Monthly Archive: February 2010

Canon 5D Mark II firmware update

Canonrumors have released a photo from a slide show in Poland showing a feature list for the much anticipated 5D firmware update. There’s no mention of 720p frame rates but after trying that mode on the 7D and not being impressed with the quality I’m not really bothered about 720,...

Redhead Zoom H4n windscreens

Mic windscreens are not something you normally consider to be fashionable or by any means funky, but when it comes to the Zoom H4n ‘Readhead’ windscreens it’s an entirely different story. My windscreens only turned up today so I haven’t had chance to try them outside yet, but you have...

Cheap bokeh

I had a thought provoking phone call from a friend of mine today who pointed me in the direction of Simon Wyndham’s Bokeh-Porn rant from a few months back. In the post Simon talks about how shallow depth of field has become an obsession and the huge amounts of “test...

Cold

There’s not much to say about this one really, it wasn’t planned it just seemed to happen by itself. All shot on the Canon 5D & 7d using a combination of 50mm and 24mm lenses. The slow-mo stuff is shot with the 7D at 1280×720/50 and then slowed down using...

Bad day with the DSLR’s

Like I’ve done so many times before with my EX1 / 35mm adapter setup I decided to spend today shooting on the north Norfolk coast, only this time I was using two DSLR’s. I’ve recently picked up a 7D to use as a second body to save me swapping lenses...

London BVE – DSLR & 3D

I visited the BVE (Broadcast Video Expo) yesterday in London as I have done for the last few years. I always enjoy these shows because it’s great to put faces to names and check out all the latest gadgets. Walking around the show this year it was amazing to see...