3300 shutter counts is not very much. I do such amount of shutter releases in one or two days.

Congratulation for buying such a camera.

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My $0.02:

Do you need it now? Or can you wait?

If you can wait, think about it this way. When the 6D (or whatever, low-cost FF) is is introduced, there's going to be a lot more FF cameras going around. So as long as it's under $2500, some people would be 'upgrading' their old 5D2s to the 6D, depending on which features they do and don't want (ie, if the AF in the new body really is as good as the 7D, some people might ditch their 5D2 just for that, if the sensor is roughly comparable, even if it means less other features).
In short, I'm guessing that when the 6D drops, the 5D2 will get cheaper.
At that time you will need to decide between the 6D and 5D2, depending on whatever specs you want and the cash you have.

So the decision is
- buy a 5D2 now, and lose a bit on the re-sale value, but you get to use it now.
- or keep the crop for now, wait until the 6D drops, whenever that may be, could be photokina next week, could be this time next year, and decide between 5D2 and 6D then.
(personally, i'd be waiting, but i've got enough toys to play with for years without buying new ones. If you need it soon, then it's going to be 5D2)

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yes this makes sense, I should at least wait until next week before making any kind of move.

I find this lens a bit slow both in terms of aperture and AF for me now, but i loved it when i got... it is a great lens to get started on and great value. Good for travel as it is small light and versitile... I managed to get a good bird in flight shot, but this is one of 10 misses.

Just amazing! Waiting for my 100-400 to come back from repair...

Like the folks said above, what do you want to shoot? What is your budget? Otherwise the responses will be all over the map...

Canon 5d mkII. Anyone tried shooting remotely? I recently did and at first thought, all I need is a remote switch cable release and monitor. Well that worked until I actually tried it...as soon as you turn on live view you find out you can't focus using the shutter release! Ugh.

So the next best thing I did was scrap my first idea. Instead, I used a netbook with the EOS utility installed and tried out the remote control software canon provides. Works great, I had the camera where I could not reach it and using live view I could focus using the keyboard and view the results. Pretty cool. However, I still miss having a remote switch that allows me to walk around and get close to the subject for example.

I also tried doing a self portrait using the same method and found it really hard to focus on myself and trigger the shutter with my computer on une side of the room and me on the other. All my photos have one arm missing!

So, here's what I did to get "remote switch working in live view". Its a hack, but it works pretty well. I took an old USB keyboard, opened it up and soldered a stereo jack to where the spacebar goes and to the alt-F key. I them plugged in my remote switch and ran a windows macro program to move the mouse and control the canon software. I can now use the remote switch just as if it were plugged on the camera (its on the computer usb port instad) with shutter relase and focus and I have the added bonus of seeing my image on the computer using live view! Pretty neat!

Has anyone else tried this?

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Don Haines said:

The 400 F5.6 sells for $1350 in Canada. To get a longer Canon lens you have to be ready to shell out $9690. That's a HUGE jump in price.... and I'd be willing to bet that there is a market for something in between, like a 600 F5.6.

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A 600mm f/5.6L would cost at least US$7,500. But a 500mm f/5.6L might come in under US$4,000.

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Pentax announced a 560mm f/5.6 for $7,000. So the $7500 price is very realistic.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/10/Pentax-announces-smc-DA-18-270mm-F3-5-6-3-ED-SDM-and-HD-DA-560mm-F5-6-ED-AW-for-K-mount

Edwin Herdman said:

It won't get made because they want to sell and make only 500mm f/4L lenses.

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Other than that there is not enough demand for a 2nd 500mm. Same goes with the 600mm and 800mm.

FarQinell said:

What about Sony then? Their longest "pro" lens currently is a 300/2.8. Perhaps they may be tempted to break the stranglehold Canon/Nikon have on long lenses and come up with something tasty like a prime 500 or 600/5.6!

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Sony is selling a 500mm but it costs as much as a Canon 800mm!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/845555-REG/Sony_SAL500F40G_500mm_f_4_0_G_Lens.html

Zlatko said:

drjlo said:

Assuming Lensrental meant Canon24 f/3.5 TS-E "MKII" (chart doesn't say MkI or II), that would be quite impressive for any zoom.

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The chart doesn't say Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L MkII, but the article clearly says Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L MkII (just before the chart).

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I hope that was Mark I since I planned to buy Mark II for my first TS lens. Poisoned by Bryan DP.

I really dissapointed with 24mm result in 24-105, and I found 24-70 Mark I was worst beside I tested 4 copies. Good IQ in 24-35mm is prority when I purchase all around zoom lens.

Scott_McPhee said:

I was doing this for free for my cousin as money was tight - I am reasonably experienced or I would not have taken on the job at all.

I got some great shots and in most situations the 5D3 performed perfectly.
Metering/exposure was very impressive - on the mark 99% of the time.

I did have to put up with another (Nikon user) photographer trying to shoot the wedding as well and this was really starting to piss me off until I met a retired wedding pro who was there.
We got rid of the Nikon guy and he was excellent help setting up poses and shots - I learned a lot from him over the rest of the day.

It was hard work but I really enjoyed it - and after a wee bit of Lightroom magic we will have some great shots.
5D3 is a dream to use in this situation.

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Your shots look good, I prefer to use DPP to convert raws mainly becuase i like the quality over lightrooms conversion of canon raws, granted lightroom is far better from a work flow perspective. But then again your shots look perfectly fine as is.The curve tool in lightroom, photoshop could help brighten midtones

Just reading through the comments, it's amazing the lengths that people go to in order to protect this lens! It is sharp, sharp glass...but man is it ever finicky.

tron said:

I remember reading that the charging current for NiMh cells has to be over 1/2C (even by a little) for the chargers to stop charging correctly. I am sorry I am writing this by heart. I do not remember where I have read it (so please check for yourselves too).

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I think it would most likely depend on the design of the charger rather than being a fixed limit, most better ones have a timer as well to terminate the charge and monitor changes in voltage rather than a fixed limit. However I've had this situation with a cordless phone charger, when the batteries died I replaced with ones about triple the capacity and the charge cycle wouldn't stop.

The C100 with the Atmos Ninja 2 looks like a solid combo providing 422 ProRes or DNxHD for ~$7500. For web/internet/TV, the 420 24Mbit H.264 via AVCHD container is sufficient (as it is with the 5D2 and 5D3).

422 via HDMI reported here: http://www.cinema5d.com/news/

Thanks for the tip. Should probably have sone that right away. But after we finished up here we
got on the bikes and drove three hours down to the coast, also in quite heavy rain.

Thanks for the encouragement. Looking at it again I wish I could get back and do it again to try to improve on this.

i have been very impressed with the build of the 100 f2.8L macro which is plastic too it makes it light weight too compared to the metal nikon 105 f2.8 micro its much lighter

its just the metal lenses feel more high class probably more of a perception of better quality than a reality possibly

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Your LR settings are indeed a issue. Reset them to zero. If you have LR set to apply a ton of sharpening on inport, reset it to apply just a little, or none at all depending on the ISO.

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So I was able to verify that sharpening was deactivated completely (along with everything else). Still getting the black halo ...

AudioGlenn said:

samirachiko said:

I really don't understand people who say "I hate the articulated screen" ecc

I think that it is VERY VERY useful in photography and also taking video!

Ok, don't you like it?? SIMPLE don't move it! How is the problem??? Someone says "it is easy to break it"....... -_-! if you use your things like a toy you could break everything!...

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+1, yeah I still don't get this. how can having the option to swivel the screen out be a bad thing? I don't understand the "pro bodies don't have it" reason. so what if pro bodies haven't had this feature yet.

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Totally agree with you!

Think like that: "pro bodies don't have it"......elderly people should think so

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It's all about the megatronic receptors.

If they could engineer the positive luminators to activate on first current, the pinocchio pixelators could bypass the bayer filter. Then the RGB filter arrays would work directly off the incoming photons.

One of these days perhaps! I know those Canon engineers are all over this one.

Obviously, I have no idea. My unknowledgeable guess would have to do with speed of powering up the sensor.

I also pre-ordered an EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II the first day that B&H would accept pre-orders, and mine also shipped on 9/10/2012 by UPS ground, for delivery in Texas on 9/13/2012. HOORAY!! (I was beginning to think I might not live long enought to actually receive it...)

Gorgeous shots

I will also be there and hope to see a 70d (with a new sensor) in a light body :

neuroanatomist said:

16-35 II. Sharper in the corners, and sometimes you need the extra stop.

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+1...it was a right decision for me.

I had very little gear with me compared to normal. Most of my lenses were rented out and my partner was using the 5D mkIII with 24-70 and 70-200 for the photos. This left me with the 7D and 2x 60Ds. The 60Ds had each a 18-55 kit lens on them for ceremony. The 7D had tokina 11-16 on it for ceremony. for the rest of the night I switched between my nifty 50mm 1.8, the tokina 11-16, and 70-200 since my partner was no longer using it. I had a dinky home made slider so about 10% of the shots from it were usable due to a wobble it has once you get going. Also, I had no glidecam with me to I did the usual "glide cam" shots handheld. Again, this is not at all my ideal setup and the majority of my gear was all rented out for the weekend.

Check it out!
http://www.stockhammedia.com/2012/09/10/san-diego-wedding-videography-etienne-ben/

And if you want to see the photos they are here:
http://www.stockhammedia.com/2012/08/28/wedding-photography-etienne-ben/

I accept critique! let me know what you think

facedodge said:

K-amps said:

How does this perform compare to the 70-200 mk.ii @ 200mm wide open?

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Ask and ye shall receive.
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=687&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=3&API=0&LensComp=245&CameraComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0

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Fanks. @2.8 not a lot of difference but at f4, the prime is better.

The zoom has better vignette control wider.

Prime sharper over all but zoom holds up respectably... I reckon you can get great shots with either one... but if you use TC's, the Prime would be a tad sharper stopped slightly.

Ryan708 said:

Ive read a lot of pro's like the colors from the 5dIII's better than the d800. But that could be the legendary canon glass they use. I have also read that canon does something with their sensor output signal that makes it near impossible to accurately test dynamic range. I think DPreview.com listed 4 different canon sensors (and not different model, actual different sensors) with the exact same dynamic range, from shadows to highlights. seems fishy. I am curious on the DR of the 1dx?

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Not the glass, but the D800 vs 5d3, the D800 and D3x has had much bemoaned complaints regarding a green color shift in the colors... Of course to the untrained eye, you may not even notice it, but side by side, you can see the color shift... and this supposedly is after custom white balance, etc...

Luke said:

Canon US and Canon Canada are different profit centers and different legal entities.. If Canon Canada fixes your US camera, it costs them money they wouldn't normally need to spend.

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Isn't Canon Canada a subsidiary of Canon USA? With $$ going to a parent corporation in the end - whats the big difference? I doubt this is about corporate structure of Canon's operations. This is more about ripping Canadian customers off by protecting this high mark up market. Other than that it is really dumb not to provide a true international warranty to such an "internations" product. People travel and lots of preople with pro gear travel, so not being protected by warranty internationally is simply not caring about customers by the manufacturer. End of rant.

Yes, I was thinking about calling Canon but then spoke to a few folks and it looks like there is no point in that. Regardless of what they tell me over the phone, this may change when it comes down to a real life situation. All this is coming from a misleading and confusing language of Canon's warranty card. Thats the reason i was curious about real life experience with this...