Filed Under (Canon, HDTV, Technology) by YAB on 23-09-2008
Canon has posted a 1/4 resolution clip of Vincent Laforet’s video “Reverie”. Vincent shot this video using the new Canon 5D Mark II with a budget of less than $5,000 and in less than 72 hours.
As you can see in the clip, the video quality is breathtaking. The colors are rich and the available light shooting ability of this camera are just incredible. I think this may very well be the best consumer 1080p HD camcorder on the market today. Oh! Did I also mention that it also takes 22MP digital pictures?
Thanks to Gizmodo for teasing me like this. I want this camera so badly. Anybody want to buy me one?
Filed Under (Canon, Photography) by YAB on 15-09-2008
If you have been a photographer longer than 20 years or have a good understanding of optics and which manufacturers are the best then you will understand why this news is so dreamy.
Canon makes great lenses and their optics are top notch. But there is top notch and there is top notch. Carl Zeiss has been known for decades to make some of the best lenses known to man. If you you are a medium format shooter with a Hassy then you probably own one or two Carl Zeiss lenses.
They are that good. Not only optic wise but build wise. Carl Zeiss are probably the Rolls Royce of lenses.
So when Zeiss announces that they will be making two lenses for Canon DSLR (or any EF mount Canon camera) it made me drool from both sides of the mouth.
The first two lenses (and I say that because I am hoping for more) are the Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZE and the Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZE. Both lenses are manual focus only so they will probably appeal to the old school purists out there. They will go on sale later this year for $660 for the 50mm and $1170 for the 85mm.
Check out DPReview.com for more details on each lens.
