Camera Paradise
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Has anyone bought any equipment from this Hong Kong based company? would be great to know if anyone has had any bad/good experiences with them as I find their prices too good to be true
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<strong>Issue with the new Sigma Macro
</strong>An issue with the Sigma 180mm f/2.8 OS Macro on the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/847545-REG/Canon_5260A002_EOS_5D_Mark_III.html/bi/2466/kbid/3296" target="_blank">5D Mark II</a>I and <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/827036-REG/Canon_5253B002_EOS_1D_X_EOS_Digital.html/bi/2466/kbid/3296" target="_blank">EOS-1D X</a> has been discovered by LensRentals.com. If this has caused anyone to pull their hair out, the solution is pretty simple, just turn off illumination correction.</p>
<p>Below is an image taken by LensRentals.com showing the phenomenon.</p>
<div id="attachment_10935" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 585px"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/180macro.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-10935 " title="180macro" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/180macro-575x383.jpeg" alt="" width="575" height="383" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sigma 180 f/2.8 OS Macro Issue – Click for larger</p></div>
<p><strong>The Findings</strong></p>
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<li>The phenomenon shows up on Canon 5D Mk III and 1Dx cameras only. T4i and 7D bodies with firmware upgrade do NOT do this, nor do any other older cameras we could test.</li>
<li>The Sigma 180 OS and Sigma 150 OS macro lenses both show the effect and it’s identical. No other Sigma lenses that we stock showed the effect, nor did any Tamron or Tokina lenses. Obviously I can’t test what we don’t carry.</li>
<li>If you turn off Illumination Correction in the menu the effect goes away. To repeat, though, Illumination Correction in the 7D and T4i, on or off, doesn’t cause the effect.</li>
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<p>The issue probably doesn’t show up on the APS_C cameras because of the image is about the same size as the circular anomaly in the center of the above image.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/08/sigma-os-macros-on-5diii-1dx-issue" target="_blank">Read More at LensRentals.com</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
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<strong>APS-C Compact Camera?
</strong>We received a small comment that Canon will finally resurrect the “Pro” moniker for a PowerShot camera soon. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_PowerShot_Pro1" target="_blank">Canon PowerShot Pro1</a> was a very popular enthusiast compact camera that was launched in 2004.</p>
<p>The camera will apparently be called the Canon PowerShot Pro1X and will have the same 18mp sensor as the Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EOS-M.</p>
<p>New source, grain of salt on this one.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
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<strong>Cool stuff Friday – Customization is fun!
</strong>I’d really like my 40mm Pancake to look like a real pancake. Maybe these folks will be able to hook us up soon. PimpYourCam.com initially started a little while ago showing off some customized Nikon gear, they wanted to let us know they do Canon as well.</p>
<p><strong>Photography is twice as much fun with PimpYourCam.com!</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_10926" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pimp2.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-10926" title="pimp2" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pimp2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Nice 70-200! – Click for larger</p></div>
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</strong>“The team works with selected specialist retailers where the product will be available worldwide from the end of July 2012. The customer can then order their selected design directly in the camera shop when they buy a new camera. It is also possible to add a design to existing photographic equipment.</p>
<p>The customer can choose the design they would like from the selection provided on the PimpYourCam.com internet site. The Pimp-configurator allows a lot of different styles and colors. It is also possible to add an individual design (for example a company logo). The PimpYourCam.com team will fulfill all possible camera design requests!”</p>
<p><strong>Internet:</strong> <a href="http://www.pimpyourcam.com" target="_blank">[url=http://www.pimpyourcam.com]www.pimpyourcam.com[/url]</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>