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PBio posted:Hey guys, i've been stupid and have planned a 3 week holiday to the states, flying out on Saturday and I only have one battery and no car charger. Sammy's is good, I also like Bel-Air Superstore in Westwood: http://www.belaircamera.com/ Good luck trying to find a Canon branded LP-E5 at Best Buy - I've only ever seen overpriced generics there.
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IceLicker posted:Speaking of grips, I'm looking to buy one for my T2i but I don't want to pay $220 for the Canon version. Can anyone recommend a decent, 3rd-party, chinese knock-off? http://www.amazon.com/Capacity-Battery-Vertical-Batteries-Digital/dp/B003VQOT66/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1341528886&sr=8-4&keywords=t2i+grip I have this, and it generally works great (and it comes with 2 cheapo batteries that should last you hundreds of exposures. Once in a while it locks the AF point selector and zoom buttons on the body (but they still work on the grip). I don't know if this is a defect in the grip or if the grip and the Magic Lantern firmware don't play nice, but pulling the battery and restarting seems to fix it.
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Jul 5, 2012 23:57
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Yeah in all honesty what I really need is something like an S90 that shoots in RAW and can get me a decent ISO1600 image while maintaining the size.
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Jul 21, 2012 21:28
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Who's the goon that works for borrowlenses.com or a similar site? I wanted to see about buying some rental certificates for my company to distribute as prizes.
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Aug 9, 2012 22:34
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28mm is not wide at all on a crop sensor, so keep that in mind.
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Sep 4, 2012 05:17
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Having recently converted to Nikon, I have to say that the focusing rings on the 50 1.8 and 35 2 are vastly superior to their Canon counterparts - the lenses themselves still feel just as cheap, but manual focusing is so much easier.
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Oct 6, 2012 01:47
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I like the Tokina 11-16 for the aperture, the Canon 10-22 for sharpness.
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Oct 6, 2012 19:03
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:No one ever reads the instruction manual these days, especially for something presumably so simple as a grip. Mine didn't come with one 
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Nov 30, 2012 21:40
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Yup, I bought some random chinese grip and it had zero instructions. Instead of instructions they gave me two batteries (this is for a T2i), so I can't really compare.
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Nov 30, 2012 22:51
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I think gripped bodies feel more comfortable to hold, even if they're marginally heavier. They're also great if you do a lot of vertical compositions, since you have access to the shutter release and a few command dials/buttons on the grip.
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What's your budget? I have a Canon 10-22 for sale that I've been trying to get rid of. edit: and a Sigma 30 1.4 as well 1st AD fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Dec 18, 2012 |
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Dec 18, 2012 01:26
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I can't think of any full frame primes at 14mm that are faster than 2.8. And they're all expensive anyways.
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Dec 27, 2012 17:35
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Can somebody tell me why ND filters have such stupid numbering systems? Also why is it so hard to find an 8-stop ND filter? I gave up and bought a cheapo variable-ND just to play with because apparently manufacturers like to confuse me.
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May 16, 2013 20:28
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I actually bought one of these to toss onto my 50mm http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BLRK62/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It probably introduces all sorts of crazy color casts but eh, it's cheap and if I don't like it it's no big loss.
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May 16, 2013 22:19
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BonoMan posted:I just ordered the Tiffen 77 Variable ND the other day. A bit pricey but nothing on the drat Heliopan. The thing is, I don't even need a variable ND. Something with 6 or 8 stops of ND filtration is about all I need.
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May 18, 2013 19:26
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:There are multiple reviews for that filter stating "introduces a strong green color cast." I just got this and I can say that there is a green color cast, but I wouldn't characterize it as strong. I wonder, is there a way to get 8 stops of ND filtration without introducing some kind of color distortion? Somebody tell me how to achieve this, because at this point it just feels like cutting down that much visible light will jack up balance of visible light to IR hitting the sensor.
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May 20, 2013 06:47
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casa de mi padre posted:I bring out my nifty fifty when I'm shooting bees so as to better blend in with the environment. "Be the bee" as it were. Beads!?!?
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May 21, 2013 09:45
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If you wanna save $100 or whatever you can also get an older generation i7 - I've been running an i7 2600 on my iMac and it still flies.
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Jun 28, 2013 18:58
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ante posted:Thanks, dudes. A lens like that is better suited to something like a GH2/GH3 in crop mode, or the Blackmagic Pocket Camera. Or, you know, a 2/3" ENG camera.
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Jul 31, 2013 04:16
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Don't get the Z-Finder or any similar product, it's a waste of time and magnifying a lovely LCD screen doesn't sound very productive to me. You'd be better off finding a lovely 5" LCD or TV and using that to monitor. I actually like the Zacuto EVF, but I think it's overpriced. It lasts all day on an LP-E6 and does false color and EVF sharpening for focus assist.
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Oct 8, 2013 06:45
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Does imgur always strip out the exif data? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with these photos, but just eyeballing them I'd say jpeg compression is killing some of the detail. Shoot in raw if you can. Depth of field can be mitigated if you stop down the lens, you'll probably need a lot more lighting though.
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Nov 10, 2013 19:50
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Focus stacking seems like such an unnecessary process when a better camera that will let you manually set exposure and shoot raw should solve your problems.
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Nov 11, 2013 02:45
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Cheaper CFL bulbs do that - you can really see it when you pop over to video mode and set it to 24p, cheap bulbs will flicker like crazy. Pretty sure it's a 60hz cycle too.
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Nov 11, 2013 02:55
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I've seen TV shows shot on RED cameras where the set designers used a practical bulb in something like an over the stove light and that nasty flickering is there - I'm not sure you can ever be rid of it, so manually setting your exposure (or fixing it in raw) are going to be better bets.
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Nov 11, 2013 03:37
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How much are refurb D600's? I'd say that's a cheaper option than the D610 and iirc there aren't any real differences.
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Nov 12, 2013 21:58
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Pretty sure the refurbs don't have the oil issue.
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Nov 12, 2013 23:06
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Is there a good way to get a cell phone mounted onto a tripod with a Manfrotto plate? I know this is a weird edge case use, but my iPhone can record 120fps video which makes it the only camera in my arsenal that can do so.
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Nov 29, 2013 10:26
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I have a feeling that the 5D2 sensor would perform just as well as the 5D3 if it had the same modern Digic processors behind it.
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Jan 29, 2014 18:24
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Combat Pretzel posted:Possible. Maybe others have been doing this, too. I find it curious that others already get 14 and something stops of range, where as Canon essentially needs to do this dual ISO business to get the same DR. Also, given various graphs seen at sites like DXO et al, that other brands lose DR pretty fast and getting into and below Canon territory, when going into high ISO, it kind of supports the idea that everyone except Canon's doing it. Every Canon camera except for the C300 loses tons of DR at the higher ISO's. Somehow they made a magic camera that keeps 12 stops no matter what ISO you're at. I also doubt the other manufacturers are doing dual ISO. I could kind of see it with full frame sensors since you have more pixels to work with and can debayer/resample without losing much quality, but the Blackmagic Cinema Camera has about as much DR as a D800 and it's sensor is around m4/3 sized. 1st AD fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Yeah, as soon as my friend got his D800 and showed me how flexible the raws were, I knew I'd be switching. Despite the excess oil on the shutters of the D600, I'm really quite pleased with the quality of that camera.
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IanTheM posted:Are the D600 sensors also from Sony? Yup, same sensor that's in the Sony A99 in fact.
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Feb 3, 2014 23:07
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grack posted:This may be the stupidest idea on the market. 
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Feb 17, 2014 18:01
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I own that phone and it was really good at being a phone and pretty good at being a fixed lens point and shoot. It still works, but the focusing mechanism in the lens is permanently hosed  But hey, the fact that it still powers on a decade later ought to be worth something.
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Feb 17, 2014 18:15
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How much are you willing to spend? Swixtronix makes great external power supplies but they're priced for video pros. http://www.switronix.com/news/174-switronix-releases-new-hdv-powerbase70-for-canon-t2i This unit costs more than your camera I think.
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The limiting factor is probably the fact that there aren't many cameras that have a host that can write that quickly. Maybe the Blackmagic Pocket Camera and that's it.
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Shaocaholica posted:loving aye how is that -not- going to confuse the poo poo out of my mother. Especially when you put all of that on a card plus the Mb/s ratings too. Well your mom is going to be buying a class 4 8gb card from CVS, so that's probably not going to be a problem. But all the product categories are pretty dumb; I recently did an RMA of a Sandisk Extreme Pro 45mb/s card and somehow the customer service guy "Todd" from India hosed up and labeled it the Extreme 45mb/s card instead, so my replacement is coming back days later than expected because all their products share similar names and they couldn't figure it out in a timely fashion. Digital Jesus posted:The new Fuji X-T1 supports UHS-II which is why I'm looking, just got mine 2 days ago. LMAO the expected MSRP of the 64gb card is going to be $300. Sandisk manufactures a 480gb SSD with read/write of 545/500 for less money than this http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extre...sdssdx-480g-g25
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I can  http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccinemacamera/
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Like the most useful thing that thing can do currently is offload photos or video at ridiculous speeds. Assuming you buy their overpriced SD card reader anyways.
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Aren't the Vivitar primes just rebranded Rokinon ones?
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Nikon might be a better deal than either because there's tons of old Nikon screw-drive lenses that work perfectly fine but can be had for cheap on the secondary market. In the last year I got the following: Sigma 17-40 2.8-4 $130 in UG condition on KEH (glass is marked up but I can't tell as far as photos/videos go) Nikon 35 2D $330 new at B&H Nikon 50 1.4G $370 new at B&H Nikon 50 1.8D $100 used/like new on Craigslist Nikon 85 1.8D $100 used from a goon Tokina 80-200 2.8 $230 in BGN condition (it looks like new and was just missing the caps and hood) The Nikon primes are obviously way way sharper than the zooms but when you're shooting video the difference isn't noticeable, and investment there has been $1260 so there's still room to buy something like a 70-200 f4 VR or 135 f2 DC instead of the cheap third party portrait zoom, plus you can find something like a used D600 for not a ton more than a new GH3 these days and get the advantage of full frame and increased low light sensitivity. You also won't be locked into m43 glass which IMO doesn't have a lot of utility if you want to move towards full frame or switch systems for video (Canon and Nikon glass are a lot more useful for video especially). All that being said, if you're looking for something that balances well between video and photo the GH3 is the best choice. There's more functionality in the video side of shooting and the image is much much sharper, and your kit overall will weigh a lot less and be smaller which might be an advantage if you're moving around a lot. I'd probably go with the Oly 17 f1.8, Panasonic 25 1.4, and the Pansonic 35-100 2.8. I don't think going with the 70D is a good choice, you're almost certainly better off sucking up the higher cost of entry and getting a 6D and running around with a 24-105 and maybe a 70-200 f4 L IS since they're both image stabilized, sharp, and the camera can shoot at higher ISO's without looking nasty. Along the way you can probably find cheapo used 35 f2's and 50 1.8's to get some bokehs.
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