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Canon 5D/2
It has been reported that when shooting at night with a visible light source (like lighted windows in a building) the right part shows black dots. It has also been reported that there is visible noise banding when shooting in RAW1 mode but not RAW2, RAW or jpg. Do not know the difference between the modes. Anyway Canon promised a firmware patch if they can but did not commit to when. Do the readers thing this is a big deal or a small temporary pain? Some say Canon knew about this and shipped anyway? What do you think? In the old film days I never heard of these things happening but in the computer age it seems par for the course. It seems when you spend $3700 for a camera and L lens you should not have to deal with these problems. |
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:41:39 -0800 (PST), PixelPix
wrote in : Pixel peeping is very much part of the digital era now and I wonder what people would think of film drum scans when viewed at 100%+. I know I compared my old high end A3 drum scans from 6x6 trannie back in my 6mp digi-days and they looked like total crap in comparison to the digital originals..... yet oddly, the scans where always plenty good enough for 4 colour repro in mags and brochures??? Go figure?? People now do it because they can, not because it means anything. It's just mindless mine-is-better/longer/wider nonsense. -- Best regards, John [Please Note: Ads belong (only) in rec.photo.marketplace.digital] |
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"measekite" wrote in message ... Canon 5D/2 It has been reported that when shooting at night with a visible light source (like lighted windows in a building) the right part shows black dots. It has also been reported that there is visible noise banding when shooting in RAW1 mode but not RAW2, RAW or jpg. Do not know the difference between the modes. Anyway Canon promised a firmware patch if they can but did not commit to when. Do the readers thing this is a big deal or a small temporary pain? Some say Canon knew about this and shipped anyway? What do you think? In the old film days I never heard of these things happening but in the computer age it seems par for the course. It seems when you spend $3700 for a camera and L lens you should not have to deal with these problems. It was reported on 19 December 2008 that Canon has made this statement about the problems with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk..._274 316.html The statement mentions that: "We are currently investigating and analysing the causes, and examining measures to reduce or eliminate these phenomena by providing correction firmware. An announcement will be made on www.canon-europe.com as soon as measures have been determined." I think it would be wise to defer purchasing the Canon EOS 5D Mark II until such time as Canon has sorted out the problems. Even then, I think I would wait until Canon's "fix" has been independently tested by experts and given the OK. It's a great camera, but it's also a lot of money, so unless you want a Sony A900, ( http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra900/ ) I think it might be best to patiently wait a while for the Canon. I like the idea of Canon's hi res movies, otherwise I would buy the Sony Alpha 900 as this doesn't seem to have similar "black dot" problems! -- Posted on news://freenews.netfront.net - Complaints to -- |
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John Navas wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:41:39 -0800 (PST), PixelPix wrote in : SNIP People now do it because they can, ... Ever wondered why cats keep licking their genitals ? Lorenzo |
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Jack K wrote:
"measekite" wrote in message ... Canon 5D/2 It has been reported that when shooting at night with a visible light source (like lighted windows in a building) the right part shows black dots. It has also been reported that there is visible noise banding when shooting in RAW1 mode but not RAW2, RAW or jpg. Do not know the difference between the modes. Anyway Canon promised a firmware patch if they can but did not commit to when. Do the readers thing this is a big deal or a small temporary pain? Some say Canon knew about this and shipped anyway? What do you think? In the old film days I never heard of these things happening but in the computer age it seems par for the course. It seems when you spend $3700 for a camera and L lens you should not have to deal with these problems. It was reported on 19 December 2008 that Canon has made this statement about the problems with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk..._274 316.html The statement mentions that: "We are currently investigating and analysing the causes, and examining measures to reduce or eliminate these phenomena by providing correction firmware. An announcement will be made on www.canon-europe.com as soon as measures have been determined." I think it would be wise to defer purchasing the Canon EOS 5D Mark II until such time as Canon has sorted out the problems. Even then, I think I would wait until Canon's "fix" has been independently tested by experts and given the OK. It's a great camera, but it's also a lot of money, so unless you want a Sony A900, ( http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra900/ ) I think it might be best to patiently wait a while for the Canon. I like the idea of Canon's hi res movies, otherwise I would buy the Sony Alpha 900 as this doesn't seem to have similar "black dot" problems! Oh, heavens, that was posted by someone who wanted to try to clear the wait list for the camera so he could get one earlier. -- john mcwilliams |
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"John McWilliams" wrote in message ... Jack K wrote: "measekite" wrote in message ... Canon 5D/2 It has been reported that when shooting at night with a visible light source (like lighted windows in a building) the right part shows black dots. It has also been reported that there is visible noise banding when shooting in RAW1 mode but not RAW2, RAW or jpg. Do not know the difference between the modes. Anyway Canon promised a firmware patch if they can but did not commit to when. Do the readers thing this is a big deal or a small temporary pain? Some say Canon knew about this and shipped anyway? What do you think? In the old film days I never heard of these things happening but in the computer age it seems par for the course. It seems when you spend $3700 for a camera and L lens you should not have to deal with these problems. It was reported on 19 December 2008 that Canon has made this statement about the problems with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk..._274 316.html The statement mentions that: "We are currently investigating and analysing the causes, and examining measures to reduce or eliminate these phenomena by providing correction firmware. An announcement will be made on www.canon-europe.com as soon as measures have been determined." I think it would be wise to defer purchasing the Canon EOS 5D Mark II until such time as Canon has sorted out the problems. Even then, I think I would wait until Canon's "fix" has been independently tested by experts and given the OK. It's a great camera, but it's also a lot of money, so unless you want a Sony A900, ( http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra900/ ) I think it might be best to patiently wait a while for the Canon. I like the idea of Canon's hi res movies, otherwise I would buy the Sony Alpha 900 as this doesn't seem to have similar "black dot" problems! Oh, heavens, that was posted by someone who wanted to try to clear the wait list for the camera so he could get one earlier. -- john mcwilliams Just for the record, the Canon 5D Mark II I ordered has already arrived and been offered to me, but I will wait until the current problems have been sorted out before I actually purchase one. -- Posted on news://freenews.netfront.net - Complaints to -- |
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