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From: MikeWhy on 17 Jan 2010 19:42 "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message news:mpGdnTT-Fdq5us_WnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d(a)giganews.com... > The Idea was to get you-all to look at my Mustang photo and ask, "What > kind of wheels are those?", to which I respond: ... Actually, I was wondering what crappy filter you had mounted on your lens and if you noticed the flare and loss of contrast at all, or if your monitor was just badly un-/mal-adjusted.
From: Paul Furman on 17 Jan 2010 21:04 Frank ess wrote: > I did a six-tenths motoring trip up South Grade Road to the S-6/7 > > Apparently a /lot/ of 5D users have had the same bad news. The good news > is that Canon acknowledges the problem and will "reinforce" the mirror's > attachment free of charge. > > http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4260881611_3db369eea6_o.jpg Nice that they covered it out of warranty. Nice wheels too. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam
From: Frank ess on 18 Jan 2010 00:43 MikeWhy wrote: > "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message > news:mpGdnTT-Fdq5us_WnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> The Idea was to get you-all to look at my Mustang photo and ask, >> "What kind of wheels are those?", to which I respond: ... > > Actually, I was wondering what crappy filter you had mounted on > your lens and if you noticed the flare and loss of contrast at all, > or if your monitor was just badly un-/mal-adjusted. Admitting to a less-than-perfectly-educated eye, I must ask for a bit of tutoring here: what am I looking for if I want to see the "flare" in that picture? Can't be due to a filter: I misplaced the only one I own for this size lens (70mm, Canon circular polarizer). "Loss of contrast" I think I see (in the back of the car?) and can explain*. Anything else about the picture? I have two monitors: Trinitron 420G on a RIVA TNT2 Model 64 from whenever they came out several or more years ago, that gets about an hour's use a month, but is well-adjusted; a Viewsonic VX2255wm-2 on a Geforce FX 5600, that I despair of ever getting a completely satisfactory display from, although from time to time it looks pretty good to me. Thank you for your comments. -- Frank ess *Ham-handed Photo Shop operator
From: MikeWhy on 18 Jan 2010 03:40 "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message news:HvSdnRf_7cSbaM7WnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > > MikeWhy wrote: >> "Frank ess" <frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote in message >> news:mpGdnTT-Fdq5us_WnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d(a)giganews.com... >>> The Idea was to get you-all to look at my Mustang photo and ask, >>> "What kind of wheels are those?", to which I respond: ... >> >> Actually, I was wondering what crappy filter you had mounted on >> your lens and if you noticed the flare and loss of contrast at all, >> or if your monitor was just badly un-/mal-adjusted. > > Admitting to a less-than-perfectly-educated eye, I must ask for a bit of > tutoring here: what am I looking for if I want to see the "flare" in that > picture? Can't be due to a filter: I misplaced the only one I own for this > size lens (70mm, Canon circular polarizer). > > "Loss of contrast" I think I see (in the back of the car?) and can > explain*. > > Anything else about the picture? > > I have two monitors: Trinitron 420G on a RIVA TNT2 Model 64 from whenever > they came out several or more years ago, that gets about an hour's use a > month, but is well-adjusted; a Viewsonic VX2255wm-2 on a Geforce FX 5600, > that I despair of ever getting a completely satisfactory display from, > although from time to time it looks pretty good to me. > > Thank you for your comments. > > -- > Frank ess > *Ham-handed Photo Shop operator Yes, the back of the car especially should be much richer in blacks and shadow detail. There are no real blacks, and the highlights are way too harsh. They all look about a full stop overexposed, perhaps from the monitor adjusted too dark and the levels shifted to compensating. Nvidia's display optimizer is serviceable for a rough calibration. (My monitors were calibrated less than a month ago with an EyeOne Display 2.) The problem probably isn't nose grease or dust on the lens, but a good dusting with a rolled up corner of a micro-fiber towel wouldn't hurt.
From: Robert Coe on 18 Jan 2010 10:56
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:57:52 -0800, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : On 1/17/10 PDT 1:26 PM, Robert Coe wrote: : > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:06:32 -0800, "Frank ess"<frank(a)fshe2fs.com> wrote: : : > : While stopped I made a hundred-fifty or so exposures with my Canon : > : EOS-5D through the Canon 24-70 2.8L and 70-200 2.8L IS lenses. Then : > : everything went dark. After pushing all of what I thought were : > : appropriate buttons with no relief, I took off the lens and the mirror : > : fell out on the ground. Uh-oh. Bad news. : > : : > : Apparently a /lot/ of 5D users have had the same bad news. The good : > : news is that Canon acknowledges the problem and will "reinforce" the : > : mirror's attachment free of charge. My contact at Canon's Customer : > : Support Center was Jennifer. She said I could drop off the camera at : > : the Irvine branch - 68 miles away - or they would send me a UPS : > : shipping label to put on my carefully-packed box. This kind of : > : "adjustment" goes to the head of the line, and will result in a 3- or : > : 4-day turnaround. : > : : > : Apparently an email went out to registered users (thought I /was/ one) : > : about six months ago: ... : > : > DMac complained about that nearly two years ago, didn't he? It happened to him : > while he was shooting a wedding, and he was livid - claimed he immediately got : > rid of all his Canon gear. : : DMac said a lot of things, but I don't recall that one. I do recall, : though, how he complained about failure of an earlier Canon, but on : questioning, it turned out he was using the built in flash, many : hundreds exposures per hour, all in temperatures above the camera's : stated range..... I'm positive that he claimed that the mirror fell out of his 5D while he was shooting a wedding. The only thing I'm in doubt about is when it happened (i.e., before or after Canon acknowledged it as a problem). Bob |