Paul Cypert Photography & Design

Hey all,

I’m not much of a pen fan, but loads of photographers are. Wacom Intuos are the standard pen tablet for the majority of working graphics professionals… and for a reason. They’re really well made and will last you a long time. This is also a great time to buy into the series as I imagine you’ll start seeing a liquidation of still perfectly great Intuos 3’s go on clearance.

I’m thinking about picking one of these up once they become available, not because I want to draw on screen very much (though that will be nice for applying masks to pictures in PS), but because these are supposed to stave off carpal tunnel better than even the most ergonomic mouse. I spend more than a fair amount of time on a computer and any little bit will help. Plus the quick keys can be mapped to specific actions and other commands in PS speeding up your entire workflow… this coupled with my iPhone and Logitech MX1100 mouse will put pretty much every command I normally use off the keyboard and just a button push away.

Wacom Intuos 4 - Anyone needing a gift idea for me?

Paul

To be honest I hate these little things. To me they just feel so junky in the hands. But these entry level Canon’s are great for people with tiny hands/budgets. At this price point the sensor and video options make it a great deal…even more so when they fall to under 500 on the used market. I forsee a lot of extreme videos getting shot with them then - skateboarding, biking, etc…things that might normally break a camera, but at a low price like that who’d care?

Canon EOS T1i via Gizmodo

Paul

Hey all,

I get this question a lot… or worse I get a smug look from some one’s uncle during the course of a wedding. I’m always asked about my gear and inevitably someone wants to know how many megapixels my camera is. I’d like to say, “it really doesn’t matter, it’s what’s between my ears that makes the pictures best…or at the very least the lenses on front” but I can’t… so I’m usually left to say 12 or 15 (for now ). At this point someone has a cell phone with similar specs and they look at me as if I have inferior gear.

I’ve said this before on the blog. I’d rather have a 4 MP Nikon D2h over a 10 megapixel point and shoot. But these guys explain it better: Gizmodo Explains Megapixels.
Paul

Hey all,

I know I must seem like an Apple shill here lately, but I’ve added yet another Apple product to my line up. › Continue reading

Hey all,

I WILL get my hands on this camera soon

Thailand is woefully behind on their shipments of this camera and I’m looking into other avenues to secure one for myself. Can’t wait to utilize the video and take advantage of the increased ISO performance.

If you don’t know about the 5DmkII then read the review here.

Paul

Hey all,
Canon has released the first official firmware upgrade for the Canon 50D.

Get it here

Also a reminder to everyone to check out the firmware for whatever camera they are using to make sure it’s current. For those that don’t know firware upgrades for digital cameras sometimes offer bug fixes, support for memory cards, performance boosts, etc. So it’s good to keep up to date with them.

Paul

Hey all,
I’ve been seriously waiting for this for a while now. To the point where, this last week, I actually started spending a good amount of time thinking about dumping my Canon gear and going Nikon (D700). It’s still a nice thought because I still miss the ergonomics of Nikon cameras.

But just in the nick of time Canon announced the 5DMKII. This is an upgrade to the classic 5D, my current main camera. This update will give me higher ISO (better low light) pictures and more megapixels. Not actually all that excited for 21 mp…it doesn’t really add to that much difference it’s actually only a 25% increase in resolution. It will let me go a bit bigger in portraits so look for some enlargements in the future.

Also, it’ll allow for HD movie shooting! That sounds kind of cheesy on one hand, but is incredibly cool on the other. I can shoot some artsy stuff with my 85 1.2 for ultra shallow depth of field movies…pretty nice.

I’m sold at this point right now (unless somone will give me a bunch of Nikon gear). I’ll buy this and a 50D when they are released.

Canon 5DMKII

Paul

Finally.

Was starting to get worried. Even starting to peruse the Nikon lineup. Part of me still misses the ergonomics of Nikons. But Canon will come back I keep telling myself. They were on top for a number of years and now Nikon is catching up, but Canon will respond in time. And they’re slowly starting to release. It looks like they’re still going after “Uncle Bob’s” and others with their lineups, but we shall see. I’ll hold off a bit longer. Rumors say there are more announcements on the horizon.

This new camera isn’t what I’ve been hoping for in a lot of ways. But in other ways it’s the perfect camera for a lot of my shooting. There are times when more MP’s don’t’ matter to me. I shoot a lot for clubs and a lot of the wedding day doesn’t need to be blown up large…so the small size raw files on offer with the 50D are of note for me. I like that I can choose to scale down from 15 MP to around 7 and 3. That will save a lot of hard drive space for people who just want web images.

I also appreciate the claims of improved focusing. Let’s hope they are true. Some are saying it focuses better than the top of the line Canons. That would be swell

It’s not actually in many people’s hands so I’m holding off judgement. I recently sold my backup 30D looking to get a 40D, but looks like now I’ll have to wait till October and it’ll be the 50D instead. Looks to be a perfect backup camera that’ll pull extra duty in the clubs and give my aging 5D the rest it deserves.

Canon 50D

Paul

Hey all,
If anyone is doing RSS (look into it if you’re not) here’s a nice feed direct from Canon.  You can subscribe to these feeds to know about new product developments from Canon (new cameras, printers, etc).  Pretty cool if you want to be in the know or are about to buy a new camera, but want to hold off on rumors of new products.

Canon RSS Feed

Ok, just posted about my favorite point and shoots.  Haven’t seen any pictures from it (which at the end of the day are all that matter), but this looks like a nice G9 alternate for Nikon shooters.  Right now it’s a temporary fail for me due to not providing a mac Raw solution (yeah I’m nitpicking), but that should come in time.  If you’re not a mac raw shooter and have some Nikon flashes, this looks nice on paper.  Click the link below for that.

P6000 Here