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    Canon Thursday Photo 2011: #46

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Canon 40D w/ 17-84mm and 430 EX II<br>

    1/1000s, f/5.6, 85mm, 200 ISO, flash off camera at 1/64th<br>

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    First Medium Format!

    in Medium Format

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    <p>Just picked up a Kodak Duaflex IV for $30. Included was the Kodalite midget flash holder (and original manual), some bulbs and a Sunset 101 bag. The camera is in excellent condition with the shutter in working order.<br>

    I'm excited since I was considering buying a Holga for a little while to play around with. Now I just have to get some 620 spools and 120 film!<br>

    <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6345293624_f2aa4b6903_b.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="640" /></p>

    Batteries

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Hmm. I've been buying used BP-511A's from KEH for my 40D. I've wanted to buy OEM Canon, but would prefer not to pay the full price. Would it be best to just swallow the expense since I'd get more from them in the long run? I think I've paid $25 each or so.<br>

    They seem to last pretty well thus far. I've got two 4 gig cards that get filled in a day of random shooting before a battery empties...</p>

    Canon 40D Burst at 7

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>The burst rate of my 40D at it's high speed drive setting seems to be exactly 7. I've tested this with the smallest jpeg resolution, the largest jpeg resolution, and RAW files. With RAW+L Jpeg its at 6. After 7 shots it goes right in to the buffer mode where frame rate is lowered to 3 fps.<br>

    The battery is a Canon BP-511a, the CF is a sandisk extreme 4GB (40mb/s). The shutter speed was at least 1/2000 each time. Any reason this could be? Supposedly it's rated for approx 6.5 fps for ~15 RAW+JPEG or ~45 JPEG.</p>

    Is this my lens or my sensor? Canon Rebel XT

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>I don't even know what that part is but I would have to say it is doubtful. Take in to consideration what everyone has posted thus far as everything seems rather accurate. The issues with those photos can primarily just be attributed what has already be mentioned.<br /><br /> I've got a 17-85mm as well. While I haven't been blown away by it, I have never had an issue with it. For whatever faults it may have I find it to be a very useful lens which has never gotten in the way of doing what I want it to.<br /> <br /> Edit: The bad rendering of the sky really just seems to be a metering deal. The location of the rocks seems to be a pretty low-light area. The camera metered for the rocks, and when the sun or sky poked through at the top it was blown out because it was just significantly brighter than the rocks.<br>

    <br /> In landscape photography this is a common issue dealt with because the sky is just about always brighter than the landscape. This is one of the benefits of a polarizer, or graduated neutral density filter in that they will darken up the sky a little bit to get more detail.</p>

    Canon Thursday Photo 2011: #43

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>I love those colors Robin, fortunately I'm in Oregon so I get to see a bit of them right now!</p>

    <p>I finally got to take a trip up to the coast after living in Oregon for almost a year. Here's one of my more favorite shots. It's a handheld 3 shot panorama, tried to fix distortion as much as possible...<br>

    Canon 40D w/ 17-85mm: @17mm - f/13 - 1/160s - ISO 100<br>

    <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6283515363_5d8d5cf8c3_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="349" /></p>

    Canon 5D

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>No personal experience on 5D. Are you looking at mark I or II?<br>

    I purchased a 40D from KEH.com (used). Very happy with the service.<br>

    However I've heard B&H Photo and Adorama are very good as well for used equipment. It probably just comes down to the deal that best suits you. I know KEH has a 6mos warranty on their used equipment, not sure about the other two.</p>

    Iphone Wedding Photography

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    <p>This sort of reminds me of some of the debates I've heard about the Lytro. F/2 Aperature, no shutter, post capture focusing!? There's NO WAY DSLRs are going to keep up with that!</p>

    <p>I could care less with what people are using, I'm completely happy with my meager setup and if someone enjoys using their iPhone in that aspect then more power to them. Whatever facilitates you taking more shots and enjoying the process is what you should stick with.</p>

    <p>If somebody is feeling threatened about iPhone photography they should focus more so on why they aren't feeling competent about their own work...</p>

    Best way to make the sky look blue?

    in Beginner Questions

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    <p>If the sky is naturally a darker blue on that day maybe use an EV of ~-2/3 stop? That's a relatively easy way to bring out some darker colors. Or as many people have mentioned you can just play with some sliders, as seen above vibrance does well along with altering a bit of the blue luminance.</p>
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