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LDS · Apr 30, 2019

Kit Lens Jockey said:
get the sense that Professional Print and Layout is just an old version of Print Studio Pro.

Actually it is a new software available only for the imagePROGRAF printers, and should offer more advanced functionalities. It's a version 1.0, it could still need some polishing.

But what are you exactly trying to achieve? Still trying to print the thin strip? It's difficult anyway to understand what is going wrong without knowing all the parameters involved.

Trying to guess, if you want to print a thing strip over and over without much space, i.e.

testing the printer
testing the printer
testing the printer
testing the printer

You will need to create a custom print size about the size of the text (with some space for the borders), select it in Photoshop, align your image as you need inside the print (in Photoshop), and then lay it out on the roll paper as needed (in the printer driver). There's also an option to minimize the space between prints, or the printer will add some to ease cutting.

If you select, say, Letter in Photoshop, center the thin strip inside it, and then print, the printer will lay out a full Letter print on the roll, and the next print will of course be printed after the "Letter" borders, even if it's just blank space. It won't act as a "line printer" where the next line is just below the previous.

Maybe it's easier to learn printing images than text.

Random Orbits · Apr 30, 2019

I wouldn't use it in the rain without a cover. Didn't LensRentals do a teardown to show that the R has similar build to the 6D2? Weren't most of the joints overlapped but not all of them had rubber gaskets.

uri.raz · Apr 30, 2019

Tom W said:
I don't know how many of these will come to fruition (or how much they'd cost), but I like the way they're going on the fast ultra-wide.
14/1.8 - Wow!
22/1.2 - Wow!

Edit - just noticed that these are EF mount. Might be more defensive patents than anything - that is, Canon locks up the formula so that nobody else can use it.

Sigma already makes a 14mm f/1.8 for EF mount. It got good good reviews, including for astro, and is only 75% the price of Canon's EF 14mm f/2.8

If I wanted to buy a 14mm prime, I'd buy either the Samyang SP 14mm f/2.4 or Sigma 14mm f/1.8 Art, the Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L wouldn't even be on the list. Which is why I think Canon might (not will, just might) turn this patent into a fast ultra wide lens.

[I don't shoot astro, so I bought the EF 11-24mm f/4L]

haggie · Apr 29, 2019

Shutterbug said:
Canon has that new promotion running. I've been eyeing one of those lenses and another piece of gear but will wait it out a few months till we get more, hopefully, good news.

It apparently is about lenses and more, but exactly what "new promotion" is that?

Kit. · Apr 29, 2019

uri.raz said:
I get the wide angle part, but I'd think the discern poorly lit part is a matter of dynamic range.

I'd think that in a security product in particular, it is a matter of high ISO noise.

noncho · Apr 29, 2019

I just saw this topic and header

I had a chance to use E-M1X along with my old 1D X for indoors sports shooting - ATP 250 tennis.
1D X with even older Sigma 300 2.8 gave me a better overall performance and image quality. The price of the combo second hand was about the price of the E-M1X body only. With 1D X II and newer Canon lenses E-M1X would be far away from killing

Here is a summary, if you want more with pics you can check my first impressions blog - https://nonchoiliev.com/blog/6478
Olympus E-M1X is a great professional camera, which gives you many opportunities for settings and personalization. Amazing image stabilization. Pleasant user interface and controls.
Disadvantage found during indoor sports shooting – there is a need for more predefined tracking focus algorithm for different sports.
If they really wanna show their best – we need some telephoto lenses like 120 2.0, 180 2.0 and 250 2.8. I did not invent those by myself – Olympus had such 180 and 250mm bright lenses а few decades ago.

Jack Douglas · Apr 28, 2019

Waiting is a very subjective concept. Not so much if there is a "real" need. I'm certainly not sorry I didn't wait relative to the 11-24 and now with the purchase of the R I finally got my desired ND filter. Unfortunately, my daughter liked the R so much that she bought it after our Costa Rica trip so here I sit with two EF to R adapters and no R.

I suspected this would happen so now I await another R type camera. I was quite impressed with the R but it was actually not in my hands very much. The control ring adapter used with an EF lens gives a very handy way to shoot true manual with accuracy, having ISO on the ring, which gets controlled with a right hand finger, the result being evidenced in the viewfinder.

Once again, I'm inclined to think Canon has produced a Camera that will sell in spite of all the usual negative press. BTW I waited out the 6D2 after selling my 6D and certainly don't regret that.

Jack

justawriter · Apr 26, 2019

Thanks for the answers everybody. For work I take a lot of sports photos in dismally dark high school gym while I take wildlife photos in full sun for fun. That's what made me think about this question. Well that and the price difference between f/2.8 and f/4 zooms. (I use the Tammy 150-600 for birding, f/5-6.3 too)

Sator · Apr 26, 2019

For this sort of money Zeiss better make it the best money can buy (at least in 35mm format lenses). I hope Lens Rental doesn't find that the MTF plots of the Sigma 105mm f/1.4 are already better than those of the Otus 1.4/100. If so then the Otus is dead on arrival. Sadly, there is good reason to fear just that because the new Otus takes an 86mm filter whereas the Sigma takes a 105mm filter size.

Diko · Apr 26, 2019

Is the price tag of the USB 3 license fee that much higher than the USB2? I understand that this is the cheapest you can get... But come on! This is 10 year old tech. It's almost time to replace it. And Canon is still offering USB2 along 4K and mini HDMI. It is INSANE!

I've heard that they have implemented both cr2 and cr3. If that is true that would be awesome so one could check the true benefits of cr3 format.

xeppelin · Apr 25, 2019

My thoughts:

EOS RP will be available for 999 come Black Friday

Don't think Canon will bring a lower-priced / lower specced FF MILC anytime soon.
I don't expect them to ever bring APS-C sensored R model/s
Next in R series will be a hi-rez EOS "RS" - 5Ds/R replacement, possibly August announcement
Then, just in time for 2020 Tokyo Olympics a duo of 1DX III (DSLR) and EOS "RX-1" -> Sony A9 (II) competitor. They can and will not leave mirrofree FF sports segment to Sony. And there are probably still enough conservative DSLR friends around in that segment to warrant 1DX III, but it will be the "final" DSLR.
Also in 2020 i expect a EOS "R Mk. II" - specced like and instead of a 5D V

APS-C:
next up M5 II - Fuji XT-3 level, but lower price, maybe aggressive 999 body only
possibly also an "M7" - as a "best in class, fast fps APS-C MILC", instead of 7D III
then "M50 II" or similar plus "M110" entry level, since it is Canon, there might be 5 different models, ever so tightly mico-marketing-differentiated, some also available in colors like piglet pink, fake gold, street-snow white and puke-yellow

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 25, 2019

AlanF said:
By coincidence, lenrentals https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2019/04/just-mtf-charts-rokinon-samyang-lenses/ reported last night the MTFs and sample variation of Rokinon lenses - they have the most variable quality of all; the good can be very good and the bad are awful.
The Sigma 14mm f/1.8 is far, far sharper at f/1.8 than the Rokinon is at f/2.8 as is the Canon 14mm f/2.8 II at f/2.8. https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2019/04/just-mtf-charts-sigma-prime-lenses/ https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2019/03/just-mtf-charts-canon-prime-lenses/
But, the Rokinon is much, much cheaper.

I got one of the very awful a few years ago. I've never seen a poorer lens, no matter the brand or price. When someone lucks out and gets a good one and proclaims how wonderful they are, I know how bad they can be as well.

stevelee · Apr 25, 2019

Michael Clark said:
Here's how I dealt with seeing the non-flippy screen on my cameras during the eclipse: foam board with holes cut just the right size to slide them onto the lens (from the rear before attaching it to the camera).

I'll think about that if I head to Dallas in 2024, I think it is. There will probably be fun stuff going on on the SMU campus, where I went to grad school.

As it was, even with the flippy screen shaded by the camera, it was hard to see. I sent the friend I had come with back to the car to get a black umbrella. He eventually got back, after chatting with a radio crew and a woman who had come from France. And I could see decently well as long as he was patient enough to hold the umbrella. My first few pictures were not usable. I posted some of them and an assembled video at http://www.stevelee.name/eclipse/index.html

If I had not practiced on the sun a few days before, I could not have done much during the eclipse. I had to deal with the realization that to photograph the sun, one has to be out in bright sunlight. The flippy screen helped, but moving the camera to keep the sun in view was harder, because the direction of movement was uncoordinated with how it appeared on the angled screen.

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 24, 2019

Good Job. Yes, that image is from Rogers article. And, Yes, it was likely from a long exposure to the sun, a short exposure it unlikely to hurt, but you really can't tell if the lubricant was melted and broke down.

stevelee · Apr 24, 2019

johnf3f said:
Agoraphobic? It was a VERY small spidey............

"arachnophobic" perhaps

(And taking the Latin and Greek literally, someone with agoraphobia would come to a forum with fear and trembling, so probably not posting here.)

Danielx64 · Apr 24, 2019

niraj_photo said:
I am interested in the G7x MKIII

Same, was going to get The g7x mark 2 but decided to wait for this one.

Danielx64 · Apr 24, 2019

Sorry to bump old topic, is there any news on when this will be released?

BillB · Apr 22, 2019

SwissFrank said:
It cuts both ways: a 28mm can kind of almost sort of just about do the job of a 16-35, if not quite a 50. From like 1998 to 2001 my "always in the backpack" outfit was a Contax G2 with 28, 45, and 90 and I never found myself wishing I had something wider than 28, even though I shot with the 14mm a lot on the Canon. Also never needed something between 28 and 45.

I agree about the 28mm, and I still have the EF 28 IS f2.8 that I got the year before the 16-35 f4 came out. Having the 16-35, I have come to really like having the 16mm and 20mm focal lengths there when I want them, along with the 28mm. Often, I'll take along the 85 f1.8 to add some length to the 16-35, and deal with the gap by zooming with my feet, maybe with a little cropping. It's a lot easier to crop than it is to uncrop what comes out of the camera. Of course, it has been quite a while since I carried my camera equipment very far in a back pack.

anthony_s · Apr 22, 2019

Any of you all attempted that combination via Novoflex or Fotodiox? I know I'd likely lose electronic functionality between body and lens. I'd appreciate any thoughts or info you might share.

anthony

dtaylor · Apr 22, 2019

AlanF said:
I suggest we let the discussion end at this point with a mutual agreement to disagree...but instead merely that you go on happily with the view that AA-filters do not slightly blur images and I take the opposite view that they do slightly blur

You could have said 'let's agree to disagree' without intentionally misrepresenting what I've said. Sad...

Hector1970 · Apr 21, 2019

For Glossy I use Platinum Pro Canon's own paper. I used Canson Platine for BW.
Hahnemuehle photo glossy 260 is good too

canonmike · Apr 21, 2019

Mt Spokane Photography said:
My EOS R gets virtually all of my use, I used it yesterday for a few dozen shots. I have big hands, and constantly have issues with the camera focusing on the wrong place. Its due to the fact that my thumb touches the top right corner of the screen easily, so the camera focus spot is wrong. I really wish that it required a double tap to move the af spot. I use the touch screen almost exclusively, so I don't want to turn it off.

I find my 5D MK IV to be much superior, but the R is convenient to have sitting on my desk because I can charge it once a week over usb C and it takes up less space. However, for a fast shot, I could get garbage if I don't stop and make sure the AF point is centered or wherever I want it. I usually press the delete button (Trash can symbol) to center it so at least I have the right starting place.

I might experiment with taping something raised to the top right corner of the lcd to keep my thumb off of it.

Point well made. I have the same problem on my M50. A double tap system to change the focus point on screen makes a lot of sense and would thus eliminate accidental touch focus point issues.

Richard-CN · Apr 21, 2019

Jethro said:
Fantastic if that's the case - I take it the IS elements can be added later and don't need to be patented along with the rest of the formula?

the 28mm 1.8 and the 50mm 1.8 definitely mention the IS element.
this patent was really about the dual auto focus motors and related logic surrounding that, it didn't go into much detail of the lens design.

Hector1970 · Apr 19, 2019

It will be interesting to see how they improve it. I went for the 24 TSE as I didn't fancy the bulbous front and the fact filters weren't an option before Wonderpana. It's a pity the current lens can't tell the camera the degree of tilt or shift the lens is at.

NorskHest · Apr 19, 2019

Sooooo this must not be happening

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