(Updates on Canon EOS 1Dmrk4 on an earlier post . Updated 6th Jan 2010) I usually do not show tearsheets. But I’ll make an exception, as I think guys back home (seriously understaffed) have done a good job. So thank you guys. It’s half way through the tournament and this is what I have come up with so far: …
(Updates on Canon EOS D1mrk4 are in my previous post. Updated 6th Jan. 2010) Rainy days in Oberstdorf are over — and now it is rainy days in Insbruck. Got here this afternoon and will commute to Garmisch-Partenkirchen now for a couple of days. But it’s nice having the same hotel for several days in a row and …
(UPDATED 6th Jan. 2010) I shot my first 500 or so work images with the production model Canon EOS 1Dmrk4 ( EOS-1D Mk4, EOS-1D Mk IV, EOS-1D mark 4, EOS-1D mrk 4) today and I was surprised. Not only was the quality of the images with the higher ISOs very nice, but the autofocus performed even better than I had anticipated. I …
So I had to return it. Reluctantly. I had a long and very nice conversation with Olli Turtiainen of the Canon Finland about my experiences with the camera and he managed to shed light on some of my observations. And just to prove I shot in bad, bad lighting — and also to prove I have a life outside photography ;-) — …
First, let me underline: this is not a test. I got to play around with the latest Canon flagship for c. 48 hours over the weekend. Shots some stills (about a thousand or so), shot some video (c. 30 min), played around with the settings, trying to figure out if this is such a great camera everybody is buzzing …