Author: Paul Joy

St Tropez via BMW

Today I’ve finally confirmed my vehicle for the Harley documentary I’m shooting in May. I had planned to take a KTM adventure but after further research and a few comfort tests I’ve decided to take a BMW GSA 1200. I’ve confirmed that the bike I’m hiring will be the brand...

Canon confirms 2.03 firmware

Canon Europe have confirmed today that they will be releasing the 2.03 firmware for the 5D mark II in mid March. As suggested by canonrumors the firmware will bring 24p, 25p and 29.97 framerates as well as manual control over audio gain with on screen metering, a histogram display while...

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...