Dear all, I will be visiting Moscow next week, and temperatures are extremely low (around -10 to -15 degrees C or 14 to 5 degrees F). I am wondering whether I should get my 1D X with me. Is there a chance to cause some damage to the camera or lenses? Thank you..

Hi,
I plan to buy a 6D with 24-105 f/4L kit lens as an upgrade to a much lighter PnS with lens of similar FoV range that i currently use.
I realize the value this kit lens offers, both in price and the flexibility to determine what FL primes i (may) gravitate to over time.
However, i am anxious that it's weight may dampen my enthusiasm and hence contemplating a lighter 6D start point.

I have two questions
1. AF sensor
What perceivable impact does the f/4 kit lens impose, given that 6D's center x-point sensitivity is f/2.8?
Surely prior 5D bodies did not have a more forgiving f-stop requirement for AF?
The 24-70 f/2.8 L I or II is no lighter (and shorter and costlier)...but (on a 6D) is it noticeable more responsive for AF and in low light?

2. Your experience
If you moved away from this initial kit lens onto others, what constraints/findings led you to do this and to what alternatives?


Thanks
roka

Hi all,

I've recently been working on upgrading my kit, and I'm wondering what the right decision to make is. I live in Australia, where things are typically much more expensive than in the states. At the moment however, one retailer has a huge sale on some Canon lenses. The 17-40 is about $650AU, and the 24-105 is about $750AU.

At the moment my only high quality lens is the 50 1.4 USM, as I have been selling my old dodgy Tokina and such lens that were with my film cameras. I shoot mainly FF, on either a 5Dc or using film, but I occasionally use a 550D or 600D.

I shoot a bit of everything, some macro, some people, some sports and quite a fair bit of landscape. I'm probably leaning slightly towards the 17-40 because:

• It's wider and gives me more room for landscapes
• With an extension tube it gives some crazy macro photos
• I've used the 24-105 and hadn't found anything 'special' about, the photos didn't seem to have much spark

I'm considering the 24-105 simply because it has IS, a wider focal length range and would be a great walkaround and in some cases a good indoor people lens. Also, it covers a bit more range that my 50 doesn't, and I do find myself wanting more reach sometimes.

If you guys have any advice at all, that would be great

Thanks in advance,
Thomas.


P.S I can't really stretch the budget, but if there are any other lens around this price point I should be looking at, feel free to suggest them

Too many variables now. 6D or 5D3 or 7D2?

I have a T3i and the 17-55 Efs lens. I also have the 70-200 f/2.8 mark 2 which is great. I am 90% sure I want to get a FF body for the high ISO ability alone.

Part of me still wants to wait for the 7D2.

But I would not want to buy a super-crop like 7D2 UNLESS it had at least 1 stop improvement in ISO over old crops, preferably 1.3 or 1.6 stops? What are the chances on that?

My PRIMARY goal is improving acceptable IQ at high ISO. I shoot portraits and candids of my girls. Maybe a little soccer. FF is great for that, right? How big a deal should 7D2 be in my thinking?

I have the $$ ready to buy now, but I don't need to buy now.

Please no one post how if I don't make cash on pictures I should not spend money on equipment!


Thanks.

Hello all, my wife and I primarily specialize in weddings and couple portraits. I tend to favor the only slightly edited, color corrected, photo journalistic approach, doing my best to capture the day as it really looked. I tend not to like the extremely post processed photos.

The downside to this, is that sometimes work calls for us to work outside of our comfort zone. When this couple told me they were into skeletons/halloween stuff, and they wanted to have their wedding portraits done at a cemetery, I grabbed the butcher knife (They had the masks) for the photo shoot and couldn't resist trying something new. We stumbled upon an old, beat-up outhouse, and everything was perfect in my mind's eye.

The problem is, this is way out of my comfort zone. How did I do in creating a horror-esque themed photo? Slightly desaturated, extreme clarity adustments... What should I look to change? Keep it as is? Thank you for any feedback!

When I turn my GPS feature on in my 6D, the battery drains very quickly. I can turn the GPS on, set my camera down, come back in an hour and half the battery is gone.

Are any other 6D owners seeing this?

M

great if you can read the original Chinese?..

google translation is vaguely useful too.
Looks like an interesting camera, class-leading features?.. Some perhaps.
Looking forward to tests from sources I rely on.

meanwhile, here's the link posted by NR:

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdc.pconline.com.cn%2Fpingce%2Fsmdfpcysr%2F1212%2F3094222_all.html%23content_page_1

Here is a good read!

http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/142085-are-canon-and-nikon-killing-off-their-best-crop-sensor-dslrs

Would like your thoughts on how IQ compares between the two RAW formats particularly in 1DX, but perhaps it is equally interesting to hear from 5D3 and other users given the difference in sensor pixel density.

Do we have a "firm" sense of what canon is doing in downsampling or could that information be gleaned from real world testing some may have done? The general idea may be the same between the bodies but if they are binning (whatever the nuances), does this predict diminishing returns or even adverse returns with larger and larger pixels? Obviously 1DX and 5D3 are very different animals and several significant parameters other than just pixel density differ between the two and I realize this is a caveat.

Hey there...got me 6D yesterday.

Just started to play with it...one really weird thing...it doesn't seem to like aftermarket batteries.

When I put a canon battery in..it works fine.

When I put a fully charged Flashpoint battery works just dandy in my 5D mark 3...it says....

"communication with Canon LP-E6 battery is irregular. Continue to use this battery? "

if click ok...it seems to work...but the battery level is "empty"

Anyone else experience this?

Thanks..Arnie

Love to have some Gura Gear ;D

All,

Know this has been discussed somewhat in the past but I usually didnt pay too much attention as my 60D didnt have AFMA. I recently upgraded to a 5D3 that does and would like to adjust my 50 F1.4 and 24-105 which may be slightly off.

Vaguely what do you suggest and why?

I know there are crude free methods to do it but I also have a $50 Adorama gift card to burn. I was leaning toward the datacolor spyderlencal as of today. FoCal, lensalignment have benefits?

Thanks!

I have a 600D and would like to do some family portraits over Christmas. I have only used the built-in flash a couple of times for fill-in and wouldn't use it for portraits.
I do have some quite powerful Sunpak 3600 flashguns from 30 years ago which I dug out recently and was amazed to find are still working.
I have a Canon dedicated hotshoe connector for the Sunpaks but wonder whether this is safe to use with my 600D. I used to use it with my T-90 and A-1.

any suggestions on where to find answers to these questions would be helpful. I can't seem to find anything about what is safe to use on the hotshoe with the 600D, other than, obviously, Canon flash stuff.

Thanks

Hi guys, i have been lurking myself for this website for about weeks from now,
and i's say this is a very great site for CANON users,
me myself is a canon user.
by the way im from Singapore. a MARKII 7D user.

It's great to be here.

I have the opportunity to buy either a zeiss 21mm distagon or canon 24 1.4 mkii. Both used, both £900 ( the canon comes with some filters). I have to choose today really and I dont know what to do. I had always been set on a canon 24L thinking i could never afford the zeiss, i rarely see it second hand!

I want a sharp lens and i would mostly be doing enviornmental portraits. So the subject would be smallish in the frame, and the backround would be hopfully bold and dramatic.

I think I would miss the f1.4, but then i got frustrated at images not being tack sharp pn my 35L 1.4 wide open.

Also I have never used a manual focus lens, but i guess at such a wide focal length it should be too hard?

Ive heard so many conflicting oponions about both in regards to sharpness. Some saying the zeiss is only better in the corners.

I would be interested in landscape and shooting stars in the future. I have seen amazing examples with the canon, then I have also seen people bashing the coma at f1.4?

Im using a 5dmkii, I dont have a preference on focal length as im guessing both will be pretty wide!

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Good combo?
I'm mostly interested in the wifi and I mostly shoot in manual mode so the autofocus points don't mean anything to me haha. Upgrading from a film canonet camera.

I have a smooth finish 50mm Sigma f1.4 and it exhibited the focus pattern that Roger at Lens Rentals discusses, in that I could AFMA it to work from about 5-20 feet but either side of that would front/back focus.

I sent it to Sigma USA, they got it back to me in a week with a firmware update and this thing now is spot on at any distance. Good job Sigma! You probably just sold me one of your new 35 and maybe an 85 as a result.

Why do the files transfer to 2.5 megapixel size ?
My iphone 4 has a 5 megapixel sensor might as well just use that for instagram and get a 5d mark iii for serious work then.

I have used SanDisc cards since I switched from film to digital cameras. I shoot a 1Dx and a MKIV.....what is the absolute best card that I can put in my cameras?

I am an avid reader and I was just wondering which books you have read that helped you further your understanding of photography, whether from a technical or a compositional angle.

Myself, I recently discovered John Szarkowski's "The Photographer's Eye" and I have been studying it slowly. This got me to thinking that there must be other great books which I have not yet discovered. I also like Edward Hopper's paintings very much and I saw its application to photography as a higher art form not realizing of course that this is a well trodden road.

Hi guys, wondering if someone has encountered same issue that might have an easy resolve and save me having to take the camera in under warranty.

I finally decided to buy FoCal and calibrate all my lenses together with my 5DIII and 5DII. All went well except now the 5DIII is not auto focusing in any setting other than Full Auto (green) mode, and video mode while pressing AF-ON. So basically the focus system simply does not respond (like it was in manual focus).

I've tried:
-different lenses
-checked lens was in AF
-changed batteries
-'clear all camera settings'
-disable AF microadjustment

I'm assuming it will be a software issue and hoping someone might have an easy resolve. I'd appreciate any ideas.

After much research I think I'm gonna go with the 70-300L for outdoor sports/school events/etc. to complement my 100 2.0/200 2.8 combo for indoor sports. Before pulling the trigger does anyone have any final advice or insight into that choice? My camera's a T1i. I'll be sticking with that for awhile and probably staying with crop sensors.
Thanks.

I have searched all over and can't find a release date. Anyone know?

post your reviews from the Canon 6D.. the ones I found, here we go..

The-digital-picture - ISO tests:

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-6D-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

The-digital-picture - 6D with 200 f2IS VS 5Dmk3 with 200 F2IS (image quality):

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=458&Camera=819&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=458&Sample=0&CameraComp=792&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0

Cnet Asia:

http://asia.cnet.com/product/canon-eos-6d-46728290.htm

DigitalREV - 6D vs 5dmk2 vs 7D:

http://www.digitalrev.com/article/canon-6d-vs-5d-mark/NTczODM1ODc_A

Btw, I like what DigitalREV says about the 6D: "The 11 point system will work perfectly well for those who shoot portraits or studio work and the ability to focus well in low light conditions make it a solid choice for wedding shooters"

I have a $8000 budget of getting a body and some lenses.
I love how the canon 6D has wifi so I can upload pictures directly to Instagram .
But the 5D mark iii has surpurb auto focus.
I'm mostly looking into carrying this camera through the city shooting street photography and portraits.
Help?
Just these two cameras please do not recommend me any other one.