In Photography on June 22, 2009 by icecalibre Tagged: 1080p, 12 800, 500D, camera, canon, film, HD, iso, lens, movies, new, rebel, t1i, video
How could I have forgotten?
Goodness, I bought it like, almost a whole month ago.
Yes, that’s right. I sold my Rebel XS and bought the brand new Rebel T1i (500D) which gives me all my former Rebel goodness + full 1080p HD video!
Among the other favorite features, I’m also really happy about the 12 800 ISO, which is a vast improvement over the 1600 I was using before. My night shots are so crisp and clean. The ISO grain at 1600 is almost completely gone. Of course, you get it back when you are shooting upwards 3200-6400+ but it isn’t nearly as bad as before, and, honestly, what can you expect?
I shot with the kit lens (f3.5) in a candle lit room and got clean shots at 1/8 a second. Cool!
I’ll be working more with the video this summer, and will post to let you know when things come out on my currently empty Vimeo page.
Happy shooting!
Website semi-launch:
After roughly 7 versions, the clean, minimalist IceCalibre.com is staying, at least for a while.
Of course, it will continue to evolve as I see fit, but I think I like the grey, clean styles.
The top title banner with my name is kind of ugly, however, any suggestions?
Tagged: clean, fresh, grey, icecalibre.com, minimal, new, Photography, website, white on June 18, 2009 by icecalibre
In Generic on June 17, 2009 by icecalibre Tagged: blog, fresh, group, IceCalibre, new, projects
So kids, let’s get to it.
Basically, I’m overhauling the entire system.
Instead of the labourous process of posting the photos to the blog, I am going to simply use flickr and link.
The blog, instead will be used for updates and *new* group projects.
That’s right. I’m going to have projects that require user imput to shape.
I have a few planned, but you will find out soon enough.
So, the new site is coming!
In Generic on January 14, 2009 by icecalibre Tagged: machine, myst, new, old, starting
Did anyone ever play the older ‘Myst’ games?
If so, do you remember how whenever you pushed a button everything behind the wall turned and cranked, producing some huge machine that just sounded cool?
That’s the sound that my blog makes when I started writing in it again after several months of… erm… laziness.
So, needless to say, it’s coming around again. Next stop: D’ni. No, just kidding.
In Generic, Photography on October 18, 2008 by icecalibre Tagged: camera, canon, new, Photography, rebel
Yup, I bought a new one.
After much debate, I went with the Canon Rebel XS. You can read all about it here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08061002canon1000d.asp
So, sadly, the A540 is being pushed down to my “backup and movie taking” camera. I still stand behind my “It isn’t the camera that makes good pictures, it’s the photographer.” statement. But really, I do love the new camera. I don’t think it makes my pictures better, but it gives me more options to play with.
So for those of you at home who feel inadaquate with thier mom’s point and shoot, don’t be. If I can take award winning photography with mine, so can you. All it takes is an eye fr good pictures, not an expensive setup.
