neuroanatomist said:

Or maybe you'll argue that since there are three authors on your review, they're not your words. Sophistry instead of outright lies.

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rishi_sanyal said:

Does the concept of multiple authors elude you? I said they weren't *my* words. Do I need to define 'my'? I wasn't even the main author of that review.

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Exactly as predicted. Of course I'm familiar with multiple authorship. In scientific publishing, it's expected (and explicitly stated by most journals) that all co-authors have read and agree with the content of the entire paper. It's called taking responsibility. I apologize for applying too high a standard to DPR.

Earlier, you were defending DPR as unbiased. When presented with yet another biased statement in a DPR review, you retreat to defending only yourself. Interesting.

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Did Nikon forget to pay us off for that 5DS/R review? Did Canon not pay enough? I suppose this is what happens when I don't have a proper accountant -I get so confused about which bias I'm supposed to insert where. And how much of it.

Frankly, at this point, the conspiracy theories are purely amusing. They require no rhyme, no reason, no logic, no self review and iteration of your reasoning based on new data, no evidence except for the slim evidence you choose to fit your hypothesis, while ignoring the rest... I believe there's actually a term for this...

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Since pointing out who said what seems very important to you, let me remind you of my words concerning corruption and conspiracy:

neuroanatomist said:

In fact, I was pointing out that DPR is biased, nothing more. Not conspiracy, not corruption.

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Any more false accusations you'd like to levy?

DPR's bias is not extreme, but is quite pervasive and evident. Praise vs. damning with faint praise. I summed it up previously: 'Nikon cameras deliver awesome performance and stellar images, and Canon cameras take decent pictures.'

My experience is limited. In the last year I have started shooting the kids and wildlife more. My 7D II is video only and keeps my 24mm attached and a mic on top. Before the 7D II I was never happy with results.

With my limited experience these are the things I have figured out.
Wide lenses are your friend, that is the first rule I have.
I have had some success hand held lately, most of the reason is I know I need to be steady and with the wider lens shake isn't as bad.
Also the wider the lens the deeper DOF you can get. Using telephoto's and a wide aperture are more difficult and take a bit of practice.
Buy a microphone or do not waste your time. The on camera mic picks up all of the lens noise and IMO it isn't worth doing.
Tripod, support or monopod are best as Mt Spokane mentioned, but I wouldn't say it is always required.
Sitting through 20 minutes of video of crap to edit out a few minutes is much more boring than sorting to find a few really good pictures out of a hundred.
When my pre-ordered 1Dx II arrives I will have much larger files of crap data to sort through, and they will be 4K.
There is other info, shutter speed, iso etc.... Just starting go green (green box) the videos will be bad enough without inserting untrained expertise by adjusting settings. Save lesson a few weeks from now.

So, for a while, green box, wide lens and a microphone. Have fun.


So there it is, my infinite wisdom. If your videos look like crap consider what you paid for this lesson and figure you got your moneys worth.

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Thanks for this everyone,
I have been looking forward to this profile.

It might work better than Metabones EF to E-Mount options. They're also controlling the firmware of many of their own lenses, so maybe more of an interest in making it perform better than what's out there currently? Not saying I'd be buying, or that I'll 100% be on Sony in several months... just more interesting developments. Some legit competition for Metabones can't hurt either.

midluk said:

If I see it correctly, nano USM has the same problems as STM:
no distance scale and only focus by wire.

So I don't think it will just replace normal USM for the L lenses.

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Nano USM for EF-M and EF-S kit lenses, sure.

But keep the real deal USM for EF glass, please. The future 50mm f/nooneknows IS USM had better not be focus by wire / lack a distance scale / etc.

- A

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It's a 50-100mm f1.8 according to http://digicame-info.com/2016/02/50-100mm-f18-dc-hsm-art.html

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If true, I pretty much nailed it!

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old-pr-pix said:

Worldwide the number of lenses shipped still remains well below 2 per body. The enthusiasts and pros who sport large lens collections are clearly far outnumbered by the average consumers who buy the one lens or two lens kit and nothing further. Higher quality wide range zooms also tend to reduce the number of individual lenses produced.

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Pros have many lenses but they also have more then one body, this reduces the lens/body ratio.

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Good point, but I still expect many enthusiasts & pros run above the 1.6 average across the board. Currently I have three ILC bodies and 13 lenses - 4.3 average per body (all digital, not counting the older FD series bodies/lenses). I suppose we could do a poll to see how CR readers average out. I'm certainly not suggesting I'm representative.

Hahaha, ohhhh DxO. Making things up as they go right in front of everyone and people just accept it as valid scientific testing.

This one stop gets me rolling. How is this score even possible when the Canon was clearly better in their testing? Haha

As to why this new USM debuts in a non L lens:

Following one of the links in the 20+ pages 80d thread I found the information that the new USM technology can only be applied to a lens with a single low weight focal element.
So I believe that for moving heavy class in a video aimed lens STM is here to stay...

StudentOfLight said:

I also superimposed the Zeiss' MTFs for the 28 Otus over the 55 Otus.
According to the Zeiss charts 28 Otus falls short of it's longer namesake.

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Comparing MTFs for different focal length lenses is apples & oranges. All of Canon's current white superteles have flat lines at the top of the charts, & the wide-angles look like spaghetti. Does this mean that all wide-angles suck? Of course not. Look at Canon's MTF charts for wide-angle zooms e.g. the 16-35L & you'll see that they provide different superimposed data for the wide & long ends of the lens.

Michael Reichmann has a great guide explaining how to read MTF charts & what can be inferred from them.

The rumor has it the 1.4x III is a lot quicker with the super telephoto mark II lenses, not the 70-200, compared to the 1.4x II.

Hi StudentOfLight

What a great post. I had not read your post before (but was notified of this in your post on a newer thread about the recently (now actually announced!) 80D here http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=29120.msg579227#msg579227)

The description you wrote above (in this post) about this new Dual Pixel AF (DPAF) patent was well written... I could understand it well (despite not being an electrical engineer, scientist, etc). Being an enthusiastic photographer for the past 20+ years has given me more appreciation of physics (particularly light!) So your description was helpful for me to understand some aspects of DPAF.

There are some indications (both in the recently announced 1DXII and the 'fresh from the press' 80D) that Canon has implemented quite a substantial upgrade to DPAF (which I am quite happy about).

Firstly for me I am happy that it comes closer to giving us the best of both worlds (Live view / aka 'almost mirrorless functionality') and TTL (optical) in real functionality (fast, accurate, continual AF).
Secondly, that there may be improved image quality (signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, etc) - which of course will be fully brought out in the various professional and user reviews and testing!

Thanks / cheers!

Paul

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Spacenoodle said:

No 4k, no focus peaking, no zebras, no flat profile.
Sony a6300 destroys this camera in terms of specs.

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Personally, I use a camera system to take pictures. If you enjoy taking pictures with a specification list, you should be very happy with an a6300.

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Wait, we take pictures with these things? I thought we just looked at spec lists and argued over them..

Basil said:

johnf3f said:

I hear that it is an excellent lens for the price - let us know how you get on with it. I am thinking that it would be a good travel/landscape lens for my 7D2.

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I'm using it on a Canon 7D Mark II and love it! One of the things you give up with a crop sensor is decent wide angle. This lens makes up for that! Even though it is not a super bright lens, that is somewhat made up for in that it has IS and your camera has fairly good high ISO capability (not the best there is but pretty good). It is about similar build quality to the infamous nifty fifty, but honestly I think it ranks as one of the best "bang for the buck" lenses Canon sells.

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Thanks Basil!
I normally use a 1 series full frame camera and a 16-35 F4 L IS for wider angle shots but this is a bit big and heavy for travel. This is why I am considering the 10-18 - small, light and cheap! It wouldn't get used very much so there is no point in spending a fortune!

I will have to see what's in the Piggy Bank. I am off to try out the 1DX Mk2 in a few days so all ideas may be off!

Pookie said:

YuengLinger said:

Pookie said:

YuengLinger said:

Sporgon said:

YuengLinger said:

you can't do ....panoramas without a tripod.

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What utter crap.

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Ok, "can't" was an absolute indicating impossible. And your response indicates you "can" be impossible yourself.

If we are talking about snapshots, you can do panoramas with your cellphone. Not me. I'd rather remember the scene than mar it permanently in that way.

Without a tripod, again, very limited. Crank up the ISO, keep the aperture relatively wide, be prepared to crop out much more because of alignment issues...Sure, it can be done. They show 'em at the local camera club, quite proudly, from time to time!

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Yea, I'd go with Sporgon on this one +1000... I go handheld for panos about half the time. A tripod is nice but absolutely not necessary if you know what you're doing. Even with night shots you can do a pano if you're careful.

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I was trying to be helpful.

Yes, photography should be fun.

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Trying to be helpful with poor, erroneous information... "helpful" advice like that isn't helpful at all and really doesn't add any "fun" to photography.

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What, poor erroneous information like this "If you back up the light it will go softer." that is still not edited for correction? http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=29011.msg576139#msg576139

Re: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Power Zoom Adaptor PZ-E1 & Directional Stereo Microphone D

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This new accessory microphone will help improve sound quality while shooting video, allowing users to rotate the direction of the microphone up and down from 90 to 120 degrees depending on the shooting situation.
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This is incorrect, from what I can tell. Assuming this is the US press release, someone at Canon USA misinterpreted a spec list and made a bad assumption. The mic does not 'rotate up and down 90-120°', there is a switch that allows selection of the angle of sensitivity as shotgun, 90° stereo or 120° stereo.

Looks like it's the same mic body as the DM-100 that I have for my Vixia camcorder, just with a different mount and a wired connection instead of transmitting through the (mini) hotshoe.

Finally lenstip's review here

TWI by Dustin Abbott said:

Interesting. That physical design looks a LOT like recent Tamron consumer zooms:

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Other than the fact that they don't look alike?

Tugela said:

Canon were caught unprepared in 2012/3. You can see that in a lot of their product releases for 2013, both in the lack of a 7D2, as well as the way their camcorders were released. The G30 came 3 months after the G20 for example, and simultaneously with the pro versions - the G30 was clearly being dumped on the market ahead of schedule because Canon knew that other manufacturers had more advanced products imminent. They were definitely in panic mode, and still have not got their game together.

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Ahhh, so that's why they subsequently gained market share.

How's the weather in your personal fantasyland?

The two guys who shot the super bowl with the 1DX mark ii were on an episode of the grid. It is a difficult video to watch because it is so very long. However if you have an extra hour in your day and want to hear everything you possibly can about the new 1DX mark ii then here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n_wTSDkvu8&t=4098s

If you don't want to watch it, here is what I found relevant (most I already knew):
-14 fps is noticeable and desired over 12 fps
-High ISO is noticeably better with much less chroma noise than the 1DX
-Autofocus is noticeably better with quicker acquisition than the 1DX
-Dynamic range is noticeably better with more details in the shadows
-There is something about the files that make them more pleasing with less need to adjust in post
-The colors are nicer and more vibrant, even at higher ISOs
-A mirrorless camera cannot replace a pro DSLR for sports photography

And what I found to be the most amazing thing is that a pro sports photographer shooting the super bowl uses the single center AF point to track subjects and get his shot, and the others agreed with him. All this talk of intelligent subject tracking and 3D tracking, but when it comes to a one of the best pros out there, the uses the center point only and manages to get amazing shots.

I have been comparing these two as well coming from the original 7D and what made me decide on the 5D3 was that it's basically a full frame 7D with a slightly slower framerate. You really get a different camera that is better in low light, for wider images. So instead of getting a wide angle lens for the 7D, I added that money to the 5D3 which evened out the price difference.
To me, the benefit is that you have the 7D for things which require tele (animals, planes, sports, action) and the 5D3 for landscapes, portraits, dark events, studio work) It really extends what you can do with your lenses.
On the 6D, I missed the 7D focus system, so that was not an option.

I now shoot about 75% 5D3 and 15% 7D (and 10% 100D because that fits in a pocket

Sabaki said:

I'm hopeful they do release an updated version, even though most replies may state the current version is fantastic.

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I'd really like to see a reduction in weight for those of us who shoot macro hand held.

3kramd5 said:

Yes. DXO's bias is heavily weighted towards sensor DR, and that's unlikely to change.

If the 1DXII has 2-3 stops better low-iso DR than the 1DX (question the relevance in that target demographic), it is very likely the scores for the former will dwarf the scores for the latter, largely because of their bias.

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+1000

Based on the shadow-pulling example that was posted the other day, the 1DXII seems to have 2 stops better DR than the 1DX.
So, the 1DXII will definitely get quite a bit higher DxO score than the 1DX.

The 1DXII won't be able to match the A7RII DR, though, as the A7RII has 2x the resolution - and DxO normalizes for resolution.
OTOH, I bet that 1DXII will score better than the Nikon D5. We'll see.

It's interesting to see how the upcoming 80D will fare.
Due to expected DR improvements, it won't be all that surprising if the 80D scores higher than the 5DIII (mark my words ).
But many Canon shooters will take this as additional proof that DxO is biased.
And it is ... but obviously not against Canon.

Cheekysascha said:

So I'm leaving for Iceland next week and I'm packing my camera gear right now when I started to wonder which lens would be more weather resistant to snow and rain, my Canon 24mm 1.4 ii or my 24-70 2.8 ii I'm thinking it should be the prime as the zoom extends and snow/rain could get in the barrel.

What do you guys think? sorry if it's a bit of a stupid question.

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It seems that the 24L may be less prone to be affected by weather factors because it does not extend, however, it will save you from changing lenses if focal lenght change is required.