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      12-12-2014, 02:46 PM   #4907
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Woot, just settled my press passes for Frozen Rush. I'm thinking of renting a 7DII to test it out while working. Is lenrentals.com still the go to place?
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Woot, just settled my press passes for Frozen Rush. I'm thinking of renting a 7DII to test it out while working. Is lenrentals.com still the go to place?
I have always had excellent service from them.
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lens rentals is excellent. Lens authority (their sales arm) has good deals on used gear right now too.
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Another good place is lensprotogo.com
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Got the same case. Haven't actually traveled with it yet, but according to TSA personnel I've spoken with, once it goes through security you can padlock it to be gate checked if need be.
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Good to know six, they are very solid! Just need to fill in some vacations time now
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I love working autoshows. No bad weather to deal with (I was outside working in -25 last week, yuck) and its so easy! Apart from shoving other photogs for a clean sight line on the Ford GT there's no bad light to contend with. They just make it so easy, because they did the light work for me!
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I've got the 1510 also. Have Pelican send you an engraved nameplate. It's a nice touch, plus of course it's good to have your info on the outside. I think it's about $10
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Supposedly 2 Canon 50.6MP bodies coming next week. 1 with no AA filter. I'm curious to see the price.

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Heres a bit of a change of pace for you guys.

Im giving my niece my old Rebel, but I need a lens for it as the kit lens is long broken. I dont have a lot of spare cash at the moment, so this would need to be 100-200 bucks.

Does anyone have experience shopping this far downmarket? Im thinking of getting her a 35mm lens. Thats roughly the equivalent to a 50 on a crop body.
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Heres a bit of a change of pace for you guys.

Im giving my niece my old Rebel, but I need a lens for it as the kit lens is long broken. I dont have a lot of spare cash at the moment, so this would need to be 100-200 bucks.

Does anyone have experience shopping this far downmarket? Im thinking of getting her a 35mm lens. Thats roughly the equivalent to a 50 on a crop body.
The two Canon pancake lenses (24mm f2.8 and 40mm f2.8) are both in the $150 range new.
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The two Canon pancake lenses (24mm f2.8 and 40mm f2.8) are both in the $150 range new.

I love my 40/2.8 pancake, but I use it on a full-frame. For a crop-sensor, I'd suggest the 24mm.
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The two Canon pancake lenses (24mm f2.8 and 40mm f2.8) are both in the $150 range new.
Ohh, pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Shes in highschool. Just doing general artsy stuff in New York. The question now is which one would work best for her.

Im thinking the wider angle one would be a bit more versatile, no?
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Ohh, pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Shes in highschool. Just doing general artsy stuff in New York. The question now is which one would work best for her.

Im thinking the wider angle one would be a bit more versatile, no?
Probably so. Always hard to guess what someone else will find most useful, though.
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Probably so. Always hard to guess what someone else will find most useful, though.
I agree. 24mm has the angle of view of a 38.4mm on a 1.6 crop-sensor. A 40mm is equivalent 64mm. Most people are shooting for a 50mm equivalent, which neither quite delivers. I'd rather be on the wide end, but it's a personal taste matter.
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If I only had a penny for each view. I released my latest on the 22nd, pics from the HS musical. I'm probably at just under 300k views for the year so far.
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If I only had a penny for each view. I released my latest on the 22nd, pics from the HS musical. I'm probably at just under 300k views for the year so far.
Congrats. Where are you hosted?
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It is Smugmug. I feel cheated, only 48 views as of 5pm Pacific. ;-)
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DPReview just posted Part 1 of a 2-part article about noise. This is one of the best discussions of Shot Noise that I've ever seen, with a clear explanation of why ETTR (Expose To The Right) can help reduce noise. See http://www.dpreview.com/articles/818...mpaign=generic
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Great article. Thanks for the link Dave
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Great article. Thanks for the link Dave

It's interesting to observe, in some forums the mention of ETTR can set of religious wars. The flat-earth group declares all kinds of sinister reasons that it can't possibly work, while I find myself in the group that say, "try it, you may like it."

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