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Valvebounce · Jul 25, 2014

Hi Glenn.
Excellent shots, I really like this one.
Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Graham.

Glenn Bartley said:
Spent a few days up in the mountains this week searching for Ptarmigans. What a great time spent in a gorgeous place!

Canon1 · Jul 25, 2014

AlanF said:
I don't think the OP is lying. Also the sellers do sell iPad cases and so I don't think someone switched - simply, the wrong order was sent and the OP screwed up because of the delays and the seller behaved badly. Maybe someone somewhere ordered iPad cases and got a 6D + 24-105 and decided to keep it. But, not a scam.

The op states that the box he received was full of "empty" iPad cases. This implies that the seller shipped him a bunch of trash meant for the recycle bin. I simply don't believe the buyer is being fully truthful here. I'm even wondering if the buyer is trying to pull off his own scam. None of it adds up.

Valvebounce · Jul 25, 2014

Hi Folks.
When we were last on holiday in Cumbria playing in the snow in our Landrover I stopped at the side of the road to capture the view. I'm mid forties not too portly and was dressed for the climate, a little old lady in a beat up small hatchback, think VW Polo for size, stopped to check I didn't need help, she passed us and came back a few minutes later, I thought it was real sweet of her to check, I guess she could have given us a lift to find a bigger tow car!
At least her offer was well intentioned, I guess that was karma doing the rounds, as I had helped get a small van out of an icy car park the previous day!

Cheers Graham.

AcutancePhotography said:
mackguyver said:

Each time, I was away from the car shooting when I heard honks or people shouting asking if I was okay.

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Consider yourself very lucky. Where I live, you can be laying on the ground bleeding and no one would even slow down.

I remember when I was living in Utah. I decided to pull over to the side of the road to look at a map. (you see, kids, back then we had these large pieces of paper with symbols on them that helped us navigate).

In about 3 minutes I had several people stop and ask me if I needed any help. Friendly people there.

Where I live now (DC area), if you pull over to the side of the road either someone will shoot and rob you or the police will beat you up and rob you... uh I mean arrest you for suspicious activity and confiscate evidence.. that will get lost.

mrsfotografie · Jul 25, 2014

l_d_allan said:
mrsfotografie said:

I find I'm looking at (used) lenses in the 5000 euro range now (!!!) so apparently the comfort zone increases as far as the wallet can take it...

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You (and the OP) could consider renting the "Chess Board set" from Lensrentals:
http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/supertelephoto/lensrentals-chess-set

shipping is $1100 to $2400, depending on location.

That's a really great idea ;D

jdramirez · Jul 25, 2014

l_d_allan said:
jdramirez said:

Abe's went out of business... their name was sold to a shady nyc company... they try and up sale you now. Not cool.

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Oddly, AOM seems to be located in NJ.

Any idea of when AOM went belly-up? I have bought from them in the past with ok results, but I did have to keep saying "NO" to the add-ons.

I feel like it was two years ago... but a Google search will be more accurate than me.

l_d_allan · Jul 25, 2014

Sporgon said:
Neat detective work Mack. ! How did you manage to find the original picture ?

I'm wondering the same thing.

My impression is that there is software that can find matches for a specific image, such as a local image that it somehow scans the web to check if it is somewhere "out there". Doesn't seem possible that this could be done in a reasonable amount of time, but that apparently is the case.

Maybe?
http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2014/02/06/using-google-image-search-license-photographs/

wsmith96 · Jul 25, 2014

RLPhoto said:
wsmith96 said:

RLPhoto said:

Ebay is good. I've bought and Sold lots of equipment through them. I'm selling alot of my kit right now at the moment and I know someone somewhere will buy it.

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What are you selling?

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http://www.ebay.com/usr/elzaz444

Thanks! - Checked it out, but nothing I was looking for. I'll be in San Antonio next weekend which would have been convenient.

Regards,
-w

sanigo · Jul 25, 2014

DigglerDawg said:
Mine has always produced a good handful of red or other-coloured pixels on long exposures. The longer exposure, the more (at least obvious) coloured pixels are produced. I have no problem in healing them out, but I'm not sure if I'd be so pleased with 900-odd. Shorter exposures in the handheld-range rarely show any.

A used 1DSIII seems to be fetching only around £1100-£1200 now (bad news for me) so, as others have said, I guess you really have to accept the age-related issues you might come across. It's still a damn-good camera when used correctly, especially at it's current used-price. Just be careful hanging that beast with L lenses from your neck - my neck is permanently damaged!

It seems that the older the camera are, the more dead pixels it has. I am not very annoyed about the dead/hot pixels.
Thanks you

talicoa · Jul 24, 2014

mackguyver said:
privatebydesign said:

So the answer.

Three lenses, all Canon 50's the 1.8, the 1.4 and the 1.2L.

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Hmm, could foreground/background distance relationship have more to do with shallow DOF than the aperture? Or PP vs. native lens contrast? I think so. I think the only shot is obviously not to the f/1.4 or f/1.2 and that's the little figurine with the book because the bokeh looks less smooth. Then again, poor use of contrast in post could make bokeh harsh, too.

Nice challenge - maybe you should start a new one in its own thread - battle of the 35L vs. f/2 IS vs. f/2.8 or maybe 70-200 f/2.8 (all versions) vs. 135 f/2?

The distance relationship was a big part of how I guessed. There is one with a girl sitting in a field pretty far away from the camera. The shallower depth of field in that one, I think could only be from the 1.2 wide open. It is pretty extreme for that distance. Like wise, the Horse is relatively close, if it were the 1.2 wide open, there would be a much smaller slice in focus.

I based my guesses on the fact that all of the lenses were shot wide open, but that isn't true, and some of the photos have been blurred artificially, like the one of the lady looking up the roof. There is no way to get that plane of focus without a tilt shift lens, or some post processing.

Still this was fun, and I say make more of these. Just make sure the exif shows the lenses wide open, and watchout for any major manipulation.

Also, it is too late to do the math, but my 50% correct was significantly better than guessing. Guessing would average a 33%, and that additional 17% is hard to come buy, especially when there were shots stopped down, and manipulated in post. So I feel pretty good that you can see differences.

jdramirez · Jul 24, 2014

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Most reputable online dealers let you retrieve a invoice online. Local ones keep records and usually can duplicate one. I almost always buy from either Adorama, or from a small local camera shop in Couer D Alene Idaho. They employee real photographers, and I like to do my share of keeping a few of the old fashioned shops around. One small local photo store for Pros just closed shop recently.

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon, but not Cameras.

Doing a quick inventory of my gear....

used... out of warranty
new... with receipt in email and account, but out of warranty
used... out of warranty
new... with receipt in email, still under warranty
used... out of warranty
used... out of warranty
used... reported stolen... there's a whole backstory here... but the story isn't done yet...
new... with receipt in email and in account, still under warranty
used... out of warranty.

Honestly, I've never had a lens or body go bad on me... so either I keep it well protected or I've been very lucky.

triggermike · Jul 24, 2014

Air conditioning.

Ditophoto · Jul 24, 2014

I've been shooting professionally (weddings/portraits) with the old 5d since they came out in 2005. I still use them as back ups to my 5d mk 2s and 5d mk3. They are very capable cameras and have it where it counts in terms of image quality. If you are looking for full frame, then go for it.

That said, the 6D has more resolution, a far superior AF, and vastly improved high ISO performance. Its hard to beat the price for one refurbished through Canon. If you are interested in picking up a 5d used, send me a message. I have one left. My other was used to trade up to a 5d mk3 through Canon's loyalty program.

Blessings,

Don

jonathan7007 · Jul 24, 2014

An older post on page two of this sub-forum reveals Jack to be the teacher of the kids to be interviewed so he is good to go with that 50mm. Just the ticket for inspiring them. Sounds like fun project.
Jonathan

mackguyver · Jul 24, 2014

I think it's too much of a niche product for Canon and doubt they would ever produce one. The 8-15L is their answer to superwide.

mackguyver · Jul 24, 2014

I'd wait another 6-8 weeks to see if the 100-400 II materializes as a pre-Photokina announcement.

CanonOregon · Jul 24, 2014

Sharpest zoom I've used. The 'color' of images is what catches my eye. Can you go back to the dealer and try another in the store? Also, try focusing on an object from an angle and see if it's a 'focus point' issue- is the area in front of or behind sharper than where you set the focus? It should be about the best lens you've ever used, love mine.

sagittariansrock · Jul 23, 2014

Only had the opportunity for a quick look, but I shall be back for more.
Very, very nice!

Viggo · Jul 23, 2014

IMG_0001 said:
Viggo said:

IMG_0001 said:

privatebydesign said:

Viggo said:

RLPhoto said:

I dont know but A PCB Einstein @ 640 W/s would take atleast 6+ Speelites to get kinda close to the full power output. It would be the same with these if they are measures the same.

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Thanks for the tip, but I can't buy Einstein, it's not sold here and I can't import due to importing rules, think it's about the lithium battery, and I think thy used to be only 120V , not 240V.

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Not suggesting that you do buy an Einstein, though I recently got two and they are very good. But for the sake of accuracy, the Einstein doesn't have a battery in it and is allowed to be shipped anywhere worldwide with no restrictions (not saying there are not import regulations unrelated to batteries), also they run on any voltage from 95-250VAC 50-60Hz automatically, effectively you can plug them in anywhere in the world and they just work.

But international shipping is a pain and for service or warranty they have to go back to Tennessee and the Einstein also doesn't do HSS.

As for the power output, as IMG_0001 said, the small flash GN only covers a very small area, the Godox has a much wider spread so actually puts out much more light. It is very difficult to compare flash power on specs, even when you use the same figure to do it. For instance if you compare a 1200WS Profoto to an older 2400WS Profoto in the same modifier the 1200 actually gives you one stop deeper dof because it is so much more efficient, WS refers to potential energy.

There is no accurate way of comparing flash output, there is no standard, without firing them next to each other in the same modifier. But the Godox will give you much more light output than the 600-EX-RT.

Addendum: The Godox is rated at GN 52 with a circular beam spread of 65º, the 600-EX-RT is rated at GN60 with a rectangular beam pattern of a 200mm lens, or 12º. This means the area the Godox covers is around eight times bigger. In practice I'd expect the Godox to put out a couple of stops more power than both your 600's together.

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Bearing in mind that 65 degrees is around 35 mm focal length and that Canon's 600EX-RT manual states GN36m at 35mm and ISO 100 and 1/1 power. Then, given Godox GN is 52m:

52/36=1.44 times the distance for the correct exposure and given the the inverse square law,:

1.44^2 = 2.

The Godox flash is then pretty much 2 stops more powerful than the Canon. So Private was pretty right.

And I think it is also good to remember that 1 more stop than a 600RT requires two 600EX-RT,
+2 stops = 4 flashes;
+3 stop = 8 flashes and so on.

Therefore a pair of those Godox flashes would be +3 stops and be roughly equivalent to 8 Canon 600EX-RT.

And then comes battery life, overheating possibilities, recycle times and so on...

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Thanks again. It starting to look like getting the Godox for sure. I know that for each stop I need twice as many speedlites, that's why I have two, and only two. After that it starts to become expensive and loooots of batteries.

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If you do so, keep us informed of how you like them. I was interested in some of the Godox products for a small home studio, but I am yet to decide if I trust the brand enough to hand them my precious beans. Still, some of their products like the bare bulb speedlight and the lithium battried speedlight appear to be relatively well perceived and the prices are very attractive.

I already have a PB820 batterypack for my speedlites and they have seen some abuse, but work as new, and it turns out I can use that pack on the 360 as well, neat stuff.

Only thing is, I saw a transmitter and receiver that allowed me to adjust power remotley, however it did not support HSS. Looks like I have to have one remote in my pocket to adjust power and another to transmitt from camera to both control power and have HSS, it seems like a pita, but hey, they're cheap.

StudentOfLight · Jul 23, 2014

Nick Gombinsky said:
Not yet for sale, Schneider has a 18mm Xenon FF Prime T2.4

It is a cine lens, but covers full frame... will cost a bit over $4000

I was typing while you you posted... LOL
I knew it was doable!!!

JLRoyal42 · Jul 23, 2014

tolusina said:
distant.star said:

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Good video work, but I prefer Jeff Cable's work with the Phantom drone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKcDVjb2_w

He will be doing a B&H presentation next month on flying the Phantom.

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There's a tough call to make.
I'm seriously a Jeff Cable fan, love his work ethic, his work and his presentations.
San Francisco is far and away my most favoritest city.
And, yup, I too like the youtube vid you've posted, I especially like the segment rising from behind trees on Angel Island to reveal the Oakland-Bay Bridge.

But I'd 100% rather be up in and shooting from a real helicopter over S.F. than shooting R.C. model footage.

I have to agree with you on that one Tolusina. Thanks

Antono Refa · Jul 23, 2014

Etienne said:
I'm sure the multiple benefits of high resolution (like cropping) have been listed a zillion times, so I'll skip that.

Adding more pixels will eventually hit the wall of lenses' resolving power, and I don't recall numbers being raised in those zillion times.

[I don't bother because I didn't use a lens longer than 200mm in 2&1/2 years, but bird photographers might care about that.]

Etienne said:
If you are completely satisfied with what you have, good for you, you'll save money.

I can already print about 2x as large as I want, and buying GigaPan would be cheaper than buying a new camera. And as my banker keeps saying, if I wasn't prideful, I would have gone to the same orchards as the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees and pick me enough money to buy me a small island.

dgatwood · Jul 23, 2014

johnf3f said:
No advice - I just misread the post and it reminded me of my, then, 3 year old grand nephew running around with my 1D4 and 24-105 at Christmas a couple of years ago. The camera was as big as his chest and he found it VERY heavy! He got some cracking shots though!

Was that the lens cracking or the body?

RustyTheGeek · Jul 23, 2014

Mt Spokane Photography said:
It sounds like the rubber drying out, there are some easy fixes recommended. I've had at least five 40D's, actually, more like 7 or 8. I sold my last one this Spring. I've never seen the issue, so it does sound like a age related issue.

Ditto! I've owned four, bought 'em, used 'em and sold them to good friends who STILL use them. I finally bought the 60D years ago after the fourth 40D. I still want another one. I never quite warmed up to the 60D nearly as much as I loved the 40D. Wonderful camera. It's a beautiful mate to the Classic 5D. Ahhhh, memories.....

infared · Jul 23, 2014

In actual use...I am REALLY starting to like this lens..I can see I will be using it a whole lot more than the 16-35 f/2.8L II that I sold to buy it... 8)
The sharpness and the contrast are like the 24-70mm f/2.8l II. Very good for a zoom.