This evening Canon has announced the latest incarnation of the 1 series camera, the 1DmkIV A quick run down of the key specs: 16 megapixels APS-H (27.9 x 18.6mm) size with a magnification factor or 1.3x New 45 point auto focus system 39 cross-type focusing points High ISO setting up to 102,400 300,000-cycle shutter mechanism 63-zone meter 1/300 standard flash sync Twin CompactFlash and [...]

Almost more than any other question I get asked is ” What camera bag do you use?”  This is the answer…… well, one of them anyway.  F-Stop is a company which specializes in camera bags for the adventure minded photographer.  If you like to ski, hike, climb or ride a bike with your gear these [...]

When I decided I needed to get this video stuff dialed, I needed something to shoot.  There’s no point trying to figure this all out unless you have a purpose and some footage to play with.  Leigh Powis, a local skier from Whistler, told about his crazy plan to put a trampoline on top of [...]

So once you have all of your video in a format that you can work with, import it all into Final Cut and set up a new project.  This is where you need to tread carefully, depending on which version of FCP you have.  I have Final Cut 5 and that caused some problems to [...]

When I first got the 5dMKII last winter, the camera world was buzzing about the incredible HD video that it can shoot as well as the beautiful 21MP images.  This will be great I thought, I can shoot some videos in between shooting photos.  When it actually came down to it though, nice idea as [...]

Back in the spring time I was asked to shoot a campaign for Whistler Blackcomb.  The ads were to center around the new Peak to Peak gondola that spans the gap between Whistler and Blackcomb and the first versions have now hit the news stands in Freeskier magazine and Transworld Snowboarding.  We had some difficulties [...]

I’ve seen similar post on a couple of other photographers blogs before and always found them to be interesting and useful.  When heading off on a long trip it can be tough to figure out how much gear to take and in what combination.  On my recent trip I had to do just about every [...]

As I blogged about the other day, there’s been a lot of speculation about this camera for a few years and today is finally the day that Canon have announced the elusive 7D. It fits into an entirely new position in their SLR lineup, right between the current 50d and the 5dMKII and comes in at [...]

This morning I was woken up at 4am by someone hammering on my front door.  I was ecstatic.   Why? Because the guy who was banging 7 shades out of my door, was also carrying my pelican case full of flash equipment that I had last seen at Queenstown airport in New Zealand 4 days ago.  If [...]

If you Google Canon 7d you will find speculation about this camera dating back several years.  Fake photoshopped boxes and fake adverts have popped up before but over the last couple of months there has been more compelling evidence that this camera is about the make the transfer from mythical to physical. The rumors about such [...]