The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

ramdrive · 13 Oct 2017 at 20:29

Love it Robbie, you got that "V" in the end then :cool:

Please report back tomorrow and good luck with the wedding.

mrk · 13 Oct 2017 at 20:33

Cheers

There's two of us for this one, quite a big gig. And the weather looks to be partly cloudy, the very best kind of cloudy!

Raymond Lin · 13 Oct 2017 at 20:34

The 35L mk2 hood does have that catch lock now, it doesn't bother me, I think it is one of the first lenses to have it. I have never seen it before but then I haven't bought a Canon lens for a couple of years.

One thing you will notice is the new 35 is a bit longer, by like an inch. it is plastic outside but if you read the tear down article earlier, everything inside is built much better, to last.

Schizo · 13 Oct 2017 at 20:50

ramdrive said:
Ahh the guy with the 750D if I recall!!

What you buy

I dare not say say

Schizo · 13 Oct 2017 at 21:14

ramdrive said:
Ahh the guy with the 750D if I recall!!

What you buy

Sod it,i'll post one over the weekend for the lolz

CGrieves · 13 Oct 2017 at 23:49

The 70-200 II also has the hood latch....

mrk · 14 Oct 2017 at 07:58

I wish more lenses adopted that system, it's great.

mrk · 15 Oct 2017 at 00:48

Alright, consider me converted to the Canon 35mm 1.4 II.

The Sigma Art is excellent, no doubt about that, but the canon does a few things the Sigma requires extra clicks to correct in Lightroom after, such as eliminating purple fringing/CA. It's also sharper and more accurate when using corner AF points.

Mighty impressed.

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 01:15

…….told ya so….

Is it a world apart? No.
Is it better though? Abso - fricking - lutely

The way it eliminate CA is just mind boggling, so much so I plan to get the new Canon 85/1.4 if the same quality carries over.

p.s. it may be the compression of your photo but I think you can get it sharper than that.

mrk · 15 Oct 2017 at 01:24

Oh indeed, the photo I posted has had zero sharpening done, that's the RAW, with my preset applied and sharpening turned off just to show how sharp it is out of the box!

A new Canon 85 1.4 you say?

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 01:27

mrk said:
Oh indeed, the photo I posted has had zero sharpening done, that's the RAW, with my preset applied and sharpening turned off just to show how sharp it is out of the box!

A new Canon 85 1.4 you say?

It's due out soon, It's a 85/1.4L with IS. They say it is not a replacement of the 1.2 but a middle between it, the price however is only about £200 less than the 1.2, I have a feeling they are going to slowly pull the 1.2 off the market and leave the 1.4L IS as their flagship 85mm.

ramdrive · 15 Oct 2017 at 02:42

mrk said:
Alright, consider me converted to the Canon 35mm 1.4 II.

The Sigma Art is excellent, no doubt about that, but the canon does a few things the Sigma requires extra clicks to correct in Lightroom after, such as eliminating purple fringing/CA. It's also sharper and more accurate when using corner AF points.

Mighty impressed.

Good boy, welcome to the club!

Sorry but not sharp enough, you need to get the lens down to Elstree for recalibration...

Your mind will be blown after, it is free so get it down there asap.

ramdrive · 15 Oct 2017 at 02:44

Raymond Lin said:
…….told ya so….

Is it a world apart? No.
Is it better though? Abso - fricking - lutely

The way it eliminate CA is just mind boggling, so much so I plan to get the new Canon 85/1.4 if the same quality carries over.

p.s. it may be the compression of your photo but I think you can get it sharper than that.

Sorry, that is not sharp, have you had it down to Elstree to recalibration?

DeathStorm · 15 Oct 2017 at 02:57

ramdrive said:
Sorry, that is not sharp, have you had it down to Elstree to recalibration?

This is why we can't have nice things.

Dale V · 15 Oct 2017 at 07:36

This is definitely a willy waving thread, but the willy who's waving hasnt actually waved any new gear... just his willy!

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 13:46

"Ride" mic

Columbo · 15 Oct 2017 at 14:19

ramdrive said:
Sorry, that is not sharp, have you had it down to Elstree to recalibration?

LMAO, I don't even think you are baiting. Ray and Robbie are posting pics of theirs, showing how their new gear is performing.

Where are yours, or is all your gear too busy being calibrated by someone else?

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 15:06

Columbo said:
LMAO, I don't even think you are baiting. Ray and Robbie are posting pics of theirs, showing how their new gear is performing.

Where are yours, or is all your gear too busy being calibrated by someone else?

My cameras are calibrated just fine

I don't answer to trolls anymore.

Dale V · 15 Oct 2017 at 15:31

I have that same mic raymond. I bought it for my own wedding... But kinda didn't use it. A few brief tests and it seems good though, what do you think?

Edit.. Sorry, mines a genuine rode

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2017 at 15:37

Dale V said:
I have that same mic raymond. I bought it for my own wedding... But kinda didn't use it. A few brief tests and it seems good though, what do you think?

Edit.. Sorry, mines a genuine rode

So is mine

Autocorrect put Ride so I kept the joke up.

I've not tried it yet, its just something to use for my trip in a few weeks. Anything is better than the built in one, that's the bar really, so not looking for the best but just the most compact.