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bseitz234 · May 17, 2013

Sella174 said:
What happened to this rumour? With the EOS 100D, small and compact EF-S primes are a must ... otherwise there's just no purpose in the camera. But on the other hand, Canon crippled the darned thing so much, it in fact does have no purpose ... just like this post, I guess.

I love stream-of-consciousness posts.

risc32 · May 17, 2013

nice! marc sure is something.

Olivier11986 · May 17, 2013

MK5GTI said:
thanks OP for the test, good to know. as 5d3 is way out of my budget.

hoping the 6D to come in refurb condition. for cheap ;D

Yeah, if only budget was not a concern! I'd go out and buy lots of lenses as well

awinphoto · May 17, 2013

That was fun potty reading... I'm surprised they ranked the 135L near the bottom... and the 100mm 2.0 so freaking high... oh well..

jvth007 · May 17, 2013

Here in the Netherlands, it is priced at € 11,999, same as the EF600 F/4L IS II. For that price I would rather buy the 600mm prime instead. Unfortunately it is too expensive for me anyway.

J.

Olivier11986 · May 17, 2013

Also got tired of waiting for rumors and cameras that only have fictionnal specs. If ever the 7DII is that good you could always resell your 5DIII and I don't think you'll have to spend that much money to compensate (Unless the 7DII comes out at 3K or more, who knows)

tron · May 17, 2013

RMC33 said:
I would LOVE to see the return of DO lenses, Got to use a 400 f/4 DO today and it was a joy, the contrast/color is a bit off but super easy to fix in post.

+100000 !!!!

I would be interested but this lens' IQ has been controversial.

Some say it is very good, some not (some determine 2003 as the make year that made the difference.

I remember correctly at the-digital-picture site the 400DO didn't take the teleconverters well (IQ wise).

May 17, 2013

cervantes said:
Sorry jdramirez, that doesn't really make sense to me.

AFMA is used to correct for manufacturing tolerances. Tolerance means that nothing can be made to an exact value but it can be made for sure within certain boundaries. Canon knows these boundaries for their lenses and cameras. I believe when they allow AFMA to be set from -20 to +20 it should be enough to correct worst case scenario. I don't know that for sure but it would be logical from my point of view.

E.g: The maximum amount a camera can be "off" would be +/-10 and the maximum amount a lens can be "off" would be +/-10 so a correction of +/-20 would be sufficient.

In this case the lens is probably off -9 and the body -9 (so they are both around their extremes) but you can correct it by using +18. Due to the known tolerances your next body will not be off more than -10 so correction should always be possible.

That would be true if manufacturing process was perfect. It's not. Tolerances aren't absolute, to make them so would be prohibitively expensive. A common manufacturing practice is 3σ, which basically means ~3 out of every 1000 products that leave the factory will not fall within the tolerance range. Of course, if you get one of those you may not even notice it, but if you've got a lens on the other extreme, you might. If you do notice it (in time), Canon will fix it under warranty - doing so is cheaper than tighter adherence to tolerances in manufacturing.

Brand B · May 16, 2013

trojdor said:
the photoshopper got the reflection angle in the glass completely wrong on the second image (Sony). That's the kind of stuff that drives me crazy.

Set a product at the same angle on a reflective surface, and you'll find the reflection goes in the opposite direction they show. That's just lazy.

Hmm, I read it as the phone is sitting perpendicular to the surface, and the whole image is just tilted. Maybe because it didn't make sense any other way.

Brand B · May 16, 2013

My 70-300L is a little looser than most of my other Ls, but not enough that I wanted to return it.

wayno · May 16, 2013

Canon flashes will work on the x100s on the shoe or on cord but in manual only. Have done both. The 430 is a nice fit on the camera for a bit of bounce light.
I love mine - it doesn't replace my 5d2 but its excellent at what it does and is definitely worth it in lieu of say just another L lens

Quasimodo · May 16, 2013

Interesting light. Bad luck on the power lines

CTJohn · May 16, 2013

Thanks!

cayenne · May 16, 2013

Very interesting!!
What did you use to color grade this? Interesting colors...reminiscent of the old 70's polaroid photos.

My one thing was..WOW..did you really take your 5D3 out to that run where they throw all that colored dust on everything?

Ouch..dunno if I would have risked that...hahaha. How hard was it to clean the camera after that?

Nice video, enjoyable to watch.

cayenne

cayenne · May 16, 2013

I'm not sure what's available on windows but the adobe products, like Premier. That gets a bit $$$.

I use Final Cut Pro X on my mac...that was only $300. I'm about to start doing some greenscreen work hopefully this weekend.

Get on youtube and search for green screen, chromakey...etc. That might give you some leads.

HTH,

cayenne

dlleno · May 16, 2013

CanNotYet said:
Sounds like a good plan. A 17-40 or 16-35 would probably also see some action. The streets in Old Town are NARROW (I think the narrowest one is 90 cm wide).

Great pics btw.
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wow thats like US three feet! I'm envious; sounds like an awesome place to get photos

CarlTN · May 16, 2013

AprilForever said:
The 7D MK II will trump them all!!! "One camera to rule them all, one camera to find them; one camera to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them!!!"

Laughing deeply...thank you!

Menace · May 16, 2013

Just be careful with Loc-tite or similar solution as some contain acetone that can react (badly) to certain plastics including polycabonate.

May 16, 2013

Another tip for you, get around by taxi and use Vinasun and preferably Mai Linh. Stay away from the other companies. Most o them will rip you off.

bycostello · May 16, 2013

big failing on canon the 2nd curtain issues

GMCPhotographics · May 16, 2013

neuroanatomist said:
EchoLocation said:

incredible if this is true.
what are we going to talk about now?

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The 100-400. Again.

Lol....how about the 12-24? 35 f1.4 II? 135 f2 II? Or even the 7DII?
Lots of fat to chew with that lot

GMCPhotographics · May 16, 2013

I'm not too fussed with a pair of new longer TS-e lenses. The original TS-e lenses were better, the longer they were. The worse one was the TS-e 24mm L, which optically was the weakest of the bunch. The TS-e 45 and 90 were / are optically very good. When Canon realeased the new TS-e 17L and TS-e 24IIL, they created two stellar lenses and turned the tide of Canon weak wide lenses. Sure, there were a lot of new improvements too, like newer coating and a far better movement system (which allows tilt and shift in every possible combination at a flick of a switch). But the longer lenses don't need the same optical improvement, they are already very good. Sure, they could do with an improvement in their movement mechanism and newer coatings but I question the diffenence that a double in retail price will do to the final images. Sure a newer lens will be better, but probably not observable in the final photographic output. I have a TS-e 45mm and it's a very low use lens for me and not one I use THAT often...in fact I don't know anyone who makes a lot of use for this niche lens.
I just get a feeling that Canon look at their lens portfolio and someone noticed that these two old lenses stick out a bit as old and legacy.

theobdt · May 16, 2013

I would get this lens to just have the ability to move within the 200-400 range without having to change lenses or switch between camera bodies. It's just something less to carry (or more) around at the football games. Just a thought but I'm probably going to stick with the 400mm 2.8 II since I've been saving up towards that goal. I'll try to rent the 200-400 when it becomes available before I make my purchase just to be sure. Or I'll see if I can borrow one from CPS for a test drive.

wickidwombat · May 16, 2013

dont the Rx units have build in recievers to work with skyports?
so not sure why you are using seperate recievers

the elinchrom have 4 channels (selectable on the dip switches on the transmitter)
you need to make sure all recievers are on the same channel as the transmitter
might search youtube for a tutorial on how to change the channel for the built in recievers

to enable optical slaves make sure the button with the picture of the eye is on

J.R. · May 16, 2013

Mt Spokane Photography said:
J.R. said:

The OP has titled the thread "SL1 sensor a step back?" ... clearly he is comparing the sensors here.

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He is only comparing them in the title

Not really, the OP even goes on to say that -

vtechproductions said:
What the heck? I hope this is not the 70D sensor.

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