Posts for: cecilia delacroix
May 29, 2013 13:36:37 #
selmslie wrote:
Here is some more food for thought. br br Wher... (show quote)
Excellent point! :thumbup:
(BTW, your avatar image is splendid!)
May 29, 2013 13:27:07 #
Croce wrote:
I have never done it myself but... I do not own one but... I don't know but... Can't speak from experience but... I have never had it happen to me but... I use my cellphone but if I had a DSLR I would.... etc etc etc. But... I think the best suggestion is for people inclined to post such answers to just butt out!
This bears repeating!
:thumbup:
May 29, 2013 12:55:12 #
JessJus2009 wrote:
I've found in research that the 35mm is perfect for portraits and I know a photographer that uses one.
Are you sure you don't mean a 135mm? THAT would be perfect for portraits (on a full frame camera). My suggestion is that before purchasing a new lens, try a few portrait shots on your 55-200 zoom at 55mm (~ 85mm apparent focal length) and at around 90mm (~135mm apparent focal length). See what you think.
May 27, 2013 13:59:15 #
I just have to add my own thoughts about the 6D being characterized as an entry-level camera. I never saw the 5DII - which had an excellent reputation - referred to as entry level, and yet the 6D is a vast improvement over the 5DII in a number of ways, especially it's high ISO/low digital noise performance in very low light. I did comparison shots with my 5DII and the new 6D I got in December....very easy to see the improvement. True, it's focusing system isn't nearly as sophisticated as the 5DIII, but for landscapes, architecture or portraits, it gets the job done. I feel bad the OP got what apparently was a bad copy, because I know from my own experience how an experience like that can forever dampen one's enthusiasm for a particular body or lens. I love mine (and sold my 5DII)....I hope the OP gives a different 6D another chance.
May 27, 2013 13:31:34 #
The phrase "kit lens" unfortunately isn't at all descriptive for those purchasing their first DSLR. "Value lens" would be a better descriptor, implying a *good* lens at that price point.
May 27, 2013 13:06:18 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
A good point, jerry. In the begining, you don't know what you don't know.
Exactly. And although I think the Search tab can be (and is) useful, many people new to this site likely don't yet know about it. It's one thing to suggest using it, but quite another to make them feel like an idiot for posing a question that they could *easily* find the answer to (by spending hours searching through old posts). And if one was to google their question, they might be directed to......UHH. :-D
May 26, 2013 15:31:49 #
huskyrider705 wrote:
Something some of you may not be aware of and one thing that I don't like about the Canon 6D. Unlike the 7D you cannot reassign the AF point selection button to anything else. This is the far right button which would be the easiest to use for BBF but I have to use the normal AF on button on the 6D. Don't know why Canon done this.
That's a good point. I wonder if a future firmware update will allow that option?
May 23, 2013 12:57:20 #
EstherP wrote:
Like to see what people who own the camera have to say about it, but would want to see a bit more "I like the camera because...." instead of just saying that it is a good camera.
EstherP
EstherP
The review responses that drive me crazy are the ones on amazon, et al: "This camera has really improved the quality of my images!"......and seeing that the 1-sentence review was "helpful" to 5 out of 6 people!
May 21, 2013 12:07:36 #
Well, as long as this thread has been hijacked, I may as well add to it. I think some are mixing up "pedantic" with "didactic". :)
May 21, 2013 02:18:41 #
GaryS1964 wrote:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200. Zooms from 25mm to 600mm for getting shots of that eagles nest and has a macro setting that allows you to get as close as 1cm. It has a Lica lens that is a relatively fast f2.8 across the entire zoom range.
I totally agree. I have this bridge camera; I chose it over the Canon SX50. (My main camera system is Canon with several L glass lenses.) The FZ200 costs $70-100 more than the SX50, but it has some remarkable features, especially that Leica f/2.8 aperture across the entire zoom range, 25-600mm!
May 17, 2013 15:09:15 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Just imagine the cleaning bills.
I'm considering placing my aforementioned Liquid Whiteout on amazon and marketing it as "Touchup Paint for Canon white lenses". I think $9.95/bottle plus shipping would be a fair price.
:D
(Actually, they're more of a "putty" color, not white)
May 17, 2013 13:24:17 #
Hmm. I KNEW I'd someday find a use for my stockpile of liquid Whiteout from typewriter days.
May 8, 2013 12:54:02 #
I just checked a few websites (I was curious myself about the canola fields). Best time seems to be late-May through June: western side of the Palouse (Hwy 26 around Dusty and LaCrosse) and south around Lewiston, Idaho. (By the way, check out an aerial view of the area via Google Maps....it's almost psychedelic!)
May 8, 2013 11:56:06 #
PaulDBowen wrote:
The two most common Photo "must shoot" are Steptoe Butte and Dry Falls. Lighting is everything in the Palouse and early morning such as before daylight is key.
The view from Steptoe Butte is indeed a must. The patterns of wheat fields and tractor markings from up there - almost no straight lines - look like paintings. (google "Steptoe Butte" and click on Images!) Early June will give you shades of greens, and even the fields in fallow are lovely. Paul's right about the lighting: long shadows of early morning or late afternoon add to the beauty. (In June it gets light quite early!) :)
Palouse wheat field
May 5, 2013 13:04:44 #
jesteer wrote:
l enjoy / need? the close ups and zoom to more than what i have with this sx50s ... will keep dreaming though
Your Canon SX50 has (currently) the highest optical zoom reach (approximately 1200mm) of ANY fixed lens camera. If you were to get a DSLR body, you'd have to spend $10's of thousands of dollars to get a lens with a longer reach than that! (not to mention it'd weigh a ton.) What you CAN do, though, with a good spotting scope, is purchase an adapter for a couple hundred dollars to attach your SX50 to the scope. See Eagle Optics website for LOTS of info and videos on "digiscoping".