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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM

While majority buy and recommend like we do, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, we decided that for little bit more money, you get a better lens, the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM AF. Why ? It's newer lens, with better optic elements, better build quality,...

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Quality above quantity on the Canon5dtips site

Hello, We are trying hard to improve content quality on Canon5Dtips.com site and as result the frequency of our articles is not at high speed pace. Help us, to help you, you can share your insights, questions, ideas with us and tell us how can we improve the site even more. Our articles that we plan to write/publish in near ...

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The Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

This prime lens replaced the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 in 1991. It's built with plastic but very sharp. Note that on a cropped sensor DSLR body, it’s equivalent to 80mm (i.e. 50mm x 1.6 = 80 mm).

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Top 10 – Best Buy Lenses for Canon – 2013

Top 10 Best Buy Lenses for Canon

Searching for lenses can be hard and time consuming task. There are plenty of amazing reviews about each lens, but reading all of those long articles can be sometimes just to hard, so there is no need to read yet another long story about each of these lenses, we’ve red it all for you and put it in a short (only facts) article with all the important ingredients.

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RØDE iXY Microphone for iPhone

Introduction The RØDE iXY is a stereo microphone for iPhone 4/4S, iPad 1/2/3 and iPod touch that features: -on board A/D Conversion -broadcast-quality up to 24-bit and 96kHz recording -pair of ½” condenser capsules The condenser capsules are arranged in a stacked XY configuration to ensure detailed and impressive sounds-capes that are always true-to-life. These are housed in an all-metal chassis that makes ...

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Will Canon Announce 70D on April 23, 2013?

60D

Couple of sites talk about Canon and their press events on Tuesday April 23, 2013. While there are no specifics announced so far, we guess that it will have DIGIC 6 processor with 18MP CMOS sensor same as Canon Rebel T5i or Canon EOS Rebel SL1. New 70D should replace 2.5 years old Canon EOS 60D. Sources: Canonrumors Photographybay Stay ...

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How to record a video with Canon 5D Mark II

6th Menu to the right

Introduction With 5D Mark III already established on the market, an ‘old’ camera, Canon EOS 5D Mark II became one of the most popular and affordable ones and thus more interesting to wider audience. An excellent camera with superb video capabilities and a pioneer when it comes to dslr videography. But when I first tried to shoot video, I must ...

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