Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my latest short film effort. It is some shots that I took of some nudibranchs in papua new guinea. If you have seen a nudibranch before, they are incredibly interesting and colorful creatures. Make sure to watch in HD!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ulTptv5yw&list=UUjY86pGF7j4R_p_UkVHRQuQ

Let me know what you think. Comments and constructive critisism is always welcome.
Dustin

Im in the market for a 50mm 1.4 but I would like if anyone can give me a suggestion of which lense to choose from sigma 50mm 1.4 (not the art) or canon 1.4 (pros & cons) I shoot with a 60D

I see where Adorama has a sale on this lens for about $855, and the Sigma refurbished store has them in Nikon mount (only) for about $719.

Hey,

With the new C100 Mk II and rumors about the future CXX cameras, 4k and more - people tend to bring up the Sony FS7.

So this might interest you.
http://www.newsshooter.com/2014/11/01/sony-fs7-field-report-week-1-the-canon-c300-killer/

It's the first of a series of reports, where the FS7 is being tested on actual assignments. There is a lot of interesting information, but two things stand out to me.

"In terms of image quality, this camera gave no surprises. So far the image has been indistinguishable from my F5."

"Sadly I can’t share any of my footage from Hong Kong right now, but hopefully I can post some other vision soon. I can say that the low light performance was stunning and every bit as good as I had hoped for."

I've edited some of the DPP presets for the standard picture style (bumped the sharpness up, contrast, saturation) so that when the RAW file loads in DPP it sets those settings for me so that it's a few less clicks for myself.

How can I edit the unsharp mask default settings in the camera as that's what I use in DPP.

Thought I'd start a thread for pronghorns and other wild ungulates. We have lots of pronghorns around here (often, but mistakenly, called an antelope). They're generally much easier to take pictures of than deer.

1. Female pronghorn. She was by the side of the road and just stood there nonchalantly while I snapped away.
2. Male and female pronghorns in a farmer's field.
3. Bison

I was happy to get my Canon 7Dii yesterday and being in the middle of reviewing the Nikon D750, I decided to put them both through a Dynamic Range test I have been working on. I know it is an Apples to Oranges comparison, but I was curious none-the-less.

Im not a huge fan of, nor believed a certain testing website for various reasons, and have always read their scores with skepticism because their methodology is mostly proprietary and scoring system whacky. In fact, I have long wanted to come up with a DR test simply to confirm or deny their DR tests to some degree.

I am long time (12 years Canon owner and shooter vs 3.5 years of Nikon), so if anything I would naturally be more biased towards Canon, but in this test I think we are looking at a DR for the 7Dii very similar to that of the Canon 5Diii.

In the past, some of you have been very insightful with suggestions and tips to improve my tests, and therefore I invite your scrutiny and suggestions. Many others of you have ridiculed me, which also actually improved the quality of my tests, so I guess I invite that as well, as long as there is some creativity involved in the ridiculing.

What do you guys think I can do to improve this beyond the obvious (cropping straight).

What would be a good way to figure out total DR and noise cut offs?

http://www.michaelthemaven.com/?postID=3431&canon-7dii-vs-nikon-d750-dynamic-range-test-by-michael-the-maven

In any event enjoy!

I remember hearing earlier this year that the EF 16-35 f/4L IS was intended to be sharp enough for a possible (rumored) upcoming high MP camera.

If true, I expect to see some impressive performance from next month's this month's (rumored)100-400 ii.

What I'm wondering though is whether the development and eventual release of a higher megapixel DSLR/MILC (who knows which it will be for sure) - means that many Canon folks would need to purchase updated versions of almost all of their lenses to take full advantage of such a technology?

I wonder how Nikon dealt with an MP jump.

Fortunately all I have is the EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS ii. Sharpness is what it does best. I just hope that it's sharp enough. I'm getting rid of my EF 24-105 f/4L for numerous reasons. None of which are that it's a bad lens - it's a great lens - it's just become apparent to me that for my needs, f/2.8 or better is necessary, with exceptions made for lenses that aren't made with that large of an aperture and don't have any similar lenses that do.

I was told, today, that this lens, which didn't sell very well compared to the pricier f/2.8 v2, is no longer available, at least in Canada.
Heard that at one of my local camera stores. (sales ratio about 7:1 for the 2.8/4)

Can anyone confirm this?

I am consistently getting significantly sharper pictures of my resident eagles and hawks in flight with my 6D over my 60D. In all cases I am using the same 400mm f/5.6 lens. I usually shoot at f/8 and 1/1000 sec or faster. I use the center focus point with both bodies, and use apurture priority with a typical ISO of 400. I continue to be very pleased with the 6D in all respects, and have no complaints about its "crippled" AF capabilities. I have never shot a 5D III or a 1DX, so I cannot compare them to my 6D. Are my results what one would expect?

For those of you that have borrowed equipment from CPS for evaluation, I have a question. I have a loaner scheduled in a couple weeks and today I noticed the return date is Thanksging Day (U.S. Holiday so no FedEx, UPS, etc deliveries). I have borrowed from CPS before, but I've never had a return date fall on a holiday. Will CPS be ok with it arriving on the day after or do I need to ship it sooner so that it gets there the day before? Thanks.

OK going to get the 300 F2.8 II with both 1.4 and 2x extenders. Now for the second lens. Was thinking either a used 600 F4 is or a new 500 F4 II. I do bird shooting, launches, races, Kids Band, general wildlife as in gators, bobcats, bears, deer anything that I can find here in Florida. Oh yea the beach also. Would love to hear some thoughts on this. The new 600 might just be out of reach at the moment but so 3rd place for now...unless i'm talked into waiting a bit.

If there were to be any announcements about new bodies, lenses, et al at PhotoPlus, would we have heard about them by now?

No new FF bodies for Canon @ PhotoPlus Expo?.... nothing?

Just received an email from Canon Canada....looks like they have 'sweetened' the pot!


http://www.canonfeatures.ca/EOS-7D-MarkII/special-offer

I bought a 7D three years ago, added a 5D mk III later. Since then I have not touched the 7D but kept it as backup camera. I shoot various subjects, also a lot of sports using the 70-200 2.8 II, Sigma 120-300 2.8 sports and 1.4III converter.
The 5D mk III is really awesome but every now and then I do miss the extra reach. Extra mm for full frame are really expensive and above budget.... Would it make sense to replace the 7D for the Mk II and start using the 7D mk II for sports only? Or would I be disappointed since detail and low light performance of the 5D mk III are better than then 7D mk II anyway?

300mm f2.8 would yield 480mm f2.8 on the 7D mk II
300mm f2.8 + 1.4 converter would yield 672mm f4 on the 7D mk II

Reasons to consider upgrading the 7D: better reach and maybe AF speed (how does it compare to the 5D III anyway??). fps, although dramatically improved in the Mk II is not my main concern. Any thoughts appreciated.

7MII0399 by NAVBPhotos, on Flickr

Not bad for OOC JPG with LR adjustments (ISO 4000) in a high school gym....

50/1.2L at f1.2
1/1000
ISO 4000

Hi folks

I'm planning for a trip to Madagascar in April next year. Anybody got any experience of shooting there? I don't usually shoot wildlife but given the destination I want to make the most of all the opportunities that Madagascar will present as its a once in a lifetime trip. 8)

My main camera is a Canon 6D and my plan is to take a 100mm f2.8L Macro, 70-300mm 4.0-5.6 L and my 16-35 f4L for landscapes. I also plan to take a 430ex flash and possibly a ring flash for the macro.

I am wondering whether I should take another tele lens with me? I could hire a 300mm f2.8 L for ultimate IQ or 400mm f5.6 L for more reach but not sure it is worth the extra weight... I don't know how much reach I will need, I've heard that in the rainforests, for example, the lemurs can be high in the trees and also heavily in shade (hence the flashes). I'm not really planning on doing any birding though so maybe more than 300mm would be overkill?

Also, wondering whether I should take as a second body... Should I hire a 7D to give extra reach and potentially better autofocus or would I be better off with just taking another 6D? I'm imagining that changing lenses will be almost impossible in some of the environments (rainforest or dusty) so a second body might be essential. I am thinking the macro always on one body for the small stuff and a tele on the other body for the lemurs and other small mammals.

Any advice from all you wildlife shooters would be much appreciated

Hi

Apart from the 1.6 crop factor is there any other reason to buy a Canon 7d mk ii if you already had a 1DX ?

Thanks

The original version was enough of a mystery. (The mystery being who in their right mind would buy one?).
Now we have this limited version:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8641626030/price-released-for-brikk-s-24k-gold-nikon-df

Oooh, but how cool is a gold plated lens? Sorry, the lens itself is not gold plated, just the hood and lens cap!

But hey they are donating a portion of the 41K sale price to "humanitarian causes." Great, all for it, but they do not say what percent, I imagine it is well below a thousand dollars. So you can do that or you can buy a regular DF for three grand and mail the extra 37 grand yourself straight to your favorite charity. (Or buy a camera that actually makes sense and send the extra whatever is left to charity).

it's like looking for Waldo, except you don't even know what your looking for.

I saw this on an auction while preparing to sell my 5D2. Does Canon really do this mod?

"For sale used canon eos 5d mark II is in good perfect condition, selector dial lock modified
like the 5d mark III , by canon. "

Found these 7D Mark ll videos interesting and useful so thought others might also.

http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/galleries/galleries/tutorials/eos7dmarkii_tutorials.shtml

Windows 7 and Lightroom don't seem to have updates yet for the new RAW files from the 7Dii. Anyone know where I can find them so I don't have to use the canon software to look at or edit my pictures?

Hi Folks.
Going to be in Lucerne for a couple of days this weekend, anything recommended to see in the immediate locality? Needs to be within public transport range, not necessarily photo related. Short notice as it was a bit unexpected!

Any ideas appreciated.

Cheers, Graham.