Alastair Norcross

So the 5D3 with, say, 70-200 F2.8L ISII and 1.4X converter will give about the same quality image as the 7D with just the 70-200 F2.8L ISII? Given that the 5D3 combo costs over $2000 more than the...

8 Canon lenses (7 EF, 1 EFS), 1 third party (Sigma), maybe, no.

AFAIK the 350D uses phase-detect AF too. Because third-party lens manufacturers reverse-engineer their AF modules, they often aren't completely compatible with new camera models. You could contact...

If you get the 24-105 in a kit with a camera, it's often only about $500, which is very tempting. But why would the Tamron be preferable? Is it sharper? I find the 24-105 to be very sharp. Is the...

If by "extra degree", you mean that the background will be even more blurred, because it's F1.4 as opposed to F1.8, you'll be disappointed. Or rather, you won't be disappointed in the F1.8. If you...

If you are going to get a 24-X  F4 IS plus prime, I would go for the 24-105, not the 24-70, unless you really really want close to macro. The 24-70 is shorter and more expensive, and only very...

Where do you get that? In my experience, this is nonsense. IS makes all the difference in the world on the 70-200 F2.8L IS II at 200mm at speeds all the way up to at least 1/1000, certainly on crop...

The OP got the D30, not the 30D.

What version of football are you talking about? American football has 100 yards from goal line to goal line. 100 metres is about 110 yards. Real football (soccer) fields are just as long, if not...

If you're talking about a manual focus F1.4 (a previous poster assumed you meant the Canon 50 F1.4), I would forget about it. The 7D has a superb autofocus system, and, although you can use manual...

You saw a 7D at a Best Buy in March 2009? Six months before Canon announced it in September 2009? Wow! Where was this Best Buy? In a Tardis? I remember thinking when the 7D first came out what...

Perhaps you are taking more than one frame. Are you in high speed drive setting?

It makes sense, in that I know what you mean. However, I have the opposite reaction. I find the noise of the 7D to be more film-like, which I find more pleasing.

I'm one who disagrees. I had the 50D before the 7D. I liked my 50D a lot, but I love my 7D. The 50D was certainly better at high ISO than my 20D, which has the same sensor as the 30D, but the 7D is...

If you have $12,000 lying around, you could always get the new 200-400 with built-in 1.4X extender. And, for only another $700, you can buy the Canon hard case for it. A bargain! :-)

In Lightroom, select all the files, switch to the develop module, apply any settings you want (contrast, sharpening, etc.), select export, choose the options you want (size, color space, extra...

As a previous poster said, it's because evaluative metering takes the position of the focus point into account in one-shot, but not in servo. Here's a post from a couple of years ago that gives...

Were you shooting RAW? If so, you still have the color data. If not, this is a good reason to shoot RAW. :-)

This is the first mention I've seen of this imaginary "consensus", and I read these forums a lot. If there is a difference in strength of AA filter (and I've no idea whether there is), you simply...

Although I don't have the 60D, I have the 20D and 7D, and had the 50D. All can use servo with single AF point. I would be astonished if the 60D can't do that. I would think that either the DVD is...