privatebydesign said:

DPReview are crazy, but as we all know crazy makes clicks and clicks make advertising revenue.

So much of the article/comment piece is utter bullish!t and the conclusion is so fraught with bias inaccuracy and preposterous prepositions it will do exactly what it is meant to, stir up a load of clicks.

Lets get some for CR. I just found this previously ignored email between DPR and Tony in a Wikileaks dump, I believe it is an overlooked item first exposed in the Hillary scandal but uncovered by the investigative reporting by Louise Mensch into the Trump/Russia collusion articles at patriotics.blog. Jared Kushner phoned me and personally vouched it's authenticity.

Sony has put the final nail in the coffin of Canon and Nikon with the A9. It is without doubt the finest sports shooter tool [I think we should add birder/wildlife tool in here as well (TN)] ever made by any company and the unmatched feature set effortlessly leverages it into the number one spot for any and all serious visual professionals in the stills and video arenas along with the all important crossover sector.

With the far sighted imaginative and revolutionary technological superiority Sony users to date have taken for granted, combined with the unmatched professional level service and support Sony is justly famous for they have elevated the company to market dominance in one master stroke (as predicted here at DPR Northrup.com by us at the leading photography information website for a while now) leaving the previous leaders in the ruins to pick over the scraps left by the generous, gracious and charitable Sony.

That Sony are also offering 100% trade in value and 0% finance for all pro Canon and Nikon users is just the icing on the cake of a company that has proven, once and for all, it cares about you, the photographer, first and foremost. it further illustrates that any and all that don't believe are simply delusional fanboys in denial

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Crack is illegal in the US. Someone should report these guys.

ahsanford said:

I don't use LR but I used a smart album-ish sort of approach to back out how little I use the 70-200. Since I got it in 2012, I have captured:

• 1,759 pictures (from any lens) that I personally peg as a 3/5 star or better shot.
  
  
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  Only 105 of those were taken on the 70-200
  

It's a stellar, stellar lens. But I use it 4-5 times a year for the odd portraiture need or occasional varmint spotting while hiking or camping. It will not join me on this trip due to weight, what I prefer to shoot, and the relatively close confines of the city.

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I guess you and I shoot quite differently. I've had a career as a photojournalist, sports and on-location commercial photographer. Many situations would come up where, despite packing a long tele, I could never get close enough. Even if I'd carry only three lenses, one would be a 300 - or longer.
I agree with you, in the city, a good wide angle is likely to be the lens most used. That's why the 16-35 is an obvious choice. But, unlike you, I find the 50mm focal length unnecessary and it's perspective uninteresting, which is why I'd want something longer. I'm just not sure that 70mm or even 85mm is enough for a lot of cases, say on the ferries around Copenhagen and Stockholm or when you want to zoom in on a architectural detail or isolate your subject.
You're right in that the 70-200/2.8 can be burdensome when you're trying to travel light. (I'm afraid I'm so used to it. In fact, it's the shortest in my three-lens kit when I shoot sailboat racing (the others are 300 and 500, and, yes, hand held). You can save a little bit of weight by removing the tripod mount. Or, better yet, rent or borrow the f:4 model; the IS version won't disappoint you.
I went back and looked into my catalogs to see what lenses I used most on recent overseas trips - Danube, Middle East, Greece and Australia. By a large margin, the 70-200 was my go to lens, with the 16-35 being used less than half as much. Even if I looked at only what I photographed in the cities, it still made up nearly half of my shots.
While I don't know how you shoot or what are your particular subjects (you can probably tell I don't have children), but I would think having something long (at least 100mm anyway) would be a good call. It's probably my photojournalist training, but what I most want to bring back from my trip is the story of where I've been

Another take from http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/canon-claims-cameras-turnin.html

"As usual, Canon is the first to present their January to March fiscal results (partly because it isn't the end of their fiscal year).

Interchangeable lens cameras were up 6% on a volume basis (1.08m units), compact cameras were down 6% on the same basis (1.0m units). Overall, camera sales were up 7.4%, and profit from the Imaging System group was up 49% year-to-year. All generally good news.

Canon's full year forecast is unchanged, predicting a 7% decline in ILC cameras for the entire year, a 13% decline for compact cameras, with sales being relatively flat (-0.7%) and profits up 8.7%. In terms of market share, Canon expects to finish 2017 with a 48% market share in ILC cameras and a 27% market share in compacts.

Canon made a specific comment about G series compacts being strong, which makes Nikon's cancellation of the DL series even more odd.

Overall, the comment from Canon at their press conferences was that camera market decline was bottoming out, and that Canon hoped to now see growth in the category long-term. Of course, their market projections for 2017 still say a decline is going on, so maybe a more accurate observation might be that they think they can see the bottom and how they'll turn the corner."

Impressive.

I definitely do not understand Corporate politics, or how shuffling paper will change things.

Does it give Masaya Maeda more ability to speed up the relatively long time it takes to design and produce a new Camera model?

How did Miyazaki Daishin Canon come to exist? Was it a separate company setup by Canon to do their manufacturing of ILC cameras? I think it came into being possibly as a way for the then small Canon to meet manufacturing needs for fast growing sales.

Apparently, Canon bought 50% of it in 2002, and someone referred to as Large Industrial CO, LTD has 50% I can find no information about who they are.

So, is Canon buying out Large Industrial CO, LTD, or do they own that indirectly as well? Canon has a huge web of different companies around the world.

Here is a poor translation from their website.

Miyazaki Daishin Canon Inc.

The company started production of film cameras continues to evolve and to companies that produce digital products through the production period of bubble jet printer along with the needs of the times.

Zeiss add to announcements from Cooke and Leica about new Full Frame / Vistavision lenses for large format cinematography. The Zeiss Compact Primes CP.3 and CP.3 XD are aimed at cinematographers even on limited budgets with the XD versions able to provide real time information on distortion and shading using the open format i technology developed by Cooke Optics (adopted and used by Panavision, Zeiss, Cookes, Leica etc.)

PhotoSimon said:

Curious as to how many 5D mkiv owners have had the Err02 fault where the camera can't write to the second card slot - The SD card. The camera locks up and usually has to have the battery pulled in order to restart. Usually resulting in a few lost images . . . one wedding photographer I know lost his first kiss shot!

I'm a member of quite a few Facebook groups and I'm seeing this issue reported more and more on the mkiv. I've not had it on my camera yet but a few close friends have now seen this on a number of occasions. One guy I know has confirmed that he still gets it with the latest firmware 1.0.3 and whilst using the UHS-1 class 3 SanDisk Extreme SD cards (these are the same ones I use).

I'd be interested if you've had the fault if you could give as much detail as possible about when it occurred . . . i.e. lens type, memory card details, shooting mode, camera configuration. We've not spotted any pattern yet and are not sure what triggers it. We've reported this to Canon and they are referring the issue to a product specialist who is going to call back in a few days.

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I just ran into this issue this past weekend. It was in the middle of taking several sets of 5-exposure bracketed shots. The camera just kind of locked up and became unresponsive. I was able to resume shooting after waiting a few minutes. Since then, whenever I turn on the camera with the CF card in, the red light on the camera flashes constantly as if it is busy processing something.

BenKing said:

I am attempting to create profiles using Canon Studio Pro using my own photos. I have been following the instructions, using the "Pattern Print",

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"Pattern Print" is good to achieve quickly the desired result for a given photo. It can't be used to create a "profile" to be used for different ones. It is quite like what was made in the darkroom to find the best exposure/correction for a given photo, another one could have been quite different.

The reason is that if the monitor and the ink/paper combination are not properly calibrated, besides making very difficult to compare what you see on screen and on print, means also any change may have "uncontrolled" side
effects - which may impact some images and not others. So it becomes a "trial & error" approach, and obtaining repeatable result quite impossible.

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1. Use photo of CCP in LR to create a profile

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What kind of profile would you create?

You would still need something to read what the monitor displays to compare it with the expected result - yet, a calibration device can simply ask to display "known colors" and read what the monitor actually displays, without the ColorChecker.

You may try to do it "by eye" - and there are some calibration programs that adopt this approach - but it is far less precise. You can start following Studio Pro advice for screen settings (did you? color temperature D50-5000K, Brightness: 120 cd/m2, Gamma: 2,2), which should make images appear closer to the print (most monitors have default settings which make them way too bright and too "blue").

Still, what you'd really need is to create is a proper monitor ICC profile, and LR can't create it. The software that comes with CCP can be used to create "input" camera profiles, to be used instead of the LR standard ones. They tell to LR only how the camera "sees" the colors, not how to display or print them.

Once you have it, and you have the correct paper/ink ICC profile, the pattern print may be used for fine tuning for a given image if you don't like the "standard" results.

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Anyone have any thoughts on my proposed method?

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What would be the benefit compared to a standard color management workflow based on ICC profiles? A basic calibration device is not expensive (latest deal seen on this site had them at less than $100/150). Even without an AdobeRGB monitor it will lead to good results without wasting much paper and ink - repaying themselves quickly.

markhbfindlay said:

I'm intrigued that you get pictures of snowdrops in April. Where are you? They finished in February here in southern England.

Nice pics; full of envy over the ospreys; we don't get them here, only in Scotland and a few parts of northern England.

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Those are in Vermont. They were the last of the snowdrops. Not so far off from normal timing here.

YuengLinger said:

Curious: How old is it and approximately how many times have you flashed it? (Maybe LR would help with an estimate?)

Also, how much would you be willing to pay Canon to fix it if home remedies don't work?

Wish I could help, but the only time I had similar behavior was with a fairly new 600ex-rt that slammed to the ground while I was running with it in my hand. It would power on but not flash. Canon charged me about $150. Wish now I could remember what exactly they repaired.

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It's some 5-6 years already. Not going to pay Canon to fix, I'll open it myself and if something obvious is broken/loose I'll fix. If not, I'll probably find another used one somewhere.

~3 years ago the bulb exploded while shooting (full power for quite a while), I bought new bulb from Canon and replaced it. Probably shot ~50k with the flash since, so maybe it was just time to die.

600EX has same bulb, it basically adds the radio (which I don't need) and slightly better zoom I guess so they go 580 -> 600. For that increase I'm not planning to pay much, so if I found used 600 for <$250 I might get one but more likely used 580-II for <$200.

At B&H. Just 45 days after I received my copy.

ahsanford said:

Is the f/2.8 better in other ways? It is APO? Is it much lighter?

- A

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It is APO. It is actually quite light for a Zeiss at just over 600g. I understand why they went with f/2.8 (and it may just be the right decision), but it does make them vulnerable to those who will just choose a zoom instead.

sanj said:

Something about the way you talk, it is very endearing and pleasant. Totally non presumptuous.

Don't know if I am expressing it correctly, just that you come across as a kind soul.

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Appreciate that Sanj

Umm...
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/04/lensrentals-reviews-the-new-sigma-135mm-f1-8-art-series-lens/

Lovely review, but I have more questions than answers at this point. Anyone else find a comment (or three) that was somewhat off-target?

- A

That guy is totally intolerable. I get a headache after 20 seconds. Life is too short to waste it on someone like him.

mitchel2002 said:

the question now stands will canon turn there R&D to cameras or the surveillance field

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R&D for sensors potentially benefits all sensors, new design techniques, new manufacturing processes, better lenses, these things can apply across the board.

Even R&D in medical imaging can benefit, a lot of that is in the electronics and software for ultrasound imaging. Canon has been in both of these fields for a long time. If you look at patents published weekly, most are for printers with cameras, and medical / surveillance being about equal.

Valvebounce said:

Interesting survey, especially as someone here confessed to being a technology snob (from your definition, - using knowledge of technology to make others feel dumb) ???

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I know one of those people but then he wouldn't be on this forum as he has a distinct hatred of Canon/Nikon and any other company that markets "full frame" cameras. He is constantly going on about how the features of his m4/3 camera save him "83%" of his time in setting up a shot...it's just a pity he doesn't use the time saved to think about his composition as they are mostly rubbish! He especially loves the camera's "live composite" mode but I tell him there are a couple too many vowels in the second word. ;D

retroreflection said:

I would also challenge you on missing the shot because you can't get the step down rings off. Shouldn't you power through without the filter?

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When my 82mm circular polarizer is stuck to a filter ring and the shot requires that I use a 6 stop ND filter in the middle of the day like below... no, I can't just power through. Yes, I could take a snapshot, but the effect wouldn't be nice.

It's the controversy. That's what we don't like about it.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has helped untold millions. In terms of cost efficiency, it is probably the most effective rehabilitation program ever devised.

Why mess with success?

The crusades some people waste their time with are as silly as ice cream with mustard and sawdust on it.

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Chaitanya said:

As usual ML proving canon is doing everything to protect higher end cameras. Also if that firmware works, value of 5D mk3 on used market will go up.

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Lol, you're funny. I don't disagree the protect their cine line but to point to a firmware update that isn't production proven, Only films for seconds at a time and has come 5 years after a camera's release is pretty hilarious!

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I think it is more than obvious that the "5 years after" is due to the slight detail that they did not have the inside information that Canon has for ... their own products.

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I think all of the above is giving Canon waaaaaaay too much credit.

If Canon is anything like other behemoth companies they probably have a very narrow idea what is 'possible' with their hardware until they see the results first hand and release the hardware it into the wild. I'd also be shocked if they did any kind of 'audible' late in the hardware or software/firmware pre-production cycle. UI tweaks from Canon tester feedback, sure. 4K after planning to release 1080p ... no chance.

They already know what will or will not be included in the 5DSR Mark II, the 5D Mark V, and the 1DX Mark III. We just won't know until its too late too make changes.

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if it's also like most other companies, the firmware developers probably have a very short window in which to work on each camera specifically, so they have more the blinders on to what the hardware may accomplish or may not.

also everything has to be tested thoroughly, then translated to multiple languages, manuals created,etc.

let's assume the average time in development is 2 or so years, that means at any one particular point in time there's 6-8 DSLR's, 2-3 MILC's and probably around 3-5 P&S cameras. Their involvement in each camera may be measured in terms of months.

the ML group had 5+ years to look through the 5D .. yes, they have less assets and less information to what the hardware does or can do, but they also have zero time constraints.

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doing it on your free time with no insider info turns 5+ years of ML time into like 3-4 months of Canon engineering time, if even

Also comes with bonus STD of your choice.

Re: Sigma Astro-tests 14mm f1.8

Yeah there is another thread here: http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=32423.0;topicseen
I don't know how to merge them.

Valvebounce said:

Hi unfocused.
Much as I support your call for serious coverage of the industry, I think (though I am not 'in the know') you will find that much as the 'softball' interviewers would like to ask some tougher questions they often (always?) cannot due to their interview questions being screened for compatibility with a company's strategy, stray off the fanboy course too far and there is no coming back!

Cheers, Graham.

unfocused said:

No one seems to be covering the industry in a serious way (and I don't mean softball interviews with company executives, where the interviewers fawn over their subjects and never ask any difficult questions -- there are plenty of those).

Assuming Canon Rumors wants to grow, that seems to me to be a logical and much-needed direction to take.

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Yes. If a company thinks they can dictate the terms of the coverage they will. But, journalists only have themselves to blame if they accept those terms. In the case of what often passes for business journalism, far too many accept the conditions and are content to serve as unpaid publicists. That doesn't mean ethical journalists should stop trying.