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Another fail to stay on track. 13th was rather a busy day and although I brought the camera with me, there was nothing particularly interesting that caught my eye.
So, I am posting a 14/10 photo taken early morning near my home. Again, this is nothing really special but admiration of SMCT 50/1.4 performance wide open.
The Rebel
Taken with EOS 5D and SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 @ f1.4
2nd post in POTD series, and I feel I am somewhat failing to keep with the initial “1 shot – 1 hit” idea. However, it’s still within the acceptable limit.
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Tokyo, Shinjuku. Two good friends are making their way home after a hard day’s work and few well deserved drinks.Taken with Canon EOS 5D and Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 100/2.8 @ f2.8
Very binary way to resume posting in this continuously declining blog and a very ambitious project indeed.
I believe my shooting is completely inadequate at this point. Not least due to my laziness and lack of motivation (a blatant excuse). Therefore, I decided to start taking more photos in between my upcoming projects. It will also serve as a good test for the manual lenses I have acquired recently.
Recently, I have been trying to create sets of brushes which might be interesting in photo post processing and design in general.
As a strobist – no matter professional or beginner you need light modifiers. These light modifiers can include shoot through umbrellas, bounce umbrellas, soft boxes, octagons, reflectors, etc.
And of course, you want a fairly affordable and as durable solution as possible. This may include making your own, or buying over the internet rather than walking in your local friendly overpriced high street shop (most definitely in UK or Sweden). Read more »
If you work with digital photography, you undoubtedly came across OnOne software’s various plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. So did I and unfortunately for me I decided to try some of the “goodness”. After all, I do like to simplify certain tasks. And I genuinely trust Mr David Huss of the Photoshop User Magazine (sarcasm)….
I have been long searching for decent RAW processing software. Don’t get me wrong – there is a plethora of different programs offering various bells and whistles. They all look wonderful, but how do they contribute to my workflow?
Most of us have got our own unique way of processing, categorising and re-working our photos and the software we choose should complement our needs as opposed to forcing us to adopt other’s. And so my requirements are more than likely to differ from yours, obviously.
Not really news as such. 01/09/09 Canon officially unveiled the EOS 7D. The rumours circulated for quite some time now, however 7D was expected to be the successor of highly regarded full frame 5D. Now 7D turned out to be quite a surprise, mostly in the sense that it’s another camera in APS-C series such as Rebel (XXXxD) and XXD series cameras.
Dropped by new Canon Plaza in Nagoya today in order to calibrate my horrid 16-35mm F2.8L USM and had a chance to play around with the new EOS 5D Mark II. I was not allowed to use the CF card I had with me and only able to share this with you in words.
First impressions are very positive:
Start-up is a bit slow, with “Sensor Cleaning” message popping up. Likely to be disabled through Custom Functions, I however did not have enough time to venture there.
Shutter trigger is not spongy at all (something quite a few 5D users experienced). The body is rather heavy especially with the 24-105mm kit lens attached, however very ergonomic. Daily using 350D I struggled to find the power switch to my great embarrassment – I would personally prefer it to be located in a manner similar to 350D/400D/450D bodies, but this is individual.
The menu navigation using the dial and joystick (both located at the back) is a bit tricky at first, but something one can easily get used to after few days of shooting. Although I shot in Full Manual mode, I had to choose neutral preset in the menu to disable all in-camera PP.
The screen is simply great. Initially being sceptic towards the LiveView I found it very handy and am really looking forward to using it in the future.
Image quality (IQ) is great and equally the colour reproduction. It felt as one could almost do A1 prints straight from the camera with no post-processing. The IQ is obviously affected by the lens’s optical quality and the kit EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM is contributing well.
As I am not interested in the video recording capabilities of the 5D MkII, I haven’t tested it at all.
Overall impression is exciting. I didn’t have a chance to use the original 5D and obviously cannot compare both side by side. I had a chance to compare the 5D Mark II with the 1DS Mark III and must say that my preference is with the first. 1DS MkIII stuns with the price tag, focus points, and AF intelligence (actually less than intelligent as many already experienced) but the 5D MkII has better overall feel to it. Don’t call me on this one – it’s just a personal preference.
I posted previously the official Canon 5D MkII demonstration dates and if you are in Japan around that time you have a good chance to play with it yourself.
