*OFFICIAL* general photography conversation thread

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by The1

on a side note in favor of the 7D, you can attach more lenses to it then you can with the full frame bodies. which is a pretty big bonus in some peoples eyes.

the 7D can also remotely trigger flashes that are off the camera, which has proven pretty fun.

It's only a bonus if you want to save money on lenses by not buying L lenses. That being said, there are some exceptions to that rule, like the EF-S 10-22mm, etc.

You can remote trigger pretty easily with some affordable, yet durable Paul C. Buff CyberSync modules.

Originally Posted by khaye1

Now you're just confusing the hell out of me. I forgot about the flash, the freakin 5Dii don't even have one

BTW there's a refurbed 5Dii for $1999...thoughts on refurbs?

If built-in flash is a deal breaker, get a 7D over the 5D2.

I've had 0 problems with any of my refurbished Canon equipment. Some of the lenses even look brand new. My refurb 5D2 came with 734 actuations, which I'm with, since I saved a ton of money over buying brand new.

[khaye1]

flash isn't really a big deal since I have an external...but the fact that the 7D will trigger the 430 that I have is a plus...that and I have a couple of lenses that would fit the 7D and not the 5Dii

[Chewy734]

After having some trouble clearly defining hue, tone, color, chroma, tint, etc, for myself, I decided to look this stuff up. Incase there are any other newbs (like myself) that are interested, here's a (crappy) website with some good explanations:

http://www.colorcube.com/articles/theory/glossary.htm

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by khaye1

I really don't have a preference? I shoot what's available to me...but the way you narrowed it down, it looks like I might be swaying to the 5D direction. However, my son will be taking sports next season so I kinda wanted to future proof myself. These bad boys are not cheap so if I buy one now it's going to be with me for a very long while.

The BIG difference between the 5D2 for me and the 7D is the high-ISO performance of the 5D2. Properly exposed, they're both great at ISO 800 and below. Above ISO 800 the 5D2 starts getting the upper hand and the difference get progressively larger. I wouldn't dream of doing night street scenes with my 7D, but I look forward to it everytime I travel and take my 5D2. If you're NOT going to be pushing ISO a lot, then the 7D really is a great tool when matched with the right lenses.

Some poo-poo the burst rate of the 7D. I use it all the time to great advantage. I'll seldom do 8-shots in a second, but I'll often do a burst of 2 to 4 in .5-second or less. I just shot a corporate golf outing and with the burst I could get the strike of the ball and the ball coming off the club. With sports you can get three or four shots right around the peak action. Quite often all shots will have decent hand and arm positions, but one might have better light on the face or something that really makes one stand out from the others. Of course, for birds in flight I can pick from several wing positions. I love the high burst rate of the 7D and encourage those that have it to make use of it. There's no reason to ration bits and bites now that we're not paying for film anymore.

Dave

[The1]

Chewy, I just have to ask..... Are Clevelanders proud of the movie "Howard the Duck"?

[Chewy734]

Howard the Duck? I don't even know what that is... should we be proud of it?

[The1]

movie from 1986

and no.... you shouldn't be, but i was just checking.... you should bring it up to locals to see what they have to say.

[Chewy734]

oh... wow. I'm thankful I haven't seen this before.

[The1]

let look at it this way... in the beginning credits, there's a female duck in a bath, and she has what look to be DD breasts...

[The1]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/

this will make life easier.

[rodi]

haha. used to watch that all the time.

[The1]

thanks for finding that..... Lea Thompson was hot in the 80's.... and why were there so many well known actors in that movie? was not a ligical choice for them to be in that.

[Weebl]

one movie......
Canadian Bacon.
Why would they all do that?? Canadian pride?

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

one movie......
Canadian Bacon.
Why would they all do that?? Canadian pride?

aparently you didn't watch too many movies with those actors? or SCTV.... there was a lot of horrible stuff back then coming from Canada.

I've chosen to completely forget that movie existed.... but you have to remember, that all the people in that move back in the 90s was actually the population of Canada at the time, that's why it was the best we could do

[Weebl]

Strange Brew perhaps? "Take off you hoser!" Go Bob and Doug!
At least you exported/deported? my wife.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Strange Brew perhaps? "Take off you hoser!" Go Bob and Doug!
At least you exported/deported? my wife.

yes, Canadian women "kick ass"


unfortunately we export a lot of them

[TL]

Originally Posted by The1

thanks for finding that..... Lea Thompson was hot in the 80's.... and why were there so many well known actors in that movie? was not a ligical choice for them to be in that.

+1 on lea thompson, she was the main reason i watched it several times

[The1]

Originally Posted by TL

+1 on lea thompson, she was the main reason i watched it several times

and half the reason for watching the "Back to the Future" series.

[TL]

Originally Posted by The1

and half the reason for watching the "Back to the Future" series.

[Weebl]

Originally Posted by The1

yes, Canadian women "kick ass"


unfortunately we export a lot of them

Yes, she is known to be scary.
but it's worked for me for the last 25 years. Oh crap, that's a long time. Murder 1 doesn't get you that.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Yes, she is known to be scary.
but it's worked for me for the last 25 years. Oh crap, that's a long time. Murder 1 doesn't get you that.

haha, never thought of it like that....

that does it, I'm staying single forever.

[gary88]

Originally Posted by rodi

haha. used to watch that all the time.

WTF did I just watch?