02.28.09
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Canon 5D Mark II is the upgrade of the popular full frame Camera Canon 5D. Canon 5D Mark II is the only full frame digital SLR with 1080p HD video recording function. It received great reviews on dpreview, popphoto. To help the folks who want to buy Canon 5D mark II, the following is a list of best lenses, essential accessories:
The best place to buy Canon 5D Mark II: for US residents is amazon ($2699 free shipping), for international buyers, B&H $2699 free shipping
Canon has a $200 mail-in rebate on the purchase of Canon DSLR, a lens and Speedlight 580II.
Best lenses for Canon 5D mark II:
Standard lenses:
Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8 L USM and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Best telephoto lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM
Best portrait lenses:
Canon 85mm f/1.2 L II USM
Canon EF 135 mm f/2L USM
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Canon 5D Mark II essential accessories
- Canon battery grip BG-E6 ($275.95 from B & H)
- Digital SLR bags: many people like the photo backpack. Here is the link to Canon Deluxe photo backpack 200EG ($34.78 at amazon, a great price!). If you like a compact bag, Lowpro Rezo 170AW is an excellent one ($49.95) is a good one.
- Filters: circular polarizers are the most useful filters.
- CF cards: You need at least two memory cards with at least 8G each in case one is fail. The recommend brands are lexar, SanDisk or Kingston.
- External flash: Canon 580EX II, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2
- Tripod: Gitzo GT-1541T Traveler 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs ($519 from B&H) with a good ball head: such as Kirk BH-1($355 from B&H).
- Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX,
- Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-1, Remote Controller RC-5
- Software: Adoble photoshop lightroom 2.
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02.28.09
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I got my kindle 2 yesterday. After downloaded the first book, and played for some time, here are my first impressions:
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The good:
Kindle 2 looks really nice! The keys are much better than kindle 1. The five ways button works really well. You can turn pages easily with one hand and read with one hand holding the kindle.
Kindle 2 is great for travel. You can download your favorite books anytime. You can take your kindle library with you and choose any book you like to read.
Kindle is a fantastic tool for learning English. Classics are very cheaper to download, most classics are only $0.99. You can look up the dictionary with the five way button very easily. You can use text to speech feature to correct your pronunciations: this is especially important for students who learn English as the second language.
The bad:
the screen is relatively small. I wish to have a much big screen. The background is too dark. You need bright light to read comfortably. Turns of page bother my eyes. The Internet browser is far from useful. There is no SD card and replaceable battery.
The ugly:
The kindle can only used in US. If there is no sprint data coverage, you can not use kindle.
To buy Kindle 2: link is here.
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02.27.09
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For in door wedding, very limited light is available. Fast lenses, at least f/2.8, are required. lenses with image stabilization are even better.
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM is regraded as the best standard lens for small sensor cameras. Although this lens is not L lens, the optical quality is excellent. Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L and Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS are the best standard lenses for full frame cameras such as Canon 5D. Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM is definitely the best telephoto lens for both small sensor and full frame cameras.
Good portrait lenses are very useful in wedding too. Some of the best are Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM, Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L, and Canon EF 135mm f/2 LUSM.
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02.25.09
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cnet editors’ rating: Excellent (4/5)
with 2GB of internal memory, it’s capable of storing 1,500 electronic books; font size is adjustable; improved battery life; displays image files and plays MP3 and AAC audio; compatible with Windows and Mac machines; new Text-to-Speech feature allows you to have text read aloud
No expansion slot for adding more memory or accessing files; files such as PDFs and Word documents aren’t natively supported,
Amazon Kindle 2 offers a range of improvements that makes it the best overall e-book reader we’ve seen to date.
the new Kindle edges even closer to the ideal of an e-book reader. The reading experience is immersive, natural and pleasant; the book catalog, while not yet complete, is growing and delivered instantaneously; and apart from the clicky keyboard (an unnecessary appendage 99.9 percent of the time), the design feels right
WIRED The best e-reading system on the market. Welcome improvements to aesthetics, more functional industrial design, better graphics and longer battery life. Sleeker than the original: A third of an inch thick and 10 ounces.
TIRED Quite expensive. Book content shackled with DRM. Interface is improved, sure, but it could be even better.
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02.24.09
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In the past, Canon EOS rebel series of digital SLRs were upgraded every 18 months.
- Canon EOS rebel or 300D, 6.3 megapixel, introduced on Aug 20, 2003
- Canon EOS rebel XT or 350D, 8.2 megapixel, introduced on Feb 17, 2005
- Canon EOS rebel XTi 400D, 10.0 megapixel, introduced on Aug 24, 2006
- Canon EOS rebel XSi or 450D, 12.2 megapixel, introduced on Jan 24, 2008
It was predicted that Canon XSi upgrade, which could be called Canon XRi or Canon 500D, would be available sometime in the summer, most likely on Aug, 2009. Since Canon 50D has 15 megapixel sensor, Canon XRi would be 15 megapixel and of course, with HD video recording function to compete with Nikon D90.
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02.22.09
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