My dad and I took a early morning drive a few weekends ago to the Huon Valley, Tasmania which is 45~ minutes from Hobart. As we made or way into the valley, it still had a lot of morning fog which made visibility low but nicish for shots. I saw this as we were driving along the highway and told dad to pull over so I could take a couple of shots. As I ran back up the highway with my camera and tripod slung under my arm I had cars beeping at me haha weird.
description: Morning photograph taken in the Huon Valley, Tasmania by Alex Wisekeywords: Huon Valley, Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, nature photograph, rural, Alex Wise, fogtitle: Morning Fog - Huon Valley, Tasmania
description: Photograph of an old building in the small country town of Fingal, Tasmania by Alex Wisekeywords: Fingal, Tasmania, Hobart, small town, Alex Wisetitle: Fingal, Tasmaniaviews: 1
I’ve recently been playing around with the Adobe Camera profiles beta (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles) and quite liked what the slight adjustment did to this test image. As per usual shot with a Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Cokin ND grads Z-Pro and tripod.
description: Long exposure seascape photograph taken at Clifton Beach, Tasmania by Alex Wisekeywords: Clifton Beach, Tasmania, Hobart, nature photography, waterscape, seascape, Alex Wise, long exposure, south arm, beach photography, beach, Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Cokin Nd Grads, neutral density, nature photographytitle: Clifton, Tasmania - Waterscape
A user at the Fred Miranda forum just noticed that the Canon China website has posted specifications for the Canon 50D. No doubt this will be taken off their website shortly so the user was kind enough to take a screenshot of the summary and full specification page.
description: Specifications of the Canon 50D which were accidentally put on the Canon China websitekeywords: Canon 50D, specifications, leak, Canon, China, rumor, Augusttitle: Canon 50D Leak on Canon China Siteviews: 3
description: A waterscape sunrise photograph taken at Taroona, Tasmania by Alex Wisekeywords: Taroona, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, waterscape, seascape, Alex Wise, long exposure, sunrisetitle: Taroona Sunrise
A quick shot as I made my way home yesterday afternoon just as it was getting dark. It’s been quite cold lately as you can see with the snow on Mt Wellington, bring on summer.
Shot with a Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Cokin ND Grad Z-Pro .6, Tripod.
description: Black and white long exposure photograph taken on a cold winters afternoon by the waters edgekeywords: Lindisfarne, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, seascape, waterscape, long exposure, Alex Wise, snow, Mt Wellington, black and white, B&Wtitle: Lindisfarne, Tasmania - Seascape
I just noticed this over on DPreview and there seems to be a constant interest of google search engine traffic regarding the Canon 5D Mark II so this is for those interested. Boy this guy will look a douche if it’s not actually released and he wasn’t ‘105% accurate’.
Pictures soon
Here is the latest correct information about the upcoming 5D MkII. Don’t bother arguing because this information is 105% accurate. Here we go.
- Will be announced Monday, September 8, 2008
- MSRP: $2,399.95 (SSP: $2,199.95), body only
- 16MP FF sensor
- 6 FPS
- Max ISO 25,600 (for what it’s worth…it’s more for marketing)
- Full weather sealing
- VGA-resolution display (from same supplier Sony uses for their new Handycams, except in 4:3 aspect ratio here)
- Pop-up flash
- Anti-dust features
- NO Live View
- NO pro AF from 1D (although all points are cross-type)
- NO video mode whatsoever (silliest rumor I’ve ever heard)
- NO compatibility with EF-S lenses (physically impossible anyway)
- NO electronic crop mode for faster shot rate
- NO HDMI-out
- NO UDMA CF support
As you can see, it’s by no means ground-breaking. It’s not going to out-do the Nikon D700 in performance or features (although overall IQ will be very close or indistinguishable). But it will be significantly cheaper. It’s aimed at the more “manual” shooter.
Original 5D will continue to be sold at $1,799.95 (SSP) without any rebates until stock is depleted.
Canon won’t have a revolutionary product for almost another year from now.
My friend is an elf and his boss gets early information and shipments in order to prepare for the holiday season.
description: Canon 5D Mark II rumors as of August 18 which speculates of a release for September 8, 2008.keywords: Canon 5D Mark ii, Canon 5d rumors, rumour, speculation, new body, Canon 3D, Canon 4D, Canon 6D, new bodytitle: Canon 5D Mark II Rumor (September 8 Release)views: 1
Taken some time ago when I owned a Canon 300mm F4 IS L and Sigma 1.4 extender, I’m tempted to get another someday as it was a fun lens. This was photographed near the Hobart airport, Tasmania on a motocross meet day.
description: Motocross meet at the Hobart airport, Tasmania photographed by Alex Wisekeywords: Motocross, Tasmania, Australia, Hobart, airport, Alex Wise, sport, racing, 300 F4 IS L, Canon 350Dtitle: Motocross - Tasmania
Some recent Canon 5D Mark II rumors which even speculate of a Canon 50D and new lens specifications. I’m liking these Canon 5D Mark II specifications especially the MP size but not quite sure if the pop up flash is necessary and a live view LCD would be nice but not really necessary. According to the source these additions/changes to the Canon lineup are due to hit Photokina later in the year which would rule out a release later this month of the Canon 5D Mark II as some have suggested.
Canon 5D Mark II
- 16.7 Megapixel FF sensor
- Single Digic III Processor
- ISO 100-3200 (Low: 50 + High 6400)
- 6-8 fps - depending on grip
- 3″ High Resolution OLED LCD
- will accept EF Lenses, not EF-S
- 11 point AF
- 35 Zone Metering
- Viewfinder: 96 percent coverage .72 magnification
- Pop up flash
- New Lithium Ion Battery
- Weather Sealing slightly better than 40D
Canon 50D
- 12.2 Megapixel APS-C sensor
- Single Digic III Processor
- ISO 100-3200 (High 6400)
- 6-8 fps depending on grip
- 3″ High Resolution OLED LCD
- Will accept EF and EF-S Lenses
- 11 point AF
- 35 Zone metering
- Viewfinder: 100 percent coverage .95 magnification
- Pop up flash
- New Lithium Ion Battery
- Weather sealing slightly better than 40D
description: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 50D, and Canon 24-70 2.8 IS L Speculationkeywords: Canon 5D Mark ii, photokina, Canon 5d rumors, rumour, speculation, new body, Canon 50D, Lens, 24-70mm f/2.8L IS, 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 IStitle: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 50D / New Lens Rumorsviews: 3
Recently I’ve been watching Kill Generation a new show from HBO set in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq. Like all shows HBO picks up this one is taking off nicely and worth a look. But from the show it got me searching for war photography and this gallery on the time website stuck out as quite amazing by James Nachtwey and was worth sharing, click here to view
description: Photographs by James Nachtwey on assignment for Time magazine in Iraqkeywords: Time, Iraq, magazine, war, photography, James Nachtwey, journalisttitle: The War in Iraq, Photography by James Nachtweyviews: 2
