I started to think yesterday about the previous Olympics I have done, especially about the technology aspect of this profession. And it is amazing how much it has changed. In Salt Lake City — which was very much like these games, as the time difference was against us (if I remember correctly, also ten hours as it …
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 …
Got a nice surprise this afternoon: got a pre-production model of Canon 1D mrk4 into my hands for the next 48 hours or so. Canon Finland was kind enough to give me one for some pre-testing. So in case you are interested, check back late Sunday or early Monday, I try to share some of my first impressions. …
I have been working on this for weeks now — and finally it is operational. And that’s good news, really good news and very important to me. But the bad news (well, not really bad, but annoying): the project I used for creating this is sent to a client for evaluation and I cannot show it at this stage …