James Scott Photography» Canon http://jscottdigitalphoto.com Digital Photography with Photographer James Scott. Digital SLR Camera learn about digital photography. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:58:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 And Now Something Really Cool http://jscottdigitalphoto.com/2008/10/and-now-something-really-cool/ http://jscottdigitalphoto.com/2008/10/and-now-something-really-cool/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:20:13 +0000 J Scott http://jscottdigitalphoto.com/?p=245 At the same time Canon rolls out the latest Prosumer level Digital SLR, the 50D, they also release the new 5D Mark II. The latest full frame sensor from Canon. A 21 megapixel sensor, DIGIC 4 processor, ISO 50 – 25600, HDMI output, Live View, Face detection, and Video. Video! Priced in the $2700 range this camera will likely find favor with Photojournalists, Paparazzi, Wedding, and Event photographers around the world.

Vincent Laforet shot a short film with a prototype 5D. The movie was hosted on Canons site but it… Canon 5D Mark IIhad 1.5 million views in 10 days and I guess Canon took it down for now because of the bandwidth demand. Vincent reports that it will be available again soon. Check out Vincent’s website here for more information.

The 5D Mk II shoots 16:9 Full HD movie capture at 1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 fps or you can shoot 4:3 standard TV quality 640 x 480 pixels at 30 fps. Oh yeah and still images too! As I mentioned in my post about the 50D the 5D is the next throw down in the hyper-rapid Digital SLR product cycle. Photojournalists and wedding photographers alike have been challenged with increasing demands to provide their clients with video and still imagery of their events. Shooting both up until now has been a compromise or requires both a videographer and photographer. The 5D looks to begin to change all that. Still images are able to be taken simultaneously with motion capture without losing video frames. Does the 5D replace the video camera? Not yet as HD capture is limited to 4 gig clips, 12 minutes of HD video, 24 minutes of standard and once you start taking still images it’ll fill up faster, but it’s certainly more than sufficient to capture “moments”. Yeah, that’s pretty cool.

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Canon 50D

Canon 50D

Just when I buy the Canon 40D they decide to roll out the 50D. Figures huh. But that’s the way it is with technology if we keep waiting for the next generation we’ll never get anything accomplished. Unless there is a specific reason not to buy a version, case in point first generation iPhone not implementing 3G. I’m glad I waited. If the current technology fits your need… then it’s best to move ahead and purchase and get on with business. But the 50D sure looks nice. Guess I’ll be buying the 60D. So what looks great about the 50D? The new DIGIC 4 processor, 15.1 megapixel sensor, ISO to 12800 and HDMI output to view on your HDTV. The speed drops a little from 6.5 down to 6.3 fps and from 75 down to 60 consecutive JPEGS. Bigger files, more time. Do I wish I had waited? Not one bit, if I had I wouldn’t have the images I made on my trip to Alaska.

The 40D is a great camera and it looks like the 50D only adds to the lineage. We are now in the age of imaging. In the ’80s and ’90s computers were obsolete by the time you bought them. Computing power grew so fast that IT departments had to ask manufactures to slow down their release cycles because it cost too much to keep testing and deploying at such a rapid pace. I see camera technology currently hitting that type of rapid advance and release cycle and will continue for the next several years. The best today will be surpassed literally tomorrow.

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