Alastair Norcross

"DR nightmare story"? Isn't that a little hyperbolic? Doesn't your store have a return policy? Can't you get the 6DII, try it for yourself, and return it, if the picture quality is really nightmarish?

Yes, the same goes for the Canon GX series, which also use the Sony 1 inch sensor. I have the G7XII, which is a terrific carry-anywhere camera, that is a lot better than an iPhone. It also has a ...

And they were never actually released. They were announced, but later cancelled. I think Astrophotographer 10 was probably thinking of the Nikon 1 series of mirrorless interchangeable lens ...

After my last marathon.

I used to ask the same question in threads complaining about lack of DR in Canon cameras. Very rarely did anyone post an example showing the extra DR. Almost all the examples that did get posted ...

And DPAF, and ergonomics, and reliability, and.... Not if the FF mirrorless has an EF mount.

To get focus lock, switch to back button focus, and remove focus from the shutter button. I've been shooting that way for about ten years. If you want to lock focus, press the appropriate button  ...

It was with the 20D, 50D, 7D, and 7DII. I don't know why it would be different with the 5DIV. The only exception is very low light focusing. I saw a Canon video explaining why this is the case, ...

I don't know. I've been using the CC version for well over a year, so I'm not sure what the updates to 5.7 were. The advantage of the CC version is that you get the updates really quickly, and you ...

Sorry. I shoot almost all the time in Av mode, and RAW, so picture styles aren't really relevant for me. I process everything in Lightroom. I have Lightroom set up to apply settings automatically ...

Did you ever get to test any Sterlingtek batteries? I used to use Greenbatteries, but they eventually went out of business, I think. I switched to Sterlingtek, and have been really impressed. The ...

I'm sorry. I'm still not understanding your point. The Sterlingtek shows a better recharge performance, according to the camera. Does that mean that it holds more of a charge? I don't know. And if ...

The 7DII actually has more selectable AF points than the D500 (65 versus 55), and a lot more selectable cross-type points (65 versus 35). Most of the D500's 153 points are just helper points. ...

I think the implication was that it was a bit surprising, to say the least, for you to say that the noise on the 7D is unacceptable above ISO 100. Most 7D owners, myself included (I had one for 4 ...

I'm not sure what you're saying. Why do you think the Canon has more power? You're not talking about the remaining charge level, are you? That only indicates how much of the charge is left. The ...

What do you mean you hope I'm right? I have no view at all on what the actual DR of the 6DII is. My point is about the hyperbolic overreaction to the possibility that the DR might be about the ...

Well, I understand that some people will be seriously disappointed if the 6DII only allows 3 stops of shadow lifting at low ISO, like the original 6D (which had just terrible IQ, as all the people ...

Occasionally, people ask about battery performance, and about third-party batteries, so I thought I'd share some experience. When I bought my 7DII in October 2014, I bought a Sterlingtek battery ...

Usual? Actually, the 5 year gap between the 7D and 7DII was pretty unusual at the time, and partly made possible by a substantial firmware update to the 7D after 3 years. If a 7DIII is announced ...

That's pretty funny. I'm sure Canon is really worried about the market-influencing power of DigitalRev. Sports and wildlife photographers tend to have a lot invested in lenses. They don't often ...