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Overly-enthusiastic amateur with an excessive budget and gear that is way too good for me.
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Jun 12 |
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Autofocus Not Working on Canon 70-200 F4 L USM Doing a little checking: a used 70-200 F4 L in decent condition can be had for around $600. While it's certainly possible that a repair would be $300, it probably won't be that much. Not sure about your options, but my local shop has some kind of deal with Canon where they ship it to Canon, get an estimate, and I can then decide whether I want to go ahead with it. If I decide not to, all I pay is the shipping (usually around $35). If I do, it's just the cost of the repair. Might be worth looking into. |
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Jun 12 |
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Autofocus Not Working on Canon 70-200 F4 L USM Also try switching the AF/MF switch back and forth a few times, and make sure it's firmly on 'AF' |
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Jun 11 |
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Maintaining and repairing Yongnuo vs Canon speedlites Indeed, he should make that an answer, though it might be sensible to add the caution that if you don't know how to repair/replace the HV capacitor, you can be very seriously injured by the voltage. IMHO if you don't know what you're doing, this is a bad place to try to save money :-/ |
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Jun 11 |
answered | Different backup camera strategy |
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Jun 4 |
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Is compositing a viable technique for high key portrait type shots? You might want to define what "viable" means to you. I think what you describe is certainly possible, given enough time and sufficient editing skills to prevent unnatural looks. But there is a reason people use real backdrops and real lights: it's a lot faster and easier to get the look right at exposure time than it is to spend hours/days tinkering with edits (while getting them to look "natural"). Where "time is money", the investment in equipment makes a lot of sense. |
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Jun 4 |
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Why does this shot appear to have the miniature “tilt-shift” effect? I think the key here is not getting too hung up on the "tilt-shift" part of the question. The "miniature" part is what's going on and you nailed it: thin DOF (or something that looks like thin DOF) is the key. That can be achieved with tilt-shift, but it's not the only way. In this particular case, the appearance of shallow DOF is created by movement of the trees during the long exposure. |
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Jun 1 |
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Can Canon Rebel XS effectively optically trigger a speedlite flash? Changed a link to point to more specific part of Strobist site (Lighting 101). |
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Jun 1 |
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Can Canon Rebel XS effectively optically trigger a speedlite flash? I also thought that, but after spending a little time understanding manual, it's not too difficult, plus it will make you a better photographer even for cases where you don't use flash. |
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Jun 1 |
answered | Can Canon Rebel XS effectively optically trigger a speedlite flash? |
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May 31 |
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Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? Just a little update for anyone who may care: got my camera back ($400), and not only was the shutter replaced but also the DC/DC circuit board which was shorting, and the mirror charge. It's now in better shape (inside, anyway) than when I originally bought it :-) |
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May 18 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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May 16 |
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Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? Have to check the timing on that; I think we arrived at the same conclusion at the same time. At any rate, I think I'll just leave things as they are. |
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May 16 |
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Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? Per mattdm's request I moved the image of the shutter to an answer. |
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May 16 |
answered | Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? |
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May 15 |
accepted | Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? |
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May 15 |
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Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? Added image of camera opened up, showing shutter blade. |
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May 15 |
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Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? This particular sequence was in portrait orientation, but I have some in landscape orientation that demonstrate the same symptoms. The range of shutter speeds is between 1/800 - 1/2000. Possibly worth noting that the symptoms show with both single shots as well as with burst sequences. Lens was 70-200 2.8 non-IS with aperture f/5.6 (Aperture priority mode). |
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May 15 |
asked | Are these images symptomatic of shutter failure? |
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May 8 |
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Is replacing a 70-200mm Canon lens with a 135mm and extender a good idea? Interesting...the chart certainly gives the 70-200 2.8 the edge at 2.8 (particularly mid-frame and corner), even allowing for a little slop comparing 189mm to 200mm as the tool does. My experience with this differs (135 w/ 1.4x is better overall than the 70-200), though admittedly I have not done the rather rigorous testing such as with the ISO-12233 charts. I'm inspired to try some now, though :-) |
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May 8 |
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Is replacing a 70-200mm Canon lens with a 135mm and extender a good idea? Keep in mind that I'm referring to the 70-200 2.8 non-IS specifically...which, generally speaking, I think has the lowest IQ out of all of the 70-200s (including the f/4s). So YMMV if you have a different model. But still, prime IQ is nearly always going to be better than a zoom at the same focal length, especially if the 135 is in the mix. It's my favorite lens by far. |
