Canon 5D MkII Full Resolution Video Clips

Posted on September 27, 2008 | Leave a comment

Canon have posted three full resolution and uncompressed video clips taken on a 5D MkII by Vincent Laforet from his fil Reverie. The three clips are at 1600 and 2000ASA and can be downloaded. The quality has to be seen to be believed!

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256Gb SSD Drive Begins Shipping

Posted on September 27, 2008 | Leave a comment

Times are a changing; Toshiba has now begun shipping its 256Gb SSD (Solid State Drive – basically a hard disk with no moving parts) joining Samsung in offering this new high capacity in a laptop form factor.

I’m a big fan of SSD for speed (and in some cases battery life) gain; My Apple MacBook Air has a 64Gb SSD and apart from its small capacity, I love the speed of this little laptop. Programs open and close so much quicker and copying data is speedier too. The biggest gain for a photographer on location is the fact that this technology makes your laptop a lot more rugged and resistant to sudden jars whilst the hard drive is in use.
With 256Gb now on offer, the capacity is no longer an issue and as the SSD technology is used more, the prices will (and already have) come down.


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Micro Projectors

Posted on September 25, 2008 | Leave a comment

Popular Mechanics have got their hands on a pre-production model of Dell’s M109S DLP Micro Projector. So, why’s this of any importance to us photographer types?! Just imagine having your projector with you when you pop in for your next meeting with a picture editor and show them your project or portfolio bigger than the biggest bunch of prints you can carry, and many times bigger than a 17″ laptop screen! All of this in a projector that fits into the palm of your hand and costs US $499.00. Pretty useful I’d say!

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Samsung Announces Wireless Dongle For All Cameras

Posted on September 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

Fancy sending your pictures wirelessly to your laptop? Is the Canon or Nikon unit too expensive? Does your camera not have that capability? Well, hold onto your hats folks as Samsung has announced its got a new piece of kit out called the “NaBee” (which apparently means butterfly in Korean). With this two dongle set, it will apparently connect to any digital camera with a USB port and send pictures wirelessly to your PC. Alas no mention if it’ll work with a Mac though.


“Samsung’s NaBee allows for a simple, high-speed wireless communication between a digital still camera and PC. Plug the miniature dongle into the camera USB connector, and its matching dongle into the PC and it connects just like a standard USB cable. NaBee will be available from all major catalog and online resellers, as well as selected retail outlets in December 2008.”

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I’ve Been Quoted!!

Posted on September 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

I’m very touched that I’ve been quoted in Photoquotes. Many thanks to the team who run the web site!

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Behind The Scenes Of Laforet’s Video

Posted on September 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

Incent Laforet’s kindly posted a behind the scenes’ look at how he made the video. Its very interesting viewing.

However, the aspect which is astonishing is how brilliant the footage of the 5D MkII video (from a pre-production body) looks compared to a “proper” professional video camera (the XH A1) which just looks drab and lifeless! I’ve never been enthused about video; now things have changed.

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