Just saw..

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084636-REG/tokina_at_x_24_70mm_f_2_8_pro.html

listed as coming soon on B&H.
Not many details but I guess we will see an announcement in a few days!

Love this time of year.. christmas all over again..

kobeson said:

Heard from someone I buy from say her Canon rep heard 5D4 August...

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That agrees with the information received by Northlight's Keith Cooper.

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_5d4.html

However, rather than independent confirmation it could just be the same rumour doing the rounds of the Internet.

privatebydesign said:

If you put a one pixel straight line on the building edges there is no measurable distortion.

However on full shift you can get very noticeable projection distortion, but that is a function of the projection distortion, not a lens aberration. I am really looking forwards to see how the new 11-24 compares to the shifted 17 for projection distortion, I anticipate the new zoom lens will be much better than the shifted 17.

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I hope the new lens is, too, and I found another example - the infamous brick wall showing obvious distortion of the zoom lens in comparison. Once again, you'll have to forgive the somewhat sloppy alignment of the camera to the wall, but I think it's enough to see the difference. Both shot at f/8, 0.6s, ISO 100, +1 EV,

Top: 16-35 f/4 IS @ 16mm

Bottom: TS-E 17

Just fine on a recent purchase of mine on a CPW street price deal. i haven't had to test their service after the sale so I can't speak to that.

msm said:

Got the 16-35 f4 IS last summer and was very happy with that so it's a bit annoying this comes now .

Bit unsure how shooting this ridiculously wide will turn out, but will likely get it if it the tests show it to be as good as I expect.

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I, too, got the 16-35 F4 last summer and am happy with the lens. I also have had the 14 for several years and am quite happy with that. I just got a 17 TS/E and now comes 11-24.

The 17 TS/E is great for landscape and I was considering it an Ultra-Ultra wide alternative (shift left/right and merge).

Now the 11-24 will give the same angle of view as the 17 TS/E set up as pan.

Angle of view for 11mm is 95º short and 117º long axis. 17 is 70º vertical and 93º long axis. So if flip the 17 TS to portrait I get the same angle of view as the 11 in the landscape orientation.

So may sell the 14 and buy the 11-24

I want to take pictures of houses from a narrow street (the buildings are 5 to 11 meters high, the street measures 4.5 meters accross). I am trying to decide which lens will work for this project, Sigma 12-24mm @ 12mm and the camera on vertical position (portrait) or Canon TS-e 17mm also with the camera on vertical position.

I can do the math for the Sigma. If I place the camera on portrait position on a tripod 1.5m high and I stand 4m from the façade of the house, I can take a picture of a 8.7 m building.

I can´t do the same calculations for the TS-e. Could anyone help me? If I place the camera on a tripod 1.5m high and I stand 4m from the façade and shift the lens up all the way, how tall could I reach?

Thanks,
Antonio

Re: CASE CLOSED - Re: 600EX-RT - no radio contact available

drolo61 said:

These P.FN do not reset with "clear all custom functions"

Back to full functionality
Cheers
Olaf

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I would have thought they would reset too, but good to know.

Jim

privatebydesign said:

Hey I am amazed, I picked up on it on a Monday morning!

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Too funny - and hopefully you entered the lottery or something yesterday to take advantage!

k-fos said:

Woody said:

Hybrid CMOS AF III?

I'm curious and cautiously hopeful.

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Me too. Works pretty good on T4i. Haven't spent enough time with the SL1 to see if Hybrid CMOS II is much of an improvement.

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I have. At least with an STM lens (USM is still iffy), there is improvement, and live view mode is actually usable now, but it can still lag - so don't count on it to shoot moving targets.

NorbR said:

I checked with mine: I get the same behaviour, but only when AF is set to One Shot. When focus is locked, exposure is locked as well.
But when I switch to Servo (which I'd think you'd have when shooting moving objects), there's no exposure lock.

My C.Fn IV-1 is set to 2. Check your C.Fn IV-2 as well, that switches the functions of the AF and AE buttons on the back (although I imagine you would notice if your AF button did not AF anymore ...)

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Thanks for the suggestions. I am shooting on AI Servo (continuous). I still haven't got it to work, but I will keep at it. In the meantime I just have to remember to release the focus button every now and then.

Lots of special glass! And only 665 grams! I'm sure it will be sharp; anxious to see flare and coma. I hope Lenstip prioritizes it, when available!

Not sure how I can be more clear, (not a writer). I would like to use the DR-E6 plugged into an exterior battery such as the Anker 2nd Gen Astro Pro2 20000mAh (12V) or preferably a smaller sized external battery such as the Anker Astro E7 25600mAh (5V). I am trying to do this without paying $200 to add a $3 DC-DC in line converter. So again my question is does anyone know of an external battery that can be plugged in the DR-E6 without the in-line converter?

thanks, jeff

gbchriste said:

I was shooting a portrait session a couple of days ago with the MIII and 70-200 2.8L II when all of a sudden I locked up with Err 80 on the top LCD.

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Yes, you should worry because this is (amongst others) the "dead shutter" error code.

Problem is that until you can reproduce it reliably, Canon won't service it. If you've got warranty you can either try to burn in until it's broken, or have a backup camera body ready and wait until it dies on its own. It *could* be temporary because of cold or dirt on the shutter, but shutters simply can fail at any time, no matter how many actuations.

DominoDude said:

I'm not surprised that you liked it. I would certainly own at least one if I could.
The little fill has been around for quite a long time in the Metz world, and I don't know if there are any other that have something similar.

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I don't know if it is patented or not, but it is a great feature. I don't use flashes mounted on the camera very much, but these do a remarkable job with the main unit bounced and the smaller head providing fill.

Re: Interview About the EOS 5Ds & EOS 5Ds R with Mike Burnhill

canonvoir said:

Who has a list of L glass released since 2010?

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Wikipedia:
8–15 mm f/4 2010
70–200 mm IS II f/2.8 2010
70–300 mm IS f/4-5.6 2010
300 mm IS II f/2.8 2010
400 mm IS II f/2.8 2011
500 mm IS II f/4 2011
600 mm IS II f/4 2011
24–70 mm II f/2.8 2012
24–70 mm IS f/4.0 2012
200–400 mm IS f/4 2013
16–35 mm IS f/4 2014
100–400 mm II f/4.5-5.6 2014
11–24 mm f/4 2015

Don't forget that the EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II @ $7k isn't an L lens

Got it. Should be in this forum room but anyway...

Mods, you can remove this thread.

Out of interest, for anyone who has taken photographs in the UK, a new photographic competition has been announced by the Ordnance Survey, called the "National Map Cover Competition".

It is what it says - a competition to find the next set of photographs to use on the covers of the Ordnance Survey map ranges, which means they need at least 300, taken from every region in the UK.

Details are here: https://os.uk/photofit/

Let us know if you win...

Thank you all for your answers. I reall think I will stay at APS-C for the moment, as I don't need high ISO or very big prints. I ordered some 120cmx80cm prints. If they are OK, I'm more than happy with my 7D and the Sigma combo for landscape.

I might add another body, so I don't have to switch lenses. Or a big telephoto lens. We will see.

Thank you all for the information
cheers

My biggest issue with YN is consistency.

To upgrade the transmitter for the 600RT system you can use 64bit bit OS. To upgrade the 600RT knock offs you need to use a 32bit OS.

Great, don't have any of those laying around anymore! Now I need to install a virtual machine to upgrade $360 worth of flashes that work via radio but won't fire via the hotshoe or PC socket...

Look here: http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=25061.msg494706#msg494706

Clement,

The Canon AF assist on the 600-EX-RT is phenomenal, it even changes pattern depending on which AF point you have selected. So no, it isn't physics, it is a case of you get what you pay for.

Personally, I believe the 70-200 F4 IS is the sharpest lens I own ... second 100-400 V2, although my 100-400 v.1 is very sharp also, especially when not pushed out at 400. Not to mean it isn't sharp at 400, it is very sharp, but it starts to show the range at 400 -- minimally.

I'd be hard pressed to say the 70-200 f4 is REALLY REALLY sharper compared to the 100-400 V.2 -- and under certain situations would be difficult to choose between them as long as choice was at comparable lengths ... 200m - 4000m, the V.2 wins it hands down ;D

Having said that, I'd say the sharpest shots in my catalog are 70-200 f4 shots -- but the applications differ, so very difficult to say. Depending on the range, you can't go wrong with either one.

I've never shot with the Sigma, but it would have to really kick butt to stay with the 100-400 v.2 ... no doubt.

Chuck Westfall says in the interview that it's a scaled up 7DII sensor.

So it's not a 5 layer sensor.

I have a japanese m and a official uk m. it's just a different range of menu languages, importantly for you, both have english.

It would need to be a very good price to tempt me: the m1 is also on sale at argos, brand new with uk warranty, kit 18-55 and 90ex speedlite, uk manual etc for £199.99.

A very good price considering the reputation of the vendor and the back up of a uk warranty.

Mt Spokane Photography said:

MARKOE PHOTOE said:

This can't be correct but Amazon shows a availability of June for both models. I personally would not buy from the seller but you might want to check this out. It's too big of a purchase to take a risk like that IMHO. I"ll wait for Prime to make the offering.

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Be careful. Prime does not mean much anymore, it may be graymarket and the seller may not accept returns.

Anyone can sell using Amazon Prime, I do. I just send inventory to various Amazon Warehouses and it sells like hotcakes.

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Thanks for heads up MSP! Assume you're on the list to get one or two of these?