Forum: Digital Photography
July 18th 10, 11:54 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 0
Views: 194
Canon 24-70 L issues
Can someone (anyone!) with first-hand experience with the Canon
24-70L f2.8 USM please comment on the issues I keep hearing about? I
know they're sharp, and that the 28-70L is old, etc, but there...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 7th 10, 07:29 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 1
Views: 415
5D...150x max write speed?
I visited two camera stores in Portland over the weekend, including
Camera World. I asked about the newer, faster CF cards for my 5D, to
replacer my original 133x and 150x cards. At both stores I was...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 27th 10, 08:37 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 11
Views: 860
Replacement batteries
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:32:17 -0700, Mike Russell
wrote:
I second the recommendation of www.thomas-distributing.com. I did not
realize that they did camera...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 22nd 10, 09:19 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 11
Views: 860
Replacement batteries
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:50:58 -0700, "Cassandra J. Nichols"
wrote:
I've purchased a handful (three) from MyDigitalDiscount.com and have no
complaints. I don't know...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 22nd 10, 07:34 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 11
Views: 860
Replacement batteries
I need new BP511A's for my 5D. Prices are all over the board on the
aftermarket stuff, and so are the claimed milliamp hours. Anyone here
know of a dependable source of reliable...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 1st 10, 06:35 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 15
Views: 775
CF cards redux
On Sun, 30 May 2010 13:28:58 -0500, "Ron" wrote:
The following has test results of reading and writing various CF cards using
a Canon...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 29th 10, 03:27 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 7
Views: 531
Actuations in the 5D
On Sat, 29 May 2010 15:15:41 +0200, "Lucas" wrote:
At least the OP now knows that there IS an answer to the question, so "keep
on looking" may not entirely be a quest for the...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 29th 10, 03:17 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 15
Views: 775
CF cards redux
On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:42:59 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:
My suggestion is that for a 22MP camera it's time to go to 8GB cards. They're
cheaper per picture than 4GB cards and may spare...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 28th 10, 05:39 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 7
Views: 531
Actuations in the 5D
On Fri, 28 May 2010 03:51:14 -0700 (PDT), ransley
wrote:
On May 28, 4:20*am, wrote:
Has anybody (besides Canon) ever come up with a way to check...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 28th 10, 02:28 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 15
Views: 775
CF cards redux
On Wed, 26 May 2010 18:32:19 -0400, me wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:31:40 -0700, wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:59:08 -0400, ...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 26th 10, 10:31 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 15
Views: 775
CF cards redux
On Wed, 26 May 2010 08:59:08 -0400, wrote:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-8198
Yeah, I know all about that page. It hasn't been updated in four
years. That's...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 26th 10, 11:13 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 15
Views: 775
CF cards redux
The last round of CF cards I got for my original 5D (three years ago)
were Lexar Pro 133x and Ridata Supremes (150x). Time to renew.
BH has the 4GB Delkin UDMA Pro 305x for $30. Anyone ever try 'em?...
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Forum: Digital Photography
March 14th 10, 07:44 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 2
Views: 742
5D battery questions
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:47:37 -0700 (PDT), DanP
wrote:
On Mar 13, 8:09*pm, wrote:
So here's the question: Who's got decent, high mAh BP-11A clones...
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Forum: Digital Photography
March 13th 10, 08:09 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 2
Views: 742
5D battery questions
When I bought my 5D three years ago I got the original Canon BP-11A
battery with it and three Impact clones from B&H at $30 apiece. One of
the clones has never quite held much of a charge, the others...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 27th 08, 08:48 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 6
Views: 491
Re-upping CF cards
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:47:38 -0500, nospam
wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
(Btw, how can SanDisk claim...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 27th 08, 04:37 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 6
Views: 491
Re-upping CF cards
I see that Galbraith has posted a write speed performance test for CF
cards in the 5d Mark II. http://tinyurl.com/6jlmya
Lots of SanDisk and Lexar cards tested, no current Ridatas. But if the
write...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 26th 08, 02:05 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 6
Views: 491
Re-upping CF cards
Time to get some new CF cards for my 5D. I've been using Lexar 133x
Wa's and Ridata Supreme 150x. Now it's all about 233, 266 and 300x,
but I can't find an analyis of how these perform in real time...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 26th 08, 01:55 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 6
Views: 666
adoramazonupsps is NUTS!!!!
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:29:12 -0500, Robert Coe wrote:
Maybe it depends on what part of the country you're in. Where I live
(Massachusetts), UPS is extremely reliable and often...
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Forum: Digital Photography
November 7th 08, 04:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 5
Views: 665
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Forum: Digital Photography
November 3rd 08, 06:19 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 5
Views: 665
Digital Railroad disappears overnight
In the continuing saga of Why I Still Prefer Film Even Though I Now
Use A 5D, there's this:
http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/10/digitalrailroad.html
JJ
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Forum: In The Darkroom
October 17th 08, 12:24 AM Posted to rec.photo.darkroom
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,648
A new film from Kodak.
On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:01:40 -0400, Michael
wrote:
When I checked Kodak's website a week or so ago it listed Ektar 100,
claimed it was a direct (but faster) descendant of...
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Forum: Digital Photography
April 17th 08, 07:36 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 0
Views: 326
New Ridata "Smart" CF cards
Anyone tried the new Ridata "Smart" CF cards yet? Any realtime
diffrerence between the Lightning and Supreme series? For that matter,
has there been any updated comparison of the various CF cards in...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 15th 07, 10:40 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 1
Views: 711
Apples, oranges, new crop of P&S's
I don't want to haul my 5D and all it's gear on vacation. Yesterday I
checked out the following P&S cameras, most of them recent releases.
Lumix DMC-TZ3
Coolpix S700, S200
Coolpix 5100
PowerShot SD...
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Forum: Digital Photography
November 12th 07, 09:03 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 1
Views: 443
266x CF cards -- any recent data?
Are there any recent test results comparing various 266x CF cards with
133x and 150x? Rob Galbraith's page hasn't been updated in over a
year.
JJ
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Forum: Digital Photography
October 18th 07, 12:19 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 8
Views: 559
Shooting a live concert: RESULTS
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:49:45 -0400, Cynicor
wrote:
I had a 30/1.4 with me. But there was this middle-aged dummy with a
horseshoe-baldness-hiding cap who would not...
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