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Canon has finally pulled the covers on the long awaited Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, but the question is on all our minds: will it deliver and deliver exceptionally good?
The Canon EOS 1D/1Ds Mark III dSLRs have been what the Vista operating system has been to Microsoft: plagued by problems and bad press. So rather than releasing a 1D Mark IIIn (essentially a mid-year update), Canon has released, what many of us Canon photographers hope, is our saving bliss: a brand new model.
Nothing escapes my field of view! Photo courtesy of David Head. Thanks!
I attended this year’s Annual World Wide Photo Walk organized by Scott Kelby and the many Photo Walk Leaders in over 900 cities around the world with some 30,000 participants. For those who aren’t sure what a photo walk is, it is generally where a person travels around (on foot) a specific location(s) photographing anything and everything that inspires them. There is usually no set purpose of what to photograph, but rather to let inspiration and creativity inspire. I attended the San Francisco Photo Walk led by Lenny Lind. Pics inside.
Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes you see something as simple as an alley in Chinatown with broken concrete, gravel, parking cones, and those traffic control barriers, random strangers watching you, and you have one of the beautiful models sit down in that mess and what do you get? Something really neat:
Inspiration also comes from photographing with other amazing photographers in the local Bay Area.
One of the biggest discussions in selecting lenses, is usually which one to get. The choices are generally govern by your budget, your goals, need, and in some cases: want. For the most part, the choice is simple, if you shoot in low-light conditions (weddings, ceremonies, events) or need to freeze action (sports), you need fast aperture lenses for faster shutter speeds and then you need to decide on versatility (zoom lenses) or fastest possible glass (prime lenses). An over-simplification for the most part, but the point remains.