PoTd - November 2

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 Pic-of-The-day - "Close to the Edge" & "Lost in a Dream".

Glassy in the Foreground & Vintage Bokeh in the background.
Yes Vintage Bokeh, to my eye the bokeh from this lens* is different than all of my modern lenses. To my eye the 'bokeh balls' from the lens can have harder edges sort of like a ring around the edge. ... Which you prefer is (to my mind) mostly a matter taste.

This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (*canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.

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PoTd - November 1

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Pic-of-The-day - "Off the Beaten Path". A shallow eddy to the side of the waterfall.

This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.

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PoTd - October 31

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Pic-of-The-day - "Frozen".
I was surprised how much light gets in with this lens*. In fact it often lets in more light than I want/need. I've learned that I can stop it down and still get some interesting vintage bokeh.  But sometimes (like this shot) I don't stop down enough and end up with some blown highlights.

This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (*canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.

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PoTd - October 30

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Pic-of-The-day - "Rushing Water".
This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.

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PoTd - October 29

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 Pic-of-The-day - "At the Brink".
This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.  I'm starting to feel like I'm getting better at controlling the  highlights with this lens.

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PoTd - October 27

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Pic-of-The-day - "Wide & Tall".
This series was all taken with a vintage 50mm (canon 1.8 FD) on a 70D.  It's a small waterfalls in Duff, that has the advantage that there is a little staircase that lets you get reasonably close to the water.

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Link of The Day - 70D Hands on test

The 70D is in stores and in the hands of people who want to be the first to use what has been touted as a reveloution in DSLR auto focus, especially for video.

Ok,  the hype hasn't been as big as the 5Diii,  but there ahs been a fair bit of talk about the new auto focus systwem, bigger sensor, and general improvments over the 60D.

Mitch at Planet 5D has done a  Hands on test test & "unboxing"  (never quite got unboxings).

I'm going to be watching for more info and waiting for "hello World" (magic lantern compatibility).

If things work out I could see this being my next body.

Link of The Day - Canon 70D Announced

It Looks pretty Sweet.

*New Af Stystem can do video AF with existing lenses, that sounds cool (providing it works as well as they say)

* new sensor

* alli comession (same as 1dx)

* wifi (& controller app)

* avaiable September

Here are the official specs for the camera:--from No Film School---

  

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• 20.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
• DIGIC 5+ Image Processor
• Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Live View
• 3.0″ 1,040k-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen
• Frame Rates:  1920 x 1080: 30 fps, 25 fps, 24 fps
• @ 1280 x 720: 60 fps, 50 fps
• IPB and ALL-I Compression
• SD, SDHC, SDXC Memory Cards
• Full HD 1080p Video with Move Servo AF
• Built-In Wireless Connectivity
• 19-Point All Cross-Type AF System
• Continuous Shooting Rate Up to 7 fps
• ISO 100-12800 (Expandable to ISO 25600)
• Scene Intelligent Auto Mode
• Body: $1,200
• With 18-55 STM: $1,350
• With 18-135 STM: $1,549

Watch the videos & read the write up  here.
Henry's Preorder for body only is $1299

Lucky number 7 for canon?

According to Canon Rumors.com they are expecting the 7Dmkii, 70D, & 700D (T5i) to come out this year.
They are saying the 70D will come out 1st in march and the 700D in June.   I thought march was the usual month to release the new rebel models (??0D / T?i) but they are expexting something different.
The 7dmkii is supposed to come out is Augsut, the last time there where rumours of a 7mkii is was supposed to be released nerer the end of the year.
7Dmkii Specs
70D Specs (also has stuff about 7Dmkii
700D Specs ??? - I can't find any proported specs for this one  but there is mention that all APS-C bodies will get a new sensor

This is a 'full' list of what's expected this year.

• EOS 70D – March 2013
• EOS 700D – June 2013
• EOS Me – July 2013
• EOS 7D Mark II – August 2013
• EOS 3D – October 2013

There where also reports last fall that there is a 40mp + body in development with no time line for announcment or release. (just threw that in for fun:)These are of course Rumours, from a site that is called Canon "Rumors".com but it's fun to speculate.