Entries for Tag: 'canon'
Focus & Recompose Exposed
Great article by James Duncan Davidson about why at large apertures the focus and recompose doesn't work the way you might think. This is why the 1Ds Mark III has a 45-point autofocus system, and why some are not happy about the new 5D Mark II's 9-point autofocus. Also, make sure you check out the depth-of-field calculator that he links to at the bottom.
Posted on Tue. September 30, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Laforet's video shot with the new Canon 5D Mark II
Very well done for someone who really isn't a videographer. But the real star here is the quality of this video. Remember that this is not manipulated in any way except that it is resized down to 1/4 of the original size. Also see the behind the scenes video of how it was made. Very exciting stuff. It really does make that $2700 price point very compelling.
Posted on Tue. September 23, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Loforet on the Canon 5D MkII
I want one of these so bad I can't stand it. Those are not pictures on his blog. Those are stills from a *video*...
Low light photography, shooting at 3200 speed? Yeah, I'll take 2. More on this later...
Posted on Mon. September 22, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Canon 5d Mark II
Now this is what I am talking about! A full frame 21MP sensor, 1080p HD video and ISO 25,600 equivalent mode are the headline specs. This is the link to the dpreview hands on preview. At a suggested retail price of US$2,699 it really is a bargain, even though that means I probably wont have one for a while. More on this later after I have had a chance to read more.
Posted on Wed. September 17, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Vincent Laforet on packing his camera equipment for the Olympics. I can only hope that one day I have a set up anywhere near that sweet.
Posted on Wed. September 10, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Everyone that has ever seen me shoot pictures always comments on how many pictures I take and how few pictures I actually end up with. With digital photography today, you can shoot hundreds, even thousands of images an hour without really thinking about it, for relatively cheap. Here is a link where
Vincel Laforet talks about how many images he shot at the Olympics. This does not surprise me at all. Sure, its not fun going through all of those images, but you would certainly rather have too many than not enough.
Posted on Tue. September 09, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Money Shot. This is what every sports photographer hopes to get at some point in their lives.
Posted on Tue. September 09, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Man, I almost look forward to Canon announcements as much as Apple's. This new 50D looks mighty nice. From DPReview:
Almost exactly a year after the arrival of the EOS 40D, Canon has announced the 50D, which we're assured will be a sister-model, rather than a replacement. Recent history has seen Canon release new models every 18 months-or-so but it's been a busy year with newcomers such as the Nikon D300 getting a lot of attention in the 40D's keen amateur/professional segment. The 50D puts essentially a 40D body wrapped around a newly-developed 15 megapixel sensor that finally rectifies the situation in which Canon's x0D range trailed the company's entry-level line, in pixel terms. Canon is claiming that the new sensor's design (new manufacturing processes, redesigned photo diodes and micro lenses) mean that despite the higher resolution the noise is actually lower than the 40D, something we'll obviously be putting to the test when we get our hands on a production model.
The other big change is the inclusion of a new, high-resolution LCD screen. 920,000 dots mean that it can convey 640 x 480 RGB pixels, making it effectively a VGA standard monitor.
$1,200 is a lot of money, but for the top of the "prosumer" line, it really isn't all that bad...
Posted on Tue. August 26, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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Probably the best photo I have ever taken (at least my favorite):
Posted on Thu. August 21, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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So Kodak has released their
Flip video killer,
the Zi6.
Scott Stevenson with the review:
The Zi6 is clearly inspired by the Flip Video, and has a form factor similar to that family of devices. The main advantages of the Zi6 are that it can record at 720p HD resolution at up to 60fps, has a bigger screen, and the native video file format is H.264, so it's Mac compatible out of the box. The Zi6 also has a fixed macro mode, which it appears the Flip does not.
720p HD at up to 60fps! That is really quite something for such a small form factor.
I have a flip video ultra and love it for what it is. The zoom is basically worthless, but for recording some small video clip it is worth every penny. I basically use the flip video camera like a point-and-shoot camera the way I would compare my canon hv20 HD camcorder to my canon DSLR's. Quick and dirty verses slow but better.
Amazon has the
Kodak Zi6 for $180 and you can compare that to the
Flip Ultra for $120.
I have to say even though I have never maxed out my flip yet, I would think the ability to use the expandable SD memory card in the Kodak alone is worth the extra 60 bucks. Anyone out there tried one of these Zi6's yet? What did you think?
Posted on Thu. August 21, 2008 by Ryan Guill
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