untitled10 said:

But its hardly a large amount of R&D, it would be so simple to implement, I really don't get why they haven't yet

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You are right, there are a infinite number of simple to add features, and a almost infinite number of people who think features should be done differently. Canon has a group of pro photographers who help decide which features are most useful, we might not agree with the results, so some have started petitions to gather signatures requesting a feature.

Mt Spokane Photography said:

The plastic focus screens just need a brief touch to transfer oil or debris to them. Oil was likely transferred your fingers to the rocket blower when you touched it, and thats all it takes. They are difficult to clean, but can be cleaned with ultra pure alcohol (ordinary alcohol has impurities and debris that only makes it worse, and a qtip will add to it.

I had dust on my 5D MK II mirror that would not blow off, I loosened it with a lens cleaning cloth and then blew it off.

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A very plausible scenario... Thanks for your input. I assume it would be too late to use the ultra pure alcohol now... I never realized how delicate that little friggen piece of plastic was, never really had that problem before on prior cameras... maybe the odd piece of dust on the mirror I'd blow off or dust on the sensor which I would blow off, but nothing like this. Oh well... Hope this thread helps some other poor soul before they run into what I did.

Its quoted at £229.00 in the UK - £199 in the US.
As a straight conversion this should be £128.

That extra £100 is the difference between me buying it and not buying it.

It seems as if Canon consistently wants the UK to pay more for their lenses.
I love the canon product designers, but hate their marketing department.

Jettatore said:

I just look at it like, not going into the mirrorless market is about the smartest move Canon has made. Nikon's efforts seem to be full-fledged consumer end and being a modular format in that low-end seems more of a failure out of the gate/hinderance, than it will be any long term benefit.

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Equally though look at how sucessful Nikon's releases have been early on, I think Canon know that they don't need to delivery something revolutionary in order to create strong sales with the combination of there brand and the mirrorless hype. Granted Nikon are likely to run into big problems in the future due to the small sensor size they've gone with but the talk is of an ASPC sized canon mirrorless and I think that format has a very long term future as a comsumer product.

When your dealing with lens size on larger format mirrorless I don't think you can overlook most users prefference for zooms nore the Leica's lack of AF and extreme price. Thats going to make it next to impossible to create a system with the same appeal as a FF SLR and the size of the M9.

If someone is going to make a cheap M9 then thats exactly what there likely to need to do, make a cheap M9 with the same focus on wide/normal primes(maybe an UWA zoom), thats obviously a very different market and I think its easier to see why Canon would believe its not anywhere near as large/rich as a comsumer mirrorless.

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Don't worry about any of the in-camera stuff. Learn to use RAW and do your post processing using a mac or pc. The computer in your camera is pretty weak compared to a laptop or desktop, they can do a lot more powerful processing and that can mean cleaner and sharper images.

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+1 ... in-camera processing is just a convenience if you want or need quick results - or if you're on the start of the learning curve and cannot do "real" postprocessing yet.

setite said:

Mostly I miss the in camera HDR and night stills that my point and shoot had.

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You can try the firmware addon "magic lantern" which (next to lots of other killer features) offers unlimited hdr shots, it can even change the iso instead of the time so you'll get less noise. With this and a software like Photomatrix, you'll blow any other aps-c/p&s camera out of the water

http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified

mscartercool said:

I am very cautious since for me the video quality of the t3i didn't seem as good to me as the 60d.

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Where did you get this idea? They both use the same sensor and processor (digic4), both run magic lantern, there shouldn't be a difference at all?!

As for the 650d, it's about video af and maybe improved noise reduction in video (dicic5) - but wait for good reviews until deciding how these really work in real life.

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nightbreath said:

Panurus said:

Some RAW

https://www.dropbox.com/s/17hp62nhvf8a55j/files%201D-Xjrk.zip

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"This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!"

Could you please upload the file to another storage?

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Managed to get the file off and have uploaded it to filefactory.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/272p5a0h3c67/n/files_1D-Xjrk_zip

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Sorry for dropbox limitations.

Thank you to ianmacd

KKCFamilyman said:

Don't you find the colors off? I just got one today and the seem over saturated. Also not all that impressed with Iq. Was hoping to beat the common power shots but so far not impressed.

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I attached some colorful images to compare saturation. To me they look fine, maybe the D-back red jerseys are a tad vivid but I don't think they are off. I had to resize them for uploading but there is no PP other than lens correction. The first 2 were RAW and converted via LR, the 3rd (D-backs warming up) was shot jpg. Clearly no NR or sharpening applied.

Was I little disappointed with IQ? A little, I was expecting more improvement over my S80. However I'm not ready to judge just yet, I need more time to play. Of course this is my P&S and I only intend to use it when its not practical to use my 7D.

BTW, last week was my first real use of the camera so I am still rookie with my S100 (took a few snaps back in Feb in HI on business trip but nothing fancy

BozillaNZ said:

Electric manual focusing like the 85L. This is video oriented lens almost exclusively.

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In this case its replacing non USM manual focusing so I'd guess some would consider it an upgrade for stills aswell.

No problem there. We have had the in-camera technology since the days before George Eastman unleashed his once famous Kodak cameras.

Walk closer or step back. This is known as the "foot zoom". Later came lens choice. Later on came the zoom lens.
All these techniques work well for in-camera cropping, despite coming from previous centuries.

PW

neuroanatomist said:

This makes what, the 3rd of 4th thread discussing this? Sales volumes (US is a bigger market), VAT, import duties, currency exchange rates with the yen, etc., lots of reasons.

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Yes, and it happens for every body or new item released. The answer is always the same, and it does not vary from one lens or camera body to another.

Adrian S. said:

...during any peak action, you can hear a camera shooting around 12fps. It has to be the 1Dx.

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I suppose t could be, but wow, that's a might discerning ear! Are you a musician?

PW

it sounds like a faulty unit, like my first copy i returned

out of interest what is the 6th digit on your serial number?
mine was a 1
my new one is a 3 and it has been good as gold so far

The SmallHD DP6 is phenomenal.

http://www.smallhd.com/site/home.html

The DP6 is my favorite. It takes Canon batteries too. $900 though.

no APS-H option
so i went with 1.6 crop

FF on a 7D is just silly

Just an interesting little adaptation i tried out on the weekend was i wanted to see if a 3.5mm stereo splitter cable could be used to drive 2 flashes off 1 odin reciever via the PC sync port

and it works Obviously manual only however its a neat little trick if you are looking to drive multiple lights with 1 reciever, as long as your reciever has the 3.5mm output so you can use a 3.5mm to pc sync connector to the flashes,

I can see me using this for say driving 2 background flashes with one reciever for blowing out the background to white these need to be manual anyway so you can force enough power through ettl can be a bit flaky in this use. while the other flashes have their own recievers and operating in ettl

Might be good for someone with the 70-200 2.8II, would nicely match. Canon has the long end covered now, we just need the wide, can we say 14-24?

The retail price has stayed the same on Canon's site, but it's still $1599 at B&H and $1699 at Adorama, which is friggin ridiculous. I don't know if this is some type of ploy to make the new 24-70 seem like a better deal or price gouging on the last 24-70 v1 or what, but I've had several copies of them and I think I paid $950 for one and maybe $1050 for the other. They were used of course, but up until recently the 24-70 was always around $1200-$1300.

Honestly, I'd return it and look for a lightly used one.

I do expect a high spec mirrorless body to come out at $1000+ range. I'm just not focusing on that right now. The point of putting the mirrorless under the 650D is because I could see a cheaper mirrorless body replacing the xxxxD range of slrs.

I use the Crumpler Convenient Disgrace on my 5DM3. Love it. Highly recommend for tripod users. The Crumpler Industry Disgrace [gotta love those names] is the same strap without the quick-release.

ScottyP said:

RC said:

Razor2012 said:

Just picked mine up today. We tried it on a 600, pretty snug fit.

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Haven't ordered one yet. Just curious if you think it is too tight or if it is acceptable? I felt the one for the 580EX when used on the 580EX II was too tight so I took a Dremel tool and ground it down some.

I'm kind of surprised that Canon doesn't offer one as an accessory since they decided to get in the gell market. Of course we all know the price would be much higher.

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Seriously. If they can get 45 bucks for a Canon-branded lens hood, surely they could suck in some big bucks for a little Canon-branded diffuser.

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Heh, that OmniBounce was 30 bucks.

I just found this thread
kudos

gmrza said:

The mirrorless digital systems you talk of would probably also be no smaller than a DSLR currently is - for a lot of serious photographic work, the size and ergonomics of a DSLR make it a suitable package for working with.

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Exactly - there's no reason why people associate mirrorless with small p&s bodies, that's just the current market because these systems aren't ready to compete with dlsr af systems yet. But removing the mirror adds flexibility to camera body design, and fitting it into larger hands over long periods of time is certainly a valid design goal.

I think I'll get the 24mm first, you're making a good point there.
Regarding aerial shots:
It really should not be a big problem, as I don't fly in a fixed wing aircraft and staying in/getting back to a certain position is no problem. Setting up the lens quickly etc, would just need some training on the ground.
(Which is another point for the 24mm.)
Thanks guys!

Finally got my kit on Friday!

I had to drive a long way to Germany to get it but it was really worth it.

Hope the other shops will also be able to provide some bodies and kits, the shop where I wen had plenty of them.