So it was that Canon announced to a mostly suspecting public that coming soon to store near them would be the latest addition to the Rebel Line, the Canon 550D or Rebel Ti2. This little beauty certainly does look the goods on paper and with it’s free and easy attitude towards video it’s sure to be a hit with all the boys and girls! What’s it’s deal, I hear you ask, well it’s basically a mini 7D. It’s a Digic IV processor, 18MP APS-C Sensor with pretty much the same video modes and frame rates (1080P @ 30, 25 & 24P, 720 @ 50 & 60P, 480 @ 50 & 60P). Am I excited, you betcha!
A sense of lurking malice hid in the atmosphere, unseen forces swept through the air and the ocean, elements whipping each other into a frenzy. The usually idyllic Sunshine Coast had turned feral and it surely was a sight to behold!
It’s a happy day today! An e-mail just arrived in my inbox this morning from SmugMug HQ with the wonderful news that their embedded flash player is now capable of displaying a HD video feed in Full Screen mode! This is great news and welcome addition to the already fantastic service these guys provide.
So basically, there are a couple of new buttons that are only visible when you are in Full screen mode – HD and Stretch. Both are toggled on or off and give you what seems to be a 1280×720P HD stream and the option to stretch it so it fills the screen or display it pixel for pixel in a 1280×720 frame in the centre of the screen.
Give it a go with the video above! I don’t think I will update the old embed’s for the other video’s on the site as they all have links to the HD versions and Vimeo versions too.
Sorry for the lack of updates over the last few weeks. A ridiculously stacked schedule has left me without much time for sleeping, let alone getting out and shooting content for the site. An easing of workloads over the next week should allow for some all out shooting fun while the weather is blinging here on the Sunny Coast! Can’t wait for that!
It was about a four hour drive to Tenterfield. The gorgeous Katie was a little trojan, driving all the way there, while I pointed the camera out the window under the pretense of making a video for ‘the blog’. Well, it wasn’t a complete waste of time and the video above, I’m actually really pleased with. Not because it’s my best work ever, but because it’s the little things that you forget and this will be nice to look back on. I hope you enjoy it!
There’s full 1080P version on SmugMug, Check it out here! You’ll find the full story and a Vimeo embed after the jump too.
Not unlike the Canon 5DMKII was sometime ago, this is a game changer!
Confused? You needn’t be, it’s actually very simple. Facebook has come to the Xbox 360 and it is going to redefine the way we view and interact with Social media!
Not much time for much of anything at the moment. . .things are just so busy. . .and hot too!
Should be able to get a release for the Brazil and Mexico footage soon and can’t wait to finish the Tenterfield clip, I just need a little while to get all this other stuff out the way!
I’ll be getting back into it before the dust has settled though, mark my words.
Cotton Tree Jetty on a perfect Sunshine Coast day! Times like this it sucks being behind the camera!
Crazy times abound here on the Sunshine Coast at the moment. I have been shooting flat out and working pretty much non-stop. It seems that this time of the year is not only the hottest, but also the busiest and most lovely to shoot. That makes for long days behind the 7D and long nights in front of the computer.
Not quite as sexy as Scarlett Johansson. . .but almost! Pic: Jared Land - Reduser.net
Red, the folks behind the wonderful 4K Digital Cinema phenomenon the ‘Red One’, are at it again! Making bold claims while people wait, frustrated and anxious, for actual hardware to become available.
It seems like only yesterday that some of the boffins over on the DVXUser Forums were claiming Red was a myth, a dream doomed to never see the light of day. It was, what did they call it? Vaporware! That’s it! To think that Red stuffed about so much with the release of the Red One that somebody actually dubbed it Vaporware should explain why this latest announcement about their upcoming 3K, 2/3″ Sensor camera called ‘Scarlet’, while very exciting, is something many people won’t be holding their breath for. But to say that the spec list kindled that ever present pilot light of desire into a small inferno would be hitting the nail on the head. On paper, this thing looks good! Real good!
It’s a happy day today! I’m heading down to meet the family in the absolute middle of nowhere! About 4 hours drive south-east from here in Northern New South Wales, there’s a little place called Tenterfield, which happens to be about halfway between where my the my Dad, Stepmom, and their 2 kids live in Tamworth and where myself and the lovely Kate live on the Sunny Coast.
This is awesome for a couple of reasons. I have been looking around me lately, feeling a little creatively burnt out, racking my brain for something cool to shoot a video on for the site. Something hopefully that will renew some faith in my ability behind the camera, after the lacklustre travel videos from the Brazil and Mexico shoot, which even my Dad thought were pretty ‘meh!’ Hahaha!
So I’m taking the camera on the road trip, looking for something fresh, something interesting and also some shots of my gorgeous little sister who is no doubt responsible for probably half the views on Vimeo of the last video I cut of her. She’s only 3 and already knows how to get on the computer, go through the history, find her video on Vimeo and watch it. . .full screen. So I intend to make her another that she can be equally excited about.
I think it’s going to be just what I need. . .some time off the beaten track. . .no deadlines. . .some time with the family and hopefully a fresh head on my shoulders when I return!
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