Anyone have an idea when Adobe is going to launch CS6?

I was about to spring for a CS5.5 suite but my store was out, and said they probably wouldn't get any more copies until the release of the next version. The sales rep was guessing later this month, then shipping a month after that.

I'm planning to buy Canon EOS 1Dx when hit market, and I now for sure that I will buy 70-200 f2.8 L II with 2X extender to reach 140-400mm. My plan is to shoot macro as well.
My question is...

Did anyone tried to combine this setup for macro shooting?

70-200 f2.8 L II IS USM + 2x extender + extension tubes

What's the gain in magnification compared to MP-E 65mm?

Light setup for this system should be interesting too look at. I presume at least 2x 580EX or 600 (new one) on their stand with attached diffusers placed 0.5m from each side of the lens.

Please post your shots with this configuration if there is any shot at all !
Thanx in advance.

Archangel72

Hi everyone, I am going to get the 5D Mark II but not sure which lens to get along with it: 24-70 or 24-105??? (the next lens I'm going to invest in after this will probably be in a year with budget of $1,000 to $2,000).

I'm still an amatuer, and want to focus on landscapes (vacations), and portraits, but with the aim of becoming a wedding photographer. But at the moment, I'm still learning (w/great interest).

Your feed backs are much appreciated! Thanks.

1-800-OK-CANON (in the US), which is 1-800-652-2666. Yeah, nice number Canon.

I followed the prompts for general information.

The lady I spoke with told me that the 5Dm3 was going to be available on the 26th. Then she said the 16th of March. Then she said the 26th again. I explained that several stores in the US already had them, and she said "that is shocking."
So, even Canon, or at least this lady at Canon, has no idea what is going on.



-MS

New to tripods. But its high time i need one. My gear is now complete. 5DMKII, 24-70, 70-200, 50 1.4 and a wide angle zoom coming. So now I need a good tripod.

Been recommended the manfrotto 190proB. This is the one I had in mind. Good tripod, 3 legs, strong, not too expensive.

trouble is I'm going backpacking. So it is quite long and I cant carry it. Ideally Im looking for something that is SHORT. ie it fits into the large side pocket of a backpack. Which might mean I need to compromise for a 4 legged one. And one that is reasonably light as Im carry it the whole time. Backpacking for 6 months means i need to carry as little as possible.

any suggestions?

I would like to ask the owners of 60d: do you really think it is worth to spend extra $$ (in my case it will be extra 375$) on 60d compared to 600d? I know that most people will say "invest in glass instead". But 375$ is not that much to invest in glass (I don't have more right now) and also I prefer to buy three moderate lenses (18-55 IS, 55-250IS and 50f1.8 II) for ~400$ and cover a lot of range and possibilities to learn and understand which L lens I'll need in the future. I love different kinds of photography and will need this kind of lens for it (which will cost fortune in good glass). Do you think is the right way to think for a complete beginner?

I love traveling in quite harsh environments (forests, mountains, etc...) and afraid that the 600d wan't be able to withstand it for long (though 60d don't have weatherseeling, it build better(??)). Also I'm afraid to outgrow 600d too fast. I plan to have the same body for at least 3 years.

And lastly: is 600d worth the 100$ markup over 550d? I understand the sensor is the same and I don't care too much about video. I'm quite concerned about the screen in 600d breaking on me in one of this trips.

Thanks alot!
Roman.

Although I highly doubt that I'll be in the first wave to get theirs, I figured that it'd be nice for those of us who did preorder through Adorama to see when they start shipping and showing up. So, anyone have a status other than pending?

If I order the 5D Mark III Kit from B&H/Adorama now, when do you think it'll arrive?

There are some questions regarding teleconverters - IQ achieved, AF, apperture etc. Having read great Tale of Two Teleconverters http://www.billmajoros.com/photoalbum/categories/new/Teleconverters/index.html I made a test myself.

Assumptions:
1. Controlled lighting environment
2. Tripod
3. Mirror up
4. Remote shutter
5. Several shots with different appertures, shutter speeds, liveview - best shot chosen
6. No sharpening, contrast etc.=0, DPP from RAW to JPG, Quality=10

Gear used: 7D, EF 70-200 F4 LIS (IS off), EF1.4II, EF2.0II

Below you will find the result in three sections
A. 100% crop of some area possible to make comparisons, constant width=500px
B. Almost the same area, different file sizes
C. Almost same area, JPG downsized to width=500px

Below in this post images from section A:
100% crop of some area possible to make comparisons, constant width=500px

So now that I'm buying a 5D Mkiii and not the 1DX. I have a little cash on hand to buy a macro lense.

What would you buy given these parameters.
Mainly nature photography
Already have the Canon 100mm EF 2.8 (love it even if it is a little old)


Lenses: 24-70 Canon 2.8L, 70-200 Canon 2.8L IS, 100-400 Canon 4.5-5.6L IS
Bodies: 1DS Mkii, 5D Mkiii (hopefully this week-fingers crossed)

Thanks in advance

I shoot many wedding every year and my friend told me he likes the video footage from his 7d vs my 60d. He said the image has more depth and a more natural feeling where the 60d has a more flat feel to it. I disagree but I am wonder if anyone else shares his opinion. Are there differences in the sensor that would give the 7d a more natural feeling to its video footage?

I have been lurking for quite a while on this forum and DP. I will say that the situation in these forums has reminded me of a similar situation brewing in my home town of Denver since the news of us getting Peyton Manning. Tebow fans have become completely irrational to the point of losing the bigger picture (pun intended) of the how the different player's skills will be utilized for a winning team. They are so blinded by their disappointment that they fail to see all the benefits of bringing an older, but proven player into town. Ok, so maybe that analogy is terrible, but I thought I'd throw it out there (again, pun intended).

On to the meat of the post; I have scoured all the different sample images that have been posted and directed on these forums. I think one that has received the most attention have been the imaging resources sample images, and after looking at all the different permutations that have been posted I don't really know what to think, especially when compared to the D800.

I was recently emailed this link:

http://www.slrlounge.com/on-imaging-resources-canon-5d-mkiii-vs-nikon-d800-studio-sample-comparison

I looked at the comparisons on it and was shocked at how much sharper and less noisy the 5Dmkiii looked when compared to the d800, especially after all the opposite results that I had seen on this and other forums. I was so surprised especially by the sharpness of the 5d images that I actually figured they might have gotten them backward. I know that they are jpeg images and RAW, blah, blah but to me JPEG is as important as RAW (I am a pro that shoots more JPEG than RAW).

The tool they used to compare the cameras was actually built into the imaging resources website, it's called the comparometer, and it is similar to the comparison part of the dpreview website (but not nearly as slick). Since dp doesn't have either camera added to its comparison tool yet this one is the best we have. I urge you to try it out, not only can you compare to the mkii and the D800, but you can also compare to your current camera. In my case I am moving over from pentax, and I have been shooting the K5 for the last year or so. The K5 has the vaunted exmor Sony sensor (same as the D7000, and a permutation of the d800) that everyone croons about. It has been a great camera, but using the comparometer I can see how much superior the mkiii is going to be in IQ. Try it, it's fun.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM

Finally, I just want to give my 2 cents on why this is my dream camera, and why I have been shooting professionally for 3 years using a non-canikon company. I shoot a lot of HDRI (I know many of you already hate me) but it has been a lucrative part of my pro and art photography and I find the uniqueness of images I can create using it gives me freedom to move beyond the limitations of a single exposure and into a more realistic approximation of how the human visual system is constantly merging vastly different lighting conditions into a visual representation of the world around us (sorry for the jargon, but I'm studying sensory systems in my PhD work). It doesn't take a single exposure, and thus when you look at the outside world from inside a building you don't see blown out windows when you see the interior, and vice versus. You "see" the whole dynamic range. Anyhow, until now the only camera system that had better AEB (which is very important to me since manually bracketing is not possible when handheld shooting) than pentax has been the 1D. The 1D could do 7 shot bracket at 3 ev stops per bracket so could get a max of 18 stops of DR, Nikon, in its high end D3x and D4 can do 11 shots (d800 can do 9), but only at 1 ev spacing per shot they only have a max of 10 stops (or 8 for the d800). My pentax can do 5 at 2 ev so it can get 8 ev in far less shots than nikon which is very important due to speed and lack of movement. It was never really an option to get into the 1D due to price, but more importantly size (as I travel a lot). The 5d has finally gotten the AEB of the 1D series and that is amazing for me, on top of that it is full frame (which I have always wanted for low light and DOF reasons), and sinc I have been shooting more and more sports professionally the amazing new autofocus is the cherry on top.

Sorry for the rant. I'm preordered from B&H since March 2 and am waiting on pins an needles. I already bought a 70-200 2.8 IS, a siggy 12-24mm rectilinear, and a 50mm 1.2L, as my starting kit and drool looking at the lenses each day waiting.

If you want to see examples of my work see below. Also, looking forward to being a canon man...

www.flickr.com/benison

A crazy rumor from DPR. But one person says they heard it "somewhere" and another claims that he just went to a demo 3 days ago and the rep told him that the grip increases fps, to something probably about 6.7fps, maybe 6.9.

I'm not sure I buy it, but wow, that would be cool if so. It might also explain all those rumors that had all the 5D3 specs on target but then were off with the fps 6.9fps vs 6.0fps.

If it could do 7fps gripped that would be pretty awesome, you really have yourself a true action cam then (When you are doing serious sports you might grip the body anyway, but unlike 1 series you can then toss the grip for a nice sized camera for everything else). It'll still be awful for high dynamic range shooting at low ISO compared to the D800 but if it has better video, similar high iso, if the AF is awesome, an dif it can hit 7fps gripped it starts to make a bit more sense. It'll still be worse for ISO100-400 landscape stuff and for long reach wildlife stuff but it might be a nicer generalist action/sports/wedding/video cam perhaps.

Probably foolish to get my hopes up over this as it sounds a bit fanciful, but wow if that guy really did hear that from the rep and the rep really did know what he was talking about. There still seem to be a lot more reasons to doubt it though, but still.

Looking through old magazines the other day--November '05 Outdoor Photog--and see an ad for the 5D classic--$3299,95! Was that the price they originally went for? Make the III seem a bit more tolerable...

i was really ;D when i hear i can store RAW & JPG files separately into different cards on 5D3, so i can have RAW on CF, and JPG on SD, really convenient, but decided not to use this function after all.

Reason 1: number of continuous shooting dropped significantly from RAW+JPG on one card
Reason 2: I can't manage the photos effectively, yes the files are named the same and write to separate cards at the same time, but I can't link the RAW and JPG while i try to delete them, if i want to delete an image, I'll have to press playback, find the photo, delete from one card, go to setting, set playback to another card, press playback again, find that same photo in different format and delete that one. if i have 30 photos i want to delete while reviewing... that's not practical at all...

and canon has confirmed that it can't be link while delete files...

I have recently been having a bit of a problem with my Canon 50D. It has been coming up with an error 20. This seems to happen when I am using my Canon lenses and the Sigma lenses. The error will come up with no lens attached to the camera. It is very sporadic. I can shoot sometimes up to 500 shots before it will come up with the error, but once the error shows up it is almost like the camera has to rest for a while before I can continue to shoot.

I go through the process of turning the power off and the on and the error will show up after one shot.
I have removed and installed the battery with the same results.

I even notice tonight that shutter hung up a couple of times

I have taken a eraser to all contact points including the body and all lens and same results.

Tried activating the shutter without any lenses and still comes with same error.

I am the point of sending it into Canada to get it service but my only fear is that I send it there and because it is a sporadic problem that they will send it back saying there is nothing wrong with it.

The camera is about 1 year 9 months old. I have about 3 months warranty left on it because I purchase this with my Visa card. My card doubles the original warranty.

Any ideas or thoughts

I have seen this reported pairing of this new lens with the new T4i body. No speculation at all about this new kit lens, though. Does anyone care to guess if this lens might be anything worth remarking on? Could this be a "sleeper" announcement buried within the announcement of the new body? Not "L" glass, of course, and in fact it would be marketed as a "kit" lens, but... Could it be a noteworthy lens nevertheless?

Hello, i'm hoping to take some really good astrophotos for timelapse. I will be primarily using a zeiss 21mm 2.8 with a 5d miii for daytime shots. I am wondering how people think/know this lens will perform at night...

Take care

Hi all,

So i'm very close to pulling the trigger and buying the 35mm f2 ZE the only thing i'm slightly hesitant about is the manual focus. I've been practising manually focusing with my 50mm 1.4 and i seem to have some successful shots and others that are totally unusable.
In your experience is it easier to focus the Zeiss due to its smooth focus ring or do you some times wish you bought the auto focus equivalent?.. for me that's the Canon 35mm 1.4L...

p.s I'm using a 5dmkii with precision focus screen.

What speed and brand CF and SD cards are you all getting for your new 5DM3?

The gist of my question is this: How long before Canon releases a camera with the sensor technology it seems Sony and Nikon currently possess? The sample images I've seen so far from the 5DIII and D800 have me underwhelmed with Canon's offering, especially at the price. My initial thought was to sell my lenses (a few L primes, the 50 1.4 and 28 1.8) and move to Nikon. I want to go FF, but I want great low-light and superb focus. If I can't get both, I might as well go for the superior resolution of the D800. There doesn't seem to be anything in the 5DIII for me other than existing lenses and familiar UI.

The alternative would be to invest in glass and wait for Canon to start using Sony sensors. I could get a 70-200 2.8 IS II and the new 24-70 2.8 II for five grand or so and wait a few years for the 5DV, the 3D, or some other mystical unicorn.

I have no problem waiting a few years. I'm happy with my T2i and current glass, but I really want to add a FF at some point. Is there any reason to suspect Canon will go elsewhere for better sensor tech (and WB tech while they're at it?).

This is not a trolling post, btw. I've been eagerly awaiting the 5DIII for years and hovered over the pre-order button dozens of times. I have the money to spend. I'm just flabbergasted that they allowed the most important/anticipated product release in the companies' digital history to fall flat on its face like this. (My opinion of course and based on the handful of images released thus far).

I met up with a buddy of mine this weekend who is the editor of a big muscle car magazine to cover an autocross event together. He's a very accomplished photographer and does some outstanding work. During the middle of the autocross, his 1DsII - which has seen a ton of mileage over the last 8 years - took a dump. It's nothing terminal, just the dreaded "Error 99," but something that couldn't be fixed in the field. I let him borrow one of my backup bodies to get him through the event, but he jumped on the phone ASAP to order up a replacement body for another shoot he had the following week.

Him: The guy on the phone says he has a 5D Mark II, is that what you have?

Me: No, I use 5D for statics, and a 1DII for action. I'm getting a 5DIII any day now, but it hasn't been released yet.

Him: What's the difference?

Me: Better AF, faster burst rate, cleaner high ISO files, dual card slots.

Him: Well, I hardly ever use AF, and don't need fast FPS. I really like the IQ of the images you send me with your 5D, so I'm sure the 5D Mark II will be more than enough for me.

Me: Yeah, IQ wise the 5D Mark II is a great camera. That's what Bobby (a mutual friend and fellow photog) uses.

Him: OK, then I know for sure that I'll be happy with the 5DII's IQ.

Me: You can get them for around $2,000 right now because the 5DIII's are about to be released. The 5DIII is hard to get right now and costs $3,500.

Him: I don't want to spend that much. This is just going to be my personal camera until I can get company approval to expense on new body. I'll go with the 5DII.


I know this is an extreme example, but our conversation lasted two minutes at most. I just found it funny how people can deliberate/argue/scream/cry for months on which camera to get, mulling over specs and sample images (I'm guilty of this too!). On the other hand, I watched as a working pro reached a purchasing decision in two minutes based solely on the quality of images submitted to him from other photographers using the body he's interested in.

I wonder how come B&H have the BG-E11 Battery Grip for 5D Mark III for only $349.00? Compare to Amazon $490.00, that's $141.00 cheaper.

I do not use eBay often, but occasionally troll there for equipment "deals", so this really struck me as odd:

"EF 400mm 2.8L IS USM NEW IN BOX" with a starting price of $4.13. In the body of the add the seller claims that the BUYITNOW price is $1,300.00 but I need to contact him at his gmail account. curiosity prompted me to send an e-mail. The response was even more bizarre:

"The buy it now price of this item is US $1,299.00, free shipping.We offer 30 days to return it if by any reason you are not satisfied with it.In order to start this transaction we need your ebay username,full name and shipping address...You will get an ebay invoice with the new buy it now price...The item will be shipped only to the payment address."

I may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but this looks like a pretty amatuer scam to me. :

Reality check, please.