gordonbb said:

LDS said:

gordonbb said:

That’s too bad. I still have a half exposed roll in the fridge with some images I’d like to get developed :

Click to expand...

AFAIK some lab can develop them as B/w images.

Click to expand...

interesting but one of the shots is of my kids by the railing of Niagara Falls mimicking a shot of myself and my siblings 40 years earlier. While I like B&W the original is Kodachrome and it was the tone of the colours I wanted to recreate as much as the composition.

Click to expand...

It looks there's someone who recreated the process and could process your slides:

https://shootfilmco.com/blogs/shoot-film-co/kodachrome-processed-in-color-seriously

Of course these people have to recreated the process from scratch, it's not Kodak official chemicals, for examples he outlines the dyes may not be as stable.

birdforthought said:

Great post and I know its old but.... I have a somewhat opposite question. I currently have the Canon 100-400 Mk I (on a 7D mkI). Yes both 1st generation. I really like this lens/body combination. However, I'm now looking for a more range and of course better low light capability (I photo only birds).

So... without spending $11K what would be the next lens in addition to the 100-400 MkI

FYI: I also have the 1.4x TC version 1 but rarely ever use it

Thanks,
Greg

Click to expand...

You get a lot more low light capability for your dollar by going to FF. If you are focal length limited with your crop, its going to cost you to get a faster and longer lens.

I'd suggest a FF body and crop the image as long as you don't have to crop too much. You can move from 7D MK I to a 5D MK III and gain a lot of light sensitivity and reduced noise.

sanjosedave said:

Is there a Canon mount (Canon or other brand) portrait lens that you can use very wide open without CA?

Just saw an image from a Canon 85mm 1.8 at 1.8 and there was CA all over the place

Click to expand...

The older EF, non-L Lenses (50/1.4, 85/1.8) have more CA. In photos where that matters, I will not choose those. The focus ring of my 50/1.4 always gets stuck anyways, so it's not like I get much use out of it anymore.

On the cheap end of the spectrum, EF50/1.8 has very well controlled CA, nearly all of which can be corrected in post. As mentioned above, the new 85/1.4 is also excellent -- but, obviously, a lot more money

Also, the 70-200/2.8 and 100L/2.8 are both quite good in controlling chromatic aberration.

For portraits i would go with the 85. It is autofocus, and a very slight movement forward or backward of the model ruins the focus if manual (except you have great skills)

The creative effects with the T-S lenses like miniatures etc may be boring after not so long time, then you have expensive and difficult to use lenses with slow aperture.

Or maybe, if slower aperture is acceptable, at the aperture of the T-S lenses, 50 and 85mm options are cheap or you maybe already have them

April is almost over and still no sign of this lens. What happened?

My rather uneducated comment would be that the photographer still has to be very careful about background choices irrespective of lens used and its bokeh characteristic. Just because objects are not clearly identifiable doesn't mean they can't be producing undesirable visual effects. Easier said than done, of course and some subjects can't or won't cooperate.

Jack

So was this the big new codec release that everyone was waiting for? Is it just the addition of XF-AVC?

Wow, what an educational thread.

Jack

17mm for the GFX.
This will get the attention of architectural and landscape photographers.

AlanF said:

Returned this morning from New Zealand. Our guide in one of the reserves had a D850 and a Nikkor 400mm/2.8. He had great difficulty focussing on small birds in darkish foliage close by whereas my wife with a 100-400mm II on a 5DSR at f/5.6 and I with a 400mm DO II on a 5DIV at f/4 had no difficulties. This is just a one-off report, but it goes to show that there is more to AF than nominal sensitivity in ev at the centre or the ability to track.

Click to expand...

Interesting insights. Thanks sharing!

My Flickr is my name as is appears here. I am scatter brained when it comes to subject matter.
You'll go down the "rabbit hole" if you go there. LOL

Re: Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM Art and Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Art Receive Prestigious TIPA Worl

The Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 as the best 24-70mm f2.8... My first reaction: it was good, but not that good. But then I thought this is for this years released lenses... So I guess it could take credit for that probably indeed....

I purchased the EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS II USM lens last year and we have several rental copies. The lens is great for portraits but its not perfect. Close focus at 70mm it can exhibit chromatic abberations that are noticeable particularly on dark material edges. I see this particularly when using it in combination with the 5DS so I'm not surprised they want to improve it.

Jack Douglas said:

The only way to avoid insanity is to just make a decision on one of the many excellent cameras with the best choice of lenses and then avoid reading reviews, especially DPR if you've chosen Canon. CR is great for stirring up doubts if you read certain threads - after all "Canon is stupid".

Jack

Click to expand...

True and true, thanks Jack!

Go Wild, there is truth to what you say. Many of us are in the same category relative to some things Canon could do but seems unwilling. I enjoy my 1DX2 except for weight and wishing for a few more MPs and there are features I absolutely love and won't give up, especially it's amazing versatility with AF modes and programming.

Maybe you were not on CR when Rishi has appeared, and thus don't understand that aspect of what's going on in this thread. Nothing stirs up the CR hornets like Rishi!

Jack

[email protected] said:

Sent camera in to Canon.

They found sensor assembly misalignment.

Spent yesterday shooting the fixed body, and it worked great.

Canon CPS was fast, accurate and went above the call again. They found a budding problem with the top dial, so they replaced that to free. Sent it back Fedex for free, to where I am shooting.

Click to expand...

Thank you for that update. And good to hear, that the issue could be fixed.

Did I get that right?
You sent in both bodies and both hat the same issue? And one in addition had that problem with the dial?

Thanks for clearing that up.

maxfactor9933 said:

I am canon shooter. never gonna buy a sigma zoom lens again. I tried few. AF is frustrating with new canon bodies.
spent hours with the dock station and AFMA. still not satisfied.
sadly the new Tamron G2 70-200 is not sharp at 200mm 2.8
I wanted a second 70-200 for my second body. I guess I have to steak with canon

Click to expand...

On the bright side, the Canon 70-200 2.8 remains an excellent lens and is the cheapest first-party by far.

I'm going to buy this box as well.

tron said:

Talys said:

tron said:

So it seems 7DIII will be announced in 2019 which means that Canon will keep more or less the 5 year gap between the 7D systems. It will not be a problem if the improvements are on the same scale like the ones from 7D to 7DII.

Click to expand...

The only thing the 5 year gap is tough on is people who have the need to buy something every year or two

Click to expand...

Correct! Apart from some sensor improvement though which could be welcome sooner. Everything else can wait! But even so, I guess the more we wait the better the sensor will be

Click to expand...

and people with the 7D waiting patiently as the difference between original and 3 should be significant to cost justify, so not really correct

Talys said:

The real point should be that whether you have a Canon 5D Mark III or <insert camera here>, it doesn't matter. If you're a professional photojournalist, your camera is a tool and you probably don't obsess over body specs.

Click to expand...

+1

So... this year, Nikon shooters took away the most prizes. Congratulations to them!

Click to expand...

+1000
congrats to all the winners.

It's always the photojournalist: he or she is there, sees the scene, decides to push the trigger.
The camera just captures the moment according to the skills of the photog.
If it's a Canon, it's nice for us to post and chatter. Did so in the past, too.
It's nothing to interpret into, esp. no trends in the market.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac+Intel+27-Inch+Retina+5K+Display+Teardown/30260

Talys said:

If you take the lens caps off,

Click to expand...

Nailed it ;D

Should work well on spy satellites, or google earth cameras.

Now that the pound has returned to its pre-Brexit vote level, can we expect to see a reduction in the price of Canon equipment sold in the UK, or do Canon prices only ever move in one direction?

When I first got the 6D2, I went out in front of the house at night and shot blooms on the bushes with just a little light spilling over from the front porch and maybe a bit from the street light a couple doors down. Everything was set on auto, and IS was turned on. The ISO turned out to be 40,000. The IS took care of shake. The color was surprisingly decent. And noise was easily toned down in ACR. It didn’t look like noontime on a sunny day, but it had an interesting look, and would be quite usable after moderate NR. I was much impressed.