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mackguyver · Sep 17, 2013

Rienzphotoz said:
In the backwater of Goa (India) we have fisher folk catching prawns within 20 feet away from the salt water crocodiles every day ... I don't think they hurt anyone unless provoked or spooked.

Given what I know about "salties" that seems insane, but then again, it's always been my belief that if you respect nature (particularly things that can kill you), they will respect you back. My preferred shooting locations are very dangerous (by North American standards) and after hundreds of shoots, my worst injury came from the time I accidentally put my backpack on a fire ant mound (in the dark). Bad mistake, still have the scars, but a very minor injury compared to what could happen out in the swamps & woods.

scottkinfw · Sep 17, 2013

The next EOS M is here!

Snook · Sep 17, 2013

My 6D has a squishy shutter button. I also have tried two others in store and they had squishy shutter buttons too. I just assumed they all did.

tron · Sep 17, 2013

My old analog EOS cameras had 0.5 stop increments and f/3.5 value was among them...

Nishi Drew · Sep 17, 2013

Zv said:
Nishi Drew said:

Turns out to be an informative thread, nice advice guys!
And Zv, might I ask where in Japan you're at? I'm in the country as well and do the rare part time shoot for a wedding and portrait. Just curious, and I'm around Kobe/Osaka

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Cool! I'm around the Nagoya area. I've been to Osaka a few times it's a great place to shoot, loved it!

We're taking a beating from this tropical storm / typhoon this morning!

Ah, not too far from here, though I've only been through Nagoya on the way to Tokyo and back....
Yeah the typhoon was strong, it degraded into a tropical storm right before landing I think, and this area got around 500mm of rain but not as hard hit as up your way

CarlTN · Sep 16, 2013

xps said:
CarlTN said:

Looks like an improvement over the 60D and 7D, but not enough of one for me.

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Might be true. My personal view: The collegues at our local photo club got one yesterday and shot studio yesterday in the evening.
Well, compared with my old 60D - I want to replace - the Iso performance ist just a little bit better.

BUT a big bit worser than the D7100. Sorry Canon, the AF is superb. But the IQ is still not in the range of the D7100. We compared true shot studio pics yesterday.

As written, this is my personal opinion.

But, lacking an alternative, I will fetch mine in Innsbruck today.

If what you have seen is true, then how can Canon claim "class leading noise performance"? I kind of knew it wasn't going to even equal the D7100, let alone eclipse it. Fortunately for Canon, Nikon is still the inferior system with the inferior ergonomics and philosophy.

cpsico · Sep 16, 2013

This was planned, it turned out well this time. Other times have. Been duds, too cloudy, people in the way etc

jonathan7007 · Sep 16, 2013

V8, great to see you back!

I bought 4 Einstein heads and a single Vagabond, have shot one or two assignments that called for outdoor power. Looking for similar car challenges way out here on my Pacific rock -- just for fun... owners of great iron here have few commercial aspirations that require spending $$ for a car picture but it looks like so much FUN!

Einsteins put out a LOT of light. Having Balcar attachment standard opens some options past the Buff modifiers, but the Buff materials seem good. Your point about the second or third Vagabond sounds smart and might keep wires out of sight in a more complicated setups.

Rienzphotoz · Sep 16, 2013

B&H is accepting pre-orders for SanDisk 256GB Extreme Pro CF card with transfer speeds of up to 160MB/s and fast shot speeds of up to 140MB/s ... but the damn thing costs almost $1000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1001262-REG/sandisk_sdcfxps_256g_a46_256gb_extreme_pro_cf.html

Click · Sep 16, 2013

Very nice shots. 8) I especially like Burg.jpg and Burg2-1.jpg. Well done.

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 16, 2013

Canon used to run two rebates a year, Spring and late Fall. With the poor economy over the past few years, it has been one rebate after another. Obviously, Camera makers want to stop that because it hurts their profit.

The economy is improving slightly in the USA, so Canon is going to slow down on discounts and rebates to see if they can still move inventory. If not, expect some big rebates. Even the sale in the refurb store has far lower discounts than we have been seeing.

The few weeks before Christmas is typically a time for low prices, so save up to get the gear you want and be ready to jump quickly for a one day deep discount sale. By signing up at Canon Price Watch and entering your target price for a item, you will get a e-mail a few minutes after it goes on sale at your price.

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 16, 2013

RealPerson said:
I know this is an Old thread, but I am now having this issue.

Here is what I have found.

It seems to only be in sunlight or with the hot shoe flash.

I have ran 400 ss so I know it isn't motion blur.

I can take the camera into the studio and get AMAZING photos...

Only other thing I have noticed is the DOF seems so shallow compared to other Canon cameras.
I can be at a 7.1 or even 9 f-stop and from a persons nose to ear can start to be out of focus...
Or in sports a player carrying a football the ball is in focus while the face is so soft.

I check settings from old photos and I was even running lower F-stops with more DOF with the 1Ds mark II and 1D Mark II

Anyway, I hope Canon or someone can continue to figure out this problem as it would come and go, but now it is HERE and wont go away for my Camera. I guess I will call Canon in the morning and see what they have to say....

It is a basic fact of photography that larger sensors achieve a shallow depth of field.

Some like the deep depth of field that they had with their tiny sensor in a point and shoot, and just plain hate the shallow depth of field in a FF DSLR. That's ok, but the only answer is to go back to the point and shoot, or use very small apertures.
You also need to understand that distance to subject has a huge effect on depth of field, so if you get up close, depth of field is shallow. Combine the two, large sensor and close distance to subject, and the shallow depth of field can be wonderful, or awful depending on what is needed for the image.

If you want more depth of field for a portrait, use 85mm - 200mm, some even use 300mm. Don't use 35mm and compensate by getting close.

Here is a image at 35mm at near mfd. I like the effect, but maybe not for a portrait.

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On the other hand, here is a portrait of my son with a 135mm Lens at f/2.5. No problem with depth of field. Its a matter of lens selection to get the effect you want. The subject is standing away from the background so it will blur.

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Chuck Alaimo · Sep 16, 2013

Ty...and yeah, so far the bag kicks butt. Got to put it to the test at a wedding and at an engagement shoot. Even on moist grass it rolled just fine. It really made the day go smoother, and working out of it was a joy.

I am aware that if i get to a point where I am flying, yeah, this bag may be too large. But - for now i am doing zero flying, so, I'll cross that bridge when i get to it.

Also - I did end up going with the 100mm 2.8 (not the L one) - so far so good with that purchase too.

mbworldz · Sep 16, 2013

All 1DX owners can absolutely answer this. Cause we all Know this is WAY WAY louder than the Mark III.
Some people don't like it but to me I consider it as the sound of the the Pagani LOL. The reason I asked is because cause Dave90210 was complaining about the noise from the Mark III and he was using the 1DX at the beginning and didn't say nothing about the shutter sound on that.

pipsk said:
mbworldz said:

I got one question for you, as you mentioned about the shutter sound is too loud from the Mark III.
When you played with the 1DX, what do you think about the shutter sound? Is it louder or quiet than the Mark III ??

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If I can answer you too, the 1DX is MUCH louder than 5d3. 5d3 in silent mode is almost dead silent but 1DX is like a machine gun, even if it's in silent mode it's not much quieter. I'd say it's not quieter at all, it only separates the two sounds of mirror locking up and shutter firing and slows down your FPS.

luckydude · Sep 16, 2013

RealPerson said:
Dianoda said:

7D has a rather strong AA filter - all the other bodies I've owned (T1i, 5D III, EOS M) have been sharper at the pixel level (edit - I only shoot raw, btw).

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Lot's of Sports people are having issues with the 5d III. VERY SOFT Photos.
I can take the camera in studio and Tack Sharp.

Could this be the AA filter, and different light???

I even have the issue with hot shoe and outside.

Or if part of the say football player is tack sharp, say football on chest, the face would be very Soft. Like the DOF is Very Shallow even on a 7.1 or Higher F-Stop. Wasn't like this with my 1ds

That's weird. I've shot a ton of hockey with the 5DIII and 200mm f2L and haven't had that problem.

http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/2013-07-hockey-huntington/July-18-1999ers-USA-vs-Canada/4.html

That's f5, just a random one I grabbed. Most of that 2013-07-hockey-huntington is the 200mm, the beginning is the 135L; bought the 200mm in the middle of that after I tried one

Ivan Muller · Sep 16, 2013

petach said:
Terrific 3d effect on these. What process do you do? Like these a lot

Thanks, I use Nik color Efex, ' bleach bypass ' with a few personal modifications...

Dylan777 · Sep 16, 2013

Since I can't afford Fuji x100s, my 5D III + 40mm pancake is my Canon x100s ;D

jdramirez · Sep 16, 2013

I've played with the invisible black backdrop ( closed aperture with side lit flash) before and I do like the results, though I'm not that fond of this photo. if I think about it more i can give a better reason. but my initial gut reaction is to say, it could be better.

Neo · Sep 16, 2013

I shure the production cost of this sensor don't exceed price of the 1D X's sensor. It have only larger microlenses above pixels and no more. It provides 3 stops sensitivity over. If you want to see how this sensor shots on 102400 ISO, you must shot by Nikon D4 on 12800 ISO by 2.7 crop mode (about 8 times less area than Full Frame).
But the Canon is very greedy and try to extract the greatest profit. Therefore the price will be overrate to >1000%

So, I want to see in market at least a Sony NEX-FS100, upgraged to Full Frame (2.25 better sensitivity) by price about $8k.

pedro · Sep 16, 2013

Re: Canon succeeds in capturing nighttime video of Yaeyama-hime fireflies using dedicated 35 mm full

kimvette said:
klickflip said:

yeah thats great! ... But Canon comon how many people are going to professionally shoot in near darkness?

R&D have lost the plot seriously.

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That you do not have a use for it does not mean that others do not. Why high ISO sensitivity is good:

* Great for high speed shots outdoors
* Great for normal shooting indoors
* Great for astrophotography
* Great for night photography

Who could put that tech to use?

* photojournalists
* astronomers (pro and amateur alike)
* wedding photographers
* sports photographers
* spectators at airshows
* event photographers
* art photographers (shooting priceless art at museums w/o flash)
* architecture photographers

That you lack imagination does not mean that others cannot put the capability to use immediately.

According to your post I just say: soulmate. Being a happy camper with my 5D3 since August 2012, I am looking forward to what will be around in the 5D league about six years from now. I was having much fun with my trusty and rusty 30D for five years till I upgraded to FF. So six years on, another purchase may be as exciting as it was when I unboxed my one year old baby... 8)

Alangeli · Sep 16, 2013

CarlTN · Sep 16, 2013

grahamclarkphoto said:
Hello all!

I just got back from Grand Canyon National Park where I was shooting for about a week. Just now getting images processed and wanted to share a few with you. Images were captured on a Canon EOS 6D and a sensor modified Canon EOS 5D IR.

Any comments, questions or critiques please don't hesitate to leave a response. More feedback the better! : )

"With practice we become proficient in handling the image-management & value-control procedures; the interval between our first perception of the subject & the completion of visualization & the requried technical procedures becomes suprisingly short." Ansel Adams

Follow me on Facebook for a chance to win a free print! facebook.grahamclarkphoto.com

Shameless self promotion much?

jdramirez · Sep 15, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
erda said:

I shoot more landscape than anything else, although animals, birds, sports, and motorcycle racing are also of interest.

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At f/8, ISO 100 from a tripod,it's going to be hard to tell APS-C from FF. If you need to crank up the ISO for a fast shutter, FF will have an advantage. If you need to track a fast-moving subject, the 70D/7D AF will be an advantage over the 6D. If you need both high ISO and AF tracking (which you often do for animals, birds, sports, and motorcycle racing), the 5DIII delivers.

I'd agree with all that, though I will say if you plan on using EF L lenses, then a 17-40 (or 16-35)will be a 27-64 on a full frame. And if you need something really wide because you can't walk backwards, full frame will deliver. Though the Tokina 11-16 works really well from what I've been told, so there are options.

I think you could do sports and motorcycles using the center point of the 6D, but if you try movement on the other AF points, it won't do nearly as well. Obviously, you would adjust your composition of the shot in post.

This also has been beat to death, but your lenses will usually make more of an improvement than a new body (usually), so it depends on what you have no and what you are willing to part with.

Mt Spokane Photography · Sep 15, 2013

Mt Spokane Photography said:
Lichtgestalt said:

mountain_drew said:

Except that this website cites their sources if it's picked from the internet, which it usually is because it's not very good...

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excuse my bad english... but what do you want to say?

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~~He is saying this website is not very good, but still is posting here. He posts something that really is not answering the question, or is useful... to set a example??~~

Ignore my misunderstanding

petach · Sep 15, 2013

....forgot to mention Trafalgar Square also has a ban on tripods. Introduced recently by the buffoon Boris.

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