smittyatthebeach

Just had Canon clean my 10d for 30 bucks plus 15 shipping and

handeling. Well worth the money. It's like brand new.

Thanks for the help. It might just be smeared junk. Hard to say. Seems like it would be hard to scratch it, if it was glass.

 

You guys are great!

I think in the process of cleaning my my sensor i have scratched it.

Anyone know how much it costs to get the filter in front of the

censor replaced on a 10d or do i have to replace the whole sensor.

I'm guessing my stupiding isn't covered by the mack warrente either.

 

thanks for the help!

So I've finally decided to buy a couple of monolights for shooting

traditional posed shots at weddings.

 

Any advice on what umbrellas to buy? size 32/48/60? white/silver or

shoot through?

 

 

Thanks for the help.

Thanks bob. I'm mainly looking for something for formals.

 

I try to stay true to my photojournalist background the rest of the time. I just wish the 400's would get me through the formals.

do you think i would be better off getting the flashpoint 800's for about the same price?

So I've finally decided that I need some studio lights for helping

me out in dark churches. I shoot only a few weddings a year for

friends and family so budget is a concern.

 

Thus..My Question.

 

I'm thinking about getting a pair of Alien Bee 400s. Good buy or bad

buy. They are about the top of what I want to spend. I could get a

pair of Adorama's Flashpoint 800s for about the same price. I feel

better about the Alien's though.

 

Thanks for the help. I always feel better with a little feed back

from the foru,.

I have debating on what studio lights to get for sometime. I just saw

an add for Adoramas Flashpoint monolights, I was considering Alien Bees.

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Does anyone have any thoughts or words of wisdom?<br><br>

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Thanks Photo.neters

It has finally hit me that I need some monolights for churches that

aren't so bright. I've never shot with them, so I'm curious to how

many watt seconds I need in each one. I was thinking of getting pair

with radio slaves and transmitter.<br>

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Alien bees vs white ligthening or should stray away from them.<br>

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Thanks for the help!<br>

This week.....

 

- Had a brand new flash crap out on me (2 weeks old)

- My batteries stopped started to die, they don't hold a charge like

they used too.

- Lost my battery charger at a photo shoot.

- Broke my hood off of my canon 24-70 usm L

 

I think it's time for a vacation.

I once shot a wedding where the bride gave us horrible directions so we were cutting it close on time, I had forgotten to put film in my camera! Luckily it didn't go to far and we caught the mistake early. We were able to reshoot with no problem.

 

In my college days when I worked for a newspaper, I forgot to put a compact flash card in our d1 a couple of times.

 

 

Moral of the story. Set your camera so you cant take a pic unless you have film or a compact flash card in the camera.

I have a second flash I'm going to set up as a slave. What kind of

stand I get? The flash has a tripod adapter will that fit on to a

standard flash stand?

 

Thanks for the help. Much Appreciated-- Bryan

I was wondering how well the canon speedlights work with each other

using the built in slave/master settings. I currently have a 550.

 

Thanks

I have a 550 speedlight for my 10d and I was wondering how do you get

the two to do a fill flash. I"m sure this is pretty easy but I've

never been able to figure it out.

 

Thanks,

 

Bryan

The pixel is as green as green could get. How long does it take for canon to do the mapping?

I've read here on the forums about people with dead pixels on their

10D bodies. I'm sure it's just a fact of life. I noticed this weekend

that on my Raw images from my 10D that I have two green pixels in the

same place on several images.

 

Sounds to me like they are dead pixels. But, it only happened on a few

of the raw pics and not jpegs. I was shooting at ISO 800 when it

happened. Things look fine at 400.

 

Thoughts?

I've been thingking about getting the ST-E2 and a pair of 420s and stands to go with. Is it worth the money? Do they do a good job (ST-E), or am i going to be left dissapointed.

 

Thanks

I feel the same way. I used to work for a newspaper in college. My first year and half everything I shot was tmax, and did all my own developing and printing. Those are my favorite photos. The last year and a half I switch primiarly to digital with a few color slides and bw. Still my favorite photos were from the slides and bw.

 

Maybe there's something to it, maybe there's not. I used to take more of my time framing a shot with film, because I only had 36 to a roll. With digital since it's virtually free I shoot more, but I dont know if it is with better quality.

So I shot a theater competition this weekend. On of the plays was

about a wedding, "Till Death do us Part".

 

I guess it really was a mix of my two favorite genre's of

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I was wondering if anyone new of a good set of filters or actions to

add different effects to an image. Like simulate differnet films

(TMAX, portra, etc) or old cameras (holga). I'd like to added some

different effects to my shots easily.

 

Thanks for the help.

I'm new to this forum, I usually hang out in the canon or wedding forums.

I was kind of sckeptical at first on the difference of the speeds of cards. My first one was a 4x and my new one is a 60x. I notice a huge speed gain. For weddings, the faster the better. It's true you get what you pay for.

I have the vgrip for my 10D. However, I generally don't put two batteries in it. I leave one in the bag, so when one dies i can throw it on the charger and still keep going. Otherwise when 2 out of 2 die together you are done shooting.

I just asked the same question in the Canon Forum. The thoughts were that you were better to go with the Sigma. They seemed to have thought it was the same quality and faster focusing.

Hav you tried Picassa? It's free and made by google.

24-70 2.8 L