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    old 1D for 300 bucks to see in the arctic...is it a feasible solution to -50

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    <p>Hi Hening,<br>

    Yours first and only question was if 1DS would give you 8x11 prints. I never owned original 1D neither 1DS; however Jamie has answered the question in the post. I, personally, was skeptical about digital when the cameras started to show up and my first one was Canon S80 point-n-shoot sporting 8MP small sensor. From that one I was getting beautiful 8x10 and 8x12 prints. I'm sure 1DS will beat S80 hands down in this or any other area.<br>

    On the other note I have been shooting in Arctic a lot. In February-March 2011 while being a part of the Polar Ring Expedition on our first attempt to cross Arctic from Russia (Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya) via North Pole to Canada (Resolute Bay) I brought the original 5D and 1D MarkIII. The temperature range was from -37C to -48C and both cameras worked great. However, a non-OEM battery pack for 1D Mark III that I bought off e-Bay died after sitting in the Pelican case in cold temperature for 3-4 days not taking charge any more. On the other hand non-OEM batteries for 5D (cheap) had no problem to hold the charge like the original Canon batteries.<br>

    The second attempt to cross Arctic we took in 2014 (February-March) starting from continental part of Russia in Siberia (Novy Urengoj). This time I brought 5D MkII and 1DX. The temperature was below -35C and quite few days it was steady at -52C. Both cameras worked great, the lenses (16-35, 24-70 and 100-400) had no any issues whatsoever.<br>

    I always had spare batteries in my internal pockets. Bringing cameras back into the warm (5C - 10C) vehicle environment was not a problem - I put the cameras back in the bag, zipped it and kept it zipped in the vehicle for an hour or two.<br>

    Happy shooting, Hening.</p>

    What's best way to protect camera/lenses from cold weather?

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    <p>Hi Stephen,<br>

    I have been shooting in Arctic for many years and especially in Arctic Ocean in 2011 & 2014 while being on the Polar Ring Expedition (I have pictures on Flickr here Polar Ring Expedition 2014 and here Polar Ring Expedition 2011) .<br>

    On both trips temperature was well below zero - in 2014 I've been shooting outside in temperature -52°C often being in and out of the vehicle. I haven't used a sealed plastic bags though I had them. I would just put cameras (5DMII and 1DX) in the camera bag and zip it before I take cameras in the vehicle (inside temp was about +15°C) and won't open it for a couple hours and I had no problem with the condensation (sometime I would get it if the lens is still cold). If I needed to take pictures again I would open the bag outside of the vehicle. I had spare batteries in the inside pockets - haven't had any problems with neither batteries (not OEM replacement batteries) nor with CF cards (Lexar 1033 UDMA 7 32 & 16 GB).</p>

    5D2 + 580EX II - fill in flash.

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    <p>In addition, please keep in mind that camera will set the shutter speed based on ambient light and that, depending on the available light (especially indoors), could be slow and in such affecting the sharpness of your shot or revealing subject motion.</p>

    <p>Serguei</p>

    EOS 7D Hockey shots

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    <p>Thank you, Philip, for the update!<br>

    I was thinking about 7D as a cheaper alternative to 1DIII (maybe IV) - not sure now based on image quality at high ISO (1600-3200). The more 7Ds hit shelves the more information we will have to make a decision. Again it is subjective - some people could be happy with 7D as it would deliver quality to their expectations and some would be looking for a better (and more expensive) options. Thanks again for your posting here.</p>

    7D first impressions

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    <p>It would interesting to hear your comments on kids ice hockey shooting - I'm thinking about getting this camera mainly because of this and would like to see how AF and 8fps work in this type of application. Thanks for sharing the information :-)<br>

    Serguei</p>

    expodisk, choises....

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    <p>I agree with Dan - I started to use it when shooting hockey games (you have no control over the lighting at the rink) and it does help a lot - big difference! And you always can fine tune WB in postprocessing later on if you need - so far WB was perfect and I haven't done any adjustments after.</p>

    thoughts on 3rd party batteries from ebay...

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    I've bought two NB-2L batteries from http://titanbatteries.com/cadicaba.html more then 3 years ago and they are

    still running well, on par with Canon original battery. I bought from SterlingTek

    http://www.sterlingtek.com/index.html two BP-511 and again they are as good as Canon battery. You don't loose too

    much buying a battery for 10 backs shipped in case it failed though I had only positive experience.

     

    Happy shooting.

    How to convert RAW with 40D, Lightroom, PSE 6, DNG?

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    Hi Dan,

     

    I'm in the same boat and I try to figure out a workflow for RAW files.

     

    I found a book that I'm going through right now - "Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3" by Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe - excellent book.

    so on p.55 it says about Embed Original Raw File option of the Adobe DNG Converter:

    "Embedded Original Raw File embeds a bit-for-bit copy of the original raw file in the DNG, from which it can be extracted at any time. You can use this option for your archived images just in case you need to retrieve the original raw files at some future date, but we suggest you to turn it off for your working files to save space, because embedding the original raw file increases the full size considerably."

    I would highly recommend to buy this book - it helps me a lot with understanding what is the raw format and how to work with it.

    A 40D now or wait for next generation 5D

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    Get 5D now and enjoy (that's what I did). The 5D Mark II (what name is going to be) will be definitely "out of your price range" again unless you wait another 2-3 years for the price drop :-)

    I've been in the same position and last week bought 5D and now waiting for 700 CAD back in rebate. 5D is a great camera - it has been said here hundred times :-)

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