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Canon 5D mkII Body only now down to $ 3050.00
NIKS Silver Efex Pro $ 230.00
NIKS Sharpner Pro $ 225.00
PICTURE STYLE
This is one of the most important settings. There are a number of ideas for the best settings to use so it is a matter of working out what you prefer by testing different settings. One setting for one condition may not suit another.
The idea is to capture as much information from the initial footage from the camera so it can be used for better results in the post production stage of your editing. This will result in a flat looking un-saturated image, which looks unappealing but will have more detail in the shadows and highlights. This image will allow a better end result in post production.
Select Picture Style
Select User Def. 1
Press INFO button on camera
Change Picture Style to Neutral
Scroll down to Sharpness – Use Setting from 0 to 2 (Reduces artefacts)
Scroll down to Contrast – Set to range of 3 to 4 stops to left of 0 point
Scroll down to Saturation – Set to range of 2 to 3 stops to left of 0 point
Color Tone leave as is – 0
So It looks like this 
The results were extremely interesting
It was an informative and inspiring day, it was great to see and hear how he created such a unique stunning body of work. As promised we’ve been able to post some of Michael’s insights into what settings to use with his favorite camera the Canon 5D MkII.
Part A covers the custom settings recommended
C.Fn II :Image Settings
Long Exp. Noise reduction – Off
High ISO speed noise reduct’n – Disable
Highlight tone priority – Disable, Enable will add grain
Auto Lighting Optimizer – Disable
Part B will posted later this week, which covers the “Picture Style Settings” which is so important to getting the best starting point for your videos.
Ultra lightweight and Ultra portable, these rigs allow you to achieve cinema-quality output from your DSLR Video. There are number of different rigs to suit all your needs and budgets.
Team Digital is very pleased to present “The Moving Landscape” seminar. This will be the first time that Michael Fletcher has given an insight into how he has created such a stunning body of work. What he’s been able to achieve using the DSLR Video format is a must see. Please click on the link below to see some of those works.
In this 2 hour seminar Michael will give us an insight into how powerful DSLR Video is , and how to unlock that power. Covering points on
Focus
Exposure
Audio
Frame rates
Editing workflow
Output
Saturday 12th of June 11.00am to 1.00pm $ 39.00 per head
Held at Team Digital 268 Lord Street Perth
Limited numbers to book contact Bianca on 93283377 or email bianca@teamdigital.com.au
Entrants do not need to be AIPP members to enter the awards but do need to be practising professionals or students.
Entries for the Canon AIPP APPAs will be received online until Wednesday 26th May 4.30pm with print submissions received up until 5.00pm, Friday 28th May 2010.
Judging for the awards will take place from 4th-7th June at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre with the winner announced at the prestigious Canon AIPP APPAs dinner to be held at Crown Casino, Southbank in Melbourne on Monday 7th June 2010.
Now in their 34th year, the APPAs attract a prize pool of more than $60,000 in cash and prizes including the grand prize – $20,000 worth of Canon EOS professional digital camera equipment and the coveted title of 2010 Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year.
Entries are subject to three intensive days of judging by some of Australia’s most recognised photographers. Each entry is individually critiqued and scored via a scrupulous peer-review judging process to determine the highest-scoring prints across the different categories.
Last year 2,367 images were entered by 655 professional and student photographers in the renowned awards.
The Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards are a celebration of photographic excellence and represent the best of the best in Australian professional photography.
For entry rules and details on how to enter visit www.aipp.com.au <http://www.aipp.com.au/> .
Categories for the 2010 Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards are:
Canon late last year promised a new firmware upgrade for the Canon 5Dmk2 . To add further functionality to the video capabilities of the 5Dmk2 and they have delivered.
The new firmware incorporates the following updates and benefits:
1. Frame rate added and changed to now include 24fps (cinema) and 25fps (PAL broadcast)
- Shoots a variety of frame rates, overcoming the need for compression
2. Movie shooting in shutter-priority AE (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) modes
- Ensures users have greater creative control over the exposure and depth-of-field
3. Manual adjustment of sound recording level (64 levels)
- Greater creative control with the camera’s sound recording
4. Sampling frequency changed (from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz)
- Makes video and audio synchronisation easier
5. Histogram display for shooting movies in manual exposure
6. Fixes a phenomenon1 where communication between the camera and the attached lens is sometimes interrupted after manual sensor cleaning
Users will be able to download the firmware upgrade from mid-March.
Our thanks to Tony McDonough for reviewing the new Canon 1DMkIV at this years Hopman Cup. This is what he has to say.
Tennis is a challenging sport, and I have a great respect for those photographers who can actually shoot it. The ball travels at close to 200 km/hr. and the lighting (at least in Perth is pretty low-indoors ) as if that isn’t enough, there are lots of unpredictable movements as the players endeavour to return the ball; a perfect sport to try out Canon’s new Mk IV.
I picked up the Team Digital test camera, early on a Monday morning.
I was intending to do an assignment shoot with this camera. that is not tell you the weight, frames per second etc. If you need those numbers then the Canon web site has that information. I wanted to see how the camera would work for me; how it handled the mixed lighting of a stadium; if the focus works in the real world; and to get some real images, not lit with a strobe; and how the focus holds up at 2.8.
The first thing was to set the camera up to shoot – focus, ISO etc.
Wrong. The match started pretty much as I arrived at the venue so no time to do anything really, I set the ISO to 1600 as I was sitting down.
Shooting at 1600 was a boon I even tried pushing it to 2500 ( I usually try to keep to 1250 ISO).
I also set the camera to shoot Raw, because I wanted to see the files as they where shot, without the cleaning a jpg file would have given me.
My first impression of the camera was that it felt good to hold, solid. It seemed a little larger than the Mk III but not too much. The dials and buttons are in the same places, or if not the same then close by.
The focus, from what I could feel and see did seem to be quicker and more “determined” than my old Mk III, which for today was relegated to back-up.
The colour balance was on auto, and all of the other setting where not changed.
I didn’t micro adjust my lenses, or play with the menu (especially the focus page) I just left it as is, but I did shoot on manual .
I shot static serves, backhands, forehands, and the occasional lunging dive, although the focus didn’t keep up with some of the more erratic dives, but to be fair most if not all cameras would have the same problem. In fact to give an idea of how fast the action is there is movement at 1/1000 of a second in most frames.
First off, I had a higher percentage of sharp images compared to the Mk III, yes I know all about the MkIII problems, but my camera has never had those issues. Yes it was an early model, and it has had all the firmware upgrades and mirror-box fixed, and to date it is still a good performing camera, but even so the Mk IV just seemed more confident and sure footed when it came to focus.
(A word of warning though, the Mk IV is a camera, it will not save you if your technique is wrong. You still need to put in your fair share of work if you want the results. Believe me I learnt this the hard way with another camera when I was younger).
After covering the women’s singles I raced back to my laptop and started down-loading. Then, the much harder, much faster, men’s singles.
The results were everything Canon said they would be the 1600 ISO looked closer to an 800 ISO and the 2500 looks like the older 1600 ISO. I found the files looked strong and even sharpening in Bridge didn’t seem to detract from their pleasing look. Although someone showed me a file from another camera and that file looked much smoother, which confused me for a while, then I realized – we were comparing a jpg file (other make) to my raw canon file. I assume that if I had shot jpgs, the noise reduction stuff or whatever they use, would have kicked in and given a similar result, unfortunately I had deadlines and I couldn’t test my theory.
Going to higher ISO’s the obvious happens, more noise, but still usable, even at the top end of the scale: there was noise in the shadows and blacks but it also looked like it would clean up with something like Noise Ninja certainly very usable in newspapers.
The file size helped as well. Having 16 Megapixels sure helps when you need to crop an image.
I think given time to sort out the camera for my “style” the Mk IV would perform a bit better , but straight out of the box it kept up with a fairly rigorous workout.
What do I think of it as a working camera ? I have a budget to buy one as soon as stock arrives.
I must thank Canon and Team Digital for helping and getting the camera to me.
Our thanks again Tony we will let you know as soon your 1D arrives.
Nikon D3 Body $ 3590.00
Good Condition complete with box
Nikon 17/35 F2.8 $ 1450.00
Good Condition complete with box
Nikon 135mm F2.0 Defocus $ 1250.00
Excellent Condition
Nikon D200 Body $ 1200.00
Includes Grip good condition
Nikon 12/24 F4.0 $ 990.00
Good Condition
Canon 1DMkIII body $ 3250.00
Condition complete with box
Canon 70/200 f2.8 IS $ 1590.00
Good Condition
Canon 300mm F2.8 IS $ 4500.00
Complete in excellent condition just over 18 months old
Hasselblad Xpan kit $ 1200.00
Complete with 45mm f4.0
Over the new year we loaned Michael Fletcher the Canon 1D Mark IV to take some footage in Sydney, including the famous Sydney New Year fireworks. Check it out for yourself on the link below. Thank Michael.
Here is the first snippet of footage from the brand new canon 1D mark IV. Michael didn’t get the best light, we have all experienced that problem before! The footage of the fireworks is exceptional. Looks pretty good in low light, would like to see some stills from this puppy. Will get some on Saturday night at the Trigger movie shoot.
Click here to view footage
We also have had the Mark IV at the Hopman Cup and that report and images will be posted next week.
