[Mr. B]

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Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif hurm I reprocessed some pics, and I am looking for some new glass. Hopefully by the end of the year my kit will be 85mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.4 and 17-40mm f/4. Do you think that kit will be decent for basket ball or will I need something longer?

Unless the arena has great lighting or you have remote flashes, F/4 is going to be real tough to pull off.

 

[inspecality]

I just got a brand new XS kit for $420! Pretty excited, my first DSLR.

 

[OverlordXenu]

I've had my EOS-3, 28/1.8, and 100/2 for a while now...And I'm in love. I just wish the focus was better...AF seems slightly messed up. I'd send my stuff in to Canon, but I need it. Manual has been fine, and I prefer it, anyway.

 

[PerformanceFirst]

Could someone help me out printing photos? I'm not doing anything fancy, just using a typical HP inkjet and some HP photo paper. My prints come out very flat looking and lacking in contrast, desaturated, etc. I don't have a calibrated monitor or anything, but the same thing happens with photos straight from memory card out of the camera. Should I try shooting in AdobeRGB? I doubt it will help with a consumer level printer, but it's all I can think of. Thank you.

 

[OverlordXenu]

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just using a typical HP inkjet and some HP photo paper

Problem: found.

Use a service similar to what Adorama provides. Messing with colorspace won't help unless you can calibrate your monitor, printer, and use a printer that actually has inks that can actually show the colorspace.

 

[ParadigmPenguin]

Bought an XSi kit recently, also have a G9 that's served me faithfully. Canon makes superb cameras, and prices sure have dropped recently.

 

[wanderman]

bah. first time shooting volleyball + first time using sigma 70-200 2.8 + 5d classic + me = mediocre volleyball shots. I was at iso 1600-3200 the entire time. bah

I have more photos to go through but it is not looking to good. AI servo failed hard while I was on the floor.

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif AI servo failed hard while I was on the floor.

Is that why you didn't like some of the photos? They were just not in focus?

 

[wanderman]

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Originally Posted by lan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is that why you didn't like some of the photos? They were just not in focus?

I missed alot of shots because of AI servo but once I switched to AI focus it was okay. The last time I shot sports I had a 40d which was a much better experience. The 3fps of the 5d was probably the most annoying thing.

 

[lan]

5D isn't a sports camera though. It's slow and the AF isn't as good as more modern camera. Why did you decide to use it?

 

[wanderman]

it is the only camera I have, but boy do I have some d700 lust now.

 

[beerguy0]

Translated from Chinese...sounds like an amazing camera, hope the rumored price of $1700 USD is right. If so, I'm getting one as soon as it's available. Definitely time to upgrade the 20D.

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[wanderman]

with the 7d canon finally has a camera that can compete with the d300

 

[M0T0XGUY]

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Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif with the 7d canon finally has a camera that can compete with the d300

Not so sure about that. Unless the new 7D has better high-ISO performance than the 40D, I'd say the extra 8 megapixels it offers over the latter will be wasted. For what it's worth, I've always thought the 40D very comparable in terms of image quality to the D300.

 

[Towert7]

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Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif with the 7d canon finally has a camera that can compete with the d300

But, the D300 is discontinued.... ^_^