Count the votes

forum@eos-network.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:13:31 +0100

Well, October has gone the way of the Dodo and we're well and truly into Autumn now. Just looking around outside I can see leaves on the ground everywhere and the trees have a very embarrassed look about them. Honestly, standing there naked like that - it's no wonder!

Anyway, on to more important matters. With the loss of October, it means that voting is closed on the Best of September competition. It would appear that not many of you took a lot of pictures in September as there were nRead More...

Memory card speeds

forum@eos-network.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:13:48 +0100

And.... we're back! Many apologies for the rather scant upgrades over the last few weeks. To say it's been busy would be an understatement.... and it wasn't helped by being on another continent with not much access to to internet.

Anyway, while we've been 'off-air' I was sent an email asking about memory cards. The quesiton was as follows:
Q: When buying a CF card (or 2) where should you put your money (if
you are like me and don't have much)? Should you get: a) large mRead More...

Kiboko update

forum@eos-network.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:26:23 +0100

Back in August I wrote a long piece about my latest camera bag, the Gura Gear Kiboko. At that time I'd used it but not in any great anger or for an extended period of time. At the time I proRead More...

Pro Photo Solutions

forum@eos-network.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:35:41 +0100

If you're around London tomorrow or Wednesday, then try and get yourself over to the Canon Pro Photo Solutions event at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

It's an event put on by Canon to showcase the entire system and explain how it can be used for the total workflow solution.

There will be all the Canon kit there, plus 45 partner companies like Adobe, Apple, Kate, Gitzo etc etc etc.

There are also lots of seminars going on... and this is where my interest comeRead More...

It's here - Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

forum@eos-network.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:11:45 +0100

It's been long awaited. The rumours have been flying for ages, and finally it has arrived. I know many of you reading this will be jumping up and down with glee at this news, the EOS-1D Mark IV is here. It's arrived. The wait (for an announcement!) is over.

So, what's it got? Well, from the top:

Attention to detail

forum@eos-network.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:15:50 +0100

As you may or may not know, here at EOS Network, we don't just blog and pot in the forum, we tweet too. Why do we tweet? Well, it's a good way of passing on information and getting to know people a little better.

Here's a great example: Just yesterday I was looking through the twitter feed of people who I follow and I came across this Photoshop Fail this is the sort of thing you'd either only get on an email or if you happened to stumble across it, but on twitter, this sRead More...

PowerShot G11

forum@eos-network.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

One of our regular blog readers and forum posters sent me an email today asking about the PowerShot G11 and movie mode shooting. With all new EOS cameras seemingly featuring Full HD movie shooting due to a DIGIC 4 processor (among other additions) he was curious why the G11, despite having a DIGIC 4 processor, didn't shoot full HD, instead 'only' capturing 640 x 480. Surely he reasoned, not unreasonably, that if cameras like the IXUS 120 IS can shoot in 720p HD, surely the G11 should be able Read More...

Simple = Effective

forum@eos-network.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:32:51 +0100

It's Friday. Then end of a long week for me and the start of two more long weeks... albeit in the sun that is Cape Town South Africa. No, it's not a holiday, it's work. Honestly!

Since it's the end of the week I thought I'd bring you something I came across the other day from a friend of mine in Maui. The video DSLR gang have got all caught up in timelapse stills at the moment, and Kalani has had a go at it too - but he's done it from the back of his mini van.... and it looks very coolRead More...

Photo editing

forum@eos-network.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:09:40 +0100

First up an apology - no post yesterday was due to my being in Dublin giving seminars and not finding the time to get to the web and write a missive for you. By the time I got home at well after 10pm it was too late to go posting and after 6 hours talking in seminars, I was a bit tired!

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I published a blog post talking about photo editing and how there was a move to start regulating it when used for advertising. Well, no sooner do I write the post, thRead More...

Maximum aperture

forum@eos-network.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:44:00 +0100

Well, it's that time again! Did you get it right or not? I'm talking, of course, about last week's weekly quiz question.

The question was: "Which of the following lenses will not autofocus on the EOS 40D at it' maximum focal length?"

The answer was: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC

The results were interesting. It seems 56% of you got it right, but 39% thought it was the Tokina and 5% said it was the Canon lens!

The question is, why does the Sigma not autofocus?Read More...

File numbering

forum@eos-network.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

EOS cameras have several settings for file numbering. My guess is you have it set to Continuous and you've wondered why you might ever want to auto or manually reset the count to zero.

Well, there are few reasons why you'd reset, but I did come across one the other day. For a variety of reasons I was trying to flatten an LP-E6 batter on an EOS 5D Mark II (it's a long story for a future blog post) and I decided the quickest and easiest way to do it was to shoot a timelapse. ORead More...

EOS 7D videos

forum@eos-network.com — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:31 +0100

Well, it's the end of the week, so what better way than to start looking at some of the EOS 7D videos that are appearing?

Well, you may have heard of Dan Chung before now. Dan is a world class photojournalist and right at the forefront of shooting video with DSLRs. He is alo very creative and likes mixing technology to get results.

Just this week he has been shooting the 60th Anniversary celebrations in China and he did it on an EOS 7D, EOS 5D Mark II and shhhhhh a Nikon D7Read More...

Monthly photo comp #1

forum@eos-network.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:20:58 +0100

Well, the first monthly photo competition is over, and the results are in!

Congratulations to 'Leopard', otherwise known as Steve Kaluski, for his beautiful picture of a Red Grouse taken during August. He wins a signed copy of the latest Jonathan and Angie Scott book "Stars of Big Cat DiaRead More...

Reflecting on things

forum@eos-network.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:15:32 +0100

I love reflectors. I love flash too, but sometimes the simplicity of a reflector is a much better option. And so it was just last weekend. I met up with a friend and a friendly model and off we went for a couple of hours photography just to have a play around really. We didn't have a goal in mind, we just thought it was a nice day and we should take some pictures!

Having shot quite a few images using flash (and yes, using the PocketWizard Flex and Mini units) I then had a go with a refRead More...

Stills and video

forum@eos-network.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:40:48 +0100

I've talked before about the sense of having a camera that can produce both stills and video, and I showed an example of a twister I caught on video in the Farne Islands earlier in the year. this worked as an example, but maybe didn't quite catch the imagination of all of you.

However, now a good friend of mine (and training partner for anyone interested in Apple specific software training or Photoshop) - Anton Nelson - has produced a bit more a show to help explain why you shoulRead More...

Timelapse processing

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:40:05 +0100

The web is awash with Timelapse. It started with Ross Ching and his Eclectic series, and now Tom at Timescapes.org has started to do some really amazing stuff particularly in low light. This has kicked off Philip Bloom as well.

Now, if you want to have a go at timelapse and you're using a Mac to put the sequences together then you really should make use of Automator as well. I mean, you don't really fancy resizing thousands of images by hand do you?! (Or even working with bigger files Read More...

Want longer movies?

forum@eos-network.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:43:11 +0100

OK, so you're not all into shooting movies on EOS 5D Mark II cameras, but maybe you like shooting timelapse?

Well, I was thinking about this the other day and realised that if you don't need sound in your video, or you're recording sound separately, then maybe you don't need to record sound on the camera. Some may ask what the point of this is, well the answer is simple - if you don't record sound, you have more space for video....

You see the 12-ish minute limit when shooting fuRead More...

Weekly quiz answer - Backgrounds and flash

forum@eos-network.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:00:24 +0100

Well, one of the most popular quizzes we've had turned up a real mix of answers! It seems that indeed, flash is one of the least well understood techniques.

At least here we can set you straight on one point....

The question was: When shooting with flash, which setting would you change to make the background darker?

The answer was: Shutter Speed.

Here's why. With a flash exposure, the flash duration is very short. This means that the flash has to put out all its lightRead More...

Approach with care

forum@eos-network.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:59:48 +0100

How often do you get out and take pictures? More importantly, how often do you process the images you take?

I went out today to start another short video on HD movie recording and capturing sound cleanly, and it was something I could have started on first thing this morning. Instead, I had to work up the motivation to do it - not because I didn't want to, but because of the processing!

When I teach photography, I teach people to get it right in camera. I have a real issue with sRead More...

Closest focusing distance

forum@eos-network.com — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:05:56 +0100

Just the other day, someone asked on the forum part of the site how come they could focus on a subject while being closer than the minimum focus distance of their lens. It seemed like a simple question to answer, but after all the replies, the best answer suggested it was something to do with differences between autofocus and manual focus.

Well, I went away and had a think about it and came up with the answer. It's not written specifically like this anywhere, but this is what it all boRead More...

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