George Kapoyan

You couldn't have said it any better. 5D, 5Dc, 5D Mark 1, 5D Original... who cares? I was trying to differentiate it from the two other models on the market and did an excellent job doing...

Hello all, Yesterday I picked up a used Canon 5Dc (12.8 MP). Today I was reviewing images on the camera and realized that there is a black border on the top and bottom of the pictures (this border...

I would consider looking into manual focus lenses.I used the m42 SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 for quite some time and then eventually made the switch to a Nikon Nikkor 55mm f/1.2. Immediately thereafter,...

I understand and acknowledge that letting go of the shutter button still held "half-way" down and pressing it again will be pointless and you will have to start all over again.What I was referring...

Makes sense.Coming from a non-USM lenses that did not have FTM features, I guess this was more of a technical concern. I did some reading and found out that with Full Time Manual focus, there are...

I will look into that. Thanks for the suggestion.It seemed a little weird to me because once the USM motor took over, the manual focus ring got a 'loose' feel to it. This was especially true in...

I have a question regarding full-time manual focus override on the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS.Per manual, I understand that manual focusing is available after the subject comes into focus in...

Hello everyone. I ended up purchasing a brand new 70-200 f/4L IS. Should be here sometime tomorrow... After all of the feedback, I figured it would be to the best of my interest to save up a little...

Brain freeze. Didn't realize the Fotodiox adapters I use come with an AF confirmation chip that can be re-programmed (they are all programmed at widest aperture, f1/4). Now it makes sense as to why...

Hello everyone,Just picked up a Nikon Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 manual focus lens to use on my T2i (550D).I will be adapting it to the camera with an appropriate adapter (as I have done with my other m42...