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traveller · Nov 22, 2013

verysimplejason said:
The G series is still quite compact compared to some DSLRs... For an APS-C sensor (as rumored) if they can maintain the size of the present G1X, this is still one of the smallest even among mirrorless aps-c.

A G1X successor would make sense if they kept the body size the same, fitted an EOS-M mount, an EVF and dual-pixel PDAF. Of course, that would require them to show commitment to EOS-M and release some more lenses, which they are not doing at the moment.

drjlo · Nov 22, 2013

spinworkxroy said:
I tried it with the Canon 50mm f1.4 and the metabones mk3...it's soooo slow it's impossible to really use for work..average 2 sec AF.

I also tried the A mount adapter with the Zeiss 24-70 f2.8. This is SUPER fast..like a 5d3 but it's basically the same AF as a99 so it's expected. however, it is soooo front heavy..it's super uncomfortable to hold.

That's disappointng to hear about Canon lens being slow with adapter and how big the Zeiss FE 55 mm is. If the former was faster or the latter smaller, I would be SO much more excited :'(

convexferret · Nov 22, 2013

Camranger and Magic Lantern provide focus peaking

mackguyver · Nov 22, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
Rienzphotoz said:

I thought we were bashing Nikon, but how did we go form Mickey Mouse to Donald Duck ;D

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I'm not the one who brought up Goofy...

Okay, since Goofy's name came up - have you heard this one (beware, somewhat dirty joke ahead):

In the courtroom, the judge looks at Mickey and says, "You can't divorce your wife Minnie for being stupid." Mickey replies, "I didn't say she was stupid, I said she was f***ing Goofy!"

Nov 22, 2013

LensAuthority is another good place to look for used gear online. They are the relatively new retail outlet for lensrentals.com, and all of their gear is thoroughly tested and inspected. Their condition rating tends to be conservative.

StudentOfLight · Nov 22, 2013

Have you had a look at Dave Dugdale's youtube channel. He shares a lot of helpful info on shooting video with DSLR.

garyknrd · Nov 22, 2013

Nishi Drew said:
According to a majority of white lens owners here in Japan, you apparently cannot be recognized past amateur level unless you use a giant tripod, from "big white" to a 70-300 with IS, even if what you're shooting absolutely doesn't need any such support, but you're willing to lug around an F/2.8 zoom all day but shoot at F/16 only... err....
Seriously it's insane, was just at a nice place for autumn leaves viewing and I lost count past 50 of people with the 70-200 series of lenses, mostly 70-200LII too, and few of them are any sort of pro, just part of a photo group/club. It was interesting to see that a majority of users are Canon here, and more Olympus/Panasonic mFT users than even Nikon.

I run into Japanese tourists and retires here in Thailand all the time. They all tell me about Canon and how famous the 300 mm f2.8 lens and others are. And allot use tripods also.. strange.

Got to talking to one guy that was a real camera buff. He was shooting on a nice tripod using a Panasonic and an older 500mm f/4.5. Manual focus with focus peeking. And was getting some beautiful photos. I was amazed. Allot the Japanese guys here really get into it. Having special machined parts made for there lens and cameras.
I felt kinda out of place.

They also tell me Canon provides free services to it's customers there. Free yearly cleaning and adjustments. Is one thing he mentioned.

Eldar · Nov 22, 2013

If the words "game changer" were appropriate for a lens, they seem to be appropriate for this one. And I guess this puts pressure on the Canon team to release a high MP body sooner rather than later. I assume many 800E and A7R bodies are bought because of this lens.
I am really looking forward to get my hands on it. Delivery date is supposed to be Nov.29.

duydaniel · Nov 22, 2013

kjay27 said:
For those who have an extra $1.2M rattling around in their wallet, a used Leica Luxus II of 1930's vintage will be auctioned off in Hong Kong with that as the expected result. It's gold plated and there were only four made. I guess my 6D won't be worth that much if I hold on to it for 85 years. Interesting story, though. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25046060

I am waiting for the day when my T3 worth this much :

duydaniel · Nov 21, 2013

Hillsilly said:
I recently came across a flash where the manufacturer compared their GN to some competitors. I thought that was a smart move as it removes a lot of potential confusion. Still it is interesting to see that GN 110 = GN 60 = GN 34. (and, of course, some of these measurements are in feet and others in metres, which also makes it a little harder to make direct comparisons.)

"Every company measures guide number differently. At LumoPro®, this is how we measure guide number:
GN= Distance x f/stop,
Distance = 10ft, F/stop at 105mm, ISO 100, Full Power = f/11
10ft x f/11 = 110, GN = 110
The LP180's power is roughly equivalent to the Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT or the Nikon SB-900."

yes GN = distance x f stop is the formula on Wikipedia. Only American and probably UK use feet while the rest of the world uses metric system. I prefer the Canon GN more because they included the zoom in their GN number while Nikon only gives GN based on 35mm and you need to calculate the rest.

Nov 21, 2013

They're not long enough to be unique serial numbers. But there are different numbers on my EF 25 II (left) and EF 12 II extenders than on yours, so I suspect they are production codes of some kind.

Rienzphotoz · Nov 21, 2013

dolina said:
My uncle Gerry lives in Tacloban, Philippines and survived Category 5 Supertyphoon Yolanda/Haiyan. He chose to stay to clean up and rebuild.

These photos were taken by him early today, Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151791836731009.1073741908.249388896008&type=1

All your help is appreciated. The Visayas thanks you.

Follow or add him on Facebook (he accepts almost everyone) to have a 1st hand account on day to day recovery of our city.

WOW ... so much devastation ... my kids (with the help of their friends) raised $3000 yesterday for the people affected by Yolanda/Haiyan ... I know its just a very small contribution but we hope it goes to the needy. May God bless them all.

jeremypark · Nov 21, 2013

privatebydesign said:
unfocused said:

Now I invite you to draw your own conclusions.

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The 7D crop has more in camera sharpening seen in larger amount of artefacts / noise seen in even the low res jpegs. The 1DSM3 has more image to play with.

Rienzphotoz · Nov 21, 2013

Andy_Hodapp said:
Had an XSI as my first camera, upgraded a couple months later to a T1i when some guy offered me more then I paid for it. I would definitely recommend going for the T1i, I've used photos from it for magazine covers and the greater iso range helps a lot.

Some of my favorite shots with it

Beautiful

surapon · Nov 21, 2013

deuce2367 said:
Good tip, saw this thread 20 minutes before launch. Not a great shot (only had my 35mm prime) but was happy with the result. View is from my neighbor's front yard, 6D with tripod.

-Deuce

Wow, Wow, Wow, Dear Mr. deuce2367.
Your Photo is a lot better than NASA photo.
Thank you, Sir to post for all of us to see.
Surapon

Viggo · Nov 21, 2013

JohnDizzo15 said:
Viggo said:

Mine is on it's way, can't wait to check it out and have some fun with it.

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Congrats, Viggo! Excited to see some shots.

Thanks! Fingers crossed it's here before the weekend! I have the EC-S focusing screen, but since it doesn't support metering and the VF goes dark with the 2470, I hope I don't need it.

LewisShermer · Nov 21, 2013

Using both on a day to day basis (1Ds3 in the studio at work & 5Diii own personal stuff including products and weddings) I'd say go for the 5Diii, better in every situation and the RAW's are much better to work with. the 1Ds3 is 5 years old and it feels it when put up against the 5Diii. I wouldn't swap my 5Diii for anything now. apart from when the 5Div or whatever comes out...

Drizzt321 · Nov 21, 2013

dgatwood said:
This is a bit surprising. I'd have expected CFast to be completely dead at this point, given that nobody has adopted it after so many years, and given that its backwards compatibility story is nonexistent.

With SD's UHS-II offering very nearly the same performance as CFast 2.0, but providing full backwards and forwards compatibility with existing cards and readers, it seems like a much, much, much more sensible choice than CFast 2.0. CF is nonstandard enough as it is. It really doesn't make sense to go even further off the rails.

The problem with SD cards is they tend to be not quite as physically robust as CF style cards (leaving aside the pin problem), and they also don't have room for a significant amount of NAND dies, which means you either have more bits per cell, which tends to wear out quicker and take longer to re-program, or you have less capacity. Also the CF style cards can be significantly more like an SSD since it's based off of UDMA, which means support for things like TRIM command (which lets the CF controller reset cells so they can be written to quicker) and other similar features.

Random Orbits · Nov 21, 2013

rmfagan said:
So 24-70 II is a great choice, and I need a second camera. Which do you think is the better buy first?

Depends on how many weddings you plan on doing. You'll use the 24-70 a lot for everything. You'll need a second camera when you do paid events. It might make more sense to rent a second body when you need it if you don't do that many events. And if you will be able to fund the 300 II next spring, it might make sense to get the 24-70 sooner, a second body if you need one in the summer and defer the purchase of the 300 II.

J.R. · Nov 21, 2013

paul13walnut5 said:
tolusina said:

paul13walnut5 said:

Guy in 2 has mental health problems.

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That's a cruel assessment of one of our more prominent members........... :'(

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Very true. The Guy in 2 doesn't have mental health problems. He is clearly the best photographer ever.

Hilarious ... LOL!

HankMD · Nov 21, 2013

Botts said:
neuroanatomist said:

Yes, the 6D would work.

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Confirmed, just did it with my 6D despite Canon's documentation.

To add another data point, yes, this worked! ;D
Cheap as the lens is, was hesitant to go ahead till I read neuroanatomist's and Botts' replies! Canon really should update their documentation (after some internal testing).

Mt Spokane Photography · Nov 20, 2013

Mick said:
Im not the most technical person around so I wondered about this question a friend asked about cropping and image quality.

If I have a full frame camera, an aps-c and aps-h and take the same shot with the same lens same light etc printed at the same size say A3, what would give the best image quality when taking say a shot in poor light...

The full frame shot at ISO3200 would need to be cropped so degrading the image quality, fine detail etc but has a two stop advantage over the aps-c and one stop over the aps-h who would need to shoot at higher iso to match the full frames speed so degrading the image quality. The aps-c needed no cropping but its ISO performance is worse and the aps-h mid way between the two. So I guess a 1DX, 1D4 and 70D for arguments sake. I said id use the full frame as id get the shot I wouldnt get with the others as the image quality would be so bad anyway without any cropping even with post production.

The solution is to use the right lens if you are serious about IQ. Only if you are focal length limited would you purposely use a wide lens and crop to APS-C size.

I will crop if my 400mm plus 1.4X TC is not long enough, or if I have seconds to get a shot off and must use whatever lens is on the camera.

The person also needs to consider the converse, What would he do if he used the same lens on a APS-C or APS-H camera that filled the Frame on his FF Body? He might not be able to do anything to recover the image. I'm only pointing this out, because in reality, its not something a photographer would do, he'd get the right lens, or move forward or backwards.

JustMeOregon · Nov 20, 2013

It would have been nice if they had let me program the silly "Rate" button to do something useful...

LetTheRightLensIn · Nov 20, 2013

Anyone get a weird feeling that the 5D3 + ML RAW hack will deliver much better video than any upcoming products other than the most high-end $$$$$$ ones? I have a weird feeling the new cams may end up with an even bigger meh and people will just use the 5D3. (The stills only users should have be happy though if so, as this would were it to be the case sustain 5D3 used prices very well so they could sell for a good price and get the new stills body.)

I sense continuing extreme segmentation and conservatism for anything but the single highest end model instead of a charging forward with the revolution.

Didn't the 5D3 prices suddenly spike way up again shortly after the ML RAW hack? And doesn't that imply that people were NOT happy with all of the critical UI features for video that they left out as well as the mushed, low DR quality it delivers without the hack? Everything was Blackmagic this and that and then the 5D3 hack seemed to be the only thing that staved off the complete rush over to use BM.

Nov 20, 2013

unfocused said:
Congrats. It seems some folks always feel compelled to rain on the parade.

That's a very good price for a non "white box" lens bought new. Best Buy has become very aggressive about matching prices, which I appreciate. I'd rather buy from a real store that employs local people if the price premium is not too great. (One reason I shop Barnes and Noble rather than Amazon whenever possible).

Did you use your Best Buy Card for the free financing? Don't forget to add the value of that into your savings if you did.

Oh, and this is a great all-around lens by the way.

Thank you!!! Actually I called their order support line and asked for a rep because I wanted to price match. I gave them the web site where they confirmed the product number and details. BB has a list of sites that they will price match with and Rakuten is on that list. I did use my BB Card.

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