http://www.juzaphoto.com/article.php?l=en&t=from_reflex_to_mirrorless_sony_a5100

Around 6 years ago when I restarted photography after 15 years (film to digital) I found Juza on internet and learned a lot from his website.

Do you think that Canon might release anything new during the event next month?

I just got back from two hiking adventures... of course the "gear" went with. The first was a week of hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, and the second was a long weekend of hiking along Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior along the Superior Hiking Trail and some of it's spur trails which lead to waterfalls etc.

I used my BR sport strap exclusively on both trips.

I just saw this --> http://www.blackrapid.com/products/backpack-strap <--
advertised on BR's website and am wondering if anyone has seen it in person or possibly used one? I think they're very new (released 9/15/14???) so I understand if nobody has seen one, but hoping someone has seen one at a trade show or possibly had a chance to preview one etc. Anyone??? anyone??

It seems like if it works the way it shows, it would be ideal for my type of adventuring! It would allow some great flexibility for carrying either a DSLR backpack or for my use - probably a hydration/food/camping pack while still allowing all of the flexibility of a sling strap.

Rejoyce! I've got the answer! I suggest all the contenders come to Italy and debate the DR contention this way...

English filmmaker Jonathan Glazer directed this ad for Canon Come and See.

See more about Calcio storico Fiorentino:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imI7dpzKIoE

Dear Friends.
I am very lucky to get the Learning from the " PRO " to shoot the real live action of the Local Ballet in the big theater. Yes, The first time in my life.
Yes, Two big Tripods and two Cameras, Canon 5D MK II with Canon EF 135 MM. F/ 2.0 L . and 7D , with EF 70-200 mm F/ 2.8 L IS.
For 1.5 Hours , sit on the seat at the back row in the dark theater with two camera on the tripods left and right side of my chest, I shoot both camera about 2,000+ photos.
Here are some of the Photos.
Enjoy
Surapon

Dear Friends.
I must tell all of my friends who do not be a member of CPS yet = I love CPS, and be CPS Members so many years ago, start from Free Member, to 3 years ago = Gold level Member that pay $ 100 US Dollars for annual membership fee. Yes, It worth in every penny of the money that I spend, Similar to have a car insurance.
Yes, It worth of the Great Member of Person who own Canon Photography Product.
5-6 years ago, After use Canon 1DS for 250,000 Shots, The Shutter system Fail , Canon CPS Fixed her for Me( By replace the whole new shutter and shutter control systems) , And Plus Cleaned and Adjust Inside -Out,( Only $ 450 US Dollars ) And this Old baby still with me in Service since then.
Last week, my Canon 580 EX MK II since I bough 2011, and use every another day, with my 580 EX, 550 EX---And More, Start to not give enough Flash light after 2-4 shot = Under exposure,
After I think, I might retire her, But When I check Amazon Cost of New 580 EX II = above 500 US Dollars---http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Speedlite-580EX-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000NP3DJW

I have second though , to send to CPS and let them Fixed--- Yes After I send CPS , in the morning of 9/22/2014, And I get her/ 580 EX MK II back this morning ( Replace the Light/ New Head = $ 135 US Dollars, Yes, I use this flash up to the life of flash---Ha, Ha, Ha ) = 4 days, and work like new one.
Thanks, Dear Great CPS.---I am salute you.
Have a great week end, Sir/ Madam.
Surapon.
PS. After use Canon Photography Product for 48 years since Canon FT-QL 35 MM Film Camera, I just have to do 2 times repaire and replace the canon systens,include this time, because over use the equipment---Ha, Ha, Ha.

With the launch of the 7d2 most of us have been somewhat disappointed that our beloved brand Canon didn't introduce a higher megapixel sensor to rival that of the competition.....but you know what we have right now still works pretty well...

I have the cheaper 6D that I use daily for my professional work and also for my private photography. This cameras high iso quality has just blown me over. Of course I have not compared it to the competition but the image quality of this camera has never let me down professionally. Personally I would like a few more pixels at 100 iso.

Enclosed a 25000 iso shot of my daughters school play. First image as it appears in LR without any tweaking also a 100% crop of the same image to show noise etc. the first two images are at LR default settings which include some sharpening.

Last image is after Raw processing via DXO optics pro 9 using the 'prime noise reduction tool' and then in LR I added a bit of 'grain' afterwards to my own taste. No sharpening for the DXO image. for me a high iso image shouldnt be devoid of noise, hence the added grain which also helps to improve the 'look' of sharpness. Actually sharpening the image didn't really improve it much so I left it as is - something I have noticed before with high iso images...

What I see here is that I could open the shadows quite a bit (contrary to conventional wisdom)and also that there was still quite a lot of detail left in the highlights. Also that the noise reduction software is really very very good and that its just really a matter of taste how much more or less one wants to reduce the noise. I have made quite large prints, A3 to A2, of these 25000 iso images and the image quality is just superb! Of course one cant use 25ooo iso images on every subject matter but with lighting conditions like in the sample image here it works just well!

I am not saying its the best or better than Nikon, Sony, Fuji etc...I really couldn't care, just that its pretty good for my requirements and in fact, for an old timer like me that grew up with film and large view cameras ...I just cant believe how good and easy we have it today!

These images are not an illustration of absolute image quality but just to show how good our existing technology is and what can be achieved with a few tweaks in software...

More of my high iso images can be seen here: http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2014/03/eos-6d-review-part-3-homage-to-tri-x.html

...the knockoff one from China, I mean



First Chinese-built AF Lens with Extra-large Aperture YONGNUO LENS EF

Specification：

Focal Length 50mm

Lens Structure 6 sets; 7 pieces

Aperture Blade 8 pieces

Minimum Aperture 22

Minimum Focus Distance Approx. 0.45m

Maximum Magnification Approx. 0.15x

Driving System DC motor

Filter Diameter 58mm

Maximum Diameter & Length Approx. Φ75×58mm

Weight Approx. 239g



Features:

First Chinese-built auto focusing lens;

This lens is equipped with 1.4 extra-large apertures which makes the subject delicate and soft; meanwhile, easily blurring out the background and brings you more fun in photography.

Supports AF (Auto Focus) mode and MF (Manual Focus) mode;

This lens carries full-time manual focus function, which makes it easily to fix focus position even in automatically focusing.

This lens supports M/AV/TV/P and other camera shooting modes. The aperture data will be displayed in EXIF;

Supports full frame camera and APS-C frame camera;

This lens adopts 2 pieces of high refractive lenses which can effectively reduce the dispersion.

http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=353

Now I've got this high-tech 6d with wifi, but I don't use it because I can just put the sd card into my laptop. But there's this other use Canon actually propagates for wifi: remote wildlife shooting. But how practical is this approach in reality w/o the ability to re-frame the shot?

I'd be delighted if some people would post their results from wifi wildlife shots, no matter how terrific the result, to lend some inspiration to others. The camera to use would be 6d, 70d or any other model with wifi addon that enables remote shooting

Thanks for any samples (or links if I missed them)!

My gear is as follows

60d
600-ex-rt
off camera is neewer 560 that was a cheap flash.
two pocketwizards and pc sync cords
lightstand.

My dilemma is
I tested out the flashes and they work fine alone. I attached the pc sync cord with pocketwizards to the 600ex-rt(on camera) and the (off camera) neewer. both pocketwizards are in receiver and transceiver mode. When I press test both of them do go off. However I'm kinda stumped when I press the shutter on the camera the 600 only goes off. I googled for help but it doesn't lead me anywhere. Also another 600 is definitely out of the question being that they are pretty pricey. Is their something in the settings on the 600 am I missing? Do I need to be on manual and not ettl?

I'm considering a Sigma Art lens and doing a lot of online research. One thing that shows up a lot are reports of photographers sending back a lens to exchange for another that will hopefully focus better. Sometimes there are three or four exchanges before they either give up or get a lens they are happy with.

You guys know that already, but what I'd like to know is what happens to all those returned lenses? Does Sigma have a place where they sell refurbished lenses? Do they destroy them as a tax write-off? Disassemble them and re-use the parts to make new lenses?

Just curious!

Hey guys,

As an amateur landscape photographer I was excited to get my hands on one of the first copies of the 16-35 F4. I've been collecting image results ever since, and I recently wrote a Canon 16-35 F4 Review and uploaded 35.7GB of images captured with the 16-35 F4, mainly landscape and travel photographs, with quite a few optical performance tests side-by-side's with the 17-40.

1. Start by downloading this RAW file and applying Auto Tone in Lightroom (Command + U), zoom in 100%: https://app.box.com/shared/static/grhe17w7q5varoulpsln.arw (35MB)
2. Click here to read the full review: http://www.grahamclarkphoto.com/canon-16-35mm-f4-review-hands-on-shootout-17-40/

As a Nikon 14-24 and Canon 17-40 shooter I like that this lens has IS, but if there was a non-IS version I'd get that one. It has less CA than both the 14-24 and the 17-40, based on my copies. It's also sharper than both at the corners, but performs similar on center sharpness. Interestingly enough the 17-40 actually resolved sharper on center sharpness on some of my tests, but performed softer on corners on about 75% of the images. CA performance on the 16-35 F4 outpaces both of these lenses by a wide margin.

A majority of the photographs I shot on the Sony A7R and my 5D3/6D. On the A7R the files are coming out incredibly clean and sharp. If Canon is ramping their lineup for high-resolution mirrorless sensors this lens proves they are ready for that future lineup today.

The Good

• Critically sharp throughout the frame
• Outstanding CA performance - best on any wide-angle zoom I've used
• Great weather-sealing, same as other L-lenses I own
• Great AF - again, same as my other USM lenses
• 2 to 3-stops of real-world IS is useful, and I can see the usefulness for travel and landscape without a tripod - higher F-numbers and lower ISOs with IS than otherwise possible
• Larger and smoother focusing ring than 17-40 - higher threshold for IN FOCUS and OUT OF FOCUS making it faster
• I'm a complete amateur at video too, but in my video tests the IS performed very well, less jittery. Great for handing off to post-processing IS as found in FCPX and other apps
• Uses 77mm thread size

The Bad

• Physically larger than 17-40
• Inclusion of IS makes it noticeably heavier than the 17-40
• 1 to 2-stops of light falloff inherent without any UV filter at all. Filters with a frame thickness of 4mm or higher add 1-stop of light falloff, filters with 6mm+ add 2.
• Lens hood extends beyond end of lens when on backwards, so can't use it on conjunction with GND holder like the 17-40. Small thing, but I liked doing this to protect the focusing ring from elements

Here's an image I wanted to share based on it's CA and sharpness performance:

Click here for the TIFF: https://app.box.com/shared/static/cl9z1d2h4flsyju22s9k.tif (206.9MB .TIFF)
Click here for the RAW: https://app.box.com/shared/static/44iyijt80o6nm72qkozt.arw (35.1MB .ARW)
Click here for the hi-res JPEG: https://app.box.com/shared/static/7ydhorubh7xe67kmp2b0.jpg

Olympic Sunset Sunset - 129s - F18 - ISO 100 - 24mm - Canon 16-35 F4 with A7R


There's very slight CA on the distant ridge lines, but it's consistently well controlled and is much less pronounced than my 14-24 and 17-40


Sharpness detail is excellent on this lens, similar to my 17-40 on center subjects, but with much less CA


Even on corners this thing performs very well, both in terms of sharpness and CA


If you guys have any questions about the lens let me know, I'll do my best to answer them!

Graham

Has anyone noticed a decrease in AF accuracy on bright sunny days where your team is wearing white jerseys. I am often disappointed in the keeper rate in these situations where the camera/lens seems to focus nowhere in particular even though it says you've locked on the player. I noticed it seems to be worse with the 400 than with the 300 I used to own. Does the bright white fool the AF system? Just wondering if anyone else had some of these troubles over time. Sunday the soccer game was at 1pm and it was particularly bad. I post an example: 1st frame shows the blurry jersey and face, 2nd is better. 3rd frame I can't figure out but the "brightness" made the AF jumpy I recall. I didn't keep any of these for submission obviously.

Thanks!

This is probably the wrong place for this but I couldn't find a better sub-forum. My apologies but some folks might want this information.

I pre-ordered the Canon 7DII a few days ago with the understanding that it would not be charged against my PayPal Credit account until shipped. Checking my accounts, as I do from time to time, I found in had been charged already. A little research has shown me that if you pre-order from B&H using the "Bill Me Later" (previous name for PayPal Credit) it is immediately billed. I don't believe this is true using other forms of credit.

I choose the Bill Me Later option, even though I have the cash on hand, for the six months-no interest. Rather leave the cash in my account than theirs. I sent an email, using the B&H form, and just got a reply that since they were closed for Rosh Hashanah I should resubmit the problem on Sunday 9/28. I think it is admirable that they close for the religious holiday but one would think they could keep the email until they reopen.

Click the link below, then click to "Brochures and Manuals". Then download the AF Guide if you're so inclined...

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/eos_slr_camera_systems/eos_digital_slr_cameras/eos_7d_mark_ii

Hi,
I have the F2.8L version 1 for the last several years and it has served well. I think it's time to move on. Wanted to see opinions about going for the Version 2, F4 version and why? I want to stick to Canon. The F2.8 II is quite pricey at $2099 currently. I am not sure I can get more than $800-900 for my current one. Also, there was an issue with some noise coming from the newer version( I remember that there were specific serial numbers that were affected), is that issue resolved? I like to do low light photography and landscape. Please suggest. Thanks,
Ray

Thanks to CanonPriceWatch, I was about to spend another $ 373 on a 600EX-RT when I stopped at the last moment.
But it is a great price for the flash. Use the code TEDDYRFD. Shipping is free. I understand some low-end lenses are also included, but don't know which ones.

Hi,

I know that Sigma has or had prime lenses with long focal lengths like 300mm f/2.8 or 500mm f/4.5.
I'm not sure weather Tamron had such or not.

But why the canon "alternatives" are releasing a lot of zoom lenses like sigma 120-300, sigma 150-600 or tamron 150-600, for example, and not prime lenses with good build and image quality?

With a fair price couldn't they make quite a lot of money with them?

Regards

I just wanted inform you of this since I read this site all the time.
http://imgur.com/Djil1md
This is for the iPhone 6 only. It appears to be fine on the 5s and I'm not sure about the 6 plus.

Now that the 7D2 has surfaced, I am mulling over a purchase of a used 1D Mark IV. The body looks to be an 8+, no scratches on the LCD, and just got serviced by CPS with a shutter count of 24,600.It has one battery and the newer LC-E4N charger. What would be a good fair price for a local cash transaction?

Hello All,

On my 5D3, I usually shoot with both cards ( 32gig ) capturing raw for insurance.

It seems even if I format both cards before the shoot, one card fills before the other.

This doesn't seem to make sense to me.

I don't remember which fills first but it definitely happens.

Any explanation?

Thanks..Arnie

I've through a lot of trouble using my new 6D with my 580EXII on TTL mode.

I used to use the speedlight with my T2i using center weight metering and it worked flawlessly all the time

Now with the 6D, it heavily underexposes at random intensities. I have to set it to +3ev compensation to get usable slightly underexposed images (not perfect but ok to lift on post). some times +3ev over exposes and I have to set +2 or +1.

I used that flash with T2i for 3 years so definitely I'm not commiting any dumb misconception while metering or analysing the situation. I always shot events using center weight metering on T2i and it worked great.

ps: I'm using magic lantern. I'm already using it for about 4 years and I know it may have bugs but now sure if it affects the metering

Hey guys,

This was on Yongnuo's facebook page:
NOW we are in the world’s leading image fair -- Photokina. Welcome to visit our booth and kindly invite you to come for first try out and experience of the new products below! Do not miss the opportunity!

Photokina—World of Imaging
Fair time: 2014.9.16-21
Location:Cologne,Germany

YONGNUO booth:HALL 5.1 L-029
New items will be released in the fair:
Speedlite:YN600EX-RT;
LENS: EF 50mm F1.4;EF 35mm F2;EF 50mm F1.8.

Did anyone go and for my interest, did anyone actually see the much fabled YN600EX-RT speed lights? Any idea on availabilty and price?

(I should add that I have seen the comments on the page suggesting end of October but no hints about pricing)