My experience was a disaster and is still going on. I ordered a 28-105 refurbished lens on 12-10 and immediately got an email from canon thanking me for my order and telling me they would notify me when it shipped. I also immediately got an email showing an hold to my paypal account for the purchase. On 12-17 I called to check and see when this would ship as this was a Christmas present. I was told that the order could not be filled as there was not enough stock (yet I see here and in other forums that if this is not stock it will show in the screen where I purchased it). I was further told that they were not going to notify me. I had not received any notice that there was an issue, I just randomly decided to call. I was also told there was no raincheck; just no lens, no notification, and nothing I could do. SOL.

So a ordered one from 42nd St photo and had it the next day, brand new for the same price delivered! I know it is 'grey market' but it is a canon lens same as I would have received from Canon and they actually delivered it.

I also and still struggling to get the amount released from my pay pal account even though Canon has a recorded call where I asked for them to release the hold as they were not going to ship.

Too bad I didn't start with NIKON.

YuengLinger said:

Maiaibing said:

YuengLinger said:

nda said:

thanks for posting, that new af area select button is a fantastic addition to the 5d4 8)

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Please tell us you're being sarcastic.

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Was puzzeld at first, but certainly works for me. Rather miss it on my 5DS/R now.

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I'll give it another try, but my fingers keep using the same combo as on the 5DIII. Plus it is right there by my cheek...

Point is, "fantastic addition" seems a little bit over the top. Just another button that only has a few assignment choices.

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yes give it another try, it took me a while also, but once mastered its great, every pro body should have it

I recently purchased a old Minolta bellows with tilt-shift capabilities, and the ability to use a cable release to stop down and open the aperture. I'd like a rail that allows me to move the whole assembly forward or back, and a better lens. I might just buy a Olympus OM bellows unit and try it. Its easy to adapt om to my camera, and I have numerous om lenses. I'd miss the remote aperture control though.

I just checked, the Olympus unit does have a aperture remote.

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transpo1 said:

rrcphoto said:

transpo1 said:

Visionaries Welcome- unless they shoot 4K

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yes, because the small RX100's really shoot for more than a few minutes of 4K at a time before they overheat.

totally makes sense to add in 4K into an even smaller camera.

Good grief.

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Yes, you're right- it makes perfect sense since they are competing for people's iPhone dollars. And as people here have noted, iPhones have 4K video. And yes, I am taking note of your sarcasm and flipping it

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I honestly don't get the obsession with consumer 4K - especially in a camera of this size. When viewing videos on a small screen like a phone or on my iPad Mini, 1080p is more than good enough. I often have to reduce the quality to 480p due to insufficient bandwidth and even then it still looks just as good on a small screen. 4K should be left to big budget cinema films, not YouTube cat videos.

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So, on that note, I don't get the obsession with high-resolution stills on a camera of this size. Why would anyone need 5472 x 3648 stills when viewing on a small screen like an iPhone or an iPad mini? 1080 resolution stills are good enough. After all, Instagram is only 1080 x 1080. Why would a camera of this size need to shoot pictures in anything higher?

Oh, yes- it's because many people do view stills AND watch video on 4K monitors, 5K iMacs, 2880 x 1800 MacBook Pro Retina screens, etc., and on YouTube, which also accepts 4K UHD video. And since iPhones already shoot 4K video (have for 2 years) and stills at 12MP, and since Canon P&S cameras have to compete with iPhone dollars (as per the original point)...well, you get the picture, right? No pun intended...

I shoot sports and video too, not just wild life and birds.

ethanz said:

If you buy a refurbished lens and wish to sell it later, does it effect resale value compared to selling a lens you bought new?

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A little bit, but usually less than the savings you realized when buying refurbished in the first place. Some would prefer a retail box, but I'd rather have the ability to send it in if the 1-year warranty isn't up.

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Random Orbits said:

Deltrus said:

Hi there, I am unable to create my own threads yet, probably due to a lack of posts, but my topic would have echo'd this thread's very closely...

I just got the 50mm f/1.2 L yesterday and I am having some severe back-focusing issues. I've confirmed with multiple shots at the wide open aperture of f/1.2 of a ruler. In each shot, the number and lines behind the one I tried focusing on with spot AF were sharper and had better contrast. I'd really like to keep this lens and use it, but I am worried about such a glaring problem, so many people here are saying it should only happen at narrower apertures, but it's happening, and blatantly so, at 1.2 for me. Help!

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AFMA. It should be set to hit the target accurately wide open using the center point. Some camera bodies don't have AFMA, at which point the lens and body should be sent in to be recalibrated.

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Where and to whom at Canon do you send your camera and lenses in to be calibrated?
How much does it cost and how long does it take?

TIA,

cayenne

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Canon. I've never done it personally, although I came close. I had a 24L II that wasn't focusing right, and they fixed it (under warranty). If that didn't work, then I would have had to send in the body as well. I'm guessing that the cost would be a couple hundred USD or more, which is one reason why I avoid bodies that don't have AFMA. It also explained why my 20D + 17-55 f/2.8 IS never was quite right. There was no AFMA on the 20D, so I took more shots to compensate for it. Then I tried a friend's 7D with AFMA dialed in, and I suddenly, the 17-55 shots looked a lot better.

Thanks to all for the information provided in this thread. Was there last time 25 years ago ... maybe I'll get another opportunity some day.

Great images, Ahsanford!

You also added a new word to my [non native] English vocabulary ... "skedaddled" ... had to look it up.

Maiaibing said:

scottburgess said:

And yen/dollar trade, too. With a rising dollar and falling yen, I've noticed that most camera lenses prices are steady or falling. It is a good time to have unencumbered dollars.

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Was looking at prices for the 500mm f/4 IS L II and saw that its a lot cheaper in Tokyo than New York right now @~6.950$. For a long time US had the best Canon lens prices, but that position is eroding more and more (when I lived in Japan I bought my Canon lenses in the US!). Will pick the the 500mm f/4 IS L II up in Japan if I decide to get one later this year (pending where I'm moving to next).

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That large a price disparity !! A trip to Japan may be in the cards but then I need to bring it home and deal w/ customs and Canon. Both can be unpleasant to deal with.

Better stay home I guess

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After a long search, even this firm-ware update leaves the AEB auto exposure bracketing at three images.
The weird hdr merge in camera is certainly nice for beginners, but a camera in this price-class should do better.

Waiting for the next firmware update. Sad story for sure. Or change brand ;-)

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Change brand. Or brain, because AEB can be configured in 2, 3, 5 or 7 not only only on 5DIV (since the original firmware) but on 5DIII as well :

The in-camera HDR functionality (which relies on 3 shots) isn't the best way to make HDR anyway.

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I think it isn't proper to post the suspect's pic here. Did you give it to the police ?

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Yes and I'm hearing nothing so far. I have avoided wider audiences such as the mainstream social media

Has anyone seen DXO's review of the new 24-105? Not I do not put much faith is DXO at all. Just want to point that out. But going by their tests its severely lacking optically compared to the older model coming is just slightly softer on FF cameras and half as sharp on APS-C bodies.. Surely they got a bad copy or something..

This does give us an idea of what Canon Mexico's (or Canada or US or any other for that matter) markup is like... i guess they have to on specialty items like that.

They talk about it being great for heavy print users but what about occasional ones. What drives me nuts is that I don't use my printer all that often and seems like the ink dries out. I get like 50-100 pages before I have to replace the cartridge on my epson or kodak. I would love to get a good new printer that can get occasional results and even 25% of their print qty projections.

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Me likes. It fits in the Canon bag and in my various other camera bags very well. The foot size gives me no concerns, I don't notice it being either too close or far from the lens body. It's a keeper.

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Wow, that is one large gimbal the lens is sitting on!

Glad it worked out for you.

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ajfotofilmagem said:

For shooting at ISO 100, underexposed and raising shadows, 80D is the best of the three.

For shooting at ISO 1600 with correct exposure, 80D seems the same as the 7D Mark ii, considering a 7D Mark ii without any defect...

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This.

The consensus of reviewers is that the 80D sensor does not perform any better at higher ISOs, than the 7DII or 70D.

I've used the 7D, 7DII, 5DIII and now the 1DX II. My opinion is that the 7DII was significantly improved over the original 7D at higher ISOs. It was not quite as good as the 5DIII at high ISO, but not far off. The 1DX II is the best, but at higher ISOs we are talking marginal differences. If you are distance limited and need to crop the image, the 7DII can perform nearly as well as a 1DX II, at 3200 and below.

The key to higher ISOs with Canon, I believe, is to avoid underexposure. Pushing shadows seems to invite noise, while a properly or just slightly overexposed (1/3 stop) image does much better. Of course it is a trade off and when you are trying to squeeze the most out of a low light situation, you can't always afford that extra little exposure.

Just my opinion.

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This is a good point. In reviewing the few images I saved from the 7d2 I see the ones on the darker side look really noisy regardless of the ISO setting.

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kaihp said:

That would be an interesting development. PhaseOne was interested in buying Hasselblad, but the Swedish government intervened so it didn't happen.

Why DJI would get an OK to buy Hasselblad and PhaseOne wouldn't is, well, interesting. Maybe good old bad blood between Sweden and Denmark ;D

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Source for this "Swedish government intervened"? I couldn't find anything in my searching attempts.
We usually get along quite nicely with the **************** Danes, and they accept our quirkiness.

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My source is a friend who is a former employee at PhaseOne.

And it's OK for the Swedes to insult us Danes - we do it right back at them. It's called the Scandinavian brotherly love ;D

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Good good, Kaihp! I kind of knew that you would understand it correctly. *thumbs up*
I was curious because I couldn't find info when searching official documents by the government, nor anything on a quick scroll through Hasselblad's web.

Why not use the 24 with 2xTC? You'll get at least as good IQ and better functionality.

Actually the 24 and 2xTC give you better IQ http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=486&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=4&API=0&LensComp=348&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0

I have the Sigma 85 1.4 Art and borrowed a 85 1.2 II L. For wedding pictures, fast AF is a must and this is where the Sigma 85 1.4 Art exceed the Canon. Once calibrated, it's very accurate and quick. It's big and heavy but so is my 70-200II 2.8. I used to use my 70-200 for most of my portraits needs, but have been replacing that with my 85 1.4 Art when it's single subject. The bokeh, sharpness, build are great.

I enjoyed the review and thought it was well balanced.

That´s what I started thinking after some chat about vignetting problem. They picked on my discussion post (corner shading) and sticked to it (even rewrited the review), even when it´s not only problem alone, which causes it.

Now we have three serious aspects...
Lens vignette
corner shading on the sensor
contrast curves

I hope we get some confirmed specs soon. They dropped the ball on this by releasing May/June during wedding season. They would have more sale if they kept it to Feb announcement.

At last, the long awaited replacement for the SP4900

Hoping to get one for review before too long. Sounds a lot like the excellent P7000 I looked at last Spring

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/epson-surecolor-sc-p5000-std-printer-announced/

powershot2012 said:

$100 more for DIGIC 7 Image Processor?? No thanks!

Ready for G9X III?

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same price it came out with a year ago :

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Besisika said:

Hope this will push Canon to allow 4K 60P out of HDMI on 1DX II

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Has anything like this ever pushed Canon to improve existing cameras? Just asking

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Unlikely. Canon's investment in MILCs is relatively small (although increasing), but still last year they surpassed Panasonic in MILC sales, and the dSLR market is much bigger.