Canon EOS-1D X Hands On Preview
TweetCanon has just announced its new EOS-1D X flagship professional digital SLR camera. This new camera supersedes the APS-H sensor size EOS-1D Mark IV and the full-frame 35mm EOS-1Ds Mark III. For having used the 1D X, I can say that this new camera is sure to be a big hit among professional photographers who [...]
Canon’s New 2010 EF Professional Lenses, A Detailed Look
TweetHere are three videos presenting a detailed look at Canon's recently announced bevy of professional photo lenses.
New Professional Lenses From Canon
Tweet Professional photographers, please ready your wallets. Canon has just announced a plethora of new optics: the world's widest fisheye zoom lens (EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM), a new telephoto zoom lens (EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM), two super telephoto lenses (EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM and EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM) and two [...]
Image Deblurring from Microsoft Research
TweetFour Microsoft Research scientists presented an image deblurring algorithm at the 2010 SIGGRAPH, an annual computer graphics symposium. Their algorithm uses a combination of gyroscopes and accelerometers which detect the velocity and angular motion of the camera at the time of exposure. The method is completely automatic and gives an insight into what may become a [...]
Scanning Photographic Film With A Drum Scanner
TweetPhotographers and artists in New Zealand, Australia (or anywhere else) who require high resolution drum scans from positive or negative film (35mm, medium format, large format) and wide format fine art pigment printing, please contact me. With this out of the way, read on. Over the “pre-digital” years, like many photographers, I've shot a large [...]
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Review
Tweet Can Canon lay the ghosts of the 1D Mark III to rest? The EOS-1D Mark IV is the latest incarnation of Canon’s EOS-1 series of digital SLRs, used by legions of professional photographers worldwide. This new camera incorporates HD video-recording and an incredible 50 to 102400 ISO range. But it’s the Mark IV’s fully redesigned auto [...]
More Wellington Images With The Mamiya Super 23
TweetIt seems spring is almost here and with it, a series of sunny, cloudless days. I took advantage of the beautiful light and went to the top of Mt Victoria to shoot a few more images of Wellington with the Mamiya Super 23 camera. First and third images are shot on Agfa Optima 200, the [...]