Re: EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-04 Thread Stefan Gerris
Hi Carla, On Wed, October 5, 2005 2:02, Cjr said: > I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my modest > collection, primarily for use with the D60--I think > the reasons are obvious, the. 1.6 factor. I have > read through the archives and t:he debate on Canon > vs. Sigma etc. leaves me not

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Bob Talbot
> I didn't use flash, and it was pretty close to the bookshelf. Blimey, shows how wrong you can be. I did think about putting in some caveats but the "white" was so pronounced in the middle of the frame I was absolutely convinced it was flash. > The > windows were behind me. I'll take another

EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-04 Thread Cjr
Hello all. Lurker here. I have an Eos Elan & a D60. I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my modest collection, primarily for use with the D60--I think the reasons are obvious, the. 1.6 factor. I have read through the archives and t:he debate on Canon vs. Sigma etc. leaves me not mu

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Phillip Moore
On Oct 4, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Bob Talbot wrote: I was wmdering how much was due to the flash too. - It looks like there was an on-camera flash - It looks like it was quite close to the book shelf. - The flash to book distance is comparatively a lot further at the edges of the frame. I didn't

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Tom Christiansen
Hi, On 10/4/05, Bob Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm only surprised that in the digital age someone > (Canon?) isn't developing "characterised" lenses and auto-correction > algorithms - automatically adjusting sensor gain on a pixel by pixel > basis according to focus, aperture and zoom set

EOS 20Da

2005-10-04 Thread Ken Durling
Anyone using this body here? I mean for normal shooting. Wondering if the live LCD is a big plus or not. Or any other little diffs? Ken * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phom

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Roger Wong
>Wouldn't that be something? Yeah, it's a great idea. It would help Canon increase lens sales, because there would only be in-camera distortion/dropoff compensation for Canon lenses, and no support at all for third party lenses. * ***

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Bob Talbot
That's really pretty good for a wide angle lens. I'd say it's maybe half a stop darker in the corner than at center. Maybe a bit more. That's assuming that the light blue Perl books are the same shade of light blue across the bookshelf. I was wmdering how much was due to the flash too. - It looks

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Tom Christiansen
Hi, > Here are two samples at wide open F4 from my 17-40mm on the 5D. > Original small jpegs from the 5D, not touched at all, without flash, > in my fairly dark right now office. :-) > > http://ruminate.net/tmp/17mm_f4.jpg > http://ruminate.net/tmp/40mm_f4.jpg That's really pretty good for a wide

Re: EOS Inside a Canon Lens

2005-10-04 Thread Malcolm Stewart
- Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EOS list" Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:23 PM Subject: EOS Inside a Canon Lens > Came across this page mentioned from another list. Thought some EOS-heads > would like to see a USM in bits > >

EOS Inside a Canon Lens

2005-10-04 Thread Cotty
Came across this page mentioned from another list. Thought some EOS-heads would like to see a USM in bits Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/10/05, Phillip Moore, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here are two samples at wide open F4 from my 17-40mm on the 5D. >Original small jpegs from the 5D, not touched at all, without flash, >in my fairly dark right now office. :-) > >http://ruminate.net/tmp/17mm_f4.jpg One's never really alo

Re: EOS 5D at f/2.8

2005-10-04 Thread Phillip Moore
On Oct 3, 2005, at 10:17 PM, David Mitchell wrote: Good lord, that is terrible! Does this happen only on wides or only with fast lenses? ie, what results do you get with a 17-40/f4 (at 17 and wide open) or with a long fast (200/2.8, 300/2.8 ??) Here are two samples at wide open F4 from my 17-

Re: EOS Re: File numbering (rant)

2005-10-04 Thread Big Mike
The camera manufacturers can't know how you want to organize things. The probably sat down and found a realistic number at which they thought everyone would be happy with for a counter. I myself have shot 3k+ photos for an assignment so I feel comfortable with a 10k photo limit. Yeah, I misunderst