What Camera do you have?

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:16 pm

My camera has been dying a slow death for quite awhile so tonight I finally broke down and put money on my a new one.

I would like to get a 5D or better eventually but I can't be without one long so I'll make due with this.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos40d/

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:42 pm

DTO Luv wrote:I would like to get a 5D or better eventually but I can't be without one long so I'll make due with this. [/url]

You will make due.... In 8 months your school is going to hand you a 5DmkII and a mamiya medium format with a digital back... don't act all deprived

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:55 pm

Ok.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:31 pm

Brad wrote:
DTO Luv wrote:I would like to get a 5D or better eventually but I can't be without one long so I'll make due with this. [/url]
You will make due.... In 8 months your school is going to hand you a 5DmkII and a mamiya medium format with a digital back... don't act all deprived

Yeah, no kidding. You'll be gear whoring all over Mass.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:45 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:
Brad wrote:
DTO Luv wrote:I would like to get a 5D or better eventually but I can't be without one long so I'll make due with this. [/url]
You will make due.... In 8 months your school is going to hand you a 5DmkII and a mamiya medium format with a digital back... don't act all deprived
Yeah, no kidding. You'll be gear whoring all over Mass.

If you read that sentence fast it sounds like you said, "whoring all over my a$$." And yes I'm 12 everyone.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:38 am

Congrats on the 40D. When do you think you'll be able to pick it up?

It turns out that 1 week after I purchased my T1i, Canon released the successor T2i with the 7D's new 18mp sensor, Digic 4 processor for ISO up to 12800, and 30FPS 1080P video recording. I'm sending my T1i back to Amazon and ordering the T2i right away.

I'm trying to decide between the Canon 50mm 1.4 or the Tokina 11-16 2.8. Both are specialty lenses, the Canon for video or the Tokina for the super sharp wide-ange.....

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:45 pm

Just purchased a wide angle lens! Sigma 15mm-30mm F3.5

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:59 pm

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:28 pm

Brad wrote:Just purchased a wide angle lens! Sigma 15mm-30mm F3.5

15mm on Full Frame is ridiculous. You're going to love that lens.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:31 pm

TechnicalDisaster wrote:
Brad wrote:Just purchased a wide angle lens! Sigma 15mm-30mm F3.5
15mm on Full Frame is ridiculous. You're going to love that lens.

Thanks for recommending it!

I think it said it had a 110 degree field of view.

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:57 pm

Yeah 15mm on full frame is like the 10 on my D300/Sigma 10-20 combo. WIDE!!

Have fun! A multitude of different shot options just opened up.

I can't wait to go full frame and get the 14-24 2.8 Nikkor, even wider by just a smidge. :shock:

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:03 pm

That is an awesome shot Josh!

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:18 pm

I really do love that shot Josh. It's one of my favorite you've ever taken.

I'll be adding another zoom, macro, and wide angle to my lineup next week.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:46 am

the1wags wrote:Yeah 15mm on full frame is like the 10 on my D300/Sigma 10-20 combo. WIDE!!

This one, from the Rosenblatt thread, is using a Sigma 18mm prime, full-frame, of course.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:05 am

TechnicalDisaster wrote:
Brad wrote:Just purchased a wide angle lens! Sigma 15mm-30mm F3.5
15mm on Full Frame is ridiculous. You're going to love that lens.

absolutely...insane for sure

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:28 am

My new DMK21 lunar/planetary camera is beginning to net results...

Tuesday night...

Wednesday night...

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:17 pm

This seems as good as a place as any. DxOMark lab has finished their testing of the Nikon D3s, and it's not good news if you are a Canon shooter. The D3s stomps a mudhole in the Canon 1D MkIV for noise performance, up to 1.7 stops better. That is all. "Puts on flame suit."

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:38 pm

the1wags wrote:This seems as good as a place as any. DxOMark lab has finished their testing of the Nikon D3s, and it's not good news if you are a Canon shooter. The D3s stomps a mudhole in the Canon 1D MkIV for noise performance, up to 1.7 stops better. That is all. "Puts on flame suit."

Correction, it's not good if you are a canon shooter who buys $7,000 cameras. This won't make any difference to any of us on the forum, and it will be years before Nikon allows the new tech to trickle down to the cameras we can afford. By that time, Canon will already have surpassed it (if they don't already have a new camera in the pipe that surpasses it already).

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:49 pm

the1wags wrote:This seems as good as a place as any. DxOMark lab has finished their testing of the Nikon D3s, and it's not good news if you are a Canon shooter. The D3s stomps a mudhole in the Canon 1D MkIV for noise performance, up to 1.7 stops better. That is all. "Puts on flame suit."

Nikon: Cameras for douchebags from Iowa who can't take pictures good.

The one on the right.

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:49 pm

So Canon has better tech but left it out of their flagship camera body, waiting to spring the trap? Sounds totally likely.

Face it, canon hasn't led the noise war since the 5D, which in tech timeline, was when dinosaurs ruled.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:55 pm

the1wags wrote:So Canon has better tech but left it out of their flagship camera body, waiting to spring the trap? Sounds totally likely.

Face it, canon hasn't led the noise war since the 5D, which in tech timeline, was when dinosaurs ruled.

I think you mean the 5DmkII. What Nikon camera surpassed it for low noise ability?

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:49 pm

Uh..... the one I just mentioned? When the 1st D3 came out, it set the bar. The D3s is the current noise champ, hands down.

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:14 pm

I got my first "pro" lens today! Nikkor 24-70 F2.8

I'm starting the slow (expensive) process of switching to a full frame camera. Now I need the 14-24 2.8 and 70-200 2.8 to have the trifecta.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:28 pm

Nice! My wide angle still hasn't shown up :?

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:32 pm

congrats! always a great feeling when that box arrives! ::):

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:41 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:congrats! always a great feeling when that box arrives! ::):

I feel like a kid at Christmas! I keep walking up front looking for the FedEx guy!

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:48 pm

almighty_tuna wrote:congrats! always a great feeling when that box arrives! ::):

I hear that's the only kind of box he's getting lately.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:29 pm

I'm getting my 50mm 1.4 USM in the mail tomorrow. I've never owned a lens that fast before, I can't wait to play with that sucker!

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:37 pm

TechnicalDisaster wrote:I'm getting my 50mm 1.4 USM in the mail tomorrow. I've never owned a lens that fast before, I can't wait to play with that sucker!

MKI or MKII

I was thinking about getting the MKII but it has a plastic base.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:08 pm

Brad wrote:
TechnicalDisaster wrote:I'm getting my 50mm 1.4 USM in the mail tomorrow. I've never owned a lens that fast before, I can't wait to play with that sucker!
MKI or MKII

I was thinking about getting the MKII but it has a plastic base.

You're confusing the 1.8 and the 1.4. The 1.8 has a plastic base, the 1.4 does not. The 1.8 is $80, the 1.4 is $350.

Either way, I've had plastic bases on all my kit lenses and never had a problem with them, so it isn't a deciding factor for me anyway.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:18 pm

I have a Canon 50mm F1.4 It is a lot of fun to play with. The look and feel of the 1.4 vs the 1.8 are like looking at a toy for the 1.8 and a real lens for the 1.4

Post by **nebugeater** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:21 am

This is the lens that I normally have on my 50D

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6

Paid around $600 for it a little over a year ago. Nice step up from any kit lens that I have ever used but yet not in the realm of a PRO lens for cost. I would really recommend this as a consideration for any Canon DSLR shooting.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:16 pm

New Lens finally showed up today!

Shot #1 is New Lens Sigma 15mm - 30mm, this shot at 15mm. Shot #2 is from my 24mm -105mm shot at 24mm. I can't wait to get out and try it outside!

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2.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:32 pm

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:06 pm

Brad wrote:New Lens finally showed up today!

Shot #1 is New Lens Sigma 15mm - 30mm, this shot at 15mm. Shot #2 is from my 24mm -105mm shot at 24mm. I can't wait to get out and try it outside!

That looks pretty good. Since the image is inside and low light, I assume the lens is wide-open. The edge to edge sharpness (especially on the ceiling) looks pristine. How loud is the auto-focus? Is it living up to its 'buzzsaw' nickname?

Post by **Brad** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:10 pm

TechnicalDisaster wrote:
Brad wrote:New Lens finally showed up today!

Shot #1 is New Lens Sigma 15mm - 30mm, this shot at 15mm. Shot #2 is from my 24mm -105mm shot at 24mm. I can't wait to get out and try it outside!

That looks pretty good. Since the image is inside and low light, I assume the lens is wide-open. The edge to edge sharpness (especially on the ceiling) looks pristine. How loud is the auto-focus? Is it living up to its 'buzzsaw' nickname?

Its definitely loud and slow, but I don't think I had it wide open. I also think the free web program I have at work has an auto sharpen on it when you reduce image size.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:52 pm

WoHoo! My new camera shipped. I'll get it on Friday! Canon T2i.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:02 pm

Does your wife know about this?

Post by **Brad** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:04 pm

TechnicalDisaster wrote:WoHoo! My new camera shipped. I'll get it on Friday! Canon T2i.

18mp, 6400 ISO! Nice!

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:33 pm

Coyote wrote:Does your wife know about this?

She knows about the camera, but not the 50mm 1.4 I purchased. I kinda snuck that one in under the radar.