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Daniel Flather · Jun 10, 2012

I sold my 50d body only for about $600 CAD back in March of this year.

Daniel Flather · Jun 10, 2012

http://kurtmunger.com/dirty_lens_articleid35.html

Daniel Flather · Jun 10, 2012

lonebear said:
Just want to add one point. A petal shaped hood requires the cutback portion of the hood to be aligned with the corners of the frame. If the hood is not clicked onto its designed position you may see your hood in your picture.

Yes, happens with my 35 and 24mm lenses. With the 8-15mm you have to remove the hood at the wide end. What is the cut off for petal hoods for crop?

Radiating · Jun 9, 2012

Obaidey said:
I am new to "proper SLR" photography and would be grateful if you excuse my ignorance
I am in the process of complementing my "future" 5d3 with 3 lenses
This dealer is offering to sell me 2 of each lens I want at a reasonable price, try them, then return the one I don't like
Is that usual?
Is it too good to be true?
Hearing stories of Forum members, having to repeatedly exchange a lens they bought until finding a good sharp one, I am worried that I could end up buying a dud, probably without realising
During our face to face discussion, I told (FotoSklep) Polish dealer at downtown Warsaw (Poland) about my intention to buy 3 Canon L lenses. I live in south London (UK) and frequently travel to Poland
He tried to convince me that quality control at Canon would not allow a dud L-lens, and that the difference, if any, would be negligible.
He offered to sell me 2 lenses each (6 in total), allow me to compare, then return the ones that I do not like. He would also accept to refund me on all 6 if so I wished.
His lenses seem to be genuinely sealed Canon stuff
His prices are currently comparable (+/- 1% or 2%) to other local Polish Canon dealers, which are roughly equivalent to the cheapest I could get from a respectable "UK" internet dealer
I have no idea how to properly test lenses, or who could do that for me, and at what cost. Suppose this was sorted somehow, do you think I shall take up his offer?
p.s.:
I will pay by credit card, which offers some protection I suppose. He says that his canon lenses warranty is valid in UK

The stories you've heard of copy variation are exagerated to the point of ridiculousness on the internet. For every copy that someone got that was bad and they posted about there have been 20 others that have had good copies and not said a word.

Here's a list of lenses with major and minor copy variation for image quality:

Major:

- 24-70mm f/2.8 Mark I
- 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6

Minor (you would probably never notice it):

- 24mm f/1.4 L II
- 50mm f/1.2 L
- 400mm DO

All other lenses are incredibly consistent with almost no copy variation whatsoever at all to the point where images look 100% idential with nearly zero difference.

The only other copy variation is with autofocus which can easily be remidied with microadjustment or sending your gear in for calibration.

HurtinMinorKey · Jun 9, 2012

It will be priced between. It will have 2-3fps.

aznable · Jun 9, 2012

for what i know canon give 1 year international warrany worldwide so you would miss just 1 year of warranty

anyway here in italy the mk3 is selling for 2400 british pounds, and you would get full 2 years from canon europe

Jun 9, 2012

Re: Canon Rebel T4i/650D EF-S 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS STM & EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Officially Announced

Marsu42 said:
I think most people around here couldn't care less about the 650d

I am interested in the 650D for two reasons

1. AF in video mode

2. 650D + 40mm would make an interesting street camera combo

aznable · Jun 9, 2012

videos? then 650D

JEAraman · Jun 9, 2012

BozillaNZ said:
For my 24-105 hood, I actually took time to sand the exterior using sand paper, and spray painted it using matte black paint for some 10 layers. Looks better than original because it matches the camera body's matte style. Oh yeah! Gotta do this for all my hoods!

Interesting Idea.... you mind posting a pic of that?

pwp · Jun 9, 2012

Touch screens on pro level bodies? It's probably inevitable but just so long as they are there as an option. Properly located buttons & joysticks that fall naturally to hand without taking your eyes off the action are a must...at least until instant, perfect voice control takes the stage.

And that would want to be a whole lot better than Siri. Can you imagine it? "Siri, focus on the eyes...no, not those eyes, the other ones...hey that's a nose...oh forget it...Siri, switch to full manual...no not the user-guide manual...SIRI behave !!!! (coming this century)

There's a place for touch-screen for something like Q or Info, but please, not for the menus. And no Siri.

PW

Heavyweight67 · Jun 9, 2012

I have a 5Diii, yesterday I purchased a 580ex ii (considered the 600 but already have some wireless triggers and not sure there is a big enough difference to justify the extra $$$) (have to say the 580's seem to be disappearing quickly from retailers), have been using a 430 ex ii as a smaller walkaround for the 7D and 5Diii.
Was shooting a portrait yesterday evening using the 580 as a master (no light) and the 430 through an umberella.
For shits and giggles I turned off all the ambient lights, it was nearly pitch black, shooting in portrait with outer AF points, the AF light lit up the model like some Sci Fi movie and AF locked on (using 70-200 2.8 II approximately 6 metres from model)...

Maybe the 600 AF light is better, but in this situatuion I was pleased...

untitled10 · Jun 9, 2012

Synomis192 said:
Chris Geiger said:

I use a Zoom recorder. I also have audio from two camera's. You don't have to switch audio when you switch video. They are separate tracks. You can continue to use audio from one camera and video from another camera or the Zoom.

Click to expand...

Where would you place the zoom? I've seen some zooms h4n that were stationary and on a tripod that was faced towards the dj's speakers.

In some zooms (I dont know what ones) you can plug xlrs or jacks directly in, thus recording the audio, don't know about any needs for phantom power or anything though.

untitled10 · Jun 9, 2012

CJRodgers said:
Thanks guys, some good advice here.

BP, how long could i run off a typical car battery before it was flat? Also how would I power the LED panels, have you seen any that provide battery packs, or would this be a case of getting a car battery again.

I think builders work lights is a good idea, plus theyre cheap enough to buy. Is the colour temperature of these ok and is the light soft enough or should i make a diffuser for it?

Cheers guys,

I've used builders lights several times, you need a little cooling after but with the right colour correction it can look okay.

here's an example: Balcony Session - Sean McGowan

Jun 9, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

bdunbar79 · Jun 8, 2012

For FF I got the 180L. When I had the 7D camera though, the 100 was great. And I mean GREAT. Don't see a problem with the 100L on FF, 5D Mark III has plenty of resolution if you need to crop. Enjoy.

cayenne · Jun 8, 2012

Fleetie said:
I enjoyed all the photos too.

I LOVE hi-fi, me!

It was my money-drain before photography.

I noticed the pair of Spendor speakers; I used to have SP1 speakers before I got burgled and some **** stole them.

Those ones look kinda like the size of SP1s, but with only 2 drivers like SP2s.

Now I use Dynaudio Audience 52SE, which are smaller and have less bass, but awesome mid and treble.

I'd use electrostatics if I had a bigger room.

Once I've finished buying photo gear (heh, yeah... ), I wanna go back and put more dosh into the hi-fi and get a nice valve amp. Used to have QUAD IIs when I was 18-21 but sold them as I was a poor student. TDP has reworked the QUAD II into a new version, or I might just think about getting one of his own EAR amps.

But I still have at least 3 lenses to buy! Extender 2x, 85Lf/1.2, 24-70LII.

With me...photography looks like an additional money drain.

I have 50th anniversary Klipshorns....running off a couple of Decware (budget when I bought them) SET amplifiers....
Some day..will find some good classic McIntosh tube amps....and I'll be complete...

And now, I'll be able to take quality pictures for insurance purposes...next time a Katrina comes close!!

C

nikkito · Jun 8, 2012

It would be cool if you find info or photos to post them on this thread

I've found this images uploaded to flickr by a newspaper from Ecuador. Credit goes to an AP photographer.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eluniversocom/7163727377/#

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eluniversocom/7163727071/#in/photostream/

So yeah, apparently the 1D X are out there.

Cheers!

Nico

dr croubie · Jun 8, 2012

crasher8 said:
How much better is the EOS 3 over the Elan 7?

A few specs from the Canon Camera Museum

EOS 3 - 45pt AF with an f/8 centre, the same as every 1D and 1Ds before the 1DX. (But the EOS3 had eye-control AF, 1-series didn't)
EOS 30 (Elan 7) - 7pt wide-area autofocus, still eye controlled. Apparently faster than the EOS3 eye-control (probably because it had less points to choose from?)

EOS 3 - 4.3fps, 7 with grip
EOS 30 - 4fps, (not grippable?)

EOS 3 - interchangeable focussing screens (I've just put an EC-Civ in mine). 97% coverage, fixed diopter (buy interchangeable eyepieces for different strengths)
EOS 30 - fixed screen. 90%x92% coverage. Changeable strength diopter (like most dslrs).

EOS 3 - 9 exposure bracketing. +/-3 EVcomp. 1/200 X-sync. 18 custom functions. No flash.
EOS 30 - 9 exposure bracketing. +/-2 EVcomp. 1/125 X-sync. 13 custom fucntions. Built in flash.

So at the end, the 3 looks like a decent upgrade from the 30 (elan 7), mostly for the AF, interchangeable screens, and viewfinder coverage. These days the price differential is not much (seeing as a 3 is $150-200 shipped, a 30 can't be much less), i'd still go the 3.

aznable · Jun 8, 2012

Marsu42 said:
pete vella said:

i does seem like a rework of the 18mp sensor about a 1 stop improvement high iso. looks like canon did good with this one cant wait to see the 70d.

Click to expand...

Canon marketing owns you

nahhh...the marketing of canon on this one is on touch screen and AF for videos...if it will work as inteded it will be a big hit for canon

Marsu42 · Jun 8, 2012

Albi86 said:
BTW, ISO 3200 on a crop is way too much for the actual technology. Give me a fully usable ISO 1600 and I'm happy.

+1 - but it won't happen with the 70d, only the ff 5d3 has *fully* usable iso 1600 retaining dynamic range (!) and very low noise.

FunPhotons · Jun 8, 2012

Oh and that other new lens

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/08/canon-rebel-t4i-hands-on/

The Shorty Forty looks good on the camera - not 'too small', if there is such a thing.

Jun 8, 2012

Heh, that was a pretty good review.

Though it makes me wonder what the UV and IR performance of the two bodies are now. If I recall correctly the 5D2 is considered the king of IR right now, while the NEX-5 has the best UV performance... but so few people shoot with the later getting comparative reviews is difficult (they rarely test Canon at all).

Jun 8, 2012

unfocused said:
Another area I find intriguing is Fuji's experiments with hybrid digital/organic sensors. Early claims are that a hybrid APS-C sensor could outperform a conventional full frame sensor.

about fuji, just came across this:

http://chromasoft.blogspot.it/2012/05/demosaicing-fuji-x-pro1-and-its-x-trans.html

The conclusions are pretty surprising: “The hard truth is that any interpolation engine is going to have trouble with pixels that are spread out, not aligned, and unevenly spaced.” and “So my conclusion is, sorry to say, that the Fuji X-Pro1 X-Trans sensor doesn’t deliver the Fuji promise of outperforming similarly sized sensors. In fact, it underperforms similar DX sensored cameras – with the official SILKPIX raw developer, the underperformance is too slight to be noticeable under normal circumstances, but is still there if you look closely”.

it´s not all rosy....

Looks like it's the time for oddball sensors. Or for me to write about them anyway. I've just finished updating PhotoRaw for the Fuji X-Pro1, and I thought it was worthwhile to document the journey, and what it means for the X-Pro1's X-Trans sensor. Specifically, whether it will deliver on the claims that Fuji has made for it.

BTW, the new version of PhotoRaw will be out early next week, assuming there are no glitches on Apple's side.

This is my personal view-point. It's based on spending a lot of time writing code, and more time pixel peeping X-Pro1 images than any sane person ought to do, but it's still just my personal view.

If you happen to live anywhere a lab where people develop software for decoding raw images hang out, you've probably been hearing a whole lot of swearing and cursing recently. You've probably also been hearing a lot of jokes with punchlines about "there's a reason why Fuji is a four letter word starting with f". Here's why:
.....

pdirestajr · Jun 8, 2012

I got my refurb 5Dii for 1400 USD from Canon during one of their 20% off refurb sales!

The camera looks, feels and smells new.

You just have to be patient for those deals, then constantly update the refurb page for when it is updated in stock- then strike fast!

The first thing I did with that camera was pop in an EG-s focusing screen and use it with my manual focus Samyang 35 f/1.4.

Sweet setup for under 2k!

awinphoto · Jun 8, 2012

The verdict is still out on the t4I continuous AF during video... Most pros using the 5d3 for video tends to use pro focus gears where the scenes are scripted, they mark on the gear the start and stop focus for each scene, and manually focus to those points in filming, just like they do on pro movie cameras. If you are hoping to film kids running around, good luck and use a low aperture to get as much in focus as possible. As far as continuous AF, it's probably a tad quicker than manually focusing but it probably doesn't mean there wont be some hunting, some abnormalities where it focuses on the wrong subject, etc... Shoot if servo AF isn't 100% all the time for stills, I dont have high hopes for video.

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