So here comes the 7D and new video possibilities Video shot with Canon 7D

These cameras are game changers and represent a whole new world of opportunities and challenges. I imagine that the photographer of the future will be expected to provide video as well as stills.
We are investing in video related equipment to be prepared to make an early entry into the video production arena. Let your imagination go an think of all the products and services that might be accomplished with such a capable camera.

This action video was shot last week by Simon Cudby http://www.cudbyphoto.com/

Great new wedding video shot with a 7D by Joshua Brown in New York.
http://www.joshuabrownphotography.com/

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Canon 5d Mark2 Video

Here is a great piece of video shot with the Canon 5d Mark2.  I discovered this work over at the Cinema5d.com forum.  I have joined this forum to learn about this new world of motion and video.

The Canon 5d files are a bit of a problem with PC computers and software.  I have burned lots of hours lately trying to be successful with handling the 5s files.  My most recent solution is to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.  There is a system to import the files directly into the time line and hit enter and Premiere Pro make a Proxy file automatically for you.  Every other solution locks up or crashes my maxed out PC computer.

I am shooting video as well as stills at our weddings lately but I have nothing to share just yet.  I am finding plenty of things to learn about though!!

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Recent Wedding Photography by Tom and Jerry

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Is your camera making you mad?? Will it Blend??

I ordered the Blendtec yesterday!!  I am going to fix some of those problem cameras and lenses.  I may try a green smoothies as well.

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Recent Wedding Photos by Tom and Jerry

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New Alien Bees AB MAX on the horizon

AB MAX – Here is an announcement of new products made on the Alien Bee Discussion Forum

• Eight stop power range.
• Digital controls.
• Plug in slot for Cybersync.
• Brighter modeling light.
• Built in diffuser makes for precise viewing as it unifies the modeling light and flash tube.
• Global power options.
• Ability to run on low cost inverter/battery combination.

“Introducing AB MAX. This product line was developed to take
AlienBees above and beyond the very highest performance monoflash
units offered anywhere at any price. Please see attached pictures and
specifications for the global plug and play product line. Please note
that ABMAX can be powered by inexpensive non pure-sinewave inverters
and that it uses approximately ½ the battery power per flash as
conventional flash units. We are in final testing stages of pre-
production AB MAX units now and expect to begin taking pre-orders on
June 1 and begin shipping products on July 1.”

The New AB MAX

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Warrensburg Tigers in Color – Jerry Schmidt

His Boy Elroy

This a color show of Warrensburg Tigers Basketball 09 with photo by Jerry Schmidt.

All shot with a Canon 1d Mark IIn.  My new favorite lens for shooting basketball is the Canon 85  f/1.8.

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Animoto show with their music, ” The Quickening” by His Boy Elroy.

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Lightroom Presets – Tigers Basketball – Animoto – Legal Music

Lightroom Presets Tigers Basketball Animoto

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Canon calls it “High Speed Sync”” – Nikon calls it “Auto FP High-Speed Sync.”

High Speed Flash Diagram from Canon Flash Work

Normal flash requires a synchronizing shutter speed or below.  In a synchronizing shutter speed, the first curtain travels to a fully open position, at this point the flash is triggered and extinguishes before the second curtain follows.  When a photograph is taken with a high shutter speed with a normal flash the result will be a partial picture.

Flash is possible with extremely high shutter speed with a setting on Canon Flash that is called – High Speed sync.  High speed sync modes actually are a very fast strobo cycle that paints the exposure as the narrow slit of the focal plane shutter curtain races across the sensor.

Here is an excellent resource for Canon Flash

I just order the new Pocket Wizard

Mini TT1 and Flex TT5: TTL Radio Triggers

These radio slaves will open up a world of radio controlled High Speed TTL flash in bright ambient lighting situations where the built in optical communication between flashes would be difficult.

I am thinking about a 580 flash mounted in a softbox used in full TTL – HS flash at 1/4000 sec at f/2.8.

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Warrensburg Tigers Basketball

Warrensburg HS Tigers Basketball

I have been shooting the old machine gun Canon 1DMIIn at my son’s basketball games.  It is a little noisy, but sometimes it will lock on focus and nail 8 frames a second.  There are several sequences from this season that have a player in the air for 4 frames.  I have been shooting the 70-200 2.8 L and the 24-70 2.8 L lenses mostly wide open at 1600 ISO.  We designed the schedule poster in Fotofusion and Photoshop.  The Fotofusion allows output in a Photoshop document with layers.  Cool!!

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