Recent content by FranchiseJuan

Most of the sudios I rent use the Bowens HIglide system with Bowens lights. If you get the Bowens DX lights you can control them with a remote so you don't have to move them to change settings. I find them much better than using a boom arm for things like Beauty dishes which need to be close...

I should have been more clear, when you get a class 10 Transend and Kingston it is usually only able to get up to 10mb/s. However Sandisk and Kingston Class 10 SD cards can usually do around 20 mb/s.

What can I say? I shot over 10K images over a 2 month period in just about the most controlled environment there is, as well as in the real world, and the dynamic range and noise performance of the sensor in the 50D is just not as good as the 40D. You also need to spend a lot of money on glass...

I regularly use Sandisk, Lexar, Transend and Kingston cards. The latter two are quite reliable in my experience, but the main difference is that write speeds for Transend and Kingston are going to be around 10-12mb/s even on the 10x cards, where as the Sandisk Extreme, and Lexar Pro cards can...

While I was not the one who wrote the review of the 50D, I was in the office and did many of the photographic tests during the time the review was taking place. I can say with complete confidence that both in a studio environment, and in the real world, the 40D is noticeably a better camera (in...

The panny is 2x crop but there are quite a number of wide angle options for Micro 4/3 so that is not so much a problem, and the GH2 has a very good EVF so you can shoot it to your eye and not at arms length. The NEX 7 is 1.5 crop, but has the sensor is the latest generation sony 24mp one so it...

I personally don't think the Ricoh GXR will be a good option due to the crop factor. You could either get a Panasonic GH2 + M adaptor (less money) or Sony NEX 7 + M adaptor (about the same money as the GXR). I think the NEX 7 will give you the most Leica M like experience for not that much money.

I think the best lens range for all the compact mirroless camera systems is still the Micro 4/3 system, and if you get the GH2 you will also get the best video quality as well. The Nex system has better stills image quality, but you may not like the controls as much, and their lenses are still...

What about option 5: Downgrade to a used M8? (selling the M9 and 90mm teleelmarit, maybe picking up a Voit 50) Should net you maybe £3K.

I am not sure how I feel about this photo.....

Good points: - good image quality when used within it's limitations. - solid construction - nice range, and actually not that much distortion. Bad points: - Not really weather sealed - You are going to either love or hate that push pull zooming action - When zoomed to 400 is very long and...

Looking at your kit list, I think you would get more versatility out of swapping your 17-40 F4 for a 16-35 F2.8 II over straight adding a 35 F1.4.

The best thing out there for what you want is probably still a HP tc1100 (still mad someone stole mine). If you can find one they usually go for about £200 used. Can do just about anything you want cause it can run Windows 7, and as tablet only weighs in under 1KG. If you want new might...

Well there are longer ones, I am trying to edit it all into one video of the whole day, but because they are all in different lighting conditions, I have to colour match them, and such so it may take a couple of days. If I end up not being motivated to do it, then I might post just the unedited...

I take it you enjoyed the video then? Should I post the rest?