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Sauropod · Sep 19, 2015

Quick update. The empty CLI-42GY_SETUP cartridge weighed 16g (the full one weighed 28g).

I weighed a CLI-8PC full and it came in at 28g, the empty CLI-8PC came in at 15g.

I ran the -8PC all the way down til I was informed it had run out of ink. The -42GY may have had a bit of ink left in it as I changed it before it said it had truly run out of ink. That could account for the 1g difference in empty weight.

I will be curious to see if future CLI-42x cartridges come in at 27g or 28g. I weighed a complete set of CLI-8x and each weighed 28g. As my CLI-42x sample size is exactly one I can't comment yet.

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 19, 2015

sedwards said:
if im not mistaken , AF will work in liveview at F8.

Yes, but using a long telephoto with TC and liveview can be extremely difficult unless on a sturdy tripod with a very still subject. If you are lucky, a bird might sit on a branch in one spot long enough for liveview on a 50D to focus. It will likely hunt for a while.

bsr7 · Sep 19, 2015

Thanks guys! For this we used 3 5D mkiii's. glide cam 2000 and ifootage sliders.

Tinky · Sep 19, 2015

Nice tranquil image.

If I were being hyper-critical I would suggest the following for a subsequent attempt:

1. Night shots are best taken when there is just some colour left in the sky. There is usually a tipping point when the streetlights etc kick in, but there is still some colour. That rich indigo blue. If there is some slight cloud formations then it can also add interest. The sky here, and the reflections are just a bit lifeless.

I would go onto The Photographers Ephemeris and see where the sun will be be in relation to your viewpoint on the church facade, if the facade faces east then the sun will set in the west behind it, if the facade faces west then the sun will rise behind it. Do be careful though as sometimes these feature lights are switched off later on at night, and so may not be there if you go for a dawn shot.

2. White balance. The white balance on the church is probably correct yet looks a little cool (granite stone) and the sodium lights are just yukky. You can get round this by doing shooting RAW and doing a couple of conversions, one with WB set for sodium (just under 1800K or as close as your software will allow) and one with the WB set for the church facade (perhaps tungsten preset, 3200K)

Using PS you can place the church layer over the sodium layer, and crop out around the localised church.

This would mean that your general scene has correct WB (as the sodium also reflects and lights trees pavements etc) and the church is correct too.

It's mixed lighting and without getting some mired LEE gel and placing it over the church lighting (if this were a commercial shoot for say a postcard, or to illustrate restoration I would do just that) you are limited to a post fix.

All meant in the spirit of constructive criticism.

Tyroop · Sep 18, 2015

After I got fed up with the inconvenience and discomfort of carrying around heavy, bulky SLR gear for general photography a few years ago I bought an S90. These S class cameras are so small you carry them around effortlessly and, as you say, they are capable of good images ... in the right conditions.

Outdoors in good light - like your samples - there is no problem. However, indoors and when the light starts to fade a little it is a different story. I took some great poses of my kids, but when I attempted to produce largish prints the image quality just wasn't there. This happened a number of times and it started to get frustrating.

I then switched to the EOS M. The system was bigger and heavier than the S90, but the APS-C sensor and some good EF-M lenses fixed the IQ problems I had experienced with the S90. It was still a lot smaller than a DSLR system. I could also use all of my EF and EF-S lenses with the addition of an EOS M to EF converter.

The EOS M system isn't without its frustrations. In most situations it is OK, but sometimes the AF won't do what I want it to do, there is a limited range of EF-M lenses, and Canon's marketing strategy with this system up to now has been a joke.

I'm on the fence now whether to continue with EOS M or to go with a small SLR and pancake lenses. The rumours here about a possible M4 and SL2 both interest me.

But yes, I basically agree with you. If you understand the limitations of these cameras they can be very handy and they are absolutely no hassle at all to carry around because of their small size and weight.

Here's a write up of my S90 that I did when I was using it as my every day walkaround camera. It includes sample images and some of my thoughts about the camera.

http://phil.uk.net/photography/canon_powershot_S90.html

Sportsgal501 · Sep 18, 2015

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Spring 2016 Debut? As in May? People complain when they have to wait 2-3 months after a Canon announcement. How about making long suffering Pentax users wait 8 months

I do indeed have some old Pentax Glass. I picked up a old Canon FTb QL today at a garage sale, it seems to work nicely at all shutter speeds, and the old L lens works fine as well.

That time period was the heyday of Pentax, they were neck and neck with Nikon, and maybe better than Canon. I never owned one then, but have bought used ones since.

Extra a few months won't hurt better to get a system that is working properly than one full of issues like the first batch of K-3 II.

Jack Douglas · Sep 18, 2015

arbitrage, you have altogether too much gear. It's time you off-loaded some of it to me!

My immediate lust is for the 1DX MII but boy 600 DO - oooh. I would do fine I think since I'm handling 1D4 and 300 X2 with no problem. Couldn't handle your big 600 though.

Jack

kaihp · Sep 18, 2015

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Any difference3 in settings between the two cameras will affect the number of shots. Something is set differently. reset both cameras so they will be the same.

Yup. Different ISO, different noise reduction, different anything that will effect the image processing.

Vivid Color · Sep 18, 2015

I recently got all of my gear insured through Hill and Usher and they were great to work with. Since I'm not working with other people, and was mostly concerned with theft or loss, I did not focus on liability issues, but I did list all of my filters, cards, etc. Although each one wasn't a lot of money, collectively, I was really surprised at how much all of accessories added up to. If something catastrophic happens and I lose all of my gear, I am glad that all of the accessories are covered as it would be a lot of money to lay out all over again. That said, I would include only those things that you would want to replace. For example, an accessory you bought but didn't find useful and never use, I would exclude that from the inventory. At the very least, you should list all of your stuff and add up the replacement cost to make your decision. H&U sends you a great Excel spreadsheet that makes this task very easy. (Don't bother with the PDF version as it is not detailed enough.) Hope this helps.

Vivid

cayenne · Sep 18, 2015

RustyTheGeek said:
Thought it was GREAT! My wife is gluten free for medical reasons and I think she'd love this. Video was obviously a lot of work, thanks for the inside scoop. So sorry to hear about Bailey! 16 good years but no doubt you're down about it.

Goodness!!

Thank you VERY much for the praise!!

Well, like all the stuff we all do...yes, it is a lot of work, I'm a one man band totally....so, it takes time and effort, but it is a labor of love.

I'm not allergic as far as I know of to gluten, but I'm avoiding wheat and grain products as much for their perceived gut problems they cause as that they are so prevalent in processed food, which I AM trying to really avoid these days.

I do plan to shoot more things that go along with the dietary lifestyle I'm leaning towards these days...a vegetable heavy "paleo" type diet. And I do look around and find things not many have shot videos on before to find new subject matter.

I recently bought a Big Green Egg to grill on,so likely some videos involving that ...maybe the grilled plantain and black bean stuffed poblano chile relines I made up this weekend...etc.

Anyway, it is fun stuff....the next one I plan to try to do it with the 5D3 with Magic Lantern RAW...combined with shooting with my anamorphic lens adapter...and really try some new things.

If nothing else, it gives me a great opportunity to try out new gadgets, skills and learn new software.

And thanks for the condolences for Bailey. Yes, I really, really miss my pup Bailey. She used to "help" with all the cooking and video shooting. I just had to give her a little something at the very end of that video. It ran so long, I wasn't really sure much of anyone would watch it to the end and see that bit I did for her.

Thanks again!!

Cayenne

kaswindell · Sep 18, 2015

Agreed, very cool

Cali Capture · Sep 18, 2015

The Sony A7rII is a $3,200 dollar body with 1K lenses! It doesn't make much sense for EOS owners to invest in this system just for 4K video or a smaller body.
Canon has come up short in offering all of us vested EOS glass owners with a simple affordable Video system for our lenses. We should be able to slap our lenses on a sub or near $1k video body designed for enthusiast level video & sound capture. It doesn't need to be as compact as an A7 or M series, in fact it should have some weight (great battery) to balance the EOS lens heft.
With most Canon EOS owners coming from the still capture culture, we most likely have that as our primary goal. If I'm potentially shooting both video and stills, odds are video will be on a tripod. So I'd rather have another body that's better at video, with just an easy to use platform, without paying for it to be good at stills!

Anyone else agree, this is a missing link in Canon's offerings?

Click · Sep 18, 2015

Very nice series, Ivan.

jeffa4444 · Sep 18, 2015

Ditto. Did not get much out of the tour felt it was clunky and for an imaging company not really informative.

Vishal · Sep 18, 2015

I guess this sub-topic gets the closest to the theme of my shoot so posting it here.

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Vishal · Sep 18, 2015

Thank You for the pointers, appreciate it

Stu_bert · Sep 17, 2015

psolberg said:
Stu_bert said:

psolberg said:

I'm not surprised. Sony has a huge RD division and they have been a leader in semiconductors for far longer than I can remember. Canon is simply outspent, out performed and out matched. However canon is competing with sony like it competes with Nikon: simply try to out-muscle them. That will not work with sony, as sony cannot just match them in size and scale, but budget, if not exceed them. Canon needs to go back to its roots: understand its market. Sony is giving people what they want. Canon is simply betting on lens mount lock-in to keep its base around.

In many ways, canon is exactly where nikon was some years ago: huffing and puffing its market position while doing nothing to become more nimble. In many ways, sony is the new canon: a challenger company that has nothing to lose so it takes risks.

So kudos to sony, they deserve their wins. Canon, well you know a company that is in a panic when their have to resort to announcing prototypes or "developments" they are working on. You can be both sony and nikon are doing the same things, but they are not silly enough to tip the competition when they have no product to sell.

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It's interesting, none of us know the future, and no of us know how much profit any company is making, and whereas we all want to invest in a manufacturer that will be around for years to come, the reality is Nikon, Canon, Sony will I'm sure be around for a long while yet.

I remember everyone (not here) going that Apple will fail, Android will succeed, yet whereas Android phones have the lions share of the market, Apple have the lions share of the profit. We dont know how much profit they (camera manufacturers) are making so saying that one is dominating the other is frankly mute - no one can prove a thing. Revenue or % market share is important, but profit makes the difference.

As for marketing products not released - that's a normal marketing ploy, you want to keep your customers from going elsewhere. At CES every year, we see TVs being shown, but not released, along with a whole lot of other products.

I agree that Sony has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, and that the competition they bring is good for us. But, as most users of any of the current systems will tell you (so long as they're not trying to generate web traffic to gain income), any of the dSLRs or mirrorless systems are more than a match for what you do. Go read Tom Hogan who writes Nikon books. It's more about learning to use the system to its' potential and actually taking photos then it is about trying to convince others that they've bought into a dead system and as a result they cant take decent photos any more.

For Canon rumors, all these threads are good business. The more we argue, the more hits, the more money. I get that. But it would be good if every time a new camera is released from any manufacturer, people focused more on what it does, and less on why it beats the beejeepers out of the competition and therefore no one can take a good photo or video with the kit they have....

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I'm not sure what you mean. Public companies report how much profit they make. They are required to do this. Canon releases quarterly reports like nikon and sony do. They must. Do they fudge things a bit, off course, but we WILL know if Nikon/Canon camera divisions are struggling. It isn't as hidden as you believe even if we don't have access to the internal data.

Also everybody wants to be apple: huge margins, a fanatical base. The reality is that few, if any companies can exist that way or even achieve it. Canon is no apple. not even close. Plenty of companies do retreat because of declines in numbers. In fact that is the norm. So using apple as an example is really misguided because apple is not like anything out there. Even so Apple is also not invincible: double digit declines in ipad sales are not reversing. The iphone lift has to keep going year after year and any hiccups will be felt as that is basically their only business. It's their "windows" back before microsoft diversified into a million profit centers. Canon is more like microsoft: many profit centers. So the camera division isn't necessarily betting the company. The question is how will their division cope with the changes even as the larger entity goes on. Yes, Android will continue to dominate the future of mobile computing by numbers. Apple may still manage to keep people upgrading iphones, and canon may still manage to keep some professionals buying 1Dxs. It is not that they will go away. That is silly. The question is what role. It may very well be, Nikon/Canon become niche players, like the Medium Format players of today, while Sony runs away with the market. or not.

I didnt think they broke it down even to product families. If they do, then I stand corrected.

Sony is just the latest kid on the block. You are forecasting doom for Canon, a niche player. The same was said about Apple with all the Android sales, yet Apple makes good profit out of their models. I was not stating they are invincible, nor that Canon is trying to be an Apple. And yes, as the largest tech company, of course everyone wants to be like them. But your doom and gloom for Canon appears to be based solely around Sony releasing products that You think are good.

It's about staying in business. It's about making a profit. For the "upstarts", their only line of attack is pricing and innovation. Does not mean they will be successful, or become niche.

Why has the bottom fallen out of the dSLR market? Because smartphones are good enough for most people's needs. How many people who buy a camera know what a Sony has over an Olympus or a Fuji. And for those that do know, just how many are going to chase the latest tech and jump ship?

Sony may indeed be aggressively attacking Canon and Nikon. What happens if they don't make a good profit from the cameras? Sure their sensors division are doing well, but is the camera side doing well ? And is it fact or Sony huffing and puffing and showing they are more successful than they are?

The arguments can continue till the cows come home. Frankly it is just an exercise in futility....

Sep 17, 2015

lv2rescue said:
Thanks everyone! I will try the back button AF idea. The DOF was definitely tight on an 800 mm at close range, but even though the subject didn't move significantly, you can see frame by frame as it gets further and further out of focus. I thought if the subject didn't move it would stay locked on just by pushing down on the shutter in AI servo. Thanks again!

Which 800mm lens are you using? I use the Canon 800 F5.6 L IS and expect a VERY high keeper rate if I do my part! I often use my 800 at close to MFD (sometimes closer with extension tubes) and normally go for F11 to get some depth of field.
Another thing I have found is that my keeper rate is significantly higher with the IS turned off - even more so with moving subjects.

YuengLinger · Sep 17, 2015

unfocused said:
A couple of thoughts:

If you send the camera and lens in to Canon for a clean and check, they will test the camera and lens, and clean the sensor and the front and rear lens elements, but they won't take either apart to check for water damage, unless you tell them what happened and ask for a repair estimate.

Even though the camera is working now, it's probably going to die an early death, as corrosion eventually causes electrical elements to fail. Whether it takes months or years is anyone's guess.

Do you already own full frame lenses? If not, you need to factor that in to the cost of entry into the full frame world.

If you are certain you will be switching to full frame, I'd use this accident as a reason to take plunge.

For the uses you described, the 6D sounds like the best match. If you need weather resistance, the 5DIII is better, but it's not going to take kindly to a dunking in the water either.

If the current camera is working, you might want to wait a month or so and see what prices are like as we get closer to the Christmas holidays (follow CanonPriceWatch.Com).

The Canon refurbished store has occasional sales. You may want to watch for a sale there (again, follow CanonPriceWatch.Com) for a heads up on sales.

Finally, if you aren't ready to go full frame, consider a 70D. It's a big step up from the Rebel line and they are very cheap right now (either new or refurbished).

+1 All sounds like solid advice, exactly what I'd tell a friend.

Canon Rumors · Sep 17, 2015

HTML:

<strong>Details</strong>

Firmware Version 1.4.0 incorporates the following improvements and fixes:</p>
<p>Fixes a phenomenon which occurs when the “Shutter button half-press” menu item, configured in “C.Fn5: Operation”>”Custom Controls Menu”, is set to metering start only; depending on when the shutter button is half-pressed, it may initiate AutoFocus.</p>
<p>Firmware Version 1.4.0 includes all improvements and fixes provided in previous firmware versions.</p>
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<p>Notes:

▪ As a result of this fix, cameras with Firmware Version 1.3.9 (or later) will not be able to read the “camera settings file” created with cameras running Firmware Version 1.3.5 (or earlier). If you require the “camera settings file”, please create it after updating to firmware version 1.3.9 (or later).</p>
<p><strong>Support</strong>

Canon USA will perform this firmware update on the EOS-1D C Cinema EOS Camera free of charge. Shipping and handling charges may apply. Please contact the Canon Customer Support Center for details.</p>
<p>This information is for residents of the United States and Puerto Rico only. If you do not reside in the USA or Puerto Rico, please contact the Canon Customer Support Center in your region.</p>
<p>Please <a class="rebecca" href="https://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/registration/professional/professional_cameras/35mm_slr_cameras/eos_1d_c" target="_blank">register</a> the EOS-1D C. By registering, we will be able to notify you via email when future firmware updates become available for download. If you already registered, please ensure you are opted-in to receive the notification.</p>
<p>Thank you,

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Canon U.S.A., Inc</p>

JonAustin · Sep 17, 2015

pwp said:
JonAustin said:

But my favorite flash accessory for the past three years or so has been the SpinLight 360 Extreme kit.

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I thought I was aware of all the possibilities with on-flash mods so thanks, the SpinLight 360 is a new one for me.
http://www.spinlight360.com/shop/spinlight-360-extreme/
Do you find you use all the mods in the Extreme kit or would the SpinLight 360 Event setup cover most situations?
http://www.spinlight360.com/shop/spinlight-360-event/

One thing I like about the Joe Demb kit is that you don't have to choose which mod at the start of an event, just strap it on and make adjustments as required.

-pw

I use the SpinLight kit almost exclusively for in-studio work. Usually with a bounce card (when using on-camera flash), or with a diffuser (dome) or the snoot to light a background or for a hair light in a multi-flash setup.

I don't do many events, but agree with you that the simplicity and flexibility of the Joe Demb kit for such applications is great. (Which is why I still have and use mine.)

Jatedaty · Sep 17, 2015

Messages like this very often, I like to have it.

Jatedaty · Sep 17, 2015

This is much like the message

LetTheRightLensIn · Sep 17, 2015

Not sure the iPad Pro will cut it. It doesn't support external HD plug in does it? And it only has more App-like programs written for it at this time. it can't understand things like ExFAT and store offloaded ML RAW videos etc.

The Surface actually does a lot more.

The iPad Pro seems neither here nor there, not nice a compact and ultra mini for reading newspapers and this and that like a regular iPad Air nor does it do all sorts of advanced regular stuff like a Surface can.

psolberg · Sep 17, 2015

old feature. both HTC and Nokia had this for years. It is a niche thing you'll never use.

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