Went Full Frame Finally!

[Scatterbrained]

here's a test. Take one of the Transcends, put it in your pants pocket then run the pants through the wash. See if it still works. I'm not gonna say I've done it, but I've seen it happen to Sandisks quite frequently with no ill effects; that's why I'm a Sandisk fanboy.

 

[kundalini]

Wow. How long do you go without charging? I mean, I've probably went about a month on occasion, but I guess I'm only doing about 200 shots at most.

Really, WOW, is that it? I (think) I get a couple months service off a single charge with my Nikons. I'll try to keep track from the next charge and report back. That's why backup batteries are a nice thing to have. And before you go all smartass, I shoot a lot, leave the camera and flashes on all day and overnight (sensation (Dinah-Moe-Humm)) .

 

[oldmacman]

If you are an owner of a 5D MK2 or an equivilant camera, please share your thoughts on space it takes and replacement batteries used and if I should know any tricks when it comes. Thanks!

It's about 27-30 MB per RAW file. I use a fast 4GB and a not-so-fast 16GB, but we shoot video with it, so the larger capacity is a benefit.

I have two third party batteries and the original Canon. You should know that the Canon batteries are proprietary and no one else (that I have found anyway) sells a battery that can communicate with the camera. This means there is no display to indicate how much juice is left and you have to confirm use of the battery when you drop it in the camera.

You will love the image quality, but might miss the FOV when you want to shoot long. File size and full frame processing keeps the frame rate a little slower, but still decent.

Did you keep your other body for back up, I hope?

 

[Derrel]

Its getting damn near impossible for a Canon thread to exist without Derrel's ranting.. its annoying.

We get it already Derrel... Canons Suck. Repeat Canon's Suck! Now can you leave these Canon threads alone?

Sheesh... I don't even shoot with mine much anymore.

"About 85% of the trip's members were shooting with Canon gear, mostly 1Ds MKII." lol.. wonder why?

Hey usayit...Village IDIOT is the one who began this with "Nikons suck".

I happen to know the OP...I privately mentor him...I also OWN TWO CANON cameras and eight Canon-mount lenses! So,please pipe down usayit, okay?

Bring some FACTS into the discussion, not more of your personal attacks. I know you're a Leica fanboy/gear porn shooter and a Panasonic fanatic who cannot stand the fact that I do not think your pet toy format, the micro 4/3 format, will ever gain traction, so please, spare me your fanboy admonitions...I know, I know, I know YOU LOVE Canon gear, and you own it. I know, I know, you love those $3,9995 and $4,596 Leica lenses you put on your teeny-sensored cameras....yeah. Got it....you cannot STAND that I have said the M4/3 format has not yet gained "traction"; when I wrote that, you flew off the handle...you've had a major problem with me ever since then...seems like you ought to just add me to your IGNORE list instead of crying in your Leica-branded beer mug every so often...with the other guys in your I.T. department...

How many lenses are there in m4/3 mount? Reply with a FACT, not a personal attack.

Village IDIOT is the person who brought up the fact that his Canon has broken down FOUR TIMES....he is the one who hijacked this thread, so please usayit, get a clue you boor.

 

[MohaimenK]

here's a test. Take one of the Transcends, put it in your pants pocket then run the pants through the wash. See if it still works. I'm not gonna say I've done it, but I've seen it happen to Sandisks quite frequently with no ill effects; that's why I'm a Sandisk fanboy.

Yeah I've read the thread where people leave their 5D MK2 unattended and get them stollen, and I've also read where people put their cards in pockets and forget about them. I think they are careless as photographers to do that. That's just my honest opinion. If I get heat for saying this then TOO BAD because this should not happen to you as a serious photographer.

Here is what I do w/ my card. Once its full, I put it in the plastic case and put it in my camera bag which is always hanging on my shoulder. It going to the wash, HARDLY a chance. 2nd option, if I EVER happen to put it in my pocket, the first thing runs through my mind after a photo shoot is when am I going to go and load them in my comp to look at them. Not when can I go home and do my laundry :lmao:

Sorry, wasn't attacking you but I just find it funny when people mention the whole laundry analogy for buying cards you know? Beside I put my clothes in gentle cycle!

All I care for the card is that it doesn't crap out on me, and that could really happen to any card. That's my only concern.

 

[MohaimenK]

I happen to know the OP...I privately mentor him...i also OWN TWO CANON cameras and eight lenses!

Yes he does :thumbup: Love you Darrel. It's weekend, forget bout all that stuff and have a good weekend

 

[Village Idiot]

Its getting damn near impossible for a Canon thread to exist without Derrel's ranting.. its annoying.

We get it already Derrel... Canons Suck. Repeat Canon's Suck! Now can you leave these Canon threads alone?

Sheesh... I don't even shoot with mine much anymore.

"About 85% of the trip's members were shooting with Canon gear, mostly 1Ds MKII." lol.. wonder why?

Hey usayit...Village IDIOT is the one who began this with "Nikons suck".

I happen to know the OP...I privately mentor him...I also OWN TWO CANON cameras and eight Canon-mount lenses! So,please pipe down usayit, okay?

Bring some FACTS into the discussion, not more of your personal attacks. I know you're a Leica fanboy/gear porn shooter and a Panasonic fanatic who cannot stand the fact that I do not think your pet toy format, the micro 4/3 format, will ever gain traction, so please, spare me your fanboy admonitions...I know, I know, I know YOU LOVE Canon gear, and you own it. I know, I know, you love those $3,9995 and $4,596 Leica lenses you put on your teeny-sensored cameras....yeah. Got it....you cannot STAND that I have said the M4/3 format has not yet gained "traction"; when I wrote that, you flew off the handle...you've had a major problem with me ever since then...seems like you ought to just add me to your IGNORE list instead of crying in your Leica-branded beer mug every so often...with the other guys in your I.T. department...

How many lenses are there in m4/3 mount? Reply with a FACT, not a personal attack.

Village IDIOT is the person who brought up the fact that his Canon has broken down FOUR TIMES....he is the one who hijacked this thread, so please usayit, get a clue you boor.

You don't have to get so angry all the time bud. Just because some one's not using your equipment doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

 

[MohaimenK]

It's about 27-30 MB per RAW file. I use a fast 4GB and a not-so-fast 16GB, but we shoot video with it, so the larger capacity is a benefit.

I have two third party batteries and the original Canon. You should know that the Canon batteries are proprietary and no one else (that I have found anyway) sells a battery that can communicate with the camera. This means there is no display to indicate how much juice is left and you have to confirm use of the battery when you drop it in the camera.

You will love the image quality, but might miss the FOV when you want to shoot long. File size and full frame processing keeps the frame rate a little slower, but still decent.

Did you keep your other body for back up, I hope?

Thanks for the INFO! Yes of course I have the T1i which will most likely have the 70-200 on it and I'll have the 16-35 or the 24-105 on the 5D

 

[Derrel]

Here is an article I wrote on how the DX or APS-C format impacts people photography, and touches upon why full-frame 24x36 d-slrs work better for "people photography"

Derrel's Photography Blog: How The DX Format Impacts People Photography

Here's the counterpoint to the character assassinations that fanboys love to throw around. Derrel's Photography Blog: Don't Believe The Slanderous Claptrap

 

[Scatterbrained]

here's a test. Take one of the Transcends, put it in your pants pocket then run the pants through the wash. See if it still works. I'm not gonna say I've done it, but I've seen it happen to Sandisks quite frequently with no ill effects; that's why I'm a Sandisk fanboy.

Yeah I've read the thread where people leave their 5D MK2 unattended and get them stolen, and I've also read where people put their cards in pockets and forget about them. I think they are careless as photographers to do that. That's just my honest opinion. If I get heat for saying this then TOO BAD because this should not happen to you as a serious photographer.

Here is what I do w/ my card. Once its full, I put it in the plastic case and put it in my camera bag which is always hanging on my shoulder. It going to the wash, HARDLY a chance. 2nd option, if I EVER happen to put it in my pocket, the first thing runs through my mind after a photo shoot is when am I going to go and load them in my comp to look at them. Not when can I go home and do my laundry :lmao:

Sorry, wasn't attacking you but I just find it funny when people mention the whole laundry analogy for buying cards you know? Beside I put my clothes in gentle cycle!

All I care for the card is that it doesn't crap out on me, and that could really happen to any card. That's my only concern.

My point was that I've seen them take a lot of abuse, while I've seen more than one transcend fail. If I were you I wouldn't be so quick to judge others as careless either. When you're a busy working professional it can be easy to overlook something like that once in while. When you get up at five to leave and you get home at 10 or so, the last thing you'll be thinking about when you finally get the car unloaded is processing photos. :er:

 

[Derrel]

The biggest danger in CF Card corruption occurs when taking a CF card OUT of the camera and having electrostatic discharge arc across all those pins...and the more times you change cards, the greater the chance that you'll bend and damage a pin inside the camera, rendering the camera useless until it is repaired.

 

[MohaimenK]

My point was that I've seen them take a lot of abuse, while I've seen more than one transcend fail. If I were you I wouldn't be so quick to judge others as careless either. When you're a busy working professional it can be easy to overlook something like that once in while. When you get up at five to leave and you get home at 10 or so, the last thing you'll be thinking about when you finally get the car unloaded is processing photos. :er:

You'd be surprised. I've worked 11 hours straight and came home and managed to put all 3 of my cards on my table. Sure I'm not going to go and process them that night, but I'm also not going to leave them in my pant pockets. Regardless, I can guarantee you till the day I die, I'd never and I mean NEVER EVER leave my cards to wash in the laundry. I can guarangee you that.

And no I still don't see how a person can lose a camera at a wedding. I just really can't. I'm sorry. Unless I drop it, I just really can't see how I'd EVER do that. Again, I carry my stuff over my shouldter and make sure it doesn't leave my body. Have worked out really well so far.

 

[usayit]

Its getting damn near impossible for a Canon thread to exist without Derrel's ranting.. its annoying.

We get it already Derrel... Canons Suck. Repeat Canon's Suck! Now can you leave these Canon threads alone?

Sheesh... I don't even shoot with mine much anymore.

"About 85% of the trip's members were shooting with Canon gear, mostly 1Ds MKII." lol.. wonder why?

Hey usayit...Village IDIOT is the one who began this with "Nikons suck".

I happen to know the OP...I privately mentor him...I also OWN TWO CANON cameras and eight Canon-mount lenses! So,please pipe down usayit, okay?

Bring some FACTS into the discussion, not more of your personal attacks. I know you're a Leica fanboy/gear porn shooter and a Panasonic fanatic who cannot stand the fact that I do not think your pet toy format, the micro 4/3 format, will ever gain traction, so please, spare me your fanboy admonitions...I know, I know, I know YOU LOVE Canon gear, and you own it. I know, I know, you love those $3,9995 and $4,596 Leica lenses you put on your teeny-sensored cameras....yeah. Got it....you cannot STAND that I have said the M4/3 format has not yet gained "traction"; when I wrote that, you flew off the handle...you've had a major problem with me ever since then...seems like you ought to just add me to your IGNORE list instead of crying in your Leica-branded beer mug every so often...with the other guys in your I.T. department...

How many lenses are there in m4/3 mount? Reply with a FACT, not a personal attack.

Village IDIOT is the person who brought up the fact that his Canon has broken down FOUR TIMES....he is the one who hijacked this thread, so please usayit, get a clue you boor.

You don't have to get so angry all the time bud. Just because some one's not using your equipment doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

lol. the difference which he hasn't figured out is that I don't go to all the nikon threads saying nikon sucks...


Derrel,
FACTS are irrelevant. What I shoot with or prefer to shoot with is also irrelevant. How much money my equipment costs is also irrelevant. Its all a distraction from my point.. you need to leave Canon threads alone and stop spamming them with "Canon's Suck". And the only personal attack I have ever made to you is "Get a Life" (can't say the same for you.. "fanboy" is what I recall several times)... which is only true when you spam the threads with "Canon sucks". I don't spam Leica nor Canon nor m4/3rds (which I keep to my own threads).

so yeh.. you know your stuff... but you still need to get a life...




oh btw.. (because you seemed to be all caught up in $$$).

None of my lenses cost "$3,9995 and $4,596" (no clue where in the world you get those figures). Heck.. the most I've spent is $2200 which is on par with anything Canon and Nikon on the high end. (Leica Tri-Elmar 28-35-50 = $1800 which I sold to fund a $2200 Noctilux). I am just really good about saving...


[EDIT]
I agree with VI... don't get so angry all the time... enjoy life...



btw... you've seen "Leica Branded" Mugs! Where Do I get one? I'm the only photographer here at work.. it would make a great personal item on my desk. Sure beats the company bear mug that everyone else has... (at least it was free). No I.T. , I'm in software.

 

[MohaimenK]

TOMORROW TOMORROW I'LL HAVE YOU, TOMORROW! So damn excited to hold it and play with it! Sat's swimsuit shoot's gonna be awesome! Also just in time for some product photography coming up this Thursday for a company!

 

[pbelarge]

You'd be surprised. I've worked 11 hours straight and came home and managed to put all 3 of my cards on my table. Sure I'm not going to go and process them that night, but I'm also not going to leave them in my pant pockets. Regardless, I can guarantee you till the day I die, I'd never and I mean NEVER EVER leave my cards to wash in the laundry. I can guarangee you that.

And no I still don't see how a person can lose a camera at a wedding. I just really can't. I'm sorry. Unless I drop it, I just really can't see how I'd EVER do that. Again, I carry my stuff over my shouldter and make sure it doesn't leave my body. Have worked out really well so far.

That guarantee will not be an easy one to keep. As careful as you are now, it really only takes one time.


One thing about some people losing cameras, or anything else for that matter. There will be days when there is so much more on your mind than your equipment. Those are the days most likely for this to occur. Try not to judge so quickly, life can be hard and long.