Here I thought all this time I loved Target, who in there right mind would shop there after they hand over several thousand dollars to Fight Prop 8! Who in there right mind would be against equality, who in there right mind would be against free speech, and who... in there right mind would BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM... TARGET and BEST BUY...
I Hope they thought long and hard before they handed over the cash, because now they are going to pay for it. Pretty stuPID MOVE on there part...
Speek out and protest ....
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The All New (Canon 1D Mark IV) OFFICIAL REVIEW
Finally,
I’ve Tested, tested, and tested my new Canon 1d Mark IV. Although it was a bit of a hairy road so to speak the transition was WAY easier than I expected. Canon, when I say it, three things come to mind. Maybe you’re already thinking it but, Piece of mind, Reliability, and Quality.
When I shoot now although the, “Nikon D3”, series was nice, the “Canon”, well exceeds quality and simple accessibility standards. No one said this camera is for amateurs, so the anti Canon rumors are false about accessibility convenience. Coming from both sides myself I can confirm that as a fact figuratively speaking. It’s as easy as riding a bike, walking and chewing gum, or Driving a car while chewing gum, talking on the hands free calling, and following the GPS. It’s feels so natural once you start shooting you don’t even think about it, in fact it’s almost like the camera reads your mind as your shooting. I’m talking about “Manual Mode”, not the auto setting modes. Although the auto setting modes are pretty incredible I’m a bit of a control freak in that regards that I like it to consistently be doing what I tell it to do. With that said…..
10 fps wow, really why would you need faster than that right. It feels like a machine gun firing in your hand, (never really shot one of those but if I had). Video quality well amazing… I made two test videos, one I submitted to Godaddy.com commercial Contest. Keep in mind now I’ve never touched video before, this is my first amateur whack at it. Shot at 60 fps mode HD.
Additionally, the Canon 580 EX II, it works effortlessly. With basically no recharge time what so ever, you don’t even hear it! I was amazed the first time I put batteries in it. Definitely stands up to its price tag, which is a must buy! I also purchased the collapsible, “Gary Fong Light Diffuser”, which is also a MUST! It’s so easy to put on the flash creating those shadow-less and natural toned results. So compared to the, “Nikon SB-600”, well unfortunately there’s no comparison. In fact it’s a newborn standing next to the Monstrous “Canon 580 EX II”, Speed Flash. Must I say more?
The “SIGMA 70-200 2.8 EX II HSM”, is incredible, smooth, sharp, sexy, masculine, and feels like a lens always should have. I like to when shooting have in my hands QUALITY. The $800 price tag on the lens is very affordable for what you get, and if you can pinch together the $800 bucks and change I Highly recommend you doing so.
I also purchased the “Canon 50mm F1.4 ULTRASONIC”, lens. So sharp, if you buy the Mark IV you have to buy this lens. It’s just amazing, and what I shot the majority of the, “Godaddy.com”, commercial with.
I’ll post more reviews as I continue to purchase and build my inventory. If you have questions shoot!
Happy shooting !
Monday, April 19, 2010
The All New (Canon 1D Mark IV)
New to the Canon world! Well I am too, I just placed an order for the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. I purchased mine from, “Woodland Hills Camera & Telescope” in Los Angeles. What an amazing little camera store.
I recently switched from Nikon, I like to play life dangerously so to speak! I’ve never shot with a Canon nor have I held any Canon camera more than a couple of minutes my entire photography career, which is about 5 years. I decided to sell all my Nikon gear and convert over to Canon because of a bad experience with Nikon.
It wasn't Nikon itself that I blame, its the store I purchased the camera from. They sold me a camera, as they explained the 1 year manufacture warranty, yeadi Yeadi YEADa they left out a very important detail, it was gray MARKET.
The Nikon D3 camera completely died on me after receiving many memory card reading errors. I then had called them in regards to this problem. I paid nearly 5k dollars for the camera and Insurance,They weren't at all interested in helping me. I contacted Nikon themselves they asked me to send it to them. Thank god there was a local Nikon repair close by. I then called after shipping the D3 a few days later and they told me the camera had been sent back to me! I was in shock, a little happy until they said this was a GRAY MARKET CAMERA designed to be sold in another country. They also asked why I had a gray market camera. Nikon explained to me they will not do any repairs, even if i paid them too, because it was gray market.
I was in shock, immediately I called American Express, told them the situation, explaining we were sold one camera, I got a completely different one! The only reason I used the American Express is because of there 1 year guarantee on any items you purchase. They opened up a dispute case immediately, which sorry to say didnt lead to anywhere. (They Totally suck)...
Anyways back to a lighter note I am converting over to Canon, Im excited about the FULL HD Video feature, smooth high ISO, and the very responsive fast 10 fps shutter speed. All at 16.1 MP ... WOW, so I will be posting examples of what I can pull off with this camera, in both video and photography. I’m new to this blog thing, so if i have no readers thats ok, just kinda doing this to kill time...
Ill try and push it to the limit... Well see.... Im an amateur in video although I tend to be pretty strong in editing the sound and video, all self taught keep in mind just in case it doesn't look so great!
I also just purchased a “Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO Macro HSM II Zoom Telephoto Lens”, I really still don't really know what all that jumbo means but the HSM (Hyper-Sonic Motor) plus the constant F2.8, and the price I really need! So Sigma here we go, Im going to test you out, push this little baby to the limit and see how you perform. I’ve read allot of forums in regards to Sigma, the good the bad, and the in-between. As a middle person looking in at a distance, it seems to me that it really is just preference! I wish Lenses could just be really cheap... I mean then anyone could have it, kinda like the new Health Care Bill... minus the whole “Its the Law thing to have”, I think would be amazing. Although Sigma does have some super expensive lenses, I paid just a little over $800 with shipping for this bad boy. I then found out from “Woodland Hills Camera”, “Sigma isn’t a good lens, they don't have the technology to have perfect results of exposure and the electronic syncing doesn't work sufficiently.” Although they might be right, I’m taking my chances, I dont really like Tamron Lenses, they feel cheap to me. The Sigma’s well I had One when I worked for a company, and I LOVED it. It feels well built, strong, and worth the money.
So back to the whole Canon thing, yeah this will be a journey and if your interested in seeing how it goes and if you want to read more GREAT!
I wanna give my own fun and interesting review on this camera once I get my hands on it.
I also ordered the really amazing sounding “Canon 580EX II Speedlite”, for a whopping 400 something on Amazon. Carries Canon’s nice dandy warranty and piece of mind, so Im fascinated to see the comparison on this flash to my old “Nikon SB-600”. I bought my, “Gary Fong Collapsible Lightsphere”, gotta have this thing as its amazing! if you've never used one, go buy one immediately, especially if you shoot events or on location.
I recently switched from Nikon, I like to play life dangerously so to speak! I’ve never shot with a Canon nor have I held any Canon camera more than a couple of minutes my entire photography career, which is about 5 years. I decided to sell all my Nikon gear and convert over to Canon because of a bad experience with Nikon.
It wasn't Nikon itself that I blame, its the store I purchased the camera from. They sold me a camera, as they explained the 1 year manufacture warranty, yeadi Yeadi YEADa they left out a very important detail, it was gray MARKET.
The Nikon D3 camera completely died on me after receiving many memory card reading errors. I then had called them in regards to this problem. I paid nearly 5k dollars for the camera and Insurance,They weren't at all interested in helping me. I contacted Nikon themselves they asked me to send it to them. Thank god there was a local Nikon repair close by. I then called after shipping the D3 a few days later and they told me the camera had been sent back to me! I was in shock, a little happy until they said this was a GRAY MARKET CAMERA designed to be sold in another country. They also asked why I had a gray market camera. Nikon explained to me they will not do any repairs, even if i paid them too, because it was gray market.
I was in shock, immediately I called American Express, told them the situation, explaining we were sold one camera, I got a completely different one! The only reason I used the American Express is because of there 1 year guarantee on any items you purchase. They opened up a dispute case immediately, which sorry to say didnt lead to anywhere. (They Totally suck)...
Anyways back to a lighter note I am converting over to Canon, Im excited about the FULL HD Video feature, smooth high ISO, and the very responsive fast 10 fps shutter speed. All at 16.1 MP ... WOW, so I will be posting examples of what I can pull off with this camera, in both video and photography. I’m new to this blog thing, so if i have no readers thats ok, just kinda doing this to kill time...
Ill try and push it to the limit... Well see.... Im an amateur in video although I tend to be pretty strong in editing the sound and video, all self taught keep in mind just in case it doesn't look so great!
I also just purchased a “Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO Macro HSM II Zoom Telephoto Lens”, I really still don't really know what all that jumbo means but the HSM (Hyper-Sonic Motor) plus the constant F2.8, and the price I really need! So Sigma here we go, Im going to test you out, push this little baby to the limit and see how you perform. I’ve read allot of forums in regards to Sigma, the good the bad, and the in-between. As a middle person looking in at a distance, it seems to me that it really is just preference! I wish Lenses could just be really cheap... I mean then anyone could have it, kinda like the new Health Care Bill... minus the whole “Its the Law thing to have”, I think would be amazing. Although Sigma does have some super expensive lenses, I paid just a little over $800 with shipping for this bad boy. I then found out from “Woodland Hills Camera”, “Sigma isn’t a good lens, they don't have the technology to have perfect results of exposure and the electronic syncing doesn't work sufficiently.” Although they might be right, I’m taking my chances, I dont really like Tamron Lenses, they feel cheap to me. The Sigma’s well I had One when I worked for a company, and I LOVED it. It feels well built, strong, and worth the money.
So back to the whole Canon thing, yeah this will be a journey and if your interested in seeing how it goes and if you want to read more GREAT!
I wanna give my own fun and interesting review on this camera once I get my hands on it.
I also ordered the really amazing sounding “Canon 580EX II Speedlite”, for a whopping 400 something on Amazon. Carries Canon’s nice dandy warranty and piece of mind, so Im fascinated to see the comparison on this flash to my old “Nikon SB-600”. I bought my, “Gary Fong Collapsible Lightsphere”, gotta have this thing as its amazing! if you've never used one, go buy one immediately, especially if you shoot events or on location.
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