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Old 06-20-2012, 02:18 PM
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What did you buy?
Old 06-20-2012, 02:20 PM
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add a zero to your 50mm
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Old 06-20-2012, 02:21 PM
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It just got here, I'm afraid to to open.
Old 06-20-2012, 02:42 PM
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Old 06-20-2012, 02:58 PM
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gotta one-up me eh?

yeah no doubt, I look forward to your photos in JB thread.... :wink:
Old 06-20-2012, 03:18 PM
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Damn 500mm ?

Whatcha gonna use it for? Sports? Birds in flight?
Old 06-20-2012, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
Damn 500mm ?

Whatcha gonna use it for? Sports? Birds in flight?
you of all people....... I would expect to play along..........
Old 06-20-2012, 03:32 PM
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What do you think "sports" and "birds" in flight stands for?
Old 06-20-2012, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
What do you think "sports" and "birds" in flight stands for?
Old 06-20-2012, 03:55 PM
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Old 06-20-2012, 04:20 PM
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Old 06-20-2012, 04:21 PM
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congrats jup. now waiting for the pedo files.
Old 06-20-2012, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by asianspec
now waiting for the pedo files.
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Old 06-20-2012, 05:34 PM
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holy crap, congrats on one upping is all Jup!


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but I thought you DOWNgraded to an ancient relic 7yr old camera!!!! :wink:

this lens is uh, NICE. at first sight lol
glad you like it, using it on the 5 or 7 today?

when I told her what I was doing I get this "so how exactly are you going to UPGRADE, yet it not cost you anything after selling your things??? Wouldnt everyone do that if it were the case?"

so then I had to carefully explain how selling Matt's 17-55 would pay for the body, and the rest of the gear would cover almost all of the other things. There might be an omitted $100-150 disparity in each move, and I have one lens left which if I sell the 20D I will still be $300 short on...but she bought it
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Old 06-20-2012, 05:46 PM
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can you guys click this link. Thx. wanna win a 5dmkIII

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Old 06-20-2012, 07:22 PM
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I just ordered a 7D from canon (refurb) for $1,087.20
Hopefully I can sell my 50D on craigslist or ebay for $500 or more.

Not a huge upgrade, but I've been wanting the better AF and want to experiment with video.
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MWalsh9152
glad you like it, using it on the 5 or 7 today?
5.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7411248436/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7411248436/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by einsatz
I just ordered a 7D from canon (refurb) for $1,087.20
Hopefully I can sell my 50D on craigslist or ebay for $500 or more.

Not a huge upgrade, but I've been wanting the better AF and want to experiment with video.
Congrats, you will love the fps and better low light shooting.

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Nice. Hey I got the same cf card
Old 06-20-2012, 09:09 PM
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Damn, Jeff!! Crazy bastard. And I mean that in the best possible way.

And here I was glad to get my 135 in the mail today.


Originally Posted by einsatz
I just ordered a 7D from canon (refurb) for $1,087.20
Hopefully I can sell my 50D on craigslist or ebay for $500 or more.

Not a huge upgrade, but I've been wanting the better AF and want to experiment with video.
You will love it.
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Old 06-21-2012, 03:51 AM
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Old 06-22-2012, 09:18 PM
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setting my alarm for 3:15 for a sunrise meetup shoot an hour from here.

supposed to rain tonight, and still a 30% chance for the am.....but Ive been so god damn lazy with shooting that Im gonna make myself go unless its pouring when I wake up.
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Old 06-23-2012, 01:37 PM
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wow.... I didn't know they did this stuff even BACK THEN!

click to open the photos and see the originals...

http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/
Old 06-23-2012, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MWalsh9152
setting my alarm for 3:15 for a sunrise meetup shoot an hour from here.

supposed to rain tonight, and still a 30% chance for the am.....but Ive been so god damn lazy with shooting that Im gonna make myself go unless its pouring when I wake up.
I got up this morning at 4:30am, was in Fredericksburg about 6am. Unfortunately Osprey not that active this morning.
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I bitched out, went to bed at 10pm...legitimately tired. Tossed and turned for 2 hours before I was able to fall asleep. Woke up at three, and there was no way I was going to be driving at least an hour, so I just went back to sleep.


Turns out that they got a perfectly timed weather window just before dawn. I fail
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Old 06-23-2012, 05:17 PM
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Lol. Yea its hard. I was going to do one today as well but I had to take my brother earlier than expect to the airport. I didn't want to wait another 2 1/2 hours
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make a decision on that new 500mm transporter you put a picture up of yesterday Jup?
Old 06-25-2012, 10:49 PM
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I'm stunned with f/1.4 on the Sigma 50. Completely usable sharp images! I would never shoot the Canon at 1.4 because it was just too dull - it wouldn't get sharp until 2.0 or so, and I'd have to do a good deal of sharpening to get it to a reasonable point even there.
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Old 06-25-2012, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
I'm stunned with f/1.4 on the Sigma 50. Completely usable sharp images! I would never shoot the Canon at 1.4 because it was just too dull - it wouldn't get sharp until 2.0 or so, and I'd have to do a good deal of sharpening to get it to a reasonable point even there.
I love mine too... (and the Sigma 85mm f1.4 as well)

did you have to do any micro adjustments?
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Originally Posted by is300eater
I love mine too... (and the Sigma 85mm f1.4 as well)

did you have to do any micro adjustments?
no I did not do any adjusting!
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Old 06-26-2012, 05:44 AM
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I got my 7D in the mail yesterday. Spent last night getting familiar with it, switching all the settings from defaults and registering the micro-adjustments for my lenses.

I like the shutter feel, but I'm going to have to figure out a better way to switch between the AF modes. Hitting that tiny button next to the shutter isn't exactly easy.
Old 06-26-2012, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by einsatz
I got my 7D in the mail yesterday. Spent last night getting familiar with it, switching all the settings from defaults and registering the micro-adjustments for my lenses.

I like the shutter feel, but I'm going to have to figure out a better way to switch between the AF modes. Hitting that tiny button next to the shutter isn't exactly easy.
I hear you. Another way to do it: via the Q button. You can just highlight the AF icon and use the wheel to select the mode. You can click set to choose options or you can just click the regular AF thumb button (at the top right) to change the focus points etc.

Another thing worthy of mention while we are on topic. By default, a couple of (IMO) useful AF modes are disabled. Go into C.Fn III #6 to enable.
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^Totally agree. It's worth the time to go through your entire C.Fn menu to personalize your settings with this camera.

Congratulations!
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it *seems* like you should be able to set one of the other buttons with the same function as M.Fn button for setting AF mode, but I could not get it to work...
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Originally Posted by einsatz
I got my 7D in the mail yesterday. Spent last night getting familiar with it, switching all the settings from defaults and registering the micro-adjustments for my lenses.

I like the shutter feel, but I'm going to have to figure out a better way to switch between the AF modes. Hitting that tiny button next to the shutter isn't exactly easy.
Cpngrats and welcome to the club man. Im sure you love the magnesium alloy feel better than the cheap plastic body.
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just wondering do you guys ever enable your high iso setting on the 7D?
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Cpngrats and welcome to the club man. Im sure you love the magnesium alloy feel better than the cheap plastic body.
Actually the 50D also has a Mg alloy body. Overall it feels very familiar. A nice evolutionary upgrade from the 50D, which is what I wanted.

I went through all the custom function menus and did all the lens micro adjustment registrations last night
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Old 06-26-2012, 05:57 PM
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I went through all the custom function menus and did all the lens micro adjustment registrations last night
I could have assumed that. :p
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here's what Peter Lik - the million-dollar photo man - does with city shots.... yeah, I'm definitely doing it wrong.

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So cutting off the tops of the building and getting the hand rail in the shot impresses you? /rt
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