stillbound

are you sure those aren't going to be the prices for the xs?

that seems really cheap - 60 down from current selling price and 130 down from what it was two weeks ago...

JC

it's the noise reduction probably...

check that first...were these shots at high ISO?

i hear the arguements about "humps" etc but the d700 has it without a noticeable "hump"

i second the extension tube idea...easiest way to turn your 50mm into something that is close to being a good macro

JC

brian...you are wrong

A second vote for the Sigma - for some reason sigma has hit it on the head with the primes they build. I for the life of me can't figure out why they built the 30 1.4 aps rather than full frame as it would be a great semi wide match with the 50 1.4 sigma. For my money nearly as contrasty and sharp as the 1.2 canon and faster focusing then the 1.4....

when i get home tonight I'll try getting the nx trial...

Not being a nikon shooter i didn't realize that ACR was a problem for Nikon...

Sometime around 9 EST i'll get those up for you....

JC

i just recently recieved my mac book pro and while I LOVE the comp and the screen I have realized that the images

do not look the same on pc folks screens...

does anyone have a good, relatively cheap solution?

thanks

JC

i shot all 3 with the subject in same spot under same lights with fixed 85 1.4 @ f2

the one is just turned portrait style..

you know something - when i look at it on the pc monitor (i am using a mac but i have another monitor set up for PC) it does look pretty good...

as for the lens 85 1.4

JC

and the 800<div></div>

here is the 6400<div></div>

got my hands on it again and while I still can't seem to open the raws (i tried converting to dng - and i tried

downolading the newest acr)

I took three shots at 800, 3200, and 6400

I'd say the 6400 is less than impressive...again as before these are not art. These are just super quick tests...<div></div>

wow...

 

yes I saved for web - but as far as i know that should not have any effect on the image. Look under the hat in the first image. That would be muddy black even on a d300 (which is nice camera but it's not this camera - sorry guys)

As for canon - all i wanted was a digital 3 and nikon built it...arghhh

Please canon get me the camera I want so i can stick with you guys and not feel like my client is paying the price...

JC

i was told sometime end of august - in quantity....

PS - this was the last one and i was rushing so it's not sharp - but i wanted to see how it handled the blacks. These images are opened and saved for jpeg

no other processing

JC

i have six

800 for the first 5 and one at 3200<div></div>

yes - i've had the latest and greatest every month...My 1D mark II is brand new as is all my glass...

As someone that makes most of my income shooting - yes I have to have the best tool just as any other person that uses tools for a living does.

I only put these up to show some pics out of the camera, not to start the same old "just shoot - it's all about the photographer, not the tools" debate...

but as always thanks for your time

that is my worry...that canon is just flat out doing something wrong...

I am waiting...but not too much longer<div></div>

Not art obviously but I did get to shoot what looks to be an amazing camera - a camera that barring an amazing

counter by canon will I think be enough to get me to dump my L glass...

It feels just like a D300 - nothing new in feel and due to the fact that CS3 can't open the raw files I'm really

glad that i shot raw plus fine jpeg...

in any event..here is the first one i shot - 2.8 @ 70MM with Nikon 24-70

Looks like a winner...

I got to shoot it today - just for a minute. Six quick shots that I shot in raw plus fine jpeg which turned out well since I can't open the raws in CS3...

This was shot at 2.8 with 24-70 and d700

in response to the whole IS thing...

In camera IS is really awful - you can't see the results as you frame and it is not as effective. There is a reason that Pentax, olympus, sony, and at least two other minor players are fighting over 8% of the market. Remember that Minolta went out of business with 10% of the market. There is a reason that the two biggest (and best - no matter how much bs smack talking and nonsense there is between nikon and canon guys these two do make the best cameras SYSTEMS)

In any event - lets hope (as canon shooter not wanting to give up my glass) that the new offerings from Canon are up to snuff...

i guess the only part of photography is landscapes...

I deal with people every day saying that they wish their 5d focused faster, wish that their 5d had a better screen, wish that their 5d was weather sealed, wish that it could control flashes wirelessly, wish that it was upgraded to the newest stuff.

if their are some of you that are happy with what you have that is awesome...the point of this whole discussion was do you think canon will react to this sooner than they were going to and will it be a true revolution. we all know photokina is in sep/oct and that we expected canon to have something there but will it be cutting edge or will canon continue the policy of incremental steps that they have had since they got into this...

The same people attacking me and the few others that feel canon needs to get off their ass are the same ones that have long complained about canon holding back on things in order to get us to buy more cameras. I for one was stung badly by the 1D2 to 1D2n situation...not that the N was that much better but that it was any better and cost the same and was for the most part firmware possible upgraded (other than the screen)

I said before and I'll say again - what i want is for canon to build a d700 so i can use all my glass which is better in my opinion than most of nikons...not all but most. I want 5/sec, fast autofocus, better build, 14 bit resolution, 12.8 mp...if they give me more then awesome. if they give me less then it's time to think about a new tool. that is all it is...

when you are selling images then you care

the 5d is slow and old and you can't trust the lcd (i hear the chorus of the histogram works....yes it does)

The main point is your guys are acting like I'm attacking canon product...I'm not. I'm attacking canon arrogance and laziness over the past two years.

i have had all these in my hands and shot many of them. I am a giant canon apologist (we have better primes, we did it first, etc etc) but it is getting harder and harder. Sure you're 5d is still a decent camera but you really can't believe that it is as good as this new round of cameras. Some of you act as though you work for canon or are counting on stock dividends to survive. For the last 5 years I never had to look at anyone and say - "wow - you've got a better camera than me" but now...well that has changed. The zooms for nikon are more expensive but they are better. The 5D was undisputed for years but so was mike tyson. doesn't mean he is still the best.

All I'm saying...said...whatever is that I hope that canon can swing hard and knock one out of the park...it's been awhile

JC