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Traveling internationally with lot of expensive gear?

Has anyone every had any problems with the customs people either going to or coming back from a country with thousands of dollars worth of camera gear? Do I need a document saying that I have purchased this gear and will bring back the same gear?

Have you ever run into an airline that doesn't let you carry-on a Pelican 1510 case?

Everytime I try and figure out how to reduce the size and weight of gear I take, it just keeps getting bigger...

Add to that, I won't have my gear with me all the time if I go out at night or swimming in the ocean (I'll have to lock it up back at a hotel or hostel), I've never thought about it before... It is easier when I go to a national park and am the only human for miles.

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(1) EOS Boday + (3) New Lenses = New System?

Here is my UFO from left field suggestion, similar in thought to the release of the Fuji X1 Pro model. If Canon is releasing a new DLSR, (or somekind of box with a shutter, or not) and as many as three new lenses to complement, could it be an entirely new system? Consider, how much would they open the envelope with a $5000 'semi-medium' format camera with a 45MMx30MM sized sensor. I don't think it's beyond the spectrum of possibilities if photon physics will continue to be the principle development problem and no medium formate will continue to be the ever cheaper stalking giant snatching up the premium dollars in the market as it continues to improve the technology and human interface aspects.

Many suggestions on the forum here are indicating that the 1DX is the flagship and then everthing else must be priced somewhere below. I'm suggesting that they have a $6000 flagship and then about a $4500-$5500 secondary high MP and unique sensor camera with a photo 'quality' only development focus and line - and expensive ultra high quality lenses to complement this territory of pricing. With this Canon will absolutly nip at the heals of Medium format, maybe take it down all together as word is Lecia and others will explore CMOS sensor solutions in place of the current CCD. After this product is released as the shooting star, consider then a T4i with 24MP and normally good crop and entry level processor, and a new 7D with a similar crop sensor and better processors.

I'm just trying to look at the whole picture... haha funny :0) I think that what's inescapable is that Medium format and the old DSLR guard are going to go head to head at somepoint and the first one to bridge the gap will probably net severl hundered million in first to market sales. Anyhow, feedback welcome.

Reddy

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Amateur looking at a Macro, Prime and Walkabout lenses... input please!

Hello all!

Firstly I just want to say I've greatly enjoyed reading these forums - the wealth of information here is fantastic!

Let me preface this with saying I'm not a professional, nor do I pretend to be. I'm really just a hobbyist. No I'm not rich (far from it!), but I don't mind waiting longer to save the money necessary to get a quality lens if the difference is visibly noticeable to me.

Recently I went from being a long time P&S user to a DSLR. I had a Canon SX20IS which I absolutely loved - the zoom range was incredible and I expanded my knowledge greatly. However I made a trip to the grand canyon/Hoover dam and when I enlarged some of the images there were areas where image quality was lacking rather significantly. In light of that I bought a nearly new T3i from a friends wife (who decided DSLR's were too complicated) with the 18-55 kit lens and EF-S 55-250. A friend who exited photography gave me an EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM and an older EX 580 speedlight they had lying around in exchange for helping them move an entire house full of furniture/belongings. After reading here about the incredible value of the 50mm F/1.8 I picked one up and have had a blast experimenting with apertures, truly amazing that a $120 lens can be so much fun! At this point I'm having enough fun with photography that I'm planning to stick to EF lenses for my likely eventual upgrade to full frame in a few years. It also seems resale value of EF lenses is better than that of EF-S variants.

After getting my feet wet (and willing to get wet up to my waist) I have a few questions that I'd value some opinions on.

Several of my friends belong to a local gem club and I take pictures of their collections for insurance purposes/e-bay sales. I did some stuff previously for them (nothing impressive) with a point and shoot - but would really like to be able to do better. Some specimens are quite small, so I was looking for a macro lens to get me to 1:1 magnification. After looking at the threads/pictures on this site (love the lens galleries on here!) I was considering the EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM. Understanding that one of the primary differences between the "L" & non-L version is the Hybrid IS and that I use a tripod and light boxes - do you feel that the "L" version will produce noticeably higher quality photographs? Or am I better off saving a few hundred bucks and getting the non-L version? I have read several threads on this site on various lenses where they say even with crop bodied cameras the "L" glass provides a higher quality image.

As I mentioned I have and enjoy the 50mm F/1.8 and looking further into it, the F/1.4 is still priced very reasonably I thought about trading up already. I know that when shooting wide open these lenses tend to loose sharpness - but would the additional range in F-stop be visually significant enough to entice me/you or would I have to make the jump to the F/1.2 to really get that benefit?

I live in a more rural environment and do enjoy shooting pictures of the outdoors/landscapes/wild critters nearby. In going about I have found the kit lens a bit lacking in the range I desire. The wide angle is fine - seldom do I say "gosh I wish I had a wider frame", however without swapping lenses I do frequently say "Dang I wish I had more zoom". I fully understand that often moving the camera body is the best way to get the shot and I do my best to move as much as I can first. However that squirrel up in the tree is something I can't exactly climb up to and by the time I grab my 70-300 out of my bag and attach it might be gone. Also discovering from the knowledge here and online that generally the wider the range the lens covers - the more likely it will have negative effects on image quality at one extreme or the other. I was considering the EF 28-135 F/3.5-5.6 to cover a greater range for my walk-about lens - however I am open to suggestions.

I really appreciate any feedback!

DeadPixel

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Is Canon 7D a good choice for my next DSLR

hi Guys I've been reading a fair bit regarding my next camera I tend to go for the 7D. Nothing really serious just an average person who like taking pictures (primarily portrait, a bit of landscape and RC's remote control vehicles) I like the fps of the 7D compare to the 60D (my first choice). Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Also I'm planning to get just the body for now due to tight budget a good all rounder lens suggestions is also great. This is the first time i'm venturing the the Canon realm so bear with me not having much info as the pro's in the forum.

thank you

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An updated 70-200 F/4 in the near future?

It looks like this lens was released in 1999 (12-13 years ago)....does anyone think or know if a new version of it will be released or even the possibility of it. And if so, would it have the same price range (i would imagine so). I want to pick up one for $600 from B&H before the 4th, but I know that even if a lens comes out in the next 6 months that I wont be disappointed with my purchase even though a new version comes out.

Thanks

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Did Canon extend lens etc. sale because no new model to match Nikon D800's 36MP?

Since this is the rumors section, I wonder if Canon had and then extended this great sale on lenses, flashes, etc. to increase our commitment to Canon's DSLR line. The immediate need to increase our investment in Canon is because Canon does not have a new full-frame model that will match-up in megapixel marketing to Nikon's (and Sony's) new full frame cameras using Sony's new 36 megapixel sensor such as the forthcoming Nikon D800.

Canon's short lens-mount to sensor distance allows Canon EOS bodies to accept several other manufacturer's lenses but the opposite applies to putting a Canon lens on most other DSLR's since they have longer lens-mount to sensor distance.

I hope I am wrong because I bought two Canon lenses during the sale.

The debate about if more megapixels is important to anyone but the marketing department and a minority of photographers is a discussion for another thread entirely.

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Does Pentax K-01 show Canon's future mirrorless direction?

So, Pentax has released the K-01 -which is basically an SLR with the mirror and viewfinder removed. The main advantage of this for the user is that it should be fully compatible with most K-mount lenses (the advanage for the company is that it should be cheaper to produce and yet command a premium price!). The disadvantage is that you lose phase detect AF and the optical viewfinder and only get a marginally smaller body than the K5 in return.

With Canon pretty luke warm on the whole mirrorless business, might this concept prove an attractive option for them? Earlier in the year Canon were saying how they could still make DSLRs smaller and questioned whether mirrorless cameras needed interchangeable lenses. Now we've had the G1X, which falls nicely into the latter category, might we soon see Canon's version of the K-01?

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2 different 5Ds coming in 2012 ???!!!!!

My brother that lives in Copenhagen(Denmark)
was told that there are two 5D body with full frame sensor coming this year
One of them soon announced

Why should canon come up with 2 different 5D?


Nevertheless here are the specs he was told
...... not sure it makes sense



5D (version 1)
45mp !!!!!
Pro Af
4fp
100-12800 iso
Digic 5+


5D(version 2)

Hybrid electronic viewfinder (???)
22 mp
100-51200 iso
4K video
Raw video
Advance live view Af+Digic 4
Digic 5+

Thanks for listening

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Upgrade choices- full frame; wide prime or zoom; 135f/2

I have a 40D and I use it to shoot my kids and family events as well as landscape photography. For lenses, I have the following:

- Canon 50mm f/1.4
- Canon 17-40mm f/4 L
- Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS

I am considering the following upgrades but can’t afford all of them right now – Would appreciate your thoughts on which you think would be the most important to accomplish first.

Camera Body- Like many on here, I would like to have a full frame body- both for effect for my landscape photos as well as increased sensor size and what I expect to be an increased dynamic range and better high iso performance. I am also very interested in lens micro-adjustment that the 40D doesn’t have (but I realize that I could get that on a 7D as well)- my 50 1.4 could use it. The combination of these factors made me think that the 5DMII would be the best choice for a new body. Because of the focusing issues that I have heard of on this forum and elsewhere on the internet and the possible near term unveiling of the 5DMIII, I am thinking of waiting for the unveiling of the next FF Canon body to see whether the bump in price will be worth the feature upgrades. I have the luxury of waiting to see what happens as I use the camera solely as a hobby and not for my income.

17-40- Love it for landscape thus far but am very limited in low light. My kids are 5 and 8 and the lighting conditions for candid shots are seldom ideal and often in low light and f4 gives me the choice of either (i) getting a blurry shot or (ii) going to a very high iso speed which gives me a noisy shot. I am thinking of choosing the 16-35 (which is the other that I considered when I bought the 17-40- should have just spent the money then…) or the 24 f/1.4L. The 16-35 gets me a wider aperture and the convenience of zoom. The 24 would seem to solve all of my low light issues and be perfect if I could live without the convenience of zoom. I hear that the 35 f/1.4L has better image quality than the 24, but I like my 50 f/1.4 just fine and the difference of only 15mm between the 50 and the 35 make me think that they would be too close and also I wouldn’t want 35mm to be my widest lens (and I can’t afford both the 24 and the 35). Has anyone out there gone solely with a wide prime for candid shots and wished that they’d kept the zoom instead?

70-300 IS- I use this lens the least. Partly because it is f/4 at its widest and then quickly goes to f/5.6. I usually only use this lens to take shots of my kids playing sports. But because I really want those shots (and those shots of my kids are the most important use for all of this camera equipment in my wife's opinion), I think that I need to hang on to this for now- especially if I move to a full frame camera body (I may have to sell my 40D to afford the 5DMII or 5DMIII depending on the price point). But I am also interested in the 135 f/2. I would love to upgrade to this image quality and low light capability for portraits and close distance sports photos of my kids. But it doesn’t sound like this lens (either on a crop body or a FF body) can be counted on to take sports shots for things like baseball, football, etc. – on a FF, it doesn’t seem like enough zoom and on a crop, the lack of IS would be a problem. Are there folks out there who have found the 135 to be useful for sports on a FF or crop body?

Finally, where do you all purchase your used equipment in the US? Ebay?

Any suggestions or opinions would be really helpful. I am certain some of my conclusions are probably wrong and would love to hear what folks think- Including if you think that I should stick with everything that I have now and just go out and shoot. Thanks very much.

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Papers, forms and contracts - the legal stuff

Hope this is the right place. I'm looking for a quick and easy fix - I know, usually not a good starting point but I don't have the time right now for extensive research on this rather complex issue so I was hoping somebody has dealt with this before.

I just did a few shots for a political campaign (U.S.) and I'm donating the work and the use of the shots to the campaign. Their manager is working on the paperwork that comes with that as far as the trappings of campaign finance stuff is concerned.

While I'm at it I want them to sign the most basic form/template that allows them indefinite use for the candidate and the campaign but not necessarily beyond and I want to make sure that the rights to the pictures remain with me. I'm probably not finding the right words right now but I hope you know where I'm getting at. I want to keep this as simple and short as possible not create unnecessary work for anyone or pay for legal fees or anything like that. Any links to templates for that purpose would be fabulous.

Thanks

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Should photographers hibernate?

I love taking pictures. I have only recently gotten a DSLR (about 3 years ago). But I have always loved taking pictures. My life is filled with frustration and boredom (work) but there is always photography.

But, obviously it's winter time here. Unfortunately I live in the southern US which means winter typically lacks beauty and just looks depressing. There is no pretty snow or ice to photograph here, everything is just dead. The maple tree in my front yard looks a bit like Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree. The grass is dead, the trees are dead, the leaves on the ground are dead and rotting. Adding to that is the unseasonable warmth this year. The high yesterday was 69F.

Now, normally I would be all for getting outside and photographing some of these dead things. I think I could manage to pull something good out of the winter death. But there is another problem with winter: the sun. It's basically completely down by the time I get off work. So there is not much time to go on a walk. In fact by the time I drive to my house it's dark. Last week I did manage to get my EOS-3 out and shoot at a beautiful local university campus (they actually have winter grass so it's green). But I only had ISO400 film and it quickly got too dark.

So, I guess I'm just sitting here at work staring at my camera bag wondering what you guys do in the winter. I haven't had a photo session in a few weeks and I'm getting a little antsy I guess.

What are some tips? What do you shoot in the winter? Do you live in a place with a pretty winter or do you have to make do?

Should I just take a long nap until spring?

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5D X or Mark III Specs & Release Date? [CR1]

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<strong>5D X / 5D Mark III

</strong>The last week has been insane for rumors. I have had more than 150 “tips” sent in and going through them all has been lots of fun. The variance in information is wider than I’ve ever seen it previously.</p>
<p><strong>More stuff

</strong>Below is a spec list I received last week. It goes along with various other sources in regards to release date and specs.</p>
<ul>
<li>5D X</li>
<li>22 mp</li>
<li>61pt AF with DIGIC 4</li>
<li>6.9 FPS</li>
<li>DIGIC 5 (Doesn’t say DIGIC 5 )</li>
<li>Announcement February 28</li>
<li>  with 3 lens</li>
<li>Available April $2700</li>
</ul>
<p>With Nikon announcing on February 7, 2012, and most thinking it’ll be the D800. I expect some kind of a camera to be announced by Canon within a month. If they can get these things shipping by April, a lot of wedding photographers will be happy.</p>
<p>We’ve seen one <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/cameras/Canon_5d3.html">report about an October ship date</a> for the 5D Mark III. If it’s not the 5DX/Mark III coming in the next month or so, then something else will be.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
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Canon 16-35 L version I vs II

I'll be moving to full frame within a few months and I'll be looking at adding an UWA lens to my kit. What I can't seem to figure out is the benefit of version II of this lens versus the old 16-35 f/2.8. Resolution chart comparisons seem to suggest that they each perform better at different focal lengths, both lenses are weather sealed, both have roughly the same design...

Also, version II has 82mm filter threads, an awkward size for sharing.

... Was there a particular reason for updating this lens? :o The only reason I'm currently considering version II over I is the mark I still sells for about 70% of the price of a new mark II, and I'm generally suspicious of people selling lenses on eBay.

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Truth in photography

I've been following the “Debunk this Peter Lik picture…PLEASE!!!” thread closely for the last few days, and I'm surprised at the amount of interest it has generated. I started following it because I like to reverse engineer things to work out how they were done. Otherwise, I’m not too concerned if it is actually a combination of multiple images with significant post production. If it is art, I feel that it should be able to stand on its own and the “behind the scenes” activities are largely irrelevant. But many people think differently.

So, I'm curious. With photography in general….

Do you feel genuinely upset and angry when a photographer portrays a photo as something it’s not? If so, why does this get you so worked up?

If a photo is actually a combination of several photos, but the photographer implies that it is a single, unaltered image, do you consider this unethical?

Do you think photo buyers really care about the effort that went into producing an image? If so, do you feel that an image with less manipulation is of greater substance than an image with more manipulation? Or is this irrelevant provided that the photographer doesn’t mislead anyone?

Tell me your thoughts.

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How do you think we should spend the money?

Here's the deal; my wife and I have just begun turning our photography adventures into a business and now it's time to seriously invest, however, we only have the following equipment:

Canon EF 17-40 f/4
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6
Canon T1i
Canon 430EX ii

Our budget is $4,000 and we're willing to sell/swap any of the equipment as necessary. We shoot a lot of portait work such as maternity, babies, family etc. and are just now going into weddings as requested for some of our engagement bookings. That being said, what do you think? Also we plan on purchasing an additional camera here in the next few months and plan on including the cost of the new camera into the $4K. Any thoughts?

-Tabor

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EOS Bodies: Should I shoot in B&W? or shoot in Color then Convert to B&W?

I'm curious as to anyone's thoughts on this. I am sure we all realize the immediate advantage of shooting everything in color, then post processing into B&W but why have Monochrome as a built in option on the EOS camera's? Is there an advantage choosing Monochrome on the EOS Bodies over post processing the color RAW into B&W?

Rev

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What should be my first dslr?

Hey everyone!
This is my first posting here and I'm not sure this is the right place to ask...
However, I'm looking to finally purchase what will be my first dslr and I need advice/opinions on what to get. I've been doing some research, reading reviews, etc. and I'm trying to decide between the canon t2i or the canon 7d. I know that they're kind of a gap in the price difference between the two but that doesn't matter to me. The thing is, I want thsi camera to be one that I can learn and practice on but I'm also a poor college student so I would like for this camera to last me a couple years at least before I upgrade. So what I want to know is, which camera should I get? I'm sure that it might be a little easier starting out with the t2i but is that a camera that I will outgrow quickly? And also, is the 7d really that much better? If so I'm willing to spend the extra money but at the same time I'm wondering if the 7d is going to be too complex for me as a beginner?
I would like to be able to photograph a variety of things such as: children, landscape/wildlife and action sports (i.e. motocross and kids sporting games).
Any advice/opinions/tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

-Ang

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