albanomagic

sounds to me its defected. Just curious though, did you buy it in the grey market?

Was hoping there was a light at the end of the tunnel but knew it'd be a gimmick.

 

Thanks everyone putting it simply

Surfing the the net for prices I found the best price for the 5d body only for

1299.00 including shipping at Rainbotronics. Can't figure out why so cheap

compared 2500.00 at other stores. Would you have any concerns about this?

I am considering to upgrade my XT for the 5D but find only minor differences

between the two other than $2,000.00 more for the 5D.

 

I am considering to upgrade for the following reasons:

 

1) 1:1 ratio on the 5D rather than 1.6x to the Rebel. I like shooting wide

angles.

2) 50 and 3200 ISO extra in the 5D. Have slave lighting including the 580

3) 12.8 meg for 5D instead of 8. I do produce large prints

4) More frames per burst

5) 5D is a larger body for my big hands to feel comfortable

 

Are there any other items I've missed to determine which camera is better?

Thanks everyone for letting me know of reselleratings.com.

 

Thankfully, I did verify the serial # with Canon USA about the authenticity of the lens and they say it is a product of theirs.

 

I'll spell check my msg for ya's next time too.

 

Ric

I recently purchased an L series lense, 16-35mm from an online dealer called

cameraexpress. Very weary of the store since I got my lense so I was

wondering if anyone has heard about this store and its reputation.

 

They insisted inm e purchasing a knock version of the lense, tried mixing me

up with the sales price worst, did not send my warranty card in the box so I

was unable to redeem a rebate.

 

Anyway hope to hear from someone

 

Ric

Mike, I have a transmitter slaved to the strobes about 500 watts.

 

Anyway, I took the pic the other day of about 14 people using the gear listed. I positioned all 3 strobes aligned together as well as the group. The camera settings were 1/60, f11, ISO 400, custom WB and positioned camera and strobes about 13' away.

 

The picture was great.

David and Caleb, thanks for the ideas I'll be sure to consider them on the next photo take

 

Ric

Michael Madio, What I was referring to is I find on my laptop the picture to look distorted and blurr but when it got developed its pristine clear. I verified my resolutions on the screen are the highest and I reviewed other pix taken and are found to be clear crisp. It makes it difficult for editing.

I am an amateur requesting set up and photo shoot guidance for large family

and group portrait picture.

 

My Equipment is Canon Rebel XT with 16-35 mm type L lens, 2 studio strobe soft

boxes, and a third strobe with an umbrella bounce. Tripod, computer laptop

with digital lab and in a room about 20' x 20'.

 

My camera setting is shutter 60, aperture 11, iso 400, white balance is

automatic and I find using full powered umbrella FALL light and 1/2 power fill

soft boxes the picture is no as clear or pristine when I use 580ex bounce

flash.

 

What can you suggest?

yep

Frankie,

 

Shoot in colour and then convert to greyscale then to 48 bit colour. This enables you you to had RGB tones and soften up the pic

 

Ciao,

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Kevin,

 

Personally indoors i shoot 800 iso with a hot shoe flash 2 stops, f 8, shutter 800 - 125

 

Outdoor Sunny: 200 - 400 iso around f11 and 160 shutter

 

cloudy 400 iso, f8 f125

 

make sure you manually set a white balance setting for each different change in space. Compared to automatic white balnce, you can notice the diference

 

Ciao,

Ric Albano

I heard the 550 is discontinued. So your choice might be narrowed down. I came across the 580 (I own the 420), I'm going to upgrade because you have more flash control and I don't think you have as much with a 550. Mainly you can adjust the power of the flash against your subject reducing the risk of hotspots. What is another thing you may consider with the 5 series though is a soft box. The power of those flashes are better sitributed. Good Luck!

 

Ciao,

Ric

Does anyone know how to make slides shows with music on to cd using

archsoft 5.5 or photo professional? Software lab for Canon Camers.

Why does a cropping effect occur and increases when you increase

(speed up) the shutter speed?

Can I have your suggestion.

 

I am planning to take outdoor soccer team pictures. I plan to use

studio strobes (500 watts), and have a few choices of Canon lense

(50mm, 28-135mm, 85mm). The subject could be about 20' away,

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