During when Canon showed off the camera it had this grip

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/15275493-md.jpg

but all the product pictures for amazon / bh / adorama makes it look much more similar to the 5d II grip.

Which one is right?

Buy 5D Mark III Now or Wait till Canon respond?

Several sites show that the 16-35mm 2.8 II has less distortion than the 24-70mm with both at 24mm : http://tinyurl.com/7y9qbgk


My 16-35mm looks like it has more, is there possible a problem with my lens?
The First shot is the 24-70, 2nd is 16-35. Look at the corner of the case.

I have been Canon customer since my first ESO 100, love all my lenses, own an ailing, abused 5D (my wrong) and a T2i. Now, I am in a dilemma and cannot decide for the 5D3. Some may say: “Fork out the dough, grab, shoot, and stop bother us with your moaning”. Fine. Some others may gently share some of their thoughts.

Well, it looks like the last four models released (or soon to be) by Canon are specialized cams. And specialized tools are for specialists, not really for the mere-mortals-hobbyists or whatever you call them. Here's the list:
1Dc in which C is for Cinema: way above my league.
1Dx in which X is for eXtreme: badass machine good for London-OG high velocity as well as Afghanistan super-heat, above my league.
60Da in which A is for Astrophotography: sure a desirable cam for star/nebula-spotters but not my cup of tea.

And now: 5D3 or 5Dω ? Indeed, the more I read about it, the more it seems to me to be a 5Dω in which ω is for Wedding. A great camera for that. That means a tool you don’t mind paying 3,800 bucks (incl. tax) for because it will pay for itself with the awesome wed photos it will produce. Frankly, Canon should have spelled the name correctly with a 90° clockwise twist. Like for the 60Da, there wouldn’t be any fuss.

All this is until the competition boldly showed the way and made possible what was impossible just 2 years ago. I don’t care the D800. But. Technology seems to be on high gear again. Within a year we might see Uberpix cameras with pixel binning or whatever, with high-ISO/DR/res and a cold beer. If so, although built like a tank to last a decade, the 5Dω might become older before its due time. Fair enough for the pros: it will be already paid for by the wedding photos. At that price point however, it’ll become heavier and heavier in the bag of the hobbyist. And don't forget: that's when hobbyists buy in drones, that price can be made reasonable.

So, I feel like handcuffed to a chair with a 5D3 in front of me. It looks at me with its big eye and tells me: “I’m not for you, buddy” … The wait is not over yet. Damn …

According to the TIPA jury, the EOS 5D Mark III, awarded "Best Video DSLR in 2012," further improves on the experience offered by the 5D Mark II, a camera that "changed the landscape of digital photography." Delivering both high-quality still images and video in a single camera, the 5D Mark III was praised for its newly designed 61-point AF system and "incredibly high ISO sensitivity," as well as such movie functions as manual exposure control.

http://bit.ly/Ii3vbG

Good afternoon,

http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2012026074&tab=FullText

I came across this patent for what appears to be plans for a (most likely CCD) Four-Thirds or APS-C sensor "and camera." (The bottom flowchart almost gives the illusion of a large-sensor camcorder, but I am sure the orientation of the layout is not necessarily indicative of the device layout.)

Note the sensor "thickness" chart goes all the way to full-frame but the proceeding claims relate only to Four-Thirds, APS-C and 1/2.5" (the latter a call back to point-and-shoots like the IXUS 800/850 IS).

Claim 6
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, wherein the image pickup element chip has a size corresponding to the size of a Four Thirds chip, and each of the thickness T1 of the silicon substrate in the first area and the thickness T2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.4 mm.
Claim 7
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, wherein the image pickup element chip has a size corresponding to the size of an APS-C chip, and each of the thickness T1 of the silicon substrate in the first area and the thickness T2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.6 mm.
Claim 8
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 7, wherein in the orthogonal projection that is orthogonal with respect to the transparent member, the relationship between the thickness T2 and the width W2 of the silicon substrate in the second area satisfies expressions (2) and (3):
Claim 9
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, wherein the image pickup element chip has a size corresponding to the size of a Four Thirds chip, the thickness T2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.4 mm, and the width W2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 1.0 mm.
Claim 10
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, wherein the image pickup element chip has a size corresponding to the size of an APS-C chip, the thickness T2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.6 mm, and the width W2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 1.4 mm.
Claim 11
The image pickup device according to any one of Claims 3 to 5, wherein the image pickup element chip has a size corresponding to the size of a 1/2.5-inch chip, the thickness T2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.1 mm, and the width W2 of the silicon substrate in the second area is equal to or greater than 0.4 mm.

Click to expand...

While the patent relates to a "solution to a problem," it seems to me to be a completely new design - a solution to a problem you would expect to include additions and not a complete redesign.

Scott

Canon got a lot of awards from TIPA this year:
- Best Professional DSLR Lens: Canon EF 8–15mm f/4L USM fisheye lens
- Best Video Digital SLR: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- Best Digital SLR Professional: Canon EOS-1D X (!)
- Best Professional Videocamera: Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera
- Best Multifunction Photo Printer: Canon PIXMA MG8250
- Best Expert Compact Camera: Canon PowerShot G1 X

http://www.tipa.com/english/XXII_tipa_awards_2012_13042012103433.php?iExpand1=70

version 11.26 was available on April 10th on China / HK site, tried to convert files with High Quality and High Speed mode, the high quality picture is no longer blurred.

and in batch quick view mode, so far, no more crash/file corrupt problem...

Chinese version link
http://support-cn.canon-asia.com/contents/CN/ZH/0200204701.html

English version link
http://support-hk.canon-asia.com/contents/HK/EN/0200204301.html

13 stops of dynamic range, 12-bit RAW uncompressed and compressed file formats and EF & ZF mount. Hmm.... I hope there is no 'catch' somewhere.

From Engadget:




While Canon, Sony and Red have already stolen the show with new camera announcements here at NAB 2012, Blackmagic Design is trying to carve out a niche for its new Cinema Camera. Priced at $2,995, where the company sees this as differing from the competition is its ability to capture film quality video on its 2.5K sensor and output it to CinemaDNG RAW, ProRes and DNxHD file formats. That camera housing can take Canon or Zeiss lenses on the front, contains a built-in SSD within and has a capacitive touchscreen display for control and metadata entry. Once you've captured the video, the included copy of DaVinci Resolve can take care of all color correction needs, while the video can be pulled from the SSD over a variety of high speed ports including BNC SDI and Thunderbolt.



Official Webpage: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/blackmagiccinemacamera

All of them look pretty amazing, and I'm curious to see what the bokeh looks like with that 18 blade iris on the 70-200!
The CP.2 Superspeeds look awesome, $5000 for a T1.5 cinema lens is pretty reasonable for what they are.

http://www.dslrnewsshooter.com/2012/04/16/nab-2012-new-zeiss-lenses-including-the-70-200-t2-9-15mm-and-135mm-compact-primes-and-cp-2-superspeeds/

Here's my question. My wife loves taking photos of the grand-daughter and as she does not like to get the DSLR out every time, I bought her a cheap point and shoot last year (Cheap as in Nikon ...$79 at Walmart). What I want to do now is upgrade her to a better P&S. Is their a P&S that can focus and shoot fast? The current piece of junk will focus and when you push the button the rest of the way down to shoot, you lose the shot, as the subject (Grand-daughter) has moved. I don't want to buy any advanced P&S like the SX40, as they are a little to big to put in her pocket.

Thanks for the Help.... and for those who are going to ask... about $250 price range.

MJBehnke

Hi Photogs,

Would it harm my camera body or the lens if I shoot toward the sun? If so, what type of filter protections can I get? Please advise. Thanks!

hi evryone!
after a few years of waiting for the 5d3, at long last, I can already upgrade my 50d to FF. Still I'm thinking of keeping the 50d as a 2nd bodyor a back up.

Problem is I was planning to get a wide angle lens to go with my setup but i'm being comfused with the crop to FF values in lenses since I was looking at EF 17-40mm or EF-S 10-22mm. From what I understand the EF 17-40mm on a crop sensor is 27.2-64mm.
Now the question is does this crop conversion apply to the 10-22mm? The point of confusion for me is that the EF-S lenses were designed only for crop sensors so does this mean the 1.6 factor is not in effect?

thanks a lot!

swampler over in the thread for the New DPP release posted a link to the Canon Canada that has version 3.11.26.0:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=5638.msg109380#msg109380

I installed it and re-ran my test to see if they fixed the softness issue. While it looks like they might have fixed some of the softness issue, it also looks like they've introduced a new bug. If you compare an image converted with the old version of DPP set to high speed to an image converted with the new version of DPP set to high speed, you can see that the new version is softer then the old version:

http://www.metrodcphotography.com/review/new-dpp-311260/

I sent our old friend Ken an email the other day... You guys will enjoy his response!

_________________________________________
Dear Mr. Rockwell.

Though you might consider doing a little more research on cameras before you review them. The photography community is tearing you apart, and its rather entertaining.

http://blog.dojoklo.com/2012/04/04/a-response-to-ken-rockwells-review-of-the-canon-5d-mark-iii/

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=5348.0

Anyway, it really hurts your reputation, and from what I can tell, most people just think you are a joke. Thought you should know for your future posts.

Regards,
Preston Palmer.
__________________________________________________________________

From: Ken Rockwell

That's not the photo community; those are mostly programmers, IT and computer scrince people.

I'm out shooting my 5d3 all this week, have a t on of updates for next week

Thank you!

Ken

Sent from my Christmas iPad, thanks Santa!
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Hello!

I know that with the 5D2, ISOs 1/3 stop below the native ISOs are cleaner due to a digital "pull", primarily with video (but I've read that it pertains to RAW as well). Conversely, ISOs 1/3 stop above the native ISOs (125, 250, 500 etc) are noisier because they are achieved by a digital "push" over ISO 100, 200, 400, 800 etc.

Does anyone know if the the same is true with the 5D3?

Hey guys, I thought I would throw this out there because many of you are so knowledgeable. I've been doing some tests on the ISO Noise reduction and am noticing something strange between ISOs 500-640, the file size gets smaller. (Significantly). This only happens with ISO noise reduction on, doesn't happen in RAW or video.

First of all- Are you guys able to reproduce this?
Second of all- If it isnt compression, what the heck could it be? (As far as I know and as discussed on an earlier thread, file size should get larger with more ISO noise, not get smaller).

I posted some of my results and thoughts on my bloghttp://www.michaelthemaven.com/?postID=2287&why-canon-5diii-owners-should-save-jpegs-if-shooting-with-isos-over-500 but thought I would throw this out here.

Thanks for the help!

M

I just bought the mark iii on april 12, when do you think I'll get the camera?

Production problems?!

http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/15/weekly-nikon-news-flash-158.aspx/#more-37716

Hey all. I'm eyeing the Canon 50mm 1.2L, but am also considering the 85mm 1.2L for some portrait photography. I do see a lot of posts about the 85mm not focusing as fast, but being very sharp, while the 50mm focuses quite quickly but isn't as sharp as the 85mm.

What does everyone suggest?

Hi guys!

I have the Rode Stereo Videomic and I have tried it with 5d2, 1d4 and the 5d3, and I get a huge amount of background noise so I use the the internal for better soundquality.

Which do you use and do you have to clean seriously up in post (which I don't want to) or does give you clean audio?

Thanks!

As Leica 50mm f/0.95 so sharp and wonderful, I really want to own one. But doubts that it can be used in 5D2 body or not. Do anyone can answer this question to me? Meanwhile does it support Auto Foucs or not?

thanks

I have squirreled away enough of my "allowance" over the past several months that I have approx $3000 to invest in a second hand "big white".

The question I have for the group is, based on my budget, which of these two lens gives me the most "bang for the buck"?

I will likely have the lens on a monopod (kids sports) or tripod (birds and such), so would the only benefit for IS be for framing the shots?

Thoughts? Advice?

Does anyone have an update on the status of the 5D Mark III in regards to it being recalled or the light leak issue being resolved?

I want to pick one up, but in my personal situation, if I'm going to spend $3800(CDN Price) for a camera, I do not want it having a light leak issue, regardless of whether people claim it is a small or unoticable issue.

I hadn't heard any recent news and thought I'd check to see if anyone knew anything further?

http://www.manfrotto.us/Site/Sympla/Sympla/23242042
Rig looks very adjustable and everything seems pretty reasonably priced, but being able to control focus via USB from a tripod or rig handle is almost as good as having AF in my book. Even the basic remote controls have start/stop recording, adjustable focusing speed, and you can mark in and out focus points...pretty damn cool for $400. Higher end remote is $800, has an LCD and even more controls.

Just the idea of being able to pull focus on the tripod or rig handle without having to move your hand off of it is awesome, as is not having to readjust your rig when you switch lenses, it's all done electronically.

Basic:


Deluxe:


New Flexible Mattebox:


Complete Sympla Rig with Mattebox and Remote:



And it looks like Zacuto is releasing something similar, a "Tornado Handle," but with Zacuto's pricing I'd be willing to bet it's quite a bit more expensive than the Manfrotto. I do have to admit it sure is a sexy rig with that C300 on it and looks very well-made. All the Zacuto stuff I have is top notch quality just very expensive, I mean even the little arm for my EVF was $350, and I ended up preferring a $50 adjustable arm over it.


Man I can't wait to see what else gets introduced this week!