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I think it will be a camera more geared towards video with stronger AA filter, thereby worse ISO and DR capability. The video pros using the 5D MK II will jump and everyone else will blow up the Internet with their complaints.

Maybe he just doesn't like his hoodie. Looks like the 1Dx release has moved from February to late April. I can't believe I actually had my hands on a working model six months ago and they still have not gotten the thing ready for release. The rumors are going crazy for the 5D but most seem to focus on better focus system but very little else changed.

I will make Colin start camping out at the Apple Store tomorrow to get mine for me.

I would not say it is glacial or anything. Mostly just noisy as hell. I thought the thing was broken until I did a web search and found it is perfectly normal.

Except those all have broken lens mounts. That was evidently a major problem with that lens.

I have seen a lot of speculation of $3,500 for this with specs of a much better focus system. In the Nikon experiment, I have found that the Nikon 35 f1.4 is a poor approximation of the Canon 35 f1.4. As noisy as the Canon 50 f1.8 plastic fantastic in focusing and just about as slow. I really want a Nikon body with a Canon lens mount. You think that might happen?

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Nice, Fitz. I guess you weren't around during the Head-Case shooting event at DanJam?

For the New Yorkers. HD Tracks Garage Sale We are expanding and moving into brand new offices We are going to have a little flea market clean up sale Cds, SACDs, LPs, Amps, Pre amps, cables, road cases, Equipment racks, desks, chairs, pro- gear, maybe the walls and floors as well, etc 2-5 PM this sat Feb 25th 355 West 52 street 6th Floor New York, NY 10019

Happy Birthday Dan.

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I have never actually seen a Sigma camera in the wild. Maybe because they are ridiculously overpriced for what they are. I have a camera memory card question. Has the SDXC caught up with CF in speed, at a much lower price? I am looking at large cards for the D800 and I can get 95 read 90 write SDXC cards for half the price of the equivalent CF cards. Seems like I should put the big card in the SD slot with a smaller backup CF. Am I missing something?

I honestly didn't know how many pictures there are per roll so I was unsure if that is a good success rate or not. Looks like a good catch in a rather difficult shooting situation with sharp contrast and lots of harsh light.

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Stopped by the Central Park Zoo after lunch today for a few minutes.

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I want more resolution and the D700 is the same as the D3 I already have so it seems redundant. I see the D800 as a 5D mkII replacement for me.

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I am running seriously low on Canon equipment at my house. I am really enjoying shooting with the Nikon body and I am contemplating getting the D800 now and keeping the D3 instead of buying the D4 as was my original plan. The D3 is not really missing anything I need and I would like a FF body that is smaller/lighter on the Nikon side. I have no interest in video but there have been some times when I have wished for a larger image size when cropping. The D800 image size is a bit too large but I am sure I could live with Ginormous files as HDs are cheap, outside of flood price hikes. Would I be nuts to get the D800 and some glass to complement the D3 instead of picking up the D4?

How do you know when the central point is lined up? On the Lensalign you have to focus though the center hole onto a target behind it as that lines up the lens, etc. with the ruler perfectly. Seemed kind of fidgety to me so I did not use it much.

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Took the new 70-200 out for some play on a cold afternoon. Mostly just shot the local wildlife. Also one of the old standby, the Freedom Tower

Yeah I use my Zinio app to read magazines during my commute so this is one of the features I am most interested in. I have no issue with the speed of the iPad 2