Tristan Tom is a photographer based in California, specializing in portraits, commercial and stock photography
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THERE’S MUSIC IN THE AIR AND OH YEAH…
There’s music in the air and oh yeah, the music can...
October 9, 2008 - 11:17 am - I want to live there. Just in that field.
October 24, 2008 - 10:25 am - This looks like a lovely place to take a nap.
November 14, 2008 - 4:34 am - Indeed!
December 4, 2008 - 11:13 pm - a delightful photo.
December 16, 2008 - 9:22 pm - Thanks Trista, glad you like it. Cool name btw ;)
The big news in the DSLR world is the new Canon 5D MKII, which I will have my hands all over soon…. The image quality out of this camera looks absolutely excellent especially in low light-very low noise even at 1600 and 3200 ISO. It also puts out 1080p video like nothing I’ve seen. You...
September 28, 2008 - 8:40 am - I already believe this is THE SLR to get for both stills and HD video but if Canon adds the 24p, it will hands down be the one to get!
October 8, 2008 - 7:07 pm - I hope Canon can add 24 frames per second to the camera. This would really get me to purchase one along with a slew of L lenses. This would give us the opportunity to shoot very high end looking stuff at a affordable price range. Hope this helps Tony Bernot
October 9, 2008 - 9:25 pm - Yep, I totally agree!
October 23, 2008 - 1:54 am - Just wanted to add my $.02 and say that including 24p means the difference between buying this camera in a heartbeat and waiting it out to see what else comes along.
November 27, 2008 - 5:09 pm - Same here, give me 24p or give me death!!!
January 28, 2009 - 3:31 pm - Here's the Canon EOS 5D audio sync issue or problem. Last Wednesday I used my two 5D MkII's in a 3 camera music video shoot. The third camera was a Sony PMW-EX1. Audio was recorded on two additional devices. One audio recording device was an Edirol R4 Pro. The other audio recording setup was a Tascam USB Interface to a MacBook Pro. The Sony Camera, Edirol, and Tascam/MacBook Pro devices all synced sound perfectly over the full duration of the shoot (just over 20 minutes). To clarify - once the different sources are sync'd quickly and easily to the slate clap on the waveform at the beginning of the shoot they all stayed perfectly in sync for the rest of the video. Both Canon cameras audio and video sync'd perfectly to each other but drifted significantly from the other 3 devices even over a 3 minute segment. That is a very serious problem for me and one that introduces significant post-production trouble and expense. This issue was so unexpected (I haven't run into this in years of working with a range of equipment) that I performed 3 subsequent tests to confirm that the 5D MkII's run too fast. The results from the tests show both of my 5D Mark II's run about 14 frames too fast in 10 minutes. Audio that is 1 full frame out of sync is noticeable on sharp sounds causing an echo. Audio that is 2 or 3 frames out of sync causes echo on any sound and looks odd in terms of lip sync. That the two Canon cameras audio sync'd OK to each other tells me that the cameras can be calibrated to a standard. Evidently they are just calibrated to an incorrect standard. Anybody else experience this? Does anybody really know if this is likely a chip issue or a firmware issue? Does anyone know an easy, reliable way to get the clips to conform to the standard without time-consuming constant tweaking? I contacted Canon tech support and the girl there wasn't too concerned. She said: There is no fix and that the 5d isn't really a video camera so what did I expect? Nice!
Leica just announced a new version of their M8 digital, the Leica M8.2. Also, they announced some new prime lenses including the world’s fastest prime- a 50mm f.095 at just under $11,200.
And this is cool too- Zeiss has announed three new lenses (called the Zeiss ZE series) for Canon EOS cameras!
Apple released some new iPods today. I really like how they color-coordinated the displayed album covers to match the iPods in the image above.
I love the yellow and black complexity of color and shapes in the middle of this flower that I ran across in Half Moon Bay, California this past weekend.
September 3, 2008 - 4:38 pm - Looks like you have a great view from there! I'd love a huge honkin 400mm there but they probably wouldn't let you in without a presspass then right? haha Great stuff - and yes, I'm going to miss baseball for the next few months.
September 8, 2008 - 10:03 am - I love this guy. He looks so confused. I am surprised he hasn't floated away!
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