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Your Most Used Lens!

RLPhoto

Most Used Lenses

  • 24-70mm 2.8L

    Votes: 13 15.9%

  • 70-200mm 2.8L

    Votes: 9 11.0%

  • 50mm's (any variety)

    Votes: 18 22.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 42 51.2%
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Simple Question, What is the Single Most Used lens inside you camera bag? And explain what you use it for.

My vote - 50mm 1.2L. Its Great does everything from studio work, to photojournalism, to outdoor portraits, to tight landscapes, for weddings, for fine art work, And tons of other stuff.

My 50mm is like an old friend to the frame lines in my brain.
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Canon 500 and 600 II?

I have saved and sold my 500 AFIS original version. I leave for Africa in mid-July. I am awaiting the arrival of the new 500 and 600 lenses and I will purchase one of the two. I am beginning to panic as both seem to be delayed again as is the 1D-X which I also have on order. Any thoughts or rumors?
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Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC Available for Preorder

infared
Anyone seen any reviews of this lens???? The only reason I am looking into it...( I own no Tamron products)...is because of the delay of the CAnon 24-70 f/2.8 II.....(which, truly I know I will wait for...LOL!)...but I just wanted to see what reviewers thought of the Tamron lens...I am guessing the usual caveats....I doubt it will give the new Canon a run for it's money in the IQ dept., which is all that really matters to me.
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Does the 5DIII come with a screen protector 'pre-attached' to LCD?

Just curious because I just got my 5DIII (awesome btw, a huuuge upgrade from my 40D) and I noticed that the LCD screen didn't have a protective static cling screen protector stuck on it (like many electronic products to keep the screen pristine while in the box). I wanted to make sure that Canon just isn't putting them on the 5DIII, and not that my box was a customer return.
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Canon 5D3E?

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It will be nice if Canon could come up with a 5D3E. A less stronger AA filter will increase the sharpness and level of detail in still shots, while sharpening videos as well. Moire and false color only affects a very small number of still shots and video footages, but should the majority of still shots/video footages not affected by moire/false color suffer for the sake of a stronger AA filter? What do you guys think?
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Cross Points

I have been reading several of the articles in the Canon Knowledge Base on the new AF system--very helpful. I have the following question after experimenting with the settings: Setting aside the full 61 point setting, why would I ever select the 15 or 9 point options rather than opting for selection of the cross points? It looks like the coverage is the same or better with the cross point setting and the knowledge base makes the case that the cross points are more powerful.

Also, is there a setting that will leave the point display visible for a longer period of time or make it permanently visible?

Thanks
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Waiting for the 1Dx...

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It sucks...

Even worst is the fact that more and more reviews about the 5DIII are appearing and it seems to be a fine camera. I can't help but felling robed by current MKIII owner... They stole the 1Dx AF system and are allowed to play with it in our faces! :)

Oh well... I guess we just have to wait a bit more... But seriously, this lack of info about the 1Dx makes me wonder...
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Impressed with Crutchfield and Canon service

I'm not one to gush on about any specific store, but I ordered my 5d Mark III from Crutchfield (thanks again to whomever posted their availability on the 22nd) and I am pretty blown away by their service. The camera was shipped within minutes of my order, a rep called to confirm (and likely verify authenticity), and I have received a handwritten thank you note as well as a very appropriate level of emails from them since the order. I used to order some stereo odds and ends from them back in the early 2000's, but hadn't placed an order in over 8 years. I will use them again. They also have their loyalty points program so I think the purchase will also net me around $300 in other purchases with them.

While I am raving about companies, let me add that I had the dreaded Error 30 message on my 7D, and Canon turned around my camera in two days, so total time without the camera was 10 days with shipping back and forth. The shutter was broken as I expected, so the out of warranty cost was a little over $200. I shipped the 7d the same day I received the Mark III so it gave me some dedicated time to learn the new camera.
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1DX & Mark III focusing with 3rd party lenses

D
After reading some of the details of the new focus systems, it is apparent that the sensitive dual cross type center focus point only works with most f/2.8 and faster lenses. Canon specifies which Canon lenses this will apply to but I wonder if it will also support 3rd party lenses. I typically get all Canon lenses but I have been considering the future Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD since Canon does not have a stabilized 24-70mm f/2.8. I really want the IS for use with video mostly and it would be nice to shoot indoor at slower shutter speeds. I was wishing the new Canon 24-70 f/2.8 II was stabilized but given the fact that it is not and the outrageous price for a non IS lens, I doubt we will ever see one. Cropped bodies have a stabilized f/2.8 wide zoom and it sucks that Canon has nothing given the use of video. Just wondering if going to a 3rd party f/2.8 lens is going to render the awesome new sensitive dual cross center focus point useless.
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UK cashbacks - Euro 2012

Hi all,

Long time lurker here, finally signed up.

I've just stumbled across another batch of cashbacks in the UK if it's of interest - this time to go with the Euro 2012 kickball.

http://www.canon.co.uk/euro2012cashback/

It includes some powershots, and the 550D & 600D, but mainly a big bunch of lovely glass. Haven't been through in depth but it looks like roughly 10% off current prices.

Means I can just about sneak the 70-300L under £1,000 - might just force me to pull the trigger . . .

Pete

PS. Apologies if this has done the rounds already - had a quick search and couldn't see anything obvious
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15 cameras compared over full ISO range for dark noise including 8 Canon DSLRs

Aglet
For those who find this as useful as I do.

These are all the camera bodies I had access to for these tests.

Canon EOS DSLRs: 5D2, 5D3, 7D, 40D, 50D, 60D, 450D, 1000D
Canon PowerShots: G3, G5, G6, G11, G12
Nikon DSLRs: D90, D5100

Anyone willing to send me raw files for camera bodies I don't have listed can contact my here by leaving me a message. I'd really like to get some Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sony and files from other mfrs.

I reduced image sizes with a bit more compression and meta-data removed to greatly increase loading speed and reduce my site BW. Still provides a good comparison and you can see pixel-level banding on the bodies that produce it.

link to main page:

www.a2bart.com/tech/tech.htm

Individual pages for each of the tested cameras will be built and uploaded as I get time and linked from that page.
Those pages will include 1/8th scaled images from the whole sensor, again, at all relevant ISOs, so that larger banding and noise structures can be better seen and compared.

I'll post updates when there's new stuff to look at.
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Canon 5D Mark III vs Canon 5D Mark II Noise article

revup67
The author writes
The Mark III crops at low ISOs are more attention-grabbing than the Mark II at first glance, but this really is just down to sharpening. Take the Mark II image and apply greater sharpening..,
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Please someone correct me if I am wrong but I disagree here. Once you apply a sharpen at any magnitude you increase noise. Did the author overlook this aspect? If this is true then no they are not similar and the 5D III would clearly outperform the II.

Open to anyone's comments on this.
Article link http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/high_ISO_noise.shtml

Thanks

Rev
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some 5D3 vs D800

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The F%^&ing Nikon D800 vs. Canon 5D mkIII Shootout

The 5D3 video handily beats the D800 at ISO6400 and wins by a laughable margin at ISO12,800 and up. The D800 looks good to ISO1600 and close to ISO3200 but starts losing noticeably in darker areas by ISO6400 and just turns to junk beyond junk above there, the 5D3 holds together better above ISO3200 to an almost unimaginable degree. (then again you may ask do most people shoot at higher than ISO3200? at times yeah, but it's never really ideal and I'd prefer awesome, perfect ISO100-1600 than 6400+). If you did super low light stuff the 5D3 is clearly the way to go by a million miles.

But man what the heck did Canon do to the 5D3 resolution? The D800 isn't even all that sharp but the 5D3 is just mush (at first when you look a the women on the ground you think the weird checkboard of different colors is just D800 moire but her jacket later gets revealed to have that and the 5D3 doesn't even pick it up at all, it looks 100% white and red? where the heck did the other color checkers go? mushed 100% away!).

What was the whole 22MP for 3x3 about if they get such mush? Where is the mush coming from? It has simply super weak micro-contrast until you get to scales far, far, far below 1920x1080. Luckily it is free enough of moire/aliasing that it takes sharpening well, but most video programs have very old sharpening that is prone to haloes so it's hard to bring back the micro-contrast ideally (and even then the actual res is still a bit low).

Did they gimp it that much to save the C300?? I don't know what's going on. The micro-contrast and res are total let downs.

And where is the cropped video mode? Why no 2x2 sampled mode at 1.6x crop????

Granted the sharpened 5D3 isn't too far behind D800 detail (not that that says much) and with much less moire I think it's better than the D800 for video.
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5D Mark III File Issues

Has anybody had any issues with their files on their 5D Mark III? Both yesterday and today I had the same issue: After shooting around 200 images, the last 20 or so are not recognized by LR or the DNG converter. LR says it cannot load preview. They appear to be fine when reviewed in camera so I dont know what the deal is, but its making me very sad.
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Canon 5D Mark III vs Nikon D800

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<strong>Another ISO comparison


</strong>The 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 has brought about a ton of discussion in regards to the philosophies of both Canon and Nikon. I’m not sure the cameras can be compared head to head fairly. I have shot with the 5D Mark III and I’m working on my impressions of it, I have yet to get my hands on a Nikon D800 for any length of time. Though I do plan to spend the weekend with a Nikon D4 that was recently acquired and I will compare it to the 5D Mark III, since they’re in the same megapixel range. What’s a guy to do while he waits for a 1D X?</p>
<p><strong>Camera Labs Test </strong>


Gordon Laing from CameraLabs has continued his extensive testing of the 5D Mark III, and has provided a good ISO comparison between it and the Nikon D800. As far as ISO goes, it’s not even close, the Nikon D800 starts to fall apart at about ISO 800. A lot has been said about the 5D Mark III and how much of an improvement it is over the 5D Mark II in the ISO department, and I think it’s clear the 5D Mark III starts to separate around ISO 1600.</p>
<p>Be sure to check out the results at Camera Labs.</p>
<p><strong>ISO Comparison: <a href="http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/high_ISO_noise.shtml" target="_blank">5D Mark III vs 5D Mark II</a> | <a href="http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/Canon_5D3_vs_Nikon_D800_noise.shtml" target="_blank">5D Mark III vs Nikon D800</a></strong></p>
<p>I’m waiting to see some good visual tests in dynamic range between the 5D Mark III and D800.</p>
<p><strong>5D Mark III Stock


</strong>From what I have seen, Amazon & B&H seem to have had the most stock of the 5D Mark III. B&H and Adorama will be observing Passover between April 6 – April 15, so nothing will be shipping. Amazon is expecting new stock on April 7, 2012.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007FGYZFI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=canorumo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007FGYZFI" target="_blank">5D Mark III at Amazon for $3499</a> also <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/847545-REG/Canon_5260A002_EOS_5D_Mark_III.html/BI/2466/KBID/3296" target="_blank">B&H</a> and <a href="http://www.adorama.com/ICA5DM3.html?kbid=64393" target="_blank">Adorama</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
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5D III error 80 and failure to release shutter

TexPhoto
My brand new 5D III has twice locked up giving me Error 80, and requiring I pull the battery. This is within the first 300 pics.

In addition, I have 8-10 times had the camera focus, give me the focus confirmation beep, and then not fire as I held down the shutter button. This has happened in AI-servo mode, as well as straight up green auto everything mode. I've had a 7d for 2 years, and am not unfamiliar with the new focus system. I even read the manual. But it's not really a focus problem, the camera just refuses release the shutter.

I am traveling now so returning is not really possible for the next week. Has anyone else encountered these problems?
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Microadjustment (fluke?)

M
I just spent a lot of time doing AF MA on the 5dm3.
When I was finished I wrote down the adjustments for future reference.

Here they are:
24-70 wide: -5 tele: +5
70-200 wide: +5 tele: 0
50: -3

When I wrote down the numbers I noticed that the adjustments seem to correspond to the focal length, regardless of lens.
Wide is negative 5 and increases to positive 5 by the time it hits 70 for all lenses. By the time I reach 200, I am at zero MA.

Is this just a fluke or are most people seeing this?
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What a day at Adorama! I GOT IT They also have the KIT

I finally got it! I went in to play with the body and I told the sales rep if he had the body, I would buy it right now. He tells me there is one and that he will check. 5 minutes later he comes back and says that he can't find it but they do have the kit in stock. So I tell him I am not shocked that he couldn't find it because its hard to find. So he tries to sell me the kit which I already have the 24-105L lens. I tell him let me check out the used section to see how much I can sell this lens for. Thank god the sales rep at the used department wasn't there. I waited a good 5-10 minutes and no one came to assist me in the used department so I head back to him and told him that if he can work his magic, I really want the body. He tells me again to hold up and even prints out a paper with a SKU # on it and hands it to another department. Lo and behold, he has the last one! He kept boasting that the manager told him they didn't have any and that he made side bets with them. So as I am walking to the cash register line, he goes up to the manager and tells him he needs to do his job better and that he owes him money. This part got a bit wierd for me, an associate telling a manager off like that. Anyways he hooked me up big time, next time I purchase a lens he will be the guy to call.

For anyone that wants the KIT, go tomorrow in the morning because they do have it in stock despite the website not showing any and as I left the store, they were closing up.
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