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Jack56 · Apr 26, 2014

Sounds reasonable. Other opinions about the option of CID?
Thank you very much for the replies so far!

Dylan777 · Apr 26, 2014

Bottom line is, if these lenses can truly deliver high IQ & accurate AF, size wouldn't be a factor. Big aperture lenses have better balance when shooting with larger DSLR bodies: 1D X, 5D III, 7D, etc...

Just don't mount it to a mirrorless: EOS-M, A7r etc...

distant.star · Apr 25, 2014

ashmadux said:
Ill say it until the cows come home- the t2i takes better images at every iso than the 7d, and produces spectacular images Sometimes i look at those files and wonder if it was worth it to go full frame, its that good. (take it from a pixel peeper)

7d images...argh, Im not going to go there...

Proud PPU (PIXEL PEEPERS UNION) Member

This is my experience almost exactly. The 7D I had was awful. My T2i (just sold tonight) was great. I always believed that since the T2i came just after the 7D, they cleaned up the sensor problems and made the T2i sensor overall superior to the 7D. Purely speculation, of course, but the performance difference to me is plain as what the cows leave in the field before they come home.

Skulker · Apr 25, 2014

Re: Canon Profits Grow in 2014 on Equipment Sales & Reshuffling of Camera Business

RGomezPhotos said:
I agree with the general vibe here... Canon hasn't given a reason to buy their cameras. The only camera REALLY worth buying was the 1DX. The 5DMKIII was a marginal upgrade. Many people said if you owned a 5DMKII, you may not need the upgrade. Only Wedding photographers would really want upgrade their 5D's... The new Rebel and SL1 are cool. But that's it in the DSLR.

With the new Nikon D800S on the horizon and some of the Sony mirrorless cameras, Canon really needs to get their act together. Fuji mirrorless is quite amazing as well. All the news and cool and new news is coming from these guys.

That Nikon D800S has me salivating....

well I am very happy to have got a 5D3, it's a great second body to my 1Dx. So I'm happy and I guess canon are happy to have sold then.

If your so worked up about how fantastic the Nikon is you should get one. Hopefully that will make you happy, and Nikon need all the sales they can get.

drs · Apr 25, 2014

I haven't given up to expect a 50mm cine lens. ;o) To mix lenses isn't really a fun, so the rest of the cine series makes no sense for me at the moment.

Marsu42 · Apr 25, 2014

Gareththomasjones said:
I am thinking of buying the YN565 but am wondering whether I should hold out and wait for their 600EX RT Clone or has that hit development/ patent problems? Will we ever see it?

I'm pretty sure we'll see it sooner or later, but after personally experiencing the reliability problems of their controller I would speculate that they have delayed the rt project until they get this problem fixed at least to a less embarrassing extent - an unreliable controller with 600rt units is bad enough, but the horror would multiply if you also add unreliable flashes.

lintoni · Apr 25, 2014

Thanks, I enjoyed the review and images. The 100-400 is still a very good lensl and as you point out, easily fits into a rucksack for hiking.

surapon · Apr 25, 2014

Yes, On my neck = Canon 5D MK II , EF 24-70 mm F/ 2.8 L with Canon Flash 580 EX MK II, on my Soulder , Canon 7D , with EF 70-200 mm F/ 2.8 L IS with Neewer Flash.
YES, I LOVE THIS NEEWER FLASH , And I give the grade = A ++
Plus Canon EOS-M in my belly pack.

JPAZ · Apr 25, 2014

climber said:
I prefer going to Italian restaurant on foot directly to Italy. Takes me 5 min just over the border.

Wish that were an option on a frequent basis..... :

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 25, 2014

Why not be the first to do it?

dstppy · Apr 25, 2014

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Generally, if its not on their website, then its out of stock. CLP Cameras and Lenses come from the same inventory.

Conversely, if its shown in stock on the refurb website, it may still not be available thru CLP due to low inventory levels.

Canon Price Watch shows the inventory levels for Cameras and Lenses, so its a good resource to see approximately how many are available.

Right now, it shows out of stock. There will likely be more added in a week or two, so setup CPW for a automatic notification e-mail.

http://www.canonpricewatch.com/canon-refurb-stock-tracker/

VERY Helpful. $2602.68 - CLP

Just pulled the trigger. I gotta sell my 7d/5Dmk2 in a hurry or I'm toast.

AvTvM · Apr 25, 2014

Got no interest in the latest Leica T "lifestyle accessoire".
But I do find their starting lens lineup (T-mount) interesting, and the overlap with the EF-M "system":

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 ..... Canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6
Leica 23 mm f/2 ................... Canon 22 f/2.0
Leica 11-23mm f/3,5-4,5 ...... Canon 11-22 f/4.0-5.6
Leica 55-135 mm f/3,5-4,5 ... X

A compact EF-M 55-135 f/4.0 IS would be nice addition to the EOS-M "system" ... along with a EOS M3 with top-notch AF-system, EVF.

dstppy · Apr 25, 2014

Springf said:
Disappointed:
G1x Mark II

I was hoping for a WHITE G1x Mark II

Jack56 · Apr 25, 2014

I like to know some names of well known landscape and nature photographers using Canon equipment. Or photographers, not that well know, but very experienced.
Can you help?
Thanks!

Mt Spokane Photography · Apr 24, 2014

Video cameras can record at lower levels of light and still have decent looking images. Those noisy images flipping by at 30 fps look pretty good. Film makers have taken advantage of this for years. The Canon 5D MK III videos look much better than the stills at extreme high ISO settings.

Don't assume that still images will be usable at the same high ISO levels used for video.

Ripley · Apr 24, 2014

Check out the 35mm f2 IS versus the 40mm at f2.8

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=810&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=824&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=2

And the 35mm f2 IS versus the 24-70mm II at f2.8

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=787&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=2&API=0&LensComp=824&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=2

As Juan Pablo would say... "I'm liking this!" ;D

StudentOfLight · Apr 24, 2014

Normalnorm said:
Ellen Schmidtee said:

RGF said:

Ellen Schmidtee said:

I hope this one will go to production.

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Agree but want it to rival the Nikon 14-24 for IQ

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I'll settle on 'well justifies an upgrade from the Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II', which I think will have to be the same as 'rivals the Nikon 14-24mm's IQ'.

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+1
I own and love the 17TS-E. IMO Canon would not likely produce something that fell short of the Nikon. I hope they would use the IQ of the 17 as a guide for this lens.
I had the Sigma 12-24 and it was wonderful within its limitations. I would buy this in an instant if it promised good edge sharpness at f8.
I would expect a price of about $2500+ and it would not make me sad.

I think the TS-E 17mm when shift-stitched covers (roughly) an angle of view of an 11mm FF lens so Canon does in fact already have a rectilinear design wide enough, plenty sharp and with minimal distortion. Who knows maybe there there's something to this rumor...

jprusa · Apr 24, 2014

mackguyver said:
Jack Douglas said:

Hmm. :-\???

But I want more than the 70D! 6D has been fun and will be a second. 1DX - so heavy??, 5D3 - perhaps, 7D2 - like others I'm (im)patiently waiting to see. Never the less, I'm not at all displeased with CANON!

Jack

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The 1D X is only heavy until you hear that glorious 12 FPS, and the 5DIII is only blah until you use it and realize how much better it is than the 5DII . I'm kidding, but I do love shooting with both of them and I find the extra weight on the 1D X to be pretty minor when attached to the 300 or 70-200 2.8.

The 7DII is going to be interesting when it comes out but I fear it will disappoint a lot of people. The 70D and 6D have really encroached on it and Canon's not likely to cannibalize 6D sales with it. It will probably be a 70D in a tougher body, with limited upgrades like 9 or 10FPS and extra video features. If it has the 1D X/5DIII AF and can AF at f/8, that will be huge, but I bet they'll cripple that. I really doubt it will be the mind blowing, 5DIII/1D X destroyer many hope it will be.

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procentje20 · Apr 24, 2014

I dont really need most of these options mentioned. However, batch handling of files would be nice, as I'd like to have RAW on the CF, and JPG on the SD. But when I want speed, I swicth of the write to SD option. When I then later want to review files on my ipad, i need to edit one by one, and then move the files to the other card. I'd like a save-a-jpg-to-the-sd-for-every-raw-on-the-cf-option.

But I think thats such a niche, i just need to forget about it.

Click · Apr 24, 2014

^^^ Ha Ha Ha ;D

Valvebounce · Apr 24, 2014

Hi RGF.
For what I do, working on cars, I just contact my prefered insurer and ask for liability insurance for a vehicle repair business. They ask me some questions and arrive at a price. So far it has been acceptabl compared to others around me so I haven't shopped around. I don't think insuring a photography business is different from any other business.
Sorry, I can't point you at a dedicated photography insurer, by the way, where you are will help us help you.

Cheers Graham.

RGF said:
There have been several (at least, perhaps more) on equipment insurance. What about business insurance (professional liability). If someone get hurt by your equipment, etc. I don't want to be held personally responsible.

Any suggestions? I am think of doing a bit of work, not full time, but never the less, what to make sure I am covered.

Albi86 · Apr 24, 2014

Terry Rogers said:
To be followed by an announcement from Sigma of an 85mm 1.4 Art for a quarter the price and 90% the IQ.

Very much wishing so here.

Daniel 78d · Apr 24, 2014

Does any body know about the 1d owners club? I was looking at the Hong Kong Canon web site to look for any announcements and ran across a spot on their site pointing out the benefits for all 1d owners from 1dc to the original 1d. It seems to be tied to Canon professional services with things like up to 50 percent studio rental discount and express costumer service among other things but when I went to the USA website I didn't see anything. I'm a new 1d owner so it would be cool but not really a big deal, just curious.

East Wind Photography · Apr 23, 2014

Methodical said:
Ken B said:

...I had a Ford F-150 that had all the window regulators fail (4 of them) and Ford didn't pay a dime, I did. It was a known problem on all 2004-2007 F-150s. I got stuck replacing them all plus a third one on the driver’s window at a cost of $1K out of my pocket....

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Umm, interesting. I had a Ford Expedition ('01) that developed a head gasket leak because of a well documented issue with the passenger side head (all over the net). The head was not milled flat and had a slight gash in it from the machining process and over time the head developed a leak. I was loosing about 2 quarts before an oil change. There was a service bulletin, but no recall. If you were outside warranty, tough. I promised myself that I would never buy another Ford SUV. I went Toyota and happy as a clam - so far.

I hope Canon is not treating it's customers this way. If so, I smell a potential class action lawsuit or worse the defect of loyal customers.

Little chance serious canon customers will defect. The other side of the fence is worse. Your warranty info is always available up front before you make a purchase. After that you are always on your own with any company and any product. Little chance for a class action. Now if its still under warranty and it fails then you have a case. However all of the wining ive seen here is about after warranty service.

And the warranty covers product materials and workmanship for 1 year usually. The key words here are materials and workmanship. Any design flaw is considered workmanship and covered under the warranty period.

As far as the ford goes...they are designed to leak right off the dealers lot. If you fix them all, the engine explodes.

traingineer · Apr 23, 2014

Drizzt321 said:
traingineer said:

dgatwood said:

Laptops and cell phones eat batteries during testing, too. Whenever you're working with software, there's a good chance you're going to have bugs that cause excessive CPU utilization. Any time the CPU is doing work, it is consuming a lot more power than when it is idle. It only takes a tiny bit of activity every few milliseconds to seriously impact power consumption by preventing the CPU from ever reaching an idle state.

Hopefully, those bugs get fixed before the thing ships, but it isn't at all uncommon to have them during development. I'd be really surprised if anything other than the CPU were responsible for the high battery drain.

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Well, Intel's CPUs generally use less power than AMD's CPUs.

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Intel has greater IPC (instructions per clock) than similar level AMD CPUs at the same clock speed. More complicated than that, but basically Intel CPUs of similar generation as an AMD CPU at the same clock speed will do a good bit more work than the AMD CPU does. This lets the Intel CPU do a "race to sleep", which is to say get the CPU back to it's lowest power usage state. If a bit of software keeps the CPU active, even at low levels, it ends up using quite a bit more power than it does if it can if it is in it's lowest power state (at which point it's not really doing much at all).

Like dgatwood said, a tiny bit of activity every few (or even more often) milliseconds can result in the CPU staying at a higher power state longer than it otherwise should, and using much more power than it would otherwise. Also, don't forget that when it uses more power, it's also using part of that to generate waste heat. I don't know the formula, but I believe, in general, as the power usage goes up, for the same conductor efficiency goes down and more of the power is released as waste heat, rather than getting to where the work needs to get done.

Exactly.

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