Now, The Canon 1D Mark III Total results: 14 Pages: 1 [ 1] |
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 ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-17 21:10 The big boy came in today. Took a while to charge the battery. The following
shots are all with a 50 f1.4 and fairly low speed in ambient light at 6400
ISO.
First up a slightly cropped full head. Local musician and boat captain.If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-17 21:13 Then a crop to the eye. This repeats what I did with the 40D, but the 6400 ISO
gives results similar to the original 1D with 4 megapixels and 3200 ISOIf I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-17 21:14 Just for the heck of it, I applied Neat Image to the eye shot:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-17 21:17 Now for a uncropped shot at the Marina. Levels was used to correct color, medium
sharpening in USM.If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-17 21:29 You might wonder what 3200 is like. Color corrected and cropped to about a
fourth of the whole image, light USM:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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 ID: 194271 Posts: 156 | Date: 2007-10-18 02:55 Wow a 1D III, very very cool camera  with most likely the best high ISO performance up
to date in a digital SLR and a superfast frame rate. Congrats and hope you have
lots of fun with that little beast. Canon rocks 
Regards
Deon |
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 ID: 182744 Posts: 1741 | Date: 2007-10-18 11:25 Really love the marina scene.
But Wow! That 6400 quality is impressive. Looks more like the 10D's 1600 on the
first photo.
The second one, the eye crop seems similar to the 3200 on the 10D, but slightly
cleaner. The perception difference between the near full frame and the crop-in
makes me wonder if they are feathering pixel edges to make the noise less
visible at 100%. Well. whatever tech they are doing, they are making it work
superbly. 5 years to no noise at all? 
The reasons I never got a 1D in its original incarnation were two-fold. On the
manufacturer part, I didn't find the dials comfortable to my hands. Yeah, seems
trivial until you here reason two.
Cameras tend to have shorter life spans here. At the cost of the 1D, to have a 2
to 3 year lifespan was a stopping point. The organic parts of cameras have a
rough time with our environment. That would be any plastic and rubber. They get
eaten by microbes, and the salt air and high UV concentration combine to crack
and crumble rubber and plastic. On St. Thomas you are never more than a mile
from the ocean and with the constant trade winds, there is absolutely no way to
guarantee keeping salt off or out. Then there is the rain forest environment.
Moist. The thingies that eat plastic and rubber have a field day. Once the
rubber seals are gone, mildew and fungus rush right in.
I will never forget doing a sunset photo shoot with a model from the
states...her last day on the island...and with the camera to my eyes I watched
mildew start on the edge of the lens and, within a couple seconds, grew to
encompass almost half of the lens surface. This happens inside
the lens. Sometimes happens inside the camera too!
That was a big factor for me in rejecting the 20 and 30 series from Canon - no
interchangable mirror! When the silver coat gets eaten off, on the 10D I can
flip in a new mirror. 40D brings that option back. Halleujah.
I keep large amounts of silica gel...like t he stuff you find packed originally
with your camera to absorb moisture and humidity...and change the packets out
every couple weeks because they absorb a lot of moisture inside
the packets. That's moisture that would be hanging out in my camera bag and
fostering nature.
I am still going to look at the 1D based upon what you have shown, Charles.
Maybe I will just look lovingly at it, fondle it and get the store manager to
let me take it out for a spin. Might take a look at the 1Ds too...21 million
effective pixels? Drool city! But twice the cost. 
So, Charles, you see my dilemma. $4,000 times 2 for no guarantee that in two
years I won't be sending off for expensive, sometimes impossible repairs? Or
$1200 times 2 for the 40D which will do the job to get me the shots I need for
publishing but with images that I cannot push as far?
Did you know that the camera warranties exempt cameras bought for use in the
Caribbean? Check it out. Look at the U.S. warranties for all the major camera
makers. They know the cameras cannot take long-term tropical use and
specifically exclude such!
I just say, ah well...the price for living in paradise.
Charles...you've traveled the world. Ever done the rain forest scene? If
so...how did your equipment fare? Armor-All applied regularly with a lens tissue
to the camera and lens body works pretty well. (Not on the glass though!)
Silicon spray to all moving parts and can even wash salt residue from within the
camera without harming the mirror or chip. (Apply the spray from a distance of
at least 12 inches because the cold temperature of the carrier/propellant can
hurt the chip. But silicon is non-conductive and the carrier does evaporate
clean. Do wipe the mirror after, though.) Have faith that the universe will unfold as it should |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-18 11:52 I had a 1D for about four years. I kept it in AC when I wasn't using it, but I
took it to the beach, to the swamps, to humid gyms, and to events in the rain
and it did OK. In the field, I kept it in a igloo cooler from the habit of doing
that with film and film cameras if it was going to be sitting in the vehicle for
long. Although I live two blocks from the ocean on a narrow peninsula--less than
100 yards from the estuary--I haven't really had a problem.
But, since I've been digital I probably haven't worked any of my equipment like
I did when I was working with newspapers. You probably have yours in a more
consistantly humid environment than I do. At least one major wind direction
doesn't come off the ocean here. When I had to do a job during Bike Week when it
was rainy and cold, I covered my 10D with a plastic cover, but the 1D and L lens
performed flawlessly without protection. I understand the seals on this are
improved and the newer Ls are also improved.
I'm fortunate in that my wife permits me an allowance so I can save for these
toys. My usual freelance stuff has begun to dry up and now it seems more a
avocation than a vocation.If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-18 15:53 To continue with the 1D Mark III. It's Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach. Bikers
and beer babes:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-18 15:56 There is also a hint of daredevilness in the air--or about to be:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-18 16:09 Yet with an air of nonchalance about the whole gravity thing:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-18 16:16 Finally, a flower shot, just to keep a constant value in my shots:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try! |
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 ID: 114505 Posts: 936 | Date: 2007-10-19 06:17 Guten Tag!
To the >eYeCON/Icon god Fellas
Just stoppin' by to check in on two of the family's *gr8* Fotog GUYS...YAY!--
Is it any wonder you guys have such strong NECK muscles?
Don't you ever wish on long trips or extended shoots that advanced technology
could give you guys a breaK IN THE (CAMERA) BulK ACTION?...Is there such thing
as too much film on your hands? [Figuratively speaking, of course ]
Do each of you have a standard pre-calculated amount you carry for different
shots ahead of time--And have you ever ran out & missed a favorite spontaneous
shot that made you feel like 'temporarily blowing a fuse'?
[Kinda like the time my neighbor had his metal shed roof torn off & thrown up
into some live telephone lines, during one heck of a nasty windstorm back in
early 1990's--Nature's Heavy outdoor Drama~!]
Mr. Griffin:
LUV the eye candy--Both up in the air & on ground--Darn, maybe you missed your
calling to shoot for NASA!--That'd be a challenger mission you could tackle...Or
would that be considered to be an "84 Charlie" combat photographer's sideline
strategy outside the war zone [JK], Charles
Canon & Marina =A super combo--For this type of nighttime scene--Is it true that
Fast Film would've been used in low light situations before digital tech'?.
BTW.+.You're shot of beer fest makes me want to break out a German Pewter top
stylish boars head stein-- & celebrate your newly founded gadget;.Ah >
Craftsmanship--without Sears & seers! !
Deon Are you
into the study of photomacography during MAGIC HOUR?
Any one of ya's used the trick of Vaseline on the lens to produce a hazy
effect?
The things some people will try--huh...I can't say I've ventured that far, but
what the heck...I guess some are ready to lubricate anything--What's next Love &
Robots???
Karl, sweetie ...What's your preferred watts for a photoflood?
Thought I'd congratulate you for your Agency of 2000+
SORRY 2 that a
Fun-GUY like you had to deal with fungi on the lens...Paradise is still good for
two tickets--Just ask Eddie Money!
Any1 like Italian Breche rose marble or would you prefer Bardiglio capella?
If photo shooting pillars:.GUYS...Due to masculine preference--I wonder if you
three would choose the same type Marble mentioned below...
Keep in mind that the first is a mottled brown, white, & lavender; & the second
is a gray W/ gray & black streaks...Which one with or without the model?
Pamper yourselves with a Tunica palmata--After the fine dine & spa--
Dang movies can tool the wardrobe & spark the imagination [ No Secret!]
A salute to the photo consuls on site, with sight, & still stylin' the
profilin'!
THANXOX for the depth of field perception @ keeping us Air-BORN in cyber
space!
COOL_OP |
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ID: 183878 Posts: 1174 | Date: 2007-10-19 06:45 On working days I carried up to four cameras, especially in the film era, when
you needed a fast film or transparency or color and B&W or a 120 camera for
large images.
If working now, three is all I would carry and they are all I'd need, covering
wide angle to extreme telephoto--no heavy bag with a ton of accessories. Most
days I just pick a lens and a camera and go see what I can find.
Shooting in the dark sans flash? Special film and/or special developing, tripod,
fast and heavy lenses. Plus a light meter or two.
Being a gadget kind of guy, I always had filters just for such, but rarely used
them. If I was doing the darkroom, I could always take away sharpness there or
add effects--kind of like Photoshop now. Plus I would have hated having to clean
grease off even filter glass.
You lost me on the marble, but I saw a lovely statue in the D'Orsay:If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
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