I have the 35, but I'm curious. Is the 24's AF any faster?

This is my first post here, but given the lack of 1dx wedding reviews all over the net I felt it needed to be done. I am a FT pro with 6 years experience in weddings.

Lenses used:
35 1.4
85 1.2
70-200 2.8 IS II
24-70 2.8

First for foremost, i used the 35 and 85 on this camera all most 95% of the night. I had NO error 80 or any errors what-so-ever.

5dIII vs 1dx for weddings:
Having shot with both camera bodys now I can say that other than the slight high ISO improvement and some AF changes I noticed very little difference that justifies spending 2x as much. However its a 1D and I want the best so I have it.

Auto focus:
I have to say I am somewhat disappointed! I still had problems locking on focus during the reception. I found myself using the 580 ex II flash just for the AF assist. Its defiantly not bad at all, but its not the final "master of auto focus." I have to say the Black focus points really suck. I didn't think it would be a problem or that I would really care about that. Once the lights went all the way down for the dancing I was constantly lighting up the focus points just to see which one was on. Now, about a few things I liked (and a lot) about the auto focus. Later in the night I started using the Al Servo full automatic AF. I have to say, it was really really good! Like amazing. It literally tracked their faces, and stayed on key. I played with a few different AF modes in the menu, but mostly just used the general one. I was wow'd by this. I also used the AF mode where the camera selected the AF point out of a small group of them. I got 20% more keepers at 1.2/1.4/1.8. A+ for al servo, auto AF. F for the black af points.

ISO:
I used up to ISO 12,800 without worry. I shot a few things higher than that. Including 25,600 shots. A+ in all. up to ISO 1600 shows no issues to me.

Body:
Its heavier than my 1dIII. By enough i really noticed it over the course of the day. The 5D mark III seemed so easy to shoot with all day and my 1dIII never bothers me. This was heavy!

Battery:
Lasted about 3,000 pictures. I'm happy.

Video: I did a few video shots on it. They came out awesome! (I'm not a video guy but i like to play with my gadgets) I have no real technical comments to make on this other than it took me too long to figure out how to turn it on.

That M-fn button:
I hate it. I have never used the button in that spot on any canon body. I hate having to use it to start the video recording and especially hate it to change AF modes. Maybe you can change this in the menu, but i haven't gotten that far yet.

I hope this helps. I'll get around to posting some pics too, but for now I hope this information is helpful. This is of course my opinion on the 1dx.

I'm really enjoying this little pancake
the electronic aperture control is awesome and AF confirm is quite snappy even though its a MF lens
and i love the 20mm focal length on full frame too
focus ring is super smooth and even i can see it being a really nice video lens too

So, I'm having some trouble, specifically getting rid of the stray hairs around this guys neck and ears. So first photo is original, 2nd is after I fixed the bags under his eyes (I think it's decent, not gonna win awards, but decent), but the big issue is trying to get the 3rd one correct. Any tips, tricks, help, or is it just not possible without doing a crap done of pixel by pixel editing and actually really knowing what I'm doing?

I'm a filmmaker about to upgrade to DSLR. When it comes to glass, I've heard that variable-aperture zooms are a no-no for video. I'm thinking my best bet is to start with a solid prime (but what do I know?)

I've been eyeing the Rokinon (Samyang) 35mm f1.4 for its build quility, image quality, and onboard aperture adjustment. Good investment for a first lens? Or other lens suggestions?

Thanks!

I have noticed that occasionally when removing both batteries to be recharge, upon loading them back in my date and time have been wiped. The body was with out any battery for a while but I don't hunk this should be an issue.

Anyone else having this issue or heard of it?

Hi All,

I'm looking to purchase the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II as my next lens within the next couple of months and want to do some research and get some insights/inputs from users of this lens. This is rather a pricey lens, so I would like to know as much as possible (practical 1st-hand usage rather than charts) about it prior to purchase. I use a 5D Mark II.

I'd like to know:

1) what you love about this lens?
2) what don't you like about this lens?
3) How many times did you return it before you get the right copy (I've heard the 24-70 is known to go through many returns before photogs are happy w/theirs, so I'd like to know if this is the case for the 70-200 f/2.8 as well)?
4) what price did you purchase your's for? what's a good price to get in now as it seems prices of lenses have gone up lately?
5) anything else you'd like to add...?

Thank you so very much for all your help!!!
I'm so excited and looking forward to this lens.

I have an EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS that is less than a year old that I want to sell.

I think I understand why some people call it "evil bay" now. It looks like they are going to take about 9% of the sale price before the PayPal bite.

Is there a good forum or other site to list a lens for sale? I feel I want a reasonable but not excessive price and B&H's $500 trade-in is just not in the ballpark.

Anyway, just wondering if I am missing something on the Ebay route of if someone could direct me to a better resource.

Hi everyone. I have just recently begun to get into photography and I really want to explore portrait and wedding photography. I have a young baby boy and this would be for side work/fun. I need an external flash but cannot afford anything expensive as I am in the process of practicing and learning right now and would not like to try to charge anyone for work for some time. I have a t3i and was looking for an alternative to the canon 430 exII. Looking for suggestion from those who maybe own third party flashes or have used them extensively. Thanks for any help!

Low light on the ascent. All comments welcome.

Hi,

I'm the new boy in town, been reading the forum for years but now finally joined.

I have had a 50D since they first came out and love it to bits; however the time has come to get something newer. I use the camera for a wide range of subjects and have a few 'L' lenses. Attached is my Flickr if anyone is looking that closely at my uses.

I read all the Canon propaganda on new cameras such as the 5d mk 3 and the 7d.
Has anyone gone from the 50d to one of these?
Is the jump in technology that much more noticeable?
Is it worth the major investment? (and the week or so of wining and dining my wife before asking for one?)
If any has both and has some free time to show just how much the photos would vary I would be very grateful.

Kind regards, HWTN

Should this post be in the wrong place, mods please let me know and I will move it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59783702@N02/

I have had an sony a33 for about a year now, and I am planning to up-grade to
5d MKii
17-40 f/4
50 f/1.4
135 f/2

I shoot mostly landscapes, lowlight events and video, any recomendations?

Hello!

Current lens line up -
17-40mm L f/4,
40mm f/2.8,
50mm f/1.4,
85mm f/1.8,
70-200 L f/2.8

Bodies - 5D & 7D

I'm really not liking the 85mm f/1.8 - I find it too unpredictable and unreliable (especially on the 7D as a 135mm equiv.) I'd love to get the 135mm f/2 L.

Here's the plan : Sell 50mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.8 and buy 135mm f/2 L.
(The 40mm pancake is brilliant and the IQ is better than the 50mm in my opinion.)

Lenses would then be -
17-40mm
40mm
135mm
70-200mm

I shoot weddings, portraits etc.

I'd appreciate people's thoughts.

Cheers

Rhys

Hi all. I just upgraded from my 20d to a 5dIII. I love it but today I noticed a bright red dot in a picture without enlarging the picture. I went back and enlarged others around the same spot and could find the dot again at all ISO's.. even at 100. I just did a 30 second exposure at 800 ISO with the lens cap on and I got this.
http://i.imgur.com/GRrg0.jpg
Now I expect a couple bad pixels but I can count about 12 spots and some spots have way more than just 1 bad pixel I believe. I tried the manual cleaning trick multiple times for up to 4 minutes and I still have atleast 10 spots and it seems to not be improving so I stopped. Is this average or did I get a lemon? Also adobe camera raw fixes about 2/3rds of them but definitely not all now that I know where to look. I have 23 more days to return it to amazon. Thanks guys for your help.

I would appreciate input please

I am going on a hot air balloon ride and intend to use my 5DIII in video mode, likely with 70-200 f/2.8 IS II. I will likely use a bean bag. Obviously, the balloon will be moving, and I will be shooting moving wildlife. So the question is: Which IS position should I use for best results? Would it be different for stills?

Thanks.

sek

I want to go to full frame some day and I use crop now. I'm trying to sell my canon 17-55 2.8 to help fund the FF move. However I got an email off Craigslist from a guy that wants to trade his canon 28-70 2.8 for my 17-55 is it worth it? Assuming both lenses are equal condition as well.

I've read that with the d800 you need the best lenses to really reap the rewards of all those megapickles. I guess that's probably true. I've read and seen tests showing it's very good noise performance. Cool. But I've also read that you need to go over the 1x focal length "rule". Something like 2x or i even read 3x somewhere. wow. Is this proving true? It just seems to me that if those new "rules" are correct, i would think that many times i would have to bump up my ISO settings to deal with that. So i could possibly be running a stop or 2 higher than i would using something else. like a 5dmk3 or whatever camera of less resolution. That would really change things. Now that could be wrong and everything is just peachy at 1x focal length. That's fine too. No agenda here. I'm mostly a Canon shooter and I've never thought about swapping. I'm just curious about this stuff.
BTW- I didn't know where to post this. i hope this is a suitable place.

So long story short I'm getting money to buy a 5D3. My kit at the moment comprises of a 600D with battery grip, 24-105L & the plastic fantastic 50mm 1.8.

I'm still new to photography/videography & I mainly do video work which involve filming events like the occasionally gig if I'm lucky but I film monthly fashion shows which take place at different night clubs, where I also film interviews of the designers.

As I would use the 24-105 with the 5D3 when I get it, ideally I would like another lens to use on my 600D and I am leaning towards getting a wide angle (zoom) lens which I could use on both bodies.

So my choices are narrowed down to the 16-35mm L F2.8 or 17-40mm L F4. And I'm just wondering which is the better lens? or if there are any better prime alternatives.

Thank you in advance for your help.

I am interested to hear from anyone who has used both cameras. I have two 5D3s and I am a wedding photographer. I love my cameras but I am always curious if there is something better that will help me do my job better. I am interested if the AF is just a little faster and better and I have also read that the sensor may be a little better. Anyone have any experience with the two cameras?

Just left there today at 6:00pm CST and they had received a few this week that sold already. They just got one more in and it was available when I left today. I already have mine. They are open tomorrow 10:00am CST. Going. going...

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I have used my sure shot SX110 to take videos many times and they have always been great. Now, for some reason they are all bad. Very blurry and pixilated.
What could be happening?

I have been shooting for three years on a 1000D with a 16-35 f/2.8, 50 f/1.4 and 100-400. I think it is time for me to upgrade to a new body. The 5D3 would be ideal but it's too expensive. My other options are the 7D, 5D2 or waiting for a new camera from Canon. Here are some pros/cons I could come up with for each.

The 7D is good because it is fast, responsive, has good AF and is $1500. However it is APS-C which means no UWA from the 16-35.

The 5D2 is good because of the high resolution and FF sensor Also still in the price range (sub $2500). However the AF is crap and FF makes the 100-400 worse.

The cheap FF body Canon might release later this year is good because it's FF, will have the AF from 7D also $2000 is feasible. However it will have lower resolution than the 5D2 and will be pretty slow (FPS wise).

My current lenses would leave a serious gap for FF bodies and a crop body UWA lens such as the 10-22 will limit upgradeability to FF. However a cheaper crop body could leave some cash to buy an EF-S ultra wide.

So what do you think 7D, 5D2 or wait?

I am a young pro cameraman (mostly documentary) who has earned enough money that I would feel comfortable upgrading from my personal camera from a T2i to a FF camera. So my decision is, do I buy a 5D II right now or do I wait until Canon announces their new entry level FF camera. It seems like the price will be about the same so I am torn. My usage of this camera will be 75% video, but I also do some side photography. I need to start compiling some pros and cons because at this point in my life dropping $2K is a pretty big deal.

I'm sure it would be best to wait for the official announcement of the new FF camera before I make my decision, but I am impatient and if the answer if the 5DII I want to get it right away.

Hello to everyone.

I have been using a canon 50d for some years now. I do quite a bit of macro,portrait and close up work. I have been thing of upgrading to either the 7d 5d mark 2 or 3. I appreciate I will have to upgrade some of my ef-s lenses if I go to a full frame camera, but I am unceratin if full frame is going to be of any advantage to me and does come with a hefty price tag.

regards Karl

Please tell me what you guys think. Thanks

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