Lurker said:

With Sony building far superior IS in body, you have to wonder where canon have been the last 3 years.
They are not going to make it are they in this race if they don't drop some of this outdated technology and start catching up.

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Yep, Sony is king that's why . . .

Sony is no longer an electronics company

See remaining business #3. Doesn't even mention Nikon or DSLR, just iPhone sensors.

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Wow, Sony is an epic fail... no wonder the fs7 isn't on Canon's radar.

Undecided. Right now I have one Zeiss lens, not an Otus, and one supersharp Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens, used on a 6D. I need to expand my technique and vision more than I need another camera body. Plus, I want to upgrade my computer first.

I read your linked article, it notes that the images were originally taken at CP+ with a adapter on a Sony A7r but now updated to show a native Canon mount on a 6D. Its still a pre-production lens, but not a adapter.

The article is poorly written, so you might want to wade into it again.

"We were recently lucky enough to visit Sigma's factory in Aizu, Japan, where Sigma allowed us to shoot with a pre-production sample of the recently-announced 24mm F1.4 DG HSM Art lens. The wintry landscape of the Fukushima prefecture was a nice contrast to the CP+ convention center where we last gathered some samples with this lens, and our recent samples are more representative of lens performance on a native mount body (Canon 6D). "

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/2979398217/new-samples-from-the-sigma-24mm-f1-4-dg-hsm-art-lens

DSLR shares (Japan):
54,7% Canon (comming from 49,2%)
39,1% Nikon (comming from 42,5%)

Yeah!
All the "Canon is losing ground because of all the sensor flaws" saysers are so right.
Of course RoW sure looks totally different and there everything surely looks bad for Canon.

And before you argue with the gain at mirrorless, please share the total sales and turnover numbers because I'm sure that the DSLR market is still much bigger - even in Japan.

I hope we're not supposed to be able to pronounce that.

Maybe it means something in Japanese...

may be it is just me, but i do like forcing myself to use old gears to capture images since i believe that i can later move much faster with new high end gears if i am able to manage myself to deliver images with old gears without any problems

note: well, i did mess up my daughter birthday at one time during first year of photography, but i have not giving up using old gear to capture images...

below is an image captured in quite a low light condition with canon 30d and 430ex ii. it was my wife birthday... lol... yep, i got stared at when loading this set on my car

mkabi said:

Which Canon camera do you have and did you install ML on it? Just want to know, out of curiosity.

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I've got 60d & 6d, of course both running ML - if it wouldn't be for that, I'd gone Nikon.

mkabi said:

Do you know anything about ML on the 7D?

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Works fine, installation takes 5 mins (I recently did it on a friend's 7d1) ... copy files on card, update fw with included .fir file, done: http://builds.magiclantern.fm/#/

mkabi said:

I can't seem to find anything on max. fps override + actual fps on the 7D, some say its still not available for the 7D (only on Tragic Lantern), but its checked off on the feature set.

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Magic Lantern is very conservative as they know their undeserved reputation as a "hack", that's why they don't include any features that can be remotely "hackish", unstable or even dangerous. "TL" was a fork with another policy, and after a lot of discussion the ML devs decided to declare TL as unsupported. Unless you really need one of TL's features, I recommend against using it.

expatinasia said:

TDP's reviews are among the best on the internet. They are the ones I look to first when I buy a lens. DP follows TDP.

Anyway, am looking forward to some direct comparisons to this and the 16-35L f/4 IS.

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I certainly wasn't trying to imply that there is anything wrong with TDP. It's one of the best photo sites on the web and Brian and Sean are both great guys as well. I just wanted to acknowledge Dustin's different but also excellent work.

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fragilesi said:

Can someone ban Dustin from this site please?

I was doing so well telling myself I didn't absolutely need this lens until that excellent review

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LOL. Just call me a troll and ignore me

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If it would be that simple .

Thanks Dustin, my preorder has been set up few weeks ago, since in Poland it's almost impossible to get that lens from reputable store (I saw it at maybe two sellers at the moment, but waiting for one from my trusted one) right now.

It's crazy how this lens is selling, I'm putting my aviation set (7dmkII + Tc 1.4 + this lens) for this season. Can't wait to get my hands on.

no joke man. it was try this or throw it away. for the price of a new one , it wasnt worth sending in for repair .when i got it , i had just bought my first dslr so i didnt realize how bad it was right away. im not sugesting anyone try this , just sharing what i thought was pretty weird fix in my case.

Marsu42 said:

RLPhoto said:

It's probably the prices overseas that make the 5d2 expensive. Here's a beatup but working functional 5d2 for 900$, a total bargain

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Ugh, seeing the US prices for used gear like this and new gear like the 6d is really depressing :-\

For some reason or another, over here there is a hefty premium on "quality" gear (probably because Germany like sturdy stuff) and Canon L lenses of ff cameras are sold for ridiculously high prices. On the other hand, you can get a pristine d800 for €1200 ... €400 less than a new 6d :-o

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Canon is teh best. Thats why the 6D is more expensive than that horrible D800. : : : I've bought alot of gear used through craigslist and I've never lost money on a purchase. To see a 5D2 under 1K is unreal and soon they will all be under 1K.

1DXIII release?

;D

don´t suck at Schneider-Kreuznach
I love them - since their "super angulon XL 90mm"....

really? the Lloyd Chambers' review says that the performance of the new PC-ts 28mm disappoints???
(Ive no subscription)

i was said that the PC-TS50mm is not just that superb,
but the PC-TS90 macro is really an excellent lens.

I thought/was convinced that this lens(the NEW PC-TS28) will definitely outshine
the outstanding CANON TS-e24mmII....
but Im sorry that it is 28mm and not 24mm....
so I will stick with my "cheap" canon TSe24mmII


Hartblei has no wide angle lens!
---> you can´t compare a 40mm (hartblei, which has btw very bad test results!!)
with an 28mm?!

noisejammer said:

At that price, you'd be well advised to read Lloyd Chambers' review. He was singularly unimpressed. To quote him "By any metric this performance disappoints." Full disclosure - you will need a subscription. The review is in the DAP section.

If you're interested in alternative TS lenses, take a look at the Hartblei SuperRotator range. I have one of these and it's superb.

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I am hoping the newly announced G3X will not replace the hopefully forthcoming G17. I would really like a something between the G7X and and the G3X. What would you like to see in a G17 and do you think it will be coming out sometime? When?

Because Nikon haven't done it yet. Once they do, wait 3 years and hey-presto Canon will have it too (or 6 years after Sony).

I must admit, I don't use a lot of the add-on bit's and pieces that are already in DSLRs (e.g. HDR), but the really useful things seem to get left out, which is why I 'have' to have ML installed.

If they won't even do auto ISO stuff right (well until somewhat recently and then only with some models), what is the chance of a really advanced feature like auto-panoramas?

BTW, I don't know what software Apple uses, but Canon doesn't even have a good photostitch outside the camera, how are they going to put an automatic one inside?

I wonder where the upgrade link takes you - to a Nikon camera about to be released?

It would be really amusing if it took you to the M3.

5D4 will be announced in AUG with it hitting the stores earliest OCT just like the 7D2 Aug and had too wait via push-backs or FCC delays till OCT
canon has started this annoying late/end summer announcements then release the cameras by october start/mid fall and nearly the beginning of winter its kinda bad but hopefully if its out by then and the fps are at least 8-10 can use it along with my 7d2 for high school football

aardvark said:

Thanks for all the advice..... I will take the 100- 400 rental I think.


...Don thanks for the advice, but my concern with the 500 (and more so a 600 prime) is that in India, that the wildlife (specifically tigers), when you get to see them would be too close.....

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https://www.facebook.com/SudhirShivaramPhotography

You should check out his work. Great Indian photographer with tons of amazing shots which generally include camera and lens data. Most of them are 400mm+

They recycle very fast anyways. They are faster than the Canon 600EX-RT.

martti said:

You find the bokeh of the 100mm L macro boring because the lens is too perfect. You do realize that you are a snob, don't you?

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Ugh? Next to sounding rather insulting (or did you forget a smiley?), you're contradicting yourself in the next sentence. If I'd like perfect lenses with smooooooooooth bokeh, I might be a "snob" (whatever that is, exactly). But as it happens I like grunge, dirty, and natural - that's why a very even bokeh doesn't appeal to me.

Take some pictures of people walking towards the Camera with all focus points on in servo mode .
If the face is out of focus, you have a real 1dx.
If its sharp, someone might have sold you a Nikon d3s disguised as a 1dx.

andrewflo said:

It's good to know they recognize this weakness. The 5DIII and pretty much any of their DSLRs' video look incredibly soft. Compared to the GH4 or a7s' 1080p it has a lot of room for improvement.

As a photo and video shooter, I'd really love 4K in the 5DIV, but if I had to choose between 4K + 1080p of the current video quality, or just 1080p of SHARP video quality, I'd easily go with the latter.

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It's interesting that when the 5D3 was released, Canon and C.W. kept going on about how the 5D3 delivered perfectly crisp 1080P and that there was no softness at all. Yet internally, their engineers at least clearly knew the real deal.

It's also interesting that ML RAW gets nicely detailed 1080P out of the 5D3 HW and yet the Canon firmware delivers waxy, soft mush. So was it DIGIC? Marketing insisting they go for a consumer waxy look because that is what consumers supposedly want? Marketing insisting they give it a waxy look to protect 1DC and Cxx?

5D3 with ML gives some pretty nice 1080p if you can deal with RAW shooting, about the nicest direct 1080P from the DSLR. RAW does eat up space like made though. But it sure is nice to play with 10+ bit 4:4:4 files in post, a million times nicer than 4:2:0 8bit and get decent sharpness (also without much aliasing or moire still).

mackguyver said:

I think street photography is one area where the mirrorless cameras seem much more practical. If I shot that kind of stuff, I'd be tempted as well :-[

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Actually, I think mirrorless shines in two departments : Street photography and "I'm not sure I'll need my camera... oh, what the hell, I'll barely feel it in my backpack anyway" photography.

Djaaf.

More like what's most convenient for working & non-working photogs.

I really hate having to deal with two memory card types.

Planning on getting one and selling my 14 (unless the lens has poor IQ). Which is unlikely