A few months ago I got a call from Salomon asking if I would like to be part of a trip to Japan in February. The crew would be Sammy Carlson, Dane Tudor and Mike Henitiuk along with filmers from Salomon and also Poorboyz Productions. I was stoked! Japan was right up there on the list of places I wanted to go and I knew the proposed crew for the trip would be a good one….
Mar 172010
I decided that it was time to update some portfolio sections on my website. At the end of each winter I have a stack of images that I would just love to show everybody. Unfortunately they have to remain under wraps until they have been used by either the commercial or editorial clients in the following winter’s ski magazine! It means that some photos can lay dormant on my hard drive for over 12 months before they are seen by people other than art directors, marketing managers and photo editors. At this time though, nearly everything that I shot last winter that is going to be published in one way or another has been so I can finally update my site with some fresh images. These are a few of my favorite ones from last year. Some were shot on editorial assignments, some on commercial shoots and some when I’m just out shooting. On my main website you can view the images in THIS GALLERY where they are displayed slightly bigger. For ease you can also browse them below.
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All images copyright © Dan Carr.
Today Canon has finally released the much awaited firmware update that adds 24p and 25p recording modes to the 5dMKII. Since the camera’s introduction more than a year ago, Canon has released several firmware updates. The first major one last year added manual exposure control to the video mode, but video professionals around the world were clamoring for more. Since it’s introduction the 5dMKII has been hampered by true 30fps recording (not 29.97) and no other frame rates. Petitions were signed and websites created in order to try and convince Canon to create an update to change this, thankfully Canon listened.
You can download the update HERE
But it goes further than simply adding these new frame rates and you really have to applaud Canon for this. In fact for all of this. They could have sat back and not added this functionality until the 5dMKIII, i’m pleased to see them taking this approach. They were caught off guard by the incredible success of the video recording and initially at least never expected people to be using these cameras to shoot high-end TV commercials and even Hollywood movie scenes with them. The firmware to fix the problem has been in development for many months, and we can assume on many movie sets. There’s going to be a lot of happy film makers out there this evening!
So lets see what this firmware adds then:
NTSC:
1920×1080 : 30 fps (changed – actual 29.97 fps)
1920×1080 : 24 fps (added – actual 23.976 fps)
640×480 : 30 fps (changed – actual 29.97 fps)
PAL:
1920×1080 : 25 fps (added – actual 25.0 fps)
1920×1080 : 24 fps (added – actual 23.976 fps)
640×480 : 25 fps (added – actual 25.0 fps)
- Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording level (64 levels).
- Adds a histogram display (brightness or RGB) for shooting movies in manual exposure. This is very useful! Unlike most video cameras, the 5dMKII doesn’t display zebra stripes on over-exposed areas. Canon have now added a live histogram that can be displayed on the screen so you can check your exposure on the scene before you record. The histogram does not remain on the screen during recording.
- Adds shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies.
- Changes the audio sampling frequency from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.
Canon 5d MKII + 17-40 f4LÂ , 1/1000 ISO 800 f8.0
This is an unused shot from a commercial shoot for Whistler Blackcomb last spring. You can view the final ads here in a old blog post.
