Hello,

I am a long time reader of Canon Rumours. Today i would like to have your opinion.
I own a 7D, a 100-400mm, a 15-85mm and a 50mm f1,4. I am not a pro, but I am really enthusiastic about photography. I mainly do wildlife, landscape and travel photography. I am very happy with the 7D but for wildlife (here in belgium) photography I often have to raise the Iso up to 1600. Which is already a lot on the 7D. So I am thinking about getting faster lens or a 5Dmiii for it is better iso performance. I cannot afford the 200-400 f4. So I was thinking about the new sigma 120-300 with a tc 1,4.
What do you think? What would you get? Both? If so in what order to spread the expense? Going FF i would loose the extra reach previous switchers' opinion on that are welcome.

Thanks a lot for your comments, advices,...

Vincwat

hi all

I've purchased 5D3 over the 6D, and the main reason was the accurate AF with fast lenses.

I've worked several crop bodies in the past but the FF world plus the accurate AF system delivers something way beyond and solves many many problems such as DOF and focus accuracy.

With that said, i've tested yesterday an EF 85mm f/1.8 at 1.8 on 5D3 and on some EOS Rebel bodies, where this lens failed focusing accurately on the rebels, but focused perfectly with 5D3.

However i'm building a new system and i want to add some lenses but i'm concerned about the age and the quality.
I'm talking about the 50L and the 85L where the price is way up in comparison to 50 1.4 and the 85 1.8 which can be focused VERY properly with 5D3, but however the 3D look of those L are unbeatable. I suppose that justify the cost.

Those L lenses are build somewhere in 2005-2006 i think, is there any word out there about replacements?
There are many complains about the 50L softness at 1.2 and the slow USM moter of 85L

Don't get me wrong, i know the idea of "if you need something now, get it now" but i'm not kinda in the rush.
I shoot weddings and this season is over for me so i was thinking about next year.

I just hate to make a move and buy one of them now and a new model like 50L II comes out soon and fixing the softness and stuff. That'll make me feel like an idiot.. who wouldn't?

thanks for your time.

The guys from BlackMagic Design makes fun of one of Canon biggest CMOS flaws: DR!

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera

Friends I will be in Bangkok for a month from 22nd of this month.
I will be busy during days with my work, but the nights are mine!

Please advice where I should go to do night street photography.

And if anyone of you lives there, lets meet up!

Thx...

This is my first post here, so if I've done anything wrong, please let me know, and hopefully I haven't offended.

I'd like to get into using ring flash, but don't want to drop a ton of cash on it. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the YN-14ex.

http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detail.php?ID=328

If you have, or can provide any kind of suggestions regarding ring flashes, I would appreciate it. This will be used mainly for close-up portraiture, so things like the round catchlights are important.

Thanks,
Jason

Just rented a copy of the version 2 and for some reason it's only opening to f/4, as opposed to f/3.5. Tried on a couple cameras. Anyone ever had this happen??

My wife and I are a photo team. We both have a primary camera and backup body with us during weddings.

The night before the wedding while prepping gear I noticed the shutter button on my backup 50D was no longer working without pressing the button down with extreme force...to the point of why even bother. I'm not one to be happy about gear that isn't up to spec so I opened it up with the intention of fixing it. This lead to the quote of the weekend:

Wife - "I'm really nervous about you trying to fix the camera at 12 am the night before the wedding?"
Me - "What could go wrong?"
Wife - "You have a thousand pieces sitting there, what do you mean what could go wrong?"

Needless to say my repair was a success and we grabbed some beautiful images.

It seems the contacts that lie under the shutter button became corroded. All it took was a little cleaning. Canon charges about $300 for this type of service and for an aging body it wasn't worth it to me. The shutter now feels like new.

If anyone is feeling adventurous and has a crippled shutter button give this video a look, it was my inspiration.
Canon EOS 30D 40D 50D Shutter Button Repair

Gear:

• 5D mk III
  7D
  50D x2
  135 2.0L
  16-35 2.8L
  70-200 2.8L
  24-70 2.8L

B&H is accepting pre-orders for SanDisk 256GB Extreme Pro CF card with transfer speeds of up to 160MB/s and fast shot speeds of up to 140MB/s ... but the damn thing costs almost $1000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1001262-REG/sandisk_sdcfxps_256g_a46_256gb_extreme_pro_cf.html

Why ? Why ? Why ?

Of course, I refer to the TV episodes only.

Hi Guys!!!

So i`m on a dilemma right now, my current gear is a 5D2, 7D, and 17-40 F4, 35MM 1.4 (SIGMA), 70-200 II 2.8.

The reason that i have a second camera is i don`t like to change lens, and i also don`t like that feeling of "I miss that shot" because i`m with the wrong lens... As having this argument pointed out, i use rarely the second body (7D), most of my 7D use is when i travel (one or twice a year), or in special occasions and normally with the 70-200.
The last few days i ve been reading Fuji X100S information, and i`m curious about this camera, i really would like a camera that offer me better IQ than de 7D, and as a 2nd camera that can be a every day camera also.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

I rented a Canon 6D with the 24-105 L lens for a shoot on Saturday from BorrowLenses.com. I went up to New England Dragway for a NHRA event and shot a ton of images but when I got home and pulled the images in photoshop they weren't tack sharp. I shot both RAW + JPEG and used just the center focus point.

I had the IS on and was shooting at good shutter speeds but the images just weren't as sharp as I thought they would be from a full frame camera. Is the 24-105 really as bad as people say it is? I noticed on on some of the images that the center would be sharp but would quickly fall off on the sides even at f11.

With results like this I wish I hadn't rented it and just brought my old Canon 40D along. At least the results would of been better. Now I'm reconsidering if I should even buy a Canon full frame all together and instead get the 70D.

Hey all,

Thinking about maybe dropping the bucks for this used. Anyone own one or have used one on a 5D3? I've been using a Zeiss ZE 21 Distagon on my 5D3 and even though the 5D III doesn't have a precision focus screen option, I have to say the focus confirmation indicator in the viewfinder is spot on at 2.8 albeit this is a wide angle therefore a little more forgiving than a tele.

Little apprehensive about the focus confirm with the 135 though at f2. Having owned and loved the 85 1.2L II I can appreciate how narrow the depth of field is at 1.2.

Thanks for any info you may have.

Anyone else have these bodies and noticed that the 7D is soft compared to the 5D when both are shooting jpg?

Until I got the 5D I loved the 7D, got the 5D, hated the 7D, then I changed up the sharpness from 3 to 6 and started liking the 7D a bit again. But at the default 3 I hated it.

Is that just my body or have other people seen similar things?

Yes, I pixel peep, I shoot birds a lot.

Hi folks,

newbie here with more money than brains (or technique). I recently was gifted with 600mm II and a 1.4x III (and a 2x III, almost forgot that one).

I did "OK" on a moon pic: http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/moon.jpg

but I'm having trouble learning how to use this beast on other stuff. I'm coming from a 400mm f4 DO + the 1.4x II.

I'll start by saying this 600mm out resolves the 400mm by quite a bit, even with the 1.4x on it.

That said, holding this sucker is a bitch even as "light" as it is for a 600mm (and it is light, you can hand hold it, just not for more than about a minute. At least I can't).

Does everyone who owns a lens like this use a tripod?

On the tripod I got crap results unless I did live view (which locks up the shutter, still have to figure out how to do that w/o live view. I did say newbie, bokay, don't yell at me. Too much).

The moon pic is cropped, 5DIII + 600mm + 2x + tripod + live view + remote shutter release + IS on. Is that just what you do when you have a lens this big? I mean the live view remote shutter IS part.

I'm used to walking around and grabbing shots as they present themselves, the 400mm lets you do that, the 600mm is not so much. I did get some keepers just walking around but a much much lower rate than the 400mm.

I guess what I'm asking is what is the basics of using a 600mm and 600mm+1.4x. What settings do you use, do you always lock up the mirror, remote release, no IS or IS?

I'm new to this big bad boy and still not sure if it is for me, I love the sharpness and the reach, not yet comfortable with my sucky technique.

Hi Everyone,
So I know the majority of you probably get sick of these topics, but with that said I just wanted to see what the lot of you thought about my situation.
So here it is if you are interested.
I currently Shoot with a 5d mark 3 with the following setup. 24-105,100mm L, canon 50 1.4, canon 85mm 1.8, and 17-40 f4. I also have a 430 ex mark II. I have been doing a handful of weddings and have a a fair amount coming up and was flirting with the idea of adding a new lens to the arsenal. I have about $1500 and what I was considering was selling the 24-105 to get the 24-70 2.8 mark II, or keeping the 24-105 and getting the sigma 35 1.4 and upgrading my speedlight to the 600. I really like fast glass, not only for its low light capability, but just as much so for the DOF. The 24-105 has treated me well as most of the wedding I do are outside, but that may change. The 24-70 looks amazing, but Im loving the 35 1.4, sigma has made a monster. I am also eyeing the 70-200 2.8 II, but that a different day.
So any feedback?
Thanks in advance.

Canonwatch writes about a mag in France believing that Canon might anounce the next M this week...

Hey all I pit up a shelf under my stairs where I have a small room and space under the stairs.

in this area I already have my network/server room. In that I mean server/network gear full rack. This area is very warm.

I wanted to see what people thought about this space for storing my lenses and bodies when not in use.

I'm concerned that the lenses might dry out something

I know it's been beaten almost to death...

I'm looking to upgrade my 30D. Are the differences between the IQ and noise of the 7D, 70D, and 6D when used in good light that great? I'm trying to be cognizant of price-performance; not sure if the performance of a 5D Mark III would be 'worth' the 2-3 times jump in retail price.

Thanks.

My wife is running the New York City Marathon this year and we are taking our first trip to the city along with my son (17) and daughter (13). We arrive November 1 and leave November 4 - it will be a short trip but the kids will be missing 2 days of school. We don't have specific plans yet but I imagine a ferry tour will be on the agenda along with some of the bigger attractions (Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Grand Central, etc.) I am looking for advice on what focal lengths I should take to capture our trip.

For cameras I have: 7D, EOS M (and EF adapter), and a S100.
My lenses are: EF 70-200mm 2.8 IS II, EF 50mm 1.8, EF-S 18-135mm, EF-M 22mm

With my son in college next year, we are on a pretty tight budget but I have considered purchasing one of the following: EF-M 18-55mm, EF-M 11-22mm, or Sigma 50mm 1.4.

I am leaning heavily toward leaving my 7D and 70-200 at home. If I were to rely solely on the M and the S100, do I need 2 or 3 lenses and what should they be? Any other advice also appreciated.

Thank you!

Seems like last year there were lots more rebates, especially when I wasn't looking for any new lenses. Are we in a drought?

Anybody knows if Canon + phone manufacturer collaboration? I'd be happy to have a smartphone with 1/1.7 camera sensor, full manual exposure, 3X to 5X zoom and shoots RAW. That'd be awesome. I just hope they'll be able to maintain the size of an IPhone (though I don't mind the size of a Samsung Note). S120 + IPhone features? Possible?

Does anyone else find this incredibly weird? An ad on CL for someone to develop and teach an iPhone Photography Class!

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/crg/4064616542.html

Holy Moly

I previously owned a 300 f2.8is version I and absolutely loved that lens. Razor sharp, very versatile, small and light (relatively) and worked very well with a 1.4x TC. The one down-side is that it was very SOFT with a 2.0x TC.

I ended up selling this lens to fund a 500 f4 is Version I. I have been pretty happy with this lens for the most part, however it does not perform super well with TC's from both an IQ standpoint as well as an AF speed standpoint. I find that I almost exclusively use this lens without TC's to produce images I am consistently happy with.

I really miss my 300 2.8, and have been considering the newer version II for quite some time. I would need to sell my 500 to afford one so I thought I would ask for feedback from those who own the 300 Version II and have used it with a 2.0x converter Version III. The lens comparison tool from TheDigitalPicture indicates that this lens does quite remarkably with a 2.0x TC. So well to my eye that I am thinking it would be a nice replacement for my 500 f4 Version I, and give me the 300/420mm that I so often miss. Has anyone used this 300+2.0 combo? How do the images look? How snappy is the AF? Compared to the 500f4is? Any feedback is appreciated.

Happy Shooting,