortunately. Lights are off in the morning so no getting the blue hour shot your described even in reverse. No way to get the ball in the shot from the west.

Probably should crop it since the angle is from above to remove the mountains from the view. Might work better taken when there is snow on the mountains for a greater impact. Definitely plan on doing that to see the results.

Sep 6, 2012

Great thanks for all your help, much appreciated.

drjlo · Sep 5, 2012

One gets very limited control over how NR is applied in camera. I far prefer the results when using my own settings depending on the photo using something like Imagenomic Noiseware, which is a superior software btw..

jrista · Sep 5, 2012

romanr74 said:
is it the vignetting correction doing something it should not do, because the camera doesn't know there is a tc attached to the lens?

Someone on BirdsAsArt asked the same thing. Art Morris has a fixed vignette correction setting that is applied to all of his photos. It seems like he missed it on a couple shots that needed some slight manual adjustment of that vignette correction, which is why the corners look fairly light in some of those shots.

Sep 5, 2012

i may be buying "slower lenses" like the 24-70 2.8 so at least I can see the dang black points in bright light

Daniel Flather · Sep 5, 2012

If Canon were to release any white tele lenses, it would have IS.

Sep 5, 2012

I think thats why i'm holding back, i know that ISO for ISO properly lined up footage from my T3i and 7d will cut together, if ML is in the mix I may not be happy with 2 camera cuts

Axilrod · Sep 5, 2012

The Redrock rigs are rock solid man, I love mine. But I was thinking about selling it recently and was very surprised to see how little people are getting for them relative to how much they cost. You could get one of their rigs for less than 1/2 price if you do some hunting. Granted $900-$1100 may still be out of your budget, but I think it's worth spending the money considering how expensive the gear you're strapping to it is.

Sep 5, 2012

It is a fair price considering the time it takes to even crack one of these lenses open. Make sure you tell them which camera you use the lens with. They will adjust focus with the same model. If it needs cleaning (lots of dust and dirt inside, have them do it while they have it (if you plan to keep it). The 100-400 does suck in air when you zoom so it does need periodic cleaning.

rpt said:
Mt Spokane Photography said:

A freshly repaired Lens should be worth 80% of the value of a new lens, it might be in better shape IQ wise than it was new.
Sell it after it is repaired, if you want new.

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Thanks for that. I had not considered that...

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