Has it been confirmed by DxO that the Nokia 40mp phone with zeis lens has a better DxO mark than the D800?

unfortunately yes.
i was mad when they said the 1DC's doesnt and how this will be a great thing and what people wanted blah blah blah, yes, so why didnt they do it for the MK3!

Just found this on the Canon Website.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras/eos_5d_mark_iii#DriversAndSoftware

I love this lens, use it all the time for indoor sports. I also use it at school events to take pictures from the front rows up to the stage and it is great for portraits. Excellent results, always very sharp. IS might be nice to reduce shutter speed & ISO during non-sports use, but this is a great lens and adding IS would double the price. You will not be disappointed with this lens.

Mt Spokane Photography said:

vuilang said:

I thought Canon have a fix (firmware) for the AF @F8 already.. NO?

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NO, your correct. Its a hardware limitation, so unless they change out the focus sensor, no f/8 focus.

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I´cant understand why they don´t allow it? Is this feature so difficult to build or to create? Or is this just an limitation to sell expensive lenses.
Nikonians told me, that they will be able to do this with the 800. I don´t know if this is true. Maybe changing the brand???

Thanks to all of you for your insightful replies. I think I'm going to give myself some more time before buying the camera, hopefully canon will come up with interresting stuff in the meanwhile.

Not sure how much is it gonna cost to repair the USM, but standard base price for lens repair is $269. Additional parts will be more, for sure.

I just had my 35L fixed a week ago. They opened up the lens, recalibrate and cleaned. All done for $269 and it took 2 days.

I also had my 40D fixed. They replaced the shutter assembly, the AF module, and the shutter button all for $209 (standard price to fix body, I think) and took 2 days as well. You might get lucky and get the USM replaced for $269. Good luck.

So you get the idea.

I just want to say that I received my Plus III's today and they work perfectly with the 5D Mark III, at least with my limited testing thus far. Sync speed is indeed 1/200th with no banding.

For a crop body 10-22 EF-s

For full frame 16-35L II or 16-35L I/17-35L used

DeadPixel said:

This info is great!

I actually have an original ex580 flash that I've never used, might be time to break it out!

It sounds like I should take my existing 300mm and turn the IS off with a 6.3 aperture or so and see what results i can get and how blurry they are.

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the experimentation will be valuable and you can learn where your "shake limits" are and what IS does for you. Also experiment with different apertures and see what that does for depth of field. especially for complex backgrounds (like the snake shot) you want shallow depth of field to help isolate the subject from the background.

I've never tried the multi burst either, i had thought it rather gimmicky for what I've done, perhaps some rethinking is in order!

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yea its a tool that has specific benefits in certain situations. optimizing for camera shake, or even subject movement in some cases, under slow shutter speeds is one. Another is capturing the right action shot under high shutter speeds. not to eliminate blur, but to get a series of shots where you can pick the one where the ball just left the bat, for example, or the expression on the little T-baller's face is priceless, whatever. one time at disneyland my wife and I were in the car just in front of our daughter and grandson, riding the thunder mountain railway. I pointed the camera back at them over my shoulder and fired off a series of bursts. I got one keeper out of like 20 -- blurred background and blurred bodies but sharp (enough) faces, as they moved in response to the car movements. it was a lucky shot but it worked good enough for our library. BTW using the burst also means you might have to buy more memory, lol

Sunny 16 is also a new one to me, ill have to experiment! I agree, anything I've shot at ISO 400 and lower has kept me happy from a noise perspective.

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well the sunny 16 rule helps you to keep the relationships of light and ISO in your head, but its not a substitute for the metering system in your camera . you can test the rule of course, by confirming what exposure the camera dials up in response to different ISO settings. Back when cameras with metering systems in them were rare or too expensive, folks would manually expose film by using this rule, particularly if they couldn't afford an external light meter.

I rarely use a tripod when out, so im going to have to see just how shaky i am!

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depending on your goals and interests, you might find that with 300mm, a tripod is your friend and you can get the shot you would otherwise not get. But I agree one needs to learn HH techniques and what your limts are, because no matter how much you would like to have a tripod, they aren't always there and you're in situations where you have to get the shot. Imagine wielding a 500mm f/4 with a 2.0 TC -- thats the equivalent of 1000mm and I've seen some pretty awesome aircraft photos taken handheld with such a combination. it takes strength, skill and practice. the most I've done is 500mm + 1.4x chasing bear in Yellowstone. I found that rocks and tripods were very helpful lol

That it comes with Resolve as well is what makes it really interesting. As EOSHD said, they are basically giving you the camera for $1500 and the software for $1500. And if you are minimizing FX processing, you can actually do a decent amount of editing in Resolve itself. Tie it in with FCP and you've got a really simple workflow. Same thing with the Digital Bolex, open source format that is easy to tie into existing editing systems.

I do find it amazing that none of the major companies have really tackled this market at that price point. Clearly people on a low-budget are used to dealing with hassles and workarounds, but getting RAW ability is a huge advantage over dealing with compressed footage.

birdman said:

Damn, you people have me really wanting to fork out $1,500 more to upgrade my 5d2 with less than 8,000 clicks. Maybe common sense will prevail and force me to keep it and truly come close to pushing it to the limits. I doubt it though.

JMP2000, if you're listening the reason some of us (I may only be speaking for myself) feel the need to upgrade every product cycle is that my current 5d2 will only continually depreciate in value. In all honesty, if I knew that I could keep it another 1-2 years and could still sell it for around $1,700 then I would have no qualms about keeping it. Plus, you have better upgrades and tweaks with new tech in general. For instance, my 40d (from 2007) and my current SLR, the 5d2 are so very similar in every way. Menus, options, AF, metering. Basically I have a 40d body with a 1d mk 3 21.1 MP sensor. The 5d2 is well known to be a pieced together 5d classic.

I love it, and it produces awesome pictures. Knowing the 5d3 is slightly better in low ISO (my primary shooting) there are some things I still want. I wouldnt mind a little faster FPS, as my 40d did 6 FPS. I wouldn't mind a better built body, as my 5d2 feels like the bottom will eventually break off when I shoot for an extended amount of time. I wouldnt mind 2 memory card slots. And so on and so forth. To each his own.

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Should i assume you are photographing birds which is why you want more FPS? I actually permanently set my camera to silent shooting, it is amazingly quiet and less distracting. I Give up fps for that one.

Harv said:

With the resolution of the 70-300 L and the 5D3, you should be able to crop fairly deep if needed. The IQ and IS of the 70-300 is much, much better than the 100-400. I have owned both and can say that from experience.

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+1, it's the reason I got the 70-300mm as well, plus my prior comments on some AF slowness on the 70-200mm and 1.4x combo.

Now, if Canon does come out with new a 100-400mm f/4-5.6 IS L lens, I will very likely take a close look at it. It will come down to that or a Canon 400mm f/5.6 L or possibly a Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS. I'm not sold on the DO version as I hear it's soft. For that price, I would likely be better off going with a used 400mm f/2.8 IS L rev-1 lens or even the 300mm f/2.8 IS L II with the 1.4x III extender that I own (if the 1Dx does not slow down it AF too much from the extender).

Marsu42 said:

altenae said:

Please explain why MP is all that matters.

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Of course it is not *all* that matters. But it helps with cropping when using a prime and macro shots, changing aspect ratio and different framing in post-processing, easier framing while shooting because cropping doesn't let you drop into too low mp regions.

azizjhn said:

Improve the IQ, Improve the NR, Improve the ISO across the board and do it without getting MP crazy.

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With the 5d3 in the same mp range than the 5200, it can hardly be argued that 24mp is crazy, at least if Sony's sensor tech keeps delivering and the noise (at least when downsized to 18mp = Canon aps-c) and dr are within reason.

I don't think we'll see much of a 650d soon if Canon was as surprised by this as they seemed by the d800 - with the aps-c line being made for dlsr first-timers that don't have a lens zoo to keep and can easily "jump ship", imho the 600d is toast. Apart from running magic lantern, that is.

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it will be funny for first time dslr buyers comparing the 1100d to the d3200 it has double the mps XD

rahkshi007 said:

Thank you for all the reply.. i finally pull the trigger and get the 85mm 1.2 markii... when first time holding it, i feel that it is extremely heavy, even worst than my 24-70L. feel unbalance on the 5dm2. The picture produce at 1.2 really stunning and unforgettable. and i can't believe it is extremely sharp even at wide open 1.2.. usually my 50mm f1.4 need to tweak down to f1.8 to get better sharpness... THANK YOU all of your reply !! another reason i did not choose the 70-200mm is because of its size, which make me cannot carry it all the time..

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Congratulations. It's a fantastic lens.

Congratulations!

Tiny hands and feet are cute - BUT beware the Pro quality surround sound box

Enjoy! (whenever you can)

The lensmate lookie likie is now available at $22.95 you will also need the 58mm pinch type lens cover if you want to leave it on for $5.95. There are some die cast metal Chinese versions available on Ebay, I would suggest you avoid them as the lens barrel is plastic and will be easily damaged by the cheap casting.

I thought the 3100 was to compete with the T3 so it would seem to follow that the 3200 would as well and the T3i/T4i would compete with the 5100/5200.

ZEROrhythm said:

I have nothing against briansquibb. I bet you are a great photographer and know your ways around your equipments and gears, but when you go into a thread and start posting why High Mega Pixel is unimportant, when the person only ask when is the next High MP camera coming out, makes you clueless. you should be posting your information in the d800 vs 5d mk 3 thread.

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1. I have never said that high MP is unimportant

2. I suggested ways round the non high mp dslr bodies

3. I have not posted anything in this thread about the d800 vs 5DIII

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When you start giving advice to other people about what they need to do with out knowing what they do, what type of programs they use, what are their pipeline structure, and most importantly, what they do with their photos, makes you really clueless.

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I did not tell you how to do your work - just how to get the high megapixels you obviously are after. The advice I gave you did not relate to your workflow or what you do with your photos.

And your response is yet again to call me clueless.

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I do not tell you what type of camera you need to use, what type of gears you need to carry around, how you should take photos, and what you should do with your photos. So what gives you the rights to tell me why I don't need a High Mega Pixel camera or any one else? Do you work in my field? Do you use the same software as I do? Do know my work flow? Do you even know why I need a High Mega Pixel camera?

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I didn't tell you what camera you need to use - just passed on the fact that MF are the highest mp at the moment. Seems more than reasonable to me in response to your question

"is there a 30mpix camera on the way and when?"

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You didn't stipulate any further limitations such as budget, environment etc so my response answered your question

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Please if you can't understand why a person needs so many mega pixel try to understand where they are coming from and understand why they would need it.

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When advice is offered you have the choice whether to take it or not. Being rude and libellous is not an appropriate way to respond

birdman said:

And another thing: There is simply no earthly way it has better IQ than the new $2,000 24-70 L. Have you seen the charts on that thing? It is very disappointing that it has no Image Stabilization. Embarrasing, really.

My preference: 24-70L ver. II > 24-105L > Tamron 24-70 VC > 24-70 ver. I > 28-70L > Tamron 28-75

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I believe the mark II is $2500, not $2000. People compare this lens with mark I not, mark II because they are in different price range. The more important thing is people are looking for VC(IS) feature.

c.d.embrey said:

Why no mention of the most talked about EF mount video camera at NAB???

The Blackmagic Cine Camera http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/blackmagiccinemacamera/ shoots RAW and sells for less than a 5D3. Isn't this what Canon enthusiasts have been asking/waiting for???

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Because this isn't blackmagicrumors.com? Being able to use an EF lens doesn't make it a Canon product - there are adaptors to use EF lenses on Nikons even.... Hell, theres one for the iphone

I own both and my 300 was resting for two years while I used the 100-400 for bird photography. Why? Becasue of the extra reach and the 100mm flexibility. Also the IQ (my opinion) of 100-400 is almost the same as 300. At the begining I used 300+1.4X but the 100-400 alone has faster AF and ended always with better and more keepers.

Finally my 100-400 died because I got moisture in it too many times. I dried it off by puttingthe lens in a ziplock with silica gell beads. After doing this plus baking my lens in an oven (at low temp) too many times I finally cooked it. I sent it for repair and they replaced the AF asn USM. Almost $300 to fix it. Now it is waiting in Miami for someone to bring it to me in Ecuador. So it is long story but you must protect that 100-400 from rain or drips or moisture which seems to easily slip thouth the slip barrel zoom desing.

I too have been considering these as well ad a 1d mk iv. I am an ameature who likes BIF and (sunset or lightning) landscape photography. I can afford the 1dx and the 600mm is ii USM with gitzo/wimberly. Not sure I should, but kinda my dream set up. 600 has enough reach and the 1dx tracking, 12 fps and low light all seem fun to play with. My 1st dslr was a 7d. This would be my 1st FF. I wish it had f8 focusing since I plan to use a 2x with the 600 f4. I would ultimately want something wider than 35mm eventually and maybe a 50 f1.2. Maybe the 24-70, but I'd prefer a wider aperature.

jm345 said:

What new Zeiss 35 f/1.4?

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This thread started in September 2010...

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Glad you found it out, it wasn't apparent that you missed that step.

You can also press the info button and then the AF point selection button on the top right back corner and see and adjust them on the rear lcd.

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lol yea Im slow. when I unchecked the focus options in the menu, I thought that I was changing the autofocus lol