Coolhandchuck said:

Here's the link.

http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1677/cat/30?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

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Thanks so much for posting this! Very impressive lens indeed, quite a beauty. Check out the size of that front element…is that not bigger than the Canon f/1.2? Even if it’s not…I like how big it is.

However, this review lacks any mention of the bokeh quality and LOCA…which is of paramount importance on a fast aperture lens.

I suspect the Sigma will be noticeably below the sharpness of the Zeiss Otus, but it will still be more than sharp enough for literally everyone. It’s really just the background bokeh highlight smoothness that I would want to know about before seriously considering purchase. I also suspect my Cosina Voigtlander 58mm might be close or equal to the sharpness of this new Sigma lens. Of course the Voigt is fully manual, and likely has far worse bokeh and LOCA. It’s also a lot smaller and lighter, and has a metal body, yet with a “zeiss” feel to it.

I think I’ll be buying the Sigma 35mm Art, before I buy another 50mm lens. Does sound like I’ll really be missing out, though!

24-200mm f/1.4-2.0 Lens with a "large" sensor" although not mentioned how large is an interesting combination but most probably unlikely or even less portable than the other G cameras which is almost as bad.

Sorry, everyone! Did not mean to kill this thread.

Regularly scheduled medium format discussion should continue from here.

new to the forum-

is there an i phone app for canon rumors?

ktatty said:

the 5d with the 40mm 2.8 is a great travel set up- especially all day with kids at Disney. I usually take the 28 mm 2.8 or the 40 2.8 in those situations.

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That makes sense and I'm finding that the 5D with a single prime is the way to go for me, too, when I travel.

crazyrunner33 said:

I have all the cameras you've listed along with the 5D with Magic Lantern and use the Blackmagic. The stock video quality in the 60D is the same as the 7D, the T2i, T3i, T4i and very similar to the T5i. Most of the cameras are stuck with 2009 lineskipping technology, but the 7D would be the way to go out of all those cameras with Magic Lantern. The CF card helps and gives you the option to shoot RAW video with Magic Lantern. When using the crop mode on the 7D in ML it will give the look of the Blackmagic Pocket Camera and will not have the aliasing issues that are plagued by most of the Canon cameras.

As a Canon owner and user of he cameras listed above, I recommend either the D5200/D5300 a GH3 for your price range and for using the camera for mostly video and some stills. The reason is because the 60D and 7D look very soft and full aliasing in the stock video mode when compared to the others.

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Don't you think the new T6i will have a new sensor?, as you said the technology is 4 years old. since 2009.

edwyun said:

For lenses, require proof of purchase AND warranty card?

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At least in the EU, you can forget about any warranty cards, the receipt is the only proof of purchase required... you also don't need any original packaging as some manufacturers try to tell you.

If it's true that the 7D II will be announced in May, this Nikon D9300 rumor would have a quite exceptional timing for a mere coincidence.

Re: Canon U.S.A. Introduces The HJ18ex7.6B Portable HD Eng Lens, Delivering Outstanding Optical Perf

Caps18 said:

Why don't more lenses come with the built in motor drive for smooth zooming?

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Size, weight, and price would be three reasons I could think of. This is a $22,000 lens for a sensor size found in P&S cameras.

mackguyver said:

scyrene said:

Thanks very much for this. Generally it's not possible to know (in my experience) where birds will be flying, although it's now swallow season (the first sand martins have arrived for the summer), so I will seek out where they congregate. I'll let you know!

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I understand and unless they're bats coming out a cave, you never know the exact direction, so maybe I should have said to point your lens in the general direction where most birds seem to be flying in or out from . The key is staying stationary - moving around will usually leave you unprepared for BIFs. Good luck with the swallows - they're about as tough as they come!

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Thanks again Swallows are super tough - but they are so numerous in the summer, and they often fly quite low, back and forth over the same spots, that with enough patience even I've been able to get a few shots. I've never spent enough time on it, but you're right - if I stay in one place it should be easier

sdsr said:

Sabaki said:

It's becoming harder to convince my friends that buying only Canon gear is the right thing to do.

Sigma have put out some amazing lenses in the last two years and Canon's only memorable release is the Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8 L II.

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I guess "memorable" is subjective, but over the past couple of years Canon has released, in addition to the lens you mentioned, the 24-70 f4, 24IS, 28IS, 35IS, 40mm pancake, and 200-400L, all of which are first rate regardless of whether one may actually want any of them.

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Agreed, Canon has made several memorable lens releases. The 24-70 and 200-400 are probably the most memorable, but most people who have one seem to rave about the forty shorty, too!

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mrsfotografie said:

Rienzphotoz said:

Rienzphotoz said:

I think this is a very good idea for any camera that does not have a tilt/flip LCD screen and Surapon as usual is the master of coming up with such gadgetry ... here is a link to his thread on how he did it:
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=20122.0

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On the same subject, one of the CR members (pdirestajr) shared this Flipbac Angle Viewfinder ... its a neat little tool for those who don't have a flip screen and would like to have one for under $15.
http://www.adorama.com/CZFB3B.html
http://flipbac.com/
Original post by pdirestajr can be found here:
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=20122.0;topicseen

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It's a nice workaround if you need a flip screen, but those reflections are very obviously fake

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Agreed. If I recall correctly... the angle of inflection is equal to the angle of deflection.

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You guys are wrong ... this fliback angle viewfinder can defy the lawas of physics for just $15 ;D

EDIT: Before someone thinks its true : or starts blasting me for leading people astray, let me clarify that this flipback angle viewfinder reflects a flipped view of the image of the EOS-M's LCD screen.

Now it seems to be working fine . It seems that like you'd expect, the files auto-rotate with Camera+PC or PC rotation set, but not when it's off. On the PC, Windows rotates it even if it was set to off, but DxO, PS, etc. don't. I swear it was set to PC only rotate, but given this test, I guess it wasn't. I feel a little crazy either way!

It does sound as though the 70D has similar AF jitter issues as the 7D. If you have a 5D III now, then I have to say, you will probably be disappointed in the consistency of the 70D AF. When it locks, it's pretty accurate, but it doesn't maintain the lock well...AF constantly shifts around, and it can result in soft detail. I've had this problem with my 7D, it happens with a lot of 7D's, and it's the biggest problem with these cameras.

My AF jitter is the reason I'll be getting a 5D III this year.

That looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing.

Huh. I thought it was the other kind of bayonet mount. Imagine that, some hipster spearing the brim of his fedora in the process of answering a call...

Jim

Rienzphotoz said:

For a bit of fun hands-on review
Canon EOS 1200D (Rebel T5) Hands-on Review

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I'm fond of these guys... I really enjoy their crappy camera series.

Thanks, but I'll keep using my real microscope…

Folks, can I use all the features of the GPS device when connecting it to the EOS M via USB cable?
I would like to do so because I want to mount a Flash as well.

Carying a Flash and the GP-E2 might look wiered but the M is my only EOS with GPS support.

mandiwmarie said:

thanks for the info. I'm only working with a canon rebel - have for five years now. I have a full frame coming on Friday, finally decided to upgrade to the 6d. So on top of strobe lighting to learn, I will get to learn a new camera too. This next one was taken with my canon rebel - 50mm 1.8 (ISO 200, F3.5 and shutter 1/200) All in all the color is flat but it looks "natural" lighting wise and that is what I'm going for. I will just keep playing around until I get the look I like. I used both bee's and both softboxes with this one.

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First step would be to stop down to at least f8, probably f11 or so would be better. Keep iso at 100 and you can easily keep shutter speed a bit lower such as 1/50-1/100th to be certain there is no chance of black bars in the photo.

The important thing to realise with strobe photography is that only the aperture and the iso will affect how much light is on the subject, shutter speed will only make a difference if there is ambient light to consider which you probably won't have much of in a studio. Since you are using mains powered strobes there is really no reason to go above the best performing ISO which for canons is either 100 or 160 depening on model. Aim for a small aperture as you want them sharp. If your backdrop is wrinkly stand them further away and put a light on it as much as possibly from a perpendicular angle as it "smooths" out the creases. Having them stood away from the backdrop will also mean that you don't get their shadows on it.

As more of a general tip, the photo you posted makes my eyes really confused as you have the leaning kid, the leaning stripes from the floor and a large straight watermark. Having photos at a slant very rarely makes them better.

RunAndGun said:

I've never used the C100, but most that have them seem to love them and there's no doubt that the image it makes is very good. Personally, the ergonomics of the Cx00 series don't fit my shooting style, but others LOVE them and if you're one of those that do like it, you can probably do great things with it.

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If low light performance is really good, I'll probably go with the XF200. The C100 low light is supposedly incredibly good, better than my 5DIII, so that is really tempting for me.

Ultimately, I think the best filming package for me would be both the XF200 and the C100, but I really want to keep my 5DIII, not just for stills, but I like the video from it as well and many times I am glad to have both in one package. Don't think I can swing keeping all three right now.

Good to see another vote for beta shell cases - best lens cases I have ever used.

they traded a little overall sharpness for improved micro-contrast
the test-bench result here looks pretty good.

http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1677/cat/30

smooth bokeh also a goal for Sigma's 50mm f/1.4 Art lens

See about 2/3 the way down in this dpreview interview, or just search for "onion"

www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/04/02/sigma-qa-part-i-ceo-kazuto-yamaki-explains-why-so-few-pentax-mount-lenses

I hope this makes Zeiss blush.

johnf3f said:

AlanF said:

Carl
What do you think of the 400 DO outresolving a 600 f/4 L?
Alan

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I have been searching for the images I took to illustrate my post but I have to admit I can't find them - sorry! They may be on my old PC (which I still have) so I will see if they are on there.
Basically I fancied one (but couldn't afford it!) so I tried out the 2 at my local camera shop. As a comparison I then mounted my Canon 600 F4L IS and took pictures of the same subject (a BMW 3 Series) from the same place. The difference was that we could see that the lacquer on the rear of the car had crazed slightly with the DO lenses we weren't easily able to pick this up with the 600.
As I said I will have another look for the images.
The 400 DO is certainly a very controversial lens - but the ones I have tried have impressed me though less so with extenders.

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Yes, I think the use case for the 400 DO is the bare lens. If you plan on only using it with extenders, you won't be getting the most out of it. That's true with all lenses, but especially with one that is not quite up to the "series 2" sharpness. Even though I've yet to try one, I do feel the 400 DO is not deserving of the bad reputation...however I think I read somewhere that the earlier samples from a decade ago or so, may have had some production inconsistencies. That alone could have contributed to a lot of the negative buzz on this lens, and has endured. It was first introduced in 2000. So most guys who are ready to blow a lot of cash on a supertele, want "the latest and greatest"...and anything that isn't, is sub-par to them. It's a similar snobbishness that third party lenses usually get. But I was surprised at how poor the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 looks in Bryan's tests, even compared to the "less than perfect" 400 DO. Yet the images I've seen from it online, look pretty sharp with decent contrast. I guess it just means the better lenses would be that much better doing the same shot.