I was there last October.
If you are in the public part of the park, you need to have 300 or 400 mm at least (on a crop body) to capture
lions, rhino's and leopards.
If you are on a private lodge in kruger park, your 70-200 will do. These guys are driving you right next to the animals...
Really cool 8)
Had some lion cubs in about 15 metros distance and a leopard just 10 metros from the car !
Anyway, if you are into birds, better bring your big lenses (as usual....).

Regardless, what option you are going for, it is really worthwhile !

Good stuff here. 8)

Of course, all these answers would be completely different were this a tropical rainforest rather than a NEOtropical rainforest.

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I'm from the old world

Thank you very much! That is very helpful!

I hear ya, gear can get tough to carry at times.

Still great shots, I really like them.

Keep up the great work!

Peace! 8)

nikkito said:

i was playing with this setting. it's fun something i missed from film.

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Such a duck popping out ouf the lens would make everyone smilinig on the photo in the real life ;D

Just as long it's not a new 1.2. I just got that glass. Though a 1.2 with IS "would" be dreamy.....

bklein61 said:

I currently own

Canon 50D
Canon 70-300L is
Sigma 17-50 2.8
Canon 50 1.8
Canon 580 EX II

I am thinking of upgrading to a Canon 7D. Part of the reason is for the much better focusing system for action shots of wildlife.

I am also wondering if there will be any significant improvement in ISO performance from the 50D, or would a better option would be to invest in glass.

Thank you for any advice.

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Yes its worth the upgrade to the 7D, because you can down-sample the 18mp files and reduce the grain tremendously for decent sized prints.

nikkito said:

wiiiii
and i got mine today.
here's a crappy picture of an awesome camera with the flag i love the most (and that i should iron )

anyway...

just wanted to share my happiness
cheers people!

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Interesting combination... An Argentine flag with a 1D X I. Ireland .

Saludos... Compatriota?

Which camera did you use?

I too was hoping the 1D X shutter would be as silent as the 5DIII's shutter in silent mode. Would be helpful when photographing wildlife. Perhaps it's a design trade-off though as Neuro said - a shutter built for speed and durability just can't be as quite as that of the 5DIII. A silent-continuous mode would be nice, but since it wouldn't be all that silent... maybe it doesn't matter anyway...

Kernuak said:

I keep meaning to go to Cheddar Gorge, expecially as it's only about half an hour away.

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I am in Kent so it is about 4 hours each way

Everyone just got bumped up one as I just cancelled my Crutchfield order and I was #4...
My camera came in from Canoga Camera in LA and is shipping out tomorrow..
It seems like everyone is getting shipments this week..

Today I cannot find any configuration of the T4i on the Amazon website. Before, you could find the item with the "Temporarily out of stock" notation. I guess it's their way of saying they don't have the item and have no idea when they will.

TC1006 said:

NormanBates said:

but also: have you set the microadjustment settings for this lens? you definitely have to do that if you intend to shoot f/1.4...
http://www.similaar.com/foto/tuten/510.html

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Thanks Norman.

are there any tutorials explaining how to set the Microadjustment on the camera? I know where the settings reside on the camera menu just need to know when to adjust for a lens.

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Even if you had the perfectly calibrated lens with your camera, f/1.4 is far too shallow depth of field for a photo like this, it wouldn't even matter. They'd still look mostly out of focus. You need to learn the "proper" technique, or learn to line your subjects up perfectly and stop down only slightly. Or just learn to stop down enough for every photo situation. As much as I love f/1.2, or f/1.4, you don't need to shoot everything that way. That's the wrong approach. Choose your background, light, lens and camera settings properly, and you'll always get better photo.

Ellen Schmidtee said:

MarkusK said:

When Canon has a gery fluid with high optical density (low transmission per mm thickness), they could even get rid of the iris. It would be great, when the apodisation effect works with every f-stop

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Wouldn't that take away from the ability to control the DoF?

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I think it is possible to have DOF control when they could integrate the iris function inside the variable apodisation module.
It is not neccesary to have a Guassian illumination profile. I could imaging that a profile with smaller or wider maximum could regulate the DOF nearly like a iris. But still with very smooth unscharp areas. But it depends how good the fluid variable apodisation elemtes works. When they only get maximum density of 1.5 I woudl think there is not a good way to repolace the iris. When they get D maximum about 2 or 3 I cuold imaging this is good enough for mst cases.

For those that may be interested or are sitting too far in the pre-order queue, Ravi at Boolchand store is telling me they are receiving two unit of the 1DX next week or so and they are not sold yet. They are in the US and offer free shipping with no tax since they are actually in the US Virgin Island! They are a Canon dealer.

You can contact them at [email protected] or [email protected]. Their phone number is 340-776-0794. In case this could help some of our fellow Canon user over here . I had contacted Ravi myself for a 1DX to get it before B&H but since I already got mine in Canada from a local store they still have some...

Hope this helps...good luck...

HeWhoShoots said:

http://prolost.com/blog/2012/4/10/prolost-flat.html

Shoot this instead of Cinestyle and generally you'll get better footage post grading. It retains skin tones much better as well. Hope this helps a bit...and yeah, go for 160 vs 100 etc etc.

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YES.

I purchased my Canon Ti3 from 800 Photo Video Store online. Store is located in Somerset, NJ This Camera is made in Taiwan. I was under the impression that Ti3 is made in japan. Is it authentic or grey market. I wonder now.

Scenario 1: no double dip depression from now till 2023 so Canon invests and we (photographers) become Borg like tcapp said.

Scenario 2: bankers continue to have their way and multi dip depression happens so manufacturers and customers have to economise. So the mirror goes. As does the sensor and lens. These are replaced by tracing paper and a pinhole!

KKCFamilyman said:

robbymack said:

After reading this I can honestly say I would never go on vacation with the OP. I understand and sympathize with his wife. My simple rule of thumb, if the camera takes up more space than a extra pair of shoes it's too much. The reasoning here is no one should go on a vacation that requires more than one extra pair of shoes, otherwise it's not really a vacation. All that is needed for a family vacation is one camera and one lens. It definitely does not require multiple posts/threads on an internet forum. It shouldn't be this hard. My $0.02: there is so much to do and see in Southern California you shouldn't waste it setting f stops and shutter speeds.

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That's why I posted on this thread. I have never been to CA and have never traveled with ff yet. Otherwise I would have went with my old 60d and 15-85 and have been good but I have this gear and want to have the great shots it takes of memories that are worth it rather than kids hanging around the couch or the cats. That's also why we bought a little Sony nex to be lightweight some days. So I should comeback with crappy shots with a power shot ? Am I supposed to put those on my walls?

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I hope that we keep to answering your questions and refrain from pontificating or trying to manage your vacation for you. You have goals -- and there are a great many of us interested in helping you fulfil them. I can fit more than a pair of extra shoes in my camera bag, for example -- my wife and I are still together, and we love the photos I get. my feedback is that I applaud you for planing ahead and there's no reason why you can't expose some of your thinking here to benefit from the experience of others.

I travel with a 17-55, a 28-135, and a 70-200. Every vacation day has its goals, both personally and photographically and I bring that portion of my equipment that suits the needs of the day while balancing the security risk of leaving a lens in the hotel safe, for example, if I don't want to carry it with me that day.

wickidwombat said:

I would be interested to see the 1Dmk4 added into the mix

I think we know what the outcome would be... :-*

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Send me your 1D4 and I will be happy to add it to the test and then sell it on ebay.
I like this.

Yup like others have said, slanted, too far from sign, etc. and I have to add you took more than just one shot, where are the rest of the pcitures?


Peace! 8)

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