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    Canon EOS M5

    in Mirrorless Digital Cameras

    Posted

    <p>I have been using the Canon M range for some time now. I currently have a Canon M3 with an EVF with which I am very happy.<br>

    As a professional I have a 5DS and a 5D MkIII for my work, but when I go on holiday I just want to lug all this equipment around. So as a travel camera it meets my needs. I take four lenses, 11-22, 22mm, 18-55 and 55-200mm and the whole lot goes neatly into a small messenger type bag, along with a light manfrotto monopod.<br>

    I sometimes take a 50mm 1.4 prime with an adapter and/or a 200mm 2.8.<br>

    I am waiting to get my hands on a M5 to see if it is worth the upgrade.<br>

    The M3 has a metal body compared to the M5 which has a plastic body.<br>

    The M3 EVF swivels to a vertical position<br>

    The inbuilt flash is the same power.<br>

    The main difference with the M5 apart from the inbuilt EVF, is the Digic 7 processing and dual pixel autofocus.<br>

    I will say though, with the EVF eyepiece removed, makes the system with a pancake 22mm lens, quite compact and very good for street photography as onlookers think you just have an upmarket compact, whereas you have a wolf in sheep's clothing so to speak.<br>

    The perception I have is that some people are damming the product without giving it a go. OK it is not a sports machine or a camera designed to take birds in flight but as a travel companion it is ideal in my humble opinion.<br>

    Both the M3 and the M5 will fill this role admirably</p>

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    Finally the EOS M3 comes to the USA

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>Whilst I appreciate (and respect)Bob Atkins view, I have found that the M3 coupled with the 22mm f2 lens, makes a super set up for street photography. It doesn't draw attention either. The M3 body plus EVF cost UK £350 direct from Japan. The lenses and adaptor can be picked up fairly cheaply.</p>

    Finally the EOS M3 comes to the USA

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>The EOS M3 is a great little bit of kit. It makes a super travel camera and the the lenses are not all bad.<br>

    I had the EOS M before so I just I got the body and EVF kit from Japan. The EVF which makes a huge difference.<br>

    I have all three M lenses and when I go on my travels, besides these lenses, I take my regular 85mm 1.8 lens plus adapter, which works really well.<br>

    Focussing has improved and whilst it is being criticised, mainly by people who just read the specs, the M3 is a superb addition to Canon's lineup.<br>

    Tim</p>

    Canon 5DS/5DS-R for telephoto work?

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>Thanks for your interest thus far. Of course Bob is right that the 7D MkII is the main for the job in sports.....however what about using a 5DS with a 135mm lens f2 to shoot a small subject in the distance, where you would normally use a 300mm telephoto lens.<br>

    The advantage here is that you could get away with a much lighter lens by using a high crop rate to get the picture you need.<br>

    OK in theory I suppose, but what are downsides to this hypothetical proposal?<br>

    Thanks Tim</p>

    Canon 5DS/5DS-R for telephoto work?

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>Hi, this question really follows on from Bob Atkins excellent preview of the Canon 5DS and 5DS-R models.<br>

    It is a hypothetical one.<br>

    If I was doing sport photography I would use a Canon 1DX plus a 300mm 2.8 IS lens. An awesome combination but at a price.<br>

    I could get away with a EOS 5DMkIII in place of the 1DX at a pinch.<br>

    I could also use a Canon 5DS with a 70-200mm lens and do a heavy crop to match the reach of the 300mm 2.8 lens which will be much cheaper<br>

    What i would like to know is how would the cropped images compare, in terms of quality, with a full frame image achieved using a 300mm lens, <br>

    I do not want to get into any augments about focus tracking or shutter bursts - I just want to establish whether this is a feasible option.<br>

    The Canon 5DS and 5DS-R can be used to take smaller RAW files as does the 5D MkIII so it is versatile in this respect.<br>

    I look forward to your responses with interests.<br>

    Tim</p>

     

    Positioning prints centrally on a Greeting Card

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>This may appeal to those with a mathematical bent!<br>

    I have brought some photorag greeting cards which are 420 x 148.5 mm with a vertical fold<br>

    When they folded they measure 210 x 148.5 mm.<br>

    I have an Epson 3800 printer<br>

    My task is to print a 7.5 x 5 inch (190.5 x 127mm) image on a greeting card centrally on the greeting card with an equal border all the way round.<br>

    Now when I load the card I know that Epson cannot do borderless printing for this paper-size. Instead it reduces the image size to 96%<br>

    It also seems to want to put an 8mm border on the long edge and a 3mm border on the short edges <br>

    Try as I may I cannot do get the image centered.<br>

    How do I achieve this?<br>

    Tim</p>

    Eos M or S100 or G15 ?

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    I have a 5dmk2 plus a S90. I bought a EOS M for travelling . I have the kit with a 22mm pancake lens and a EF

    converter so I can use my EOS lenses. This set up gives me a lot of flexibility when out and about. The low light

    performance is great and having the advantage of either using a travel flash or in conjunction with larger flash units.

    It is quick to focus and a delight to use.

    Tim

    Annie Leibovitz iPAD Usage

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>I have just started to use my IPAD2 for Portrait Sessions.<br>

    Key ingedients</p>

    <ul>

    <li>Wireless Router - spare one with no password set</li>

    <li>Canon 7D</li>

    <li>WFTE5 Transmitter</li>

    <li>IPAD 2</li>

    <li>Shuttersnitch App</li>

    </ul>

    <p>Shuttersnitch tells you what TCP/IP address to set the Camera/WFT device (mine is 192.168.1.4<br>

    It also tells you set the FTP setting to 192.18.1.2 with password "snitch"<br>

    Set the Port to 26000<br>

    Ensure you select the option to download jpegs only and select the smallest jpeg file along with the RAW file.<br>

    Open up Shuttersnitch<br>

    Create a new connection.<br>

    Press the camera shutterbutton<br>

    Take a picture and you should receive the picture on your IPAD/<br>

    Brilliant truly brilliant!<br>

    Tim</p>

    Setting up a 7D with a WFT-E5 Wireless Transmitter.

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>I have just got a WFT-e5 Wireless transmitter to go with my 7D. I am having a lot of difficulty setting it up.I cannot find anywhere, an idiot's guide on how to set it up. Basically i want to take pictures at an event and beam them over to my Windows XP laptop, where my pal will be printing them out.<br>

    I have a spare router plugged into the laptop and I want to use FTP to do the transfer.<br>

    Taking the whole thing slowly stage by stage- how do I accomplish this and what software do I need eg FTP server.<br>

    It would be great if someone can point me in the right direction.Regards<br>

    Tim</p>

    WFT-E5B Transmitter

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>I am hoping to buy a WFT-E5B Transmitter to go with my 7D. I know that unfortunately it does not come with a battery (mean devils!) I cannot find any info on what battery is required. Is it the LP-E6 or BP511A?<br>

    If someone can let me know that would be great<br>

    Regards<br>

    Tim</p>

    which lens next for architectural shooting?

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    <p>I see everyone is talking about canon TSE Lenses and I respect their opinions. What about an alternative approach? Buy a Cambo X2 Pro which turns a 35mm camera into a View Camera.<br /> Link is here <a href="http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/386-908A/?t=CM02&a=CM02">http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/386-908A/?t=CM02&a=CM02</a><br /> It may be impracticable but it is an alternative approach<br /> Has anyone tried it and what are your views?<br /> Tim</p>

    Help me decide on a new computer for CS4

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>I had the same trouble and after months of agonising whether to buy a mac or PC i walked into a John Lewis store and found the ideal PC.<br>

    It is an Acer M7720 with Vista 64bit.<br>

    It has 6gb ram which can expand to 12 gb<br>

    It has a 640gb Internal drive.<br>

    HOWEVER it has two removable drive bays one already fitted with a 1TB disc and a spare slot.<br>

    I bought another 1 TB drive to fill this slot and a copy of Windows XP.<br>

    I am now dual booting with XP and Windows 7.<br>

    The beauty about this arrangement is that the programs and operating systems are confined to one physical drive and the data can be spread over the other two drives.<br>

    I back all this up on a Drobo which is great and enables me to sleep well at night.<br>

    Too often all the PC's and Macs just have one drive and I think haveing more physical drives make sense.<br>

    Hope this helps<br>

    Tim</p>

    New computer?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Hi

    I am at the same point.

    I have now decided to stick with Windows and put my toe into Vista 64 bit.

    However I can only do this on a Desktop PC

    I am getting a load of components to give me

    Quadcore processor which can take 8 gb memory

    Populate it with 4gb memory just for now

    Have Four discs

    two of these will be system discs - one for XP and one for Vista 64bit

    Two will be data Discs Mirrored

    My game plan is to start off with XP and load my existing programs on to the XP System Disc

    I will then obtain CS4 and install that on my XP Systems and my Vista 64 bit System Disc.

    , along with the other programs.

    I will then use a dual boot facility so that I can prove the system in XP first, then trial the Vista 64 bit with the comfort of knowing that I can regress to XP if needs be.

    Once I am really really confident with Vista (12months?) I can ditch the XP system disc.

    In the Uk Novatech were excellent at devising this strategy and are willing to build the system for me

    Regards

    Tim

    PC Configuration with NAS drives

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    My current PC is getting a little slow and so i am on the look out for a new PC.

    I do not want a Mac at this stage.

     

    I was about to order a more powerful PC running XP with

    - a 3gb memory

    - dual processor (or a quad processor)

    - three disks

    - 1 System disc say a 160gb

    - 2 data discs mirrored approx 750gb each

     

    My intensive applications are

    - CS3

    - Lightroom

    plus MS Office/Outlook plus Skype and AVG Anti Virus

     

    All of this could be in one large deskside box.

     

    I have also been thinking about an alternative option.

    My question is how much would my performance suffer if the 2 data discs were housed in a Network drive unit-

    networked to the PC via cable?

    It is the performance of CS3 or 4 I am concermed about as I would have to spread the Adobe cache to the two

    Networked drives

     

    The reason is that I could then buy a PC with a smaller footprint with just put my programs on one modest sized disc

    and put all my data on the Networked attached storage.

     

    Your views will be welcomed.

    Please note that I do not want this to get into a Mac v PC scrap as I am not entertaining a Mac at this stage.

     

    Regards

    Tim

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