5D Mark III & Other Random Stuff

[Etienne]

Re: 5D Mark III & Other Random Stuff

S P ... agreed. Ultra-wide is gaining popularity. Some of the hottest new lenses are UW. And UW is very useful in video.

You're talking indie right? Cause I would never look towards an ultra wide for anything serious or mainstream (money)... except the odd hip hop video now and again. It just looks... amateurish. But then again, it's all a cycle and I guess this generation will look towards the looks of the 90s :S eeek

I don't know where you're getting this idea from. Big budget films use every focal length from super-tele to ultra-wide, including fisheye. That's part of what makes them so visually interesting. Fisheye and ultra-wides were used to great effect in Harry Potter films. In fact, I'm surprised that I would ever have to make this point.

Some professional photographers use almost exclusively 20 - 24 mm, and I listened to a talk by one fellow who believed anything over 35mm produced boring images.

Variety is welcomed, it is the lack of imagination or skill in the photographer/videographer that makes an ultra-wide look amateurish.

 

[Macadameane]

Re: 5D Mark III & Other Random Stuff

All I can think about is, you better not drop that camera monkey... I'd rather have it for myself.

 

[canon50duser]

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Just flew from London Gatwick Airport and was playing with 5d mkii in a branch of Dixons when i noticed a sticker saying "New Model Coming Soon"... here's hoping as i've been putting off getting a mkii for over a year now!!

 

[Admin US West]

Re: 5D Mark III & Other Random Stuff

Just flew from London Gatwick Airport and was playing with 5d mkii in a branch of Dixons when i noticed a sticker saying "New Model Coming Soon"... here's hoping as i've been putting off getting a mkii for over a year now!!

It would be interesting to see a photo of that. You imply the sticker was on or related to the 5D MK II, is that correct?

 

[canon50duser]

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Yep, it was right next to the price sticker for the MKII, unfortunately i didn't take a photo as proof..

Worth noting that Dixons in the UK is a large high street electrical retailer and not a specialist camera store, i'm not sure if they'd know anything before anyone else - but they could be stupid enough to inform the public before they're supposed to.

 

[neuroanatomist]

Re: 5D Mark III & Other Random Stuff

Yep, it was right next to the price sticker for the MKII, unfortunately i didn't take a photo as proof..

Worth noting that Dixons in the UK is a large high street electrical retailer and not a specialist camera store, i'm not sure if they'd know anything before anyone else - but they could be stupid enough to inform the public before they're supposed to.

A comparable US chain, Best Buy, has been known to let things slip (I'm aware of a few Apple updates where the new models were listed in their inventory system prior to announcement). However, individual outlets in a chain are unlikely to have advanced knowledge. More likely they were supposed to put those stickers on the T2i boxes, and some hapless store clerk screwed up.