standingup
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The AA filter is to avoid color aliasing and moires. Er..for Canon , we often use Unsharp Mask in the Post process. Well, it actually gives us more room to play with the sharpness of photos..
Canon 5D is not perffect after all
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JediForce4ever
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Well...for one, I don't unsharp mask my photos.I prefer a softer touch to them.But thats just me.
Pros & Cons. It's not a Canon vs "some other brand" kind of war. You just pick the camera that suits your needs. Let's just get that straight. It doesn't really matter to me which brand you flaunt.
TS, Congrats on getting your 5D replaced. I guessed you were just plain unlucky to get a very bad copy. Hope you'll enjoy fully utilising the camera to it's max potential and value.
To the rest of the guys, regardless how this thread is heading to, do remember Caveat Emptor, which basically means buyer beware. If you're gonna get one from the shop, be sure to check it thoroughly before parting with your cash. It's basic.
TS, Congrats on getting your 5D replaced. I guessed you were just plain unlucky to get a very bad copy. Hope you'll enjoy fully utilising the camera to it's max potential and value.
To the rest of the guys, regardless how this thread is heading to, do remember Caveat Emptor, which basically means buyer beware. If you're gonna get one from the shop, be sure to check it thoroughly before parting with your cash. It's basic.
davidhiten
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this post is actually positive about the canon brand on the whole since the "faulty" camera was replaced......granted it was new and QC should have picked it up.
All things aside the lesson learned here is that if this was grey market or used the result would be somewhat more costly and so the advice to heed as stated is "test it if at all possible if you are a savvy user or get someone who would pick these things up to assist"
My office just spent 50k on a new HD broadcast cam from SONY and after the footage was given to me I noticed 3 pixels were blown on the ccd. In this particular case it was an alignment issue and was easily solved.
My point is - don't flog this or try defend Canon. $hit happens in this industry and the warranty is just an insurance policy.
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All things aside the lesson learned here is that if this was grey market or used the result would be somewhat more costly and so the advice to heed as stated is "test it if at all possible if you are a savvy user or get someone who would pick these things up to assist"
My office just spent 50k on a new HD broadcast cam from SONY and after the footage was given to me I noticed 3 pixels were blown on the ccd. In this particular case it was an alignment issue and was easily solved.
My point is - don't flog this or try defend Canon. $hit happens in this industry and the warranty is just an insurance policy.
Canon owner
ConnorMcLeod
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He already stated in the title that only his is not perfect.
The _design_ of 5D maybe perfect ; the quality control of manufacturing is not.
You are in an enviable position for many to have Canon lend you their 5D and expensive lens+ flash to test!
I'm sorry to hear of your frustrations with Canon. It's a pity cos of the few cams I have used, I never regretted Canon. Unlike your experience, I think Canon produces the best cams for me overall, be it compacts or DSLR. I find them very intuitive even without the manual. I started with Canon during the film days and till today, I must say I love Canon above all other Jap brands you can think of.
5D is an advanced cam and may not be suitable for your use. But different users have different needs so maybe yours lie in other brands. Hope you have better luck there.
Hi, I think it also depends on the JPEG workflow tools used. Some such as the DPP software bundled in apply a modest amount of sharpening by default. Thus, straight out of camera, but imported through a suitable image management/workflow software, is quite acceptable.
I personally use Apple Aperture and capture in RAW. The sharpness of images (after Aperture's RAW conversion) is excellent. The only adjustments required are minor exposure/WB corrections.
apparently you just need a P&S on auto mode. you merely do not have enough time to use the camera, so it's not fair for you to say that it's inconsitent. 50mm with IS? are u kidding? how about buying a pentax or sony dslr instead?
you can't expect miracles like "perfectly well exposed photos" (which is subjective) to happen if you don't understand how the camera functions. it's not like everyone is a genius who takes just an hour to figure out the camera's functions and quirks.
True if you do post processing. But for JPEGs straight from camera, for me, the Fuji is better. Having said that, I'm wondering when's the 5DMkII coming out. Been waiting so long already :bsmilie:
XiaoMiaoWang
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oh do we love CS thread wars.
They are better than Chinese drama serials. Online wayang.
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They are better than Chinese drama serials. Online wayang.
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hehe..yeah. much ado about nothing :bsmilie:
I am a newbie and I just bought a slightly used film camera, Canon EOS Rebel T2 or EOS 300X, on eBay recently. I know beforehand that it is a risky proposition, but since I'm dying to have a camera to start with and I'm on a tight budget, I settled on the ones sold in an online auction, eBay. Fortunately for me, I happened to find a kind and honest seller. Everything he said on the description was true and the camera looks good as new and is working flawlessly in my observation.
escherichia
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Not trying to be funny here, but I think we (as in, everyone) should learn to control our emotions properly and look at things (threads) objectively. We are adults. Everyone is entitled to their opinion so thread wars are kind of silly.
XiaoMiaoWang
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Not trying to be funny here, but I think we (as in, everyone) should learn to control our emotions properly and look at things (threads) objectively. We are adults. Everyone is entitled to their opinion so thread wars are kind of silly.
Well tell that to most of the photog (or any other type of forum, for that matter) users and we would have world peace. *YAY I LOVE WORLD PEACE*
*sings We are the world... we are the children...*
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