tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360068810329032552024-03-13T23:37:07.367+00:00First Press of the ShutterPhotographic bits 'n' bobs, stuff I've done were a photo has been taken.Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-34809295104940981042018-07-26T16:42:00.001+01:002018-07-26T16:42:50.563+01:00Project with SASH underway<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its taken quite a while to set things up with <a href="https://www.sash-uk.org.uk/" target="_blank">SASH</a> but I shot the first participants today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The project is to photograph the Hosts and the young people in their home, unposed, natural light, using restricted equipment, in this case an Olympus PEN F, with 25mm f1.8, 45mm f1.8 and 17mm f2.8 Zuiko lenses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the Mono mode setting on the PEN F for OOC jpg but shot raw as well to have the option of colour images if necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abdul has a fantastic story. At 14 he left Ethiopia on his own, travelling up through Africa until reaching Libya. He then crossed the Mediterranean into Spain ending up in the "Jungle" in Calais.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He eventually reached the UK in the back of a lorry, and was apprehended by the police and sent to a refugee hostel in Ashford. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From here he was sent to York and that is when he was hosted by Sam and her family in their home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three years later he has a York accent and is going to college.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was really nice to meet them both and a big thank you to them for letting me take their photographs.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-13196931491886499572018-02-11T16:27:00.001+00:002018-02-11T16:27:21.472+00:00Featured photo on ephotozine.com<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I popped onto the web-based photo magazine <a href="https://www.ephotozine.com//">Ephotozine.com</a> today for a quick look and to my surprise my image was the Featured Members Photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well chuffed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I entered this image in the Harrogate Photographic Society Projected Digital Image Competition in the Portrait category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The independent judge <a href="https://andrewlinscott.co.uk/">Andrew Linscott</a>, a Northallerton based professional photographer, chose this image as the winning entry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wasn't at the judging but by all accounts Andrew was very complimentary about the image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I took this during a visit to Jake's old studio in Dean Clough in Halifax in 2017. I used the Fuji X-Pro1 with Fujinon 56mm f1.2 lens, I've since sold the Fuji as, good though the results were as evidenced above, I found it way too slow.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #424242; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, fired up by 2018 I decided to spend a cold wet Saturday in the Creative Cube trying the out the tethering with my Canon 5DIV.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found tethered shooting to be simplicity itself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I simply connected the 5DIV to my MacBook Pro with the supplied USB lead, switched the camera on and immediately Canon EOS Utility 3 launched and I selected <i>Remote Shooting</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From here I could control the camera settings (changes were instantaneous) and enable <i>Live View shooting</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also had Canon DPP4 open looking into the folder the images were being saved in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I applied Digital Lens Optimisation in DPP4, as well as correction for distortion etc as I find DPP4 does this a little better than Lr lens correction, there is not much in it but to me the files from DPP4 look a little crisper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then within the DPP4 Tools menu I <i>Transferred to Photoshop</i>, saved as a psd file and adjusted the images to taste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The subjects were lit with two Rotolight LED lights and I used my Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro USM lens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ceramic art by <a href="http://maggiebarnes.co.uk/" target="_blank">Maggie Barnes Ceramics</a></span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-46352781224110634502017-10-05T14:04:00.002+01:002017-10-05T15:47:44.645+01:00BJP IPA 2018<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've submitted my Lippy Ladies project to the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The project was shot from September 2016 to September 2017. I used two Canon 5DII bodies with Canon 16-35mm f2.8 L, Canon 24-70 f2.8 L and Canon 70-200 f2.8 L IS lenses. I also used a pair of Canon 430EXII Speedlites triggered by a Canon ST2. I used various reflectors and softboxes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the Artists Statement and images I've submitted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>People are the most interesting subject to photograph yet also one of the most difficult when it comes to capturing some essence of their personality. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, with that challenge in mind, I decided to create a photographic essay. I ride a motorbike and, in spite of the common stereotypes held by the public, I know how varied individual bikers are. I put out a request on the web to the motorcycle community and received an email from the Chair of the Lippy Ladies, a female only motorcycle club based in the North of England. As soon as I met them, I knew I’d found my subject.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the next 12 months I photographed as many Lippy Ladies as I could, and over the time I got to know them, I also incorporated some south Yorkshire Lady Bikers as the two clubs overlap territory and members.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What I learned as I went along was, as Edward Steichen said: “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Meeting and getting to know the Lippy Ladies was a much bigger part of the project than the technique of taking the photos themselves, building that rapport with them has been vital to the success of the project.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each of the Lippy Ladies has a fascinating story. These are strong independent women, Pilots, Engineers, Bike Racers, ex-HGV drivers, with varied backgrounds but all with one thing in common, a love of speed and motorcycles. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These women are quietly leading extraordinary lives, but with this project I hope to make them more visible and celebrate them as role models to other women – and also men – of all ages.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went down to York Cemetary, as its an interesting old, predominantly Victorian, cemetary that is interesting to photograph and very quiet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took all my L lenses and a tripod so I could see how the touch screen worked and also test the Canon Connect App on my iPhone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pleased to say that everything worked as I hoped. The 5DIV proved to be much faster than my 5DII had been and the touch screen was an absolute joy, both for menu and for image taking. It is possible to have choice of either touch focus or touch focus and shutter release. Its easy to switch between the two.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Canon Connect App gives all the functionality of the camera touch screen but on your mobile device. I found that this more than compensates for the lack of an articulated screen, I was stood several meters from the camera and was still able to operate the camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using the camera hand held proved very familiar, the ergonomics are not a radical departure from the 5DII. What struck me most though was the AF system, it has more AF points, to be expected really, but I found selecting my AF point quick and easy with the stubby joystick on the back, and also now the battery grip, of the 5DIV. This makes the camera much faster to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at the images in Lr CC back in the studio the focus was accurate and the detail from the 30mp files certainly a step up from the already excellent 5DII.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far the 5DIV is everything I'd hoped it to be.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-69951026105840138622017-09-11T22:56:00.002+01:002017-09-11T22:56:31.305+01:00Canon 5DIV - very first impressions straight out the box<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the 5DII have been sold, and a 5DIV bought to replace them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First impressions as I unboxed it were that the 5DIV is better built than the 5DII, Canon have really upped the fit and finish, this is definitely the best constructed camera I've ever handled. It feels better made than both a Leica M240 and Hasselblad H5D both of which I have considerable experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The touch screen is an absolute joy to use, and the whole camera is very responsive to touch. The ergonomics of the 5DII were very good but Canon has refined this further with the Mk4 and every button falls neatly into place under a digit. I also bought the battery grip which matches the camera body perfectly in fit, finish, and functionality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nice to see is the locking PASM control, I often found the 5DII PASM control has moved whilst being put in and out of the camera bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All my lenses focus faster than they did with the 5DII and the Yongnuo ETTL flash triggers work perfectly as well. I've only shot a few images indoors under mixed light sources but the images up to ISO12800 look useable if required.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up until very recently I was satisfied with my pair of 5DII, the image quality was more than good enough, but then I bought an Olympus OM-D M5 as a second system and this terrific little camera together with the M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 PRO lens was so nice to use with its fast and accurate AF, and OLED touch screen that I found myself using in preference to the 5DII more and more. However, I still loved the quality of the Canon L glass, good though the M.Zuiko is it can't compete with my 70-200m f2.8 L for portraits but finding the 5DII so slow to use it wasn't getting the use it should have been. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time for change I thought; do I get rid of the Canon system all together and get all the M.Zuiko PRO lenses and another OM-D M5 body? or replace the 5DII bodies? Going down the Olympus route would be cheaper, but at the end of the day good though the mFT system is I really like a full frame sensor for some work. And those L lenses are so hard to beat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So a new 5D4 it was, I could only afford a single body, but my shoulders will thank me for that in the long run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early days yet, but keep an eye out over the next few weeks as I get to know the 5D4 a bit more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More details <a href="https://www.ephotozine.com/article/final-august-photo-month-winner-announced-31359" target="_blank">here</a></span>Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-24415759142052323402017-08-31T14:30:00.000+01:002017-08-31T16:49:48.636+01:00Lippy Lady - Lindsey - Full Sutton airfield<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Coming to the end of the 12 month Lippy Lady project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This morning it was a most enjoyable shoot with Lindsey at Full Sutton Airfield. Lindsey is a commercial pilot, who used to instruct at Full Sutton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used the Canon 5D2 with the usual 16-35mm f2.8 L, 24 - 70mm f2.8 L and 70 - 200mm f2.8 IS L lenses as well a finishing off the shoot with a few on the Olympus OM-D M5 with M.Zuiko 12 - 40mm f2.8 Pro lens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used some fill-in flash triggered with the Yongnuo YN622C wireless triggers which worked faultlessly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It all still worked as before but its was not quite so comfy as the edges of the EVF are quite sharp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I went online to order another. There are no third-part ones available, not that I could find anyway, so had to buy OEM, £16.99 fuck me Olympus! That is outrageous for a small piece of rubbery plastic.</span></div>
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Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-77642803894845103772017-08-24T17:22:00.001+01:002017-08-24T17:23:35.365+01:00Mysterious image St Michaels cemetary Llanrug, north Wales.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />I was in North Wales recently and on our way back to our hotel I thought I'd try to find the final resting place of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General">General</a> Sir Hugh Rowlands who was the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales">Welsh</a> recipient of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.<br /><br /><br /> His family plot is in St Michaels cemetary in Llanrug not that far from the family home is Plas Tirion, Llanrug.<br /><br /><br /> Rowlands' plot is quite easy to locate, its not far off the main path from the entrance gate.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />The VC is clearly displayed on the monument. Sir Hugh, enjoyed a distinguished military career and lived on to the grand old age of 81, unlike a lot of VC recipients who get the award posthumously. <br /><br /><br /> After locating the plot I took a walk around looking for some images, the grass was long and the purple/grey of the headstones with the mountains as a backdrop looked likely to provide the images I was after.<br /><br /><br /> I started shooting and on one particular shot noticed that the Face Recognition on the OM-D kept overriding my selected focus point, I've not had the OM-D long and the Face Recognition was one of the features that really impressed me, it was so quick and accurate, as well as being able to tell which eye was nearest to the camera, so I though it odd that this was happening. I turned and composed another image, and the camera focussed on my chosen area. I tried the first shot again; as before the Face Recognition took over again and focussed on the same spot. I took the image as I was using a small aperture and thought everything would be in acceptable focus anyway.<br /><br /><br /> When I got the files back home and looked at them on my 27"Apple TB monitor I detected something in the image.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />What I saw is to the right of the ivy covered tomb.<br /><br /><br /> Its probably difficult to see in web resolution so below is 100% crop.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now i'm REALLY impressed with the OM-D face recognition!</span>Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-50376968469090978862017-08-23T19:18:00.003+01:002017-08-23T19:18:58.283+01:00Olympus OM-D-E-M5, M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 PRO - National Slate Museum Llanberis<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the final morning of our short break I attempted to get some images of Dolbadarn castle, I took the OM-D and a tripod up to the castle but the light was flat and it was crawling with tourists so didn't yield any decent images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We fancied a cuppa, so went to the nearby National Slate Museum, in the old Dinorwic Quarry works. entrance is free and its well worth a look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took the OM-D in with me and I'm pleased that these images reflect the industrial heritage of a bygone age quite well.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-17317629531526719172017-08-23T19:11:00.003+01:002017-08-23T19:11:43.135+01:00Canon 5D2, HDR, 10 Stopper, every cliche in the book! St Cwyfan, Aberffraw, Anglesey.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back home from our short trip and now I have the correct USB lead I could look at the Canon images on the big screen.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-37349557267808488442017-08-22T18:15:00.001+01:002017-08-22T18:15:52.983+01:00St Cwyfan's church, St Michael's Llanrug, Llunau Mymbyr with Olympus OM-D E-M5, M.Zuiko 12-40 f2.8 PRO<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Weather better today, clouds in the sky and no rain.<br /><br /><br /> First stop was St Cwyfan in Aberffraw on Anglesey more popularly known amongst photographers as "eglwys bach y mor" or "Church in the Sea".<br /><br /><br /> I'd checked the tide times and high tide was at 11:00 so I arrived just before and set up my Canon 5D2 with a 10 stopper on the 16-35mm f2.8 L II. (I've not processed these images yet so all images on this post are from my OM-D M-5.)<br /><br /><br /> After making the images I set off for Ogwen Valley and Pont Benglog. Unfortunately there was not very much water in the falls under the bridge so the images are not that spectacular.<br /><br /><br /> Stopped off quickly at Llynnau Mymbyr and took a couple of images with the OM-D.<br /><br /><br /> I moved on to Llanrug and St Michaels cemetary. This is a very atmospheric graveyard with some old headstones.<br /><br /><br /> Final destination was another go at the old garage in Llanrug, I've photographed it so many times but never been really pleased with the results, I only used the OM-D this time. Light was flat so not particularly pleased with the results this time either.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Got in late this afternoon, and after checking into the hotel thought I'd go out and find Eglwys Sant Baglan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately as I got nearer St Baglan what light there was deserted me and I was left with low white-out cloud and drizzle. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still, as I'd come all this way I thought I'd grab a few shots anyway and hopefully be able to salvage something in Lr CC later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The church is now in the hands of the Friends of Friendless Churches charity and I found it was not locked, so though I'd try the OM-D at a bit of HDR.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I then attempted a couple of images outside but it the light had completely gone. </span><br />
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Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-76782937587903616672017-08-19T21:30:00.001+01:002017-08-19T21:30:58.094+01:00Catherine - Lippy Lady - Higger Tor<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another Lippy Lady shoot today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Into deepest Derbyshire to Higger Tor to meet with Catherine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weather was, let's say "challenging" windy, and occasionally wet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully I had an assistant again today to hold the flash with the soft box otherwise it would have ended up in Castleton! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I shot on the Canon 5D2 bodies with the 16-35mm f2.8 L, 24-70mm f2.8 L and 70-200mm f2.8 L lenses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today flash was triggered not by the Canon ST2 but by Yongnuo YN622C and YN622C-TX radio flash triggers, these give all the TTL/Manual control that the Canon wireless kit provides but work with my Canon 430EXII Speedlites, which Canon's kit does not. And they cost £100 for two triggers and the controller. These units are not crappy reverse-engineered copies of the Canon kit, but well made innovative units in their own right and work beautifully, far more reliably outdoors than the optical triggered ST2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the Olympus OM-D E-M5 with the the 12-40mm f2.8 PRO for a few images towards the end of the session, triggering the flash in manual mode with the Ebay wireless triggers, which work really well if you don't need TTL. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again, really impressed with the OM-DM5/12-40mm F2.8 PRO combination, it is so easy and fast to shoot with.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-8570077919513765252017-08-13T12:25:00.002+01:002017-08-13T12:25:48.365+01:00Lippy Ladies - Lisa and Linda<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Out early this morning for a shoot with Lisa and Linda in York City Centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weather was much better than when we originally tried to get together, lovely and clear, the type of light that shows York at its best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As there was hardly anyone around and no traffic were were able to position the bikes pretty much wherever we liked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I shot predominantly on my Canon 5D2 with the 16-35mm f2.8 L, 24-70mm f2.8 L and the 70-200mm f2.8 L IS. I also did some with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 and the M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 Pro. Can you tell which one of these was taken with that camera?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the sun was still low I used fill-in flash for all these images, the Canon 430 EXII Speedlite was in a Neewer softbox ably held by Hannah, my assistant for the day, fired remotely by a Canon ST2.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I used the OM-D I fired the same Canon Speedlite set manually remotely using an Ebay 2.4Ghz trigger, it worked perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really enjoyable shoot and Lisa and Linda were a joy to photograph, very relaxed in front of the camera.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-12591600058817706072017-08-08T20:10:00.002+01:002017-08-08T20:10:52.840+01:00Olympus OM-D E-M5 Kilpeck church Herefordshire<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some more images taken on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 with the 14-42mm kit lens off my old PEN E-PL1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've moved the 14-42mm back the Oly PEn now that the 12-40mm f2.8 Pro has arrived for the OM-D E-M5. The Pen will now replace the Canon G10 Powershot that died as my keep in the bag/car/coat camera.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-63675603951608744552017-08-08T18:39:00.000+01:002017-08-09T19:20:18.501+01:00Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 and hdew Cameras<div style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Full disclosure: I have nothing whatsoever to do with hdew Cameras, and paid for the lens with my own money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A quick big up to <a href="http://www.hdewcameras.co.uk/" target="_blank">hdew Cameras </a>who have just supplied me with an Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was looking at this lens for my OMD-EM5 and the best I could find was used in <a href="https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/" target="_blank">MPB Photographic (</a>who I use a lot) at £499 + delivery. Then Google turned up the same lens new (but white box separated from a kit apparently) in hdew cameras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd never heard of hdew Cameras so was wary and of course you hear all kinds of horrors around "grey" goods. However at £503 inc VAT it was too good an offer to at least not check out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I contacted hdew Cameras by email asking if they were "grey" goods, they replied that technically they were but had their own 3 yr warranty with a manufacturer approved facility and that the goods were in the UK and not imported from elsewhere on demand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I pressed the button and 5 working days later my lens arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On opening the box I was pleasantly surprised to find not a white box but an official unopened Olympus box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I logged onto MyOlympus and on entering the serial number the lens was detected and the 3yr warranty from Olympus applied together with a 6 month extension, so it was all good. The lens has the latest Firmware so its not been sat on a dealers shelf for months either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was kept up to date via email of my order status and any questions were answered very quickly. I was sent a VAT receipt by email as I had requested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All in all a very pleasurable and easy buying experience. I would not hesitate to recommend them and they will be first on my list when needing any new kit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the lens? it looks and feels every bit Pro and fits on the OMD-EM5 beautifully and focusses super fast. Unfortunately is pouring down here this evening so I can't get out to try it, I'm not willing to test the weatherproofing just yet!</span></div>
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Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-82699953667855053242017-08-05T17:55:00.002+01:002017-08-05T17:55:37.211+01:00Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visiting my Mum, this weekend and fixed her abysmally slow broadband, so able post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went out to Kilpeck church, weather was fine when we left Hereford, but turned overcast white-out sky and rain when we arrived. Still, I wanted to give the OM-D another test do went and took a few images anyway, it is weather sealed after all.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-8904561734305192922017-07-31T20:22:00.000+01:002017-07-31T20:24:35.408+01:00Obituary: Canon G10 Powershot - the last photos<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Canon G10 Powershot of York. Expectedly passed away on 29th July in the Victoria & Albert Museum shortly after visiting the Pink Floyd - Their Mortal Remains exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are the final images I shot with my lovely G10 that day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite its small sensor it took a very respectable photo in good light and was also useful for panoramas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is survived by two Canon 5D2 and their L series lenses.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It delivered to the last. It will be sadly missed.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-19488551306683161572017-07-28T21:23:00.000+01:002017-07-28T21:23:08.146+01:00Lippy Ladies project - Ellie<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its been a busy two days on the Lippy Ladies Project (LLP), Alice yesterday and Ellie today in Chesterfield.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strictly speaking Ellie is not a Lippy Lady, like Sharon she is a South Yorkshire Lady Biker, but all ladies who ride are OK with me and there is a lot of crossover between the tow clubs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ellie and her partner Nick have a nice garage of bikes but with a very interesting vehicle in the shape of a Can-Am Spyder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As it was yesterday the weather was against up and it was raining, however the immaculate bike garage made for an excellent back drop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Ellie and Nick for another very enjoyable shoot, I'm getting to meet the most interesting people on this project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was down in Sheffield this evening to photograph another Lippy Lady.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the drive there we had brilliant sunshine, wind, rain and then torrential rain followed by sunshine, it was a variable, to say the least!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the view from the end of Alice's street is spectacular, so much so that people seemed to be turning up just admire it while we were shooting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the view Alice seems every time she takes off on her bike for a ride, leaving the city and entering the countryside. So, this seemed like an obvious location for her shoot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sky was filled with fast moving clouds, occasionally revealing a brilliant sun, low in the sky but not yet near setting. this made of tricky exposures, so much so I had to resort to fill-in flash on some exposures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We could see the rain making its way up the Rivlin Valley towards us and sure enough within no more than 10 minutes of starting we had to shelter in the car as it chucked it down. It was all over in 15 minutes but the light was very contrasty by now and the fast moving clouds allowed the sun to play hide and seek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite all this Alice was very patient and put up with the weather and to a greater degree me asking her to look here and there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used my Canon 5D2's with the holy trinity of Canon L zooms, the 16-35mm f2.8, 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200mm f2.8 IS with a Canon Speedlite 430 EXII and Canon ST2 remote control.</span><br />
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<br />Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-52381615649910018512017-07-15T13:46:00.005+01:002017-07-17T12:13:43.499+01:00Olympus OM-D EM5 micro Four Thirds<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before I had my Canon 5D2 DSLRs was an Olympus user.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with the E330 4/3 DSLR which was OK for the time but not really useable over 800 ISO, then when Olympus dropped the 4/3 cameras and started with the Micro 4/3 I bought a Pen E-PL1 which with an adapter I could use my existing 4/3 lenses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really liked the images the little Pen could produce, especially from jpg, my preference was for the Vivid setting. I seldom shot RAW with this camera. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I later sold my E330 and the lenses staying with two lenses, the standard Pen kit 14-42mm f 3.5-5.6 and a Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f4-5.6 which in actual fact is 4/3 lens with a MFT adapter.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I find both lenses fast to focus and pretty sharp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What I don't enjoy about the Pen is that it does not have a viewfinder, call me old fashioned but I like to have the camera to my eye to shoot. A screen is very useful, but not for the majority of my workflow. Also with a the sun on it you can't see a bloody thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I tried the clip-on viewfinder for the Pen but didn't like it at all, and it stuck up very prominently and felt too fragile, so I persisted using the screen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, recently whilst browsing the internet, I saw that the Olympus OM-D E-M5 were available used very cheaply.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I recalled my brother had one and had rated it. I asked him again what he thought of the M5 and he said that he had really liked it, so much so that when the Mk2 version was released bought that hoping for even more but was sadly disappointed as in his opinion the ergonomics were not as good on the Mk2 and so he swapped it for the Pen F.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, to keep things brief, I pushed the button and bought a used OM-D E-M5 in excellent condition complete with original box etc from <a href="http://www.wexphotographic.com/" target="_blank">Wex</a> for just over £200 with free delivery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The day after it arrived I was due to shoot a graduation for a University department, the usual smiling graduates and their parents. The photos were destined for social media so I thought with its quick AF and accurate face recognition the OM-D would be perfect.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was right, it was the correct tool for the job. Unfortunately I can't display any of the images here to prove it though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll give the camera another test in the next couple of days and post those results and my further thoughts on this camera.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UPDATE</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went out today for a stroll around a university campus, the weather was pretty much perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took the OM-D M5 with me with both the lenses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The OM-D was a joy to use, these are my observations:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The AF is quick and accurate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 5 axis IS is very impressive</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">EVF is good, fast, and accurate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super Control Panel menu system is very easy to use.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its very well made and feels good "in the hand"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">jpg OOTC are perfect for on-line and web use with little post production necessary.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 14-42mm kit lens is not that bad, likewise the old 4/3 40-15mm with MFT adapter.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OOTC jpg on Vivid setting no Post Production Olympus 40-150mm</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far I'm very impressed with the OM-D E-M5, as a second system to the Canon 5DII kit it makes for a hight quality, lightweight solution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To compare it to my previous other system the Fuji XPro-1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Olympus is smaller, definitely lighter, just was well built - with the benefit of being weather proof - has much faster AF that works. The EVF is much better. The whole camera just feels more "finished".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fuji did have a bigger sensor and certainly a better kit lens, perhaps not in terms of sharpness but aperture. I've not got any of the Olympus Pro f2.8 lenses for the OM-D so can't compare that aspect to the fantastic Fuji primes I had for the X-Pro1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biggest advantage that I can see for the OM-D over the X-Pro1 is that it is so much faster, to use, something I value highly in a second system.</span><div>
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Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336006881032903255.post-23010176784570661952017-07-11T17:55:00.005+01:002017-07-11T17:55:58.141+01:00gps4cam App Canon 5DII<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like my canon 5DII an awful lot and am in no hurry to upgrade or change them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However I quite fancied the idea of having the images geotagged but there is no easy way to geotag images on the 5DII Canon never made an add-on for the 5DII.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could photograph the same location on my iPhone then reference this image to edit the metadata on the Canon files but this was going to be a pain in the arse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I came across an App called gps4cam, it is available for iOS and Android but this I use an iPhone 7 so this is the App I've used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a Standard and Pro version available, I bought the Pro version (as you would of course Mr Hill). the differences between the two Apps are minor, the Pro basically has Cloud/Dropbox abilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also a small App to download to your Mac or PC. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The way it works is that you start a "trip" on the phone App and start photographing. When you are done you stop the App and it generates a QR code which you photograph on the same camera you were using.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, you copy the images, including the QR code, to a folder on your Mac/PC, and using the Desktop gps4cam App on your computer navigate to the file location, then specify an output location for the tagged files and press Start. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the tagged folder will be your files now geotagged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gave this a quick test and then imported the files into Lr CC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It worked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, On my iPhone 7 with the latest iOS the App freezes and has to be killed. Not a good start but if you immediately restart the App, click on the "Trips" menu you trip will be there but "paused". Continue the "trip" and it all works perfectly. Obviously some bug fixing needs to be carried out by the developer. I have contacted them, lets see what they say.</span>Stereodesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129048212714877021noreply@blogger.com0