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From the Canon Professional Network:
"The EOS C100 Mark II provides videographers and independent filmmakers with an advanced creative tool that’s fully capable of capturing high quality footage, even at very low light levels. With Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus, a new video processing system and the same Super35mm CMOS sensor as used across the award-winning Cinema EOS range, the C100 Mark II provides a cost effective solution for high-quality video across a wide range of applications."The article includes key features, key benefits, key technologies and full specifications and can be found on the Canon Professional Network.
B&H has the Canon EOS C100 Mark II Digital Video Camera available for preorder.
From the Canon Professional Network:
"Adobe now offers a Creative Cloud Photography bundle that includes Lightroom editing software and Photoshop CC for photographers who want to organise, edit, enhance and share their images via desktop or their mobile devices – this package currently comes bundled with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and EOS 6D DSLRs, plus the PowerShot G1 X Mark II and G7 X compact cameras. In a four-part CPN series of articles and video tutorials Richard Curtis (a Principal Solutions Consultant in Digital Imaging for Adobe UK) will examine the workflow between Lightroom software and Photoshop CC to help you to understand the benefits of working with both in tandem. In Part 1 of this series Richard Curtis explains how to use Smart Objects within the Lightroom and Photoshop CC workflow and, in a special video, he reveals how Smart Objects ensure your image edits are non-destructive for longer. Please click on the play button in the window above to watch the video..."Read the entire article and see the video on the Canon Professional Network.
Adobe's Photoshop Photography Program is only $9.99 per month (Photoshop CC + Lightroom).
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From the Canon Professional Network:
"Alessandro Trovati leads a very busy life. As one of Italy’s top sports photographers he is regularly called upon to shoot sporting events for news and advertising agencies. For him, speed is of the essence. A camera that delivers in terms of fast and accurate focusing, as well as superb image quality, is therefore a clear winner in his race for the perfect picture, as he explains to CPN Editor David Corfield..."See the entire article on the Canon Professional Network.
From the Canon Professional Network:
"During a career spanning over a quarter of a century thus far Marc Aspland has gained an international reputation as one of the world’s finest sports photographers, with a style all of his own. He has been Chief Sports Photographer of The Times newspaper in London since the late 1990s but it is only now that many of his most famous images have been brought together in his new, and first-ever, book ‘The Art of Sports Photography’. CPN writer Mark Alexander spoke to Marc Aspland about what it took to create the magical images in the book and his unique approach to shooting sports."Read the entire article on the Canon Professional Network.
From the Canon Professional Network:
"Peter Neill is one of life’s nice people. And yet the soft-speaking Irishman works in one of the most volatile businesses imaginable, where egos and excess converge with often-explosive results. The music business is not known for its manners, and yet here we meet a man who is charm itself. Could this be the secret to getting iconic shots of bands on the run? CPN Editor David Corfield finds out..."Check out the entire article (with 19 sample images) at the Canon Professional Network.
Related Reviews and Tips
From Canon Professional Network:
"It’s that time of year again, when millions of children leave the comforts of home to start a new school year. For parents with children going to school for the first time, this is an important milestone they will want to remember for years to come. Even for an older child, documenting them at the start of each year, or when they start new legs of their education (such as entering Junior High, and High School) is a rewarding project.Check out CPN's Tips for helpful information on School Portraits.Luckily, great back-to-school photos are easy to take – with little more than a basic digital SLR (for greater imaging control) and some attention to details.
Here are a few tips that will elevate what may have been just a quick snapshot into a truly meaningful portrait:"
Want to know the story behind the first EOS-1 series camera?
From the Canon Professional Network:
Canon is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the EOS-1 series, the company’s flagship range of SLR cameras, which began with the launch of the EOS-1 film SLR in 1989. CPN recently got the unique opportunity to talk to two of the key men behind the development of the EOS-1 series and EOS System – Tsunemasa Ohara and Yoshiaki Sugiyama of Canon Inc. in Tokyo. In two exclusive interviews they reveal the secrets behind the historical development of the EOS-1 SLRsRead the entire article on Canon Professional Network.
From the Canon Professional Network:
"Digital Photo Professional (DPP) version 4.0 is the latest release of Canon’s free RAW image management and editing software, and this incarnation is heralded as the first major update since the software was launched. Canon has responded to feedback from Digital Photo Professional users and incorporated feature requests and suggestions into version 4.0 to create a better looking package that offers a smoother, faster workflow. In this article CPN writer George Cairns examines how DPP 4.0 is better equipped to support your photographic workflow – as you import, browse and develop large numbers of RAW images – and investigates new features, such as the ability to make selective hue, saturation and luminance adjustments for eight colour gamuts."
Read the entire article on the Canon Professional Network.
From the Canon Professional Network:
"We’ve all heard the line: 'Oh, I must get an agent.' But what do you actually need an agent for? The person representing you is not, according to respected manager Mark George, someone who’s going to be working the phone getting you bookings. The role is much wider and far-reaching, as CPN Editor David Corfield discovers...Note the noun: ‘manager’. Mark George is not an agent. He hates the word, and shuts me up in a puff of cigar smoke as I sit down and sip my coffee. 'An agent to me sounds like someone who just gets you bookings, like a rep. I hate that term. I might represent somebody in a managerial way but there is a difference. I look after people who are too focused on what they do to understand that the world around them needs looking at as well. And that’s where I come in.'"
Read the entire article at the Canon Professional Network.
From Canon Professional Network:
"Modern action movies are generally packed with computer-generated imagery (CGI), resulting in production budgets that have soared into the stratosphere. But when director Scott Waugh enlisted Shane Hurlbut as Director of Photography on the movie spin-off from the ‘Need For Speed’ game franchise he wanted to buck the trend and shoot the action as close to live as possible, which called for a special camera. CPN writer James Morris spoke to Shane Hurlbut to discover how and why Canon’s EOS C500 Digital Cinema Camera satisfied all the important requirements for shooting live action at 150 miles per hour."
Check out the entire article on the Canon Professional Network.
B&H carries the Canon EOS C500 Cinema Camera.
From Canon Professional Network:
"When using your EOS camera you may occasionally get an error code or message appearing on the camera’s LCD screen. Most of these errors can be quickly and easily resolved – the various EOS error codes and messages are described below with information that should assist you in resolving your issue."
Check out all the Error Codes and Tips on the Canon Professional Network.
From Canon Professional Network:
"In April 2014 Canon announced it had reached the historic production landmark of 100 million EF-series interchangeable lenses manufactured since the launch of its iconic EOS SLR System in March 1987. For decades Canon has been a leader in innovative lens technologies, including the Ultrasonic Motor (USM), Image Stabilizer (IS) and a Multi-Layer Diffractive Optical (DO) Element. To help to celebrate the lens landmark CPN spoke to the Canon Ambassadors about their favourite ever EF lens, their favourite image taken with that lens and their recommended lenses for their genres of photography."
Check out the Canon Ambassadors' favorite lenses on the Canon Professional Network.
From Canon Professional Network:
Most EOS digital cameras offer Custom Functions. These allow you to alter the way the camera operates to suit your own personal needs. Exposure, focusing and flash are just some of the areas covered by the functions. Each function has a factory-defined default setting, plus one or more alternative settings.
Custom Functions are set through the camera menu system. Find and select ‘Custom Functions’ and you will bring up a screen with each Custom Function number displayed. Select the appropriate number and you will be taken to a screen where you can select from the various options for that custom function.
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Total | |||||
| Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | ||
| EOS-1Ds Mark III | Exposure | 15 | Image / Flash exposure / Display | 9 | Autofocus/Drive | 17 | Operation/Others | 16 | 57 |
| EOS-1D Mark IV | Exposure | 17 | Image / Flash exposure / Display | 10 | Autofocus/Drive | 19 | Operation/Others | 16 | 62 |
| EOS 40D | Exposure | 7 | Image | 3 | Autofocus/Drive | 7 | Operation/Others | 7 | 24 |
| EOS 50D | Exposure | 7 | Image | 4 | Autofocus/Drive | 7 | Operation/Others | 7 | 25 |
| EOS 60D | Exposure | 7 | Image | 3 | Autofocus/Drive | 5 | Operation/Others | 5 | 20 |
| EOS 7D | Exposure | 7 | Image | 3 | Autofocus/Drive | 13 | Operation/Others | 4 | 27 |
| EOS 5D Mark II | Exposure | 7 | Image | 4 | Autofocus/Drive | 8 | Operation/Others | 6 | 25 |
| Custom Functions options on the EOS-1D X and EOS 5D Mark III | |||||||||||||
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Total | |||||||
| Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | Name | No. | ||
| EOS-1D X | Image | 7 | Image | 7 | Drive | 3 | Display/ Operation | 4 | Operation | 5 | Others | 5 | 31 |
| EOS 5D Mark III | Exposure | 6 | Display/ Operation | 5 | Others | 2 | Clear | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
Check out the entire article on the Canon Professional Network.
From Canon Professional Network:
Until fairly recently, the ability to send and receive data wirelessly was the stuff of science fiction. Now it is widely available and being used by a growing number of photographers in various fields to change the way they capture and communicate their work. CPN writer Mark Alexander looks at ways to make your workflow wireless in a special technical guide...
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Canon France, in association with Images-Evidence, has announced that the 14th annual Canon Female Photojournalist Award is open until 26 May 2014 for submissions from female photojournalists of any age and nationality.
This year, for the first time, the award is supported by Elle Magazine and Canon France will grant the winning female photojournalist €8,000 to help her to continue and complete a photojournalistic project on a social, economic, political or cultural subject.
A jury made up of top photography and press professionals will select the winner in June. Entrants will be judged both upon the presentation of their project and their previous work. Among the selection criteria are the quality of the photographs, the journalistic thought processes and relevance of the chosen subject.
The award will be presented to the winner during the Professional Week (1-7 September 2014) of the 2014 Visa pour l’Image international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France, and the winning photojournalist will then continue with a project which will lead to an exhibition or screening at the Visa pour l’Image festival in 2015.
An exhibition of the work of the 2013 award winner – US photojournalist Mary F. Calvert (Zuma Press) – showing images from her project on sexual violence in the US military will feature as part of the exhibition programme of the 2014 Visa pour l’Image festival.
The other previous winners of the Canon Female Photojournalist Award were:
2012 – Sarah Caron
2011 – Ilvy Njiokiktjien
2010 – Martina Bacigalupo
2009 – Justyna Mielnikiewicz
2008 – Brenda Anne Kenneally
2007 – Axelle de Russé
2006 – Veronique de Viguerie
2005 – Claudia Guadarrama
2004 – Kristen Ashburn
2003 – Ami Vitale
2002 – Sophia Evans
2001 – Magali Delporte
To find out more about the 2014 Canon Female Photojournalist Award and download the rules and an application form to enter, please click here.
Please note: the final deadline for entries is 26 May 2014.
From Canon Professional Network:
Canon Europe has expanded its Ambassadors Programme with the addition of a new, third tier - the ‘Masters’. Launching with four world-renowned experts, including photographer and conservationist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and the Imperial War Museum’s Curator of Photography, Hilary Roberts, the Masters come from not just the world of photography, but a far wider visual perspective, bringing vision and experience to the already well-proven Ambassadors Programme.
Joining the new Masters are photographers Gary Knight and Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols who move up from their previous roles as Canon Ambassadors. With their new appointments come the arrival of one new ‘Ambassador’ and eight new ‘Explorers’ from the worlds of photography and filmmaking. These new additional members now bring Canon Europe’s tally of experts to an impressive 61 imaging professionals.
Joining as a new Canon Ambassador is award-winning photojournalist Pascal Maitre (France). He joins the programme along with new Canon Explorers, comprising cameraman, director and filmmaker Phil Coates (UK), film director and producer Sébastien Devaud (France), freelance sports photographer Kuba Atys (Poland), award-winning photojournalist Niklas Meltio (Finland), top sports photographer Giancarlo Colombo (Italy), renowned wildlife photographer Andy Rouse (UK), top sports photographer Alessandro Trovati (Italy) and award-winning photojournalist Zalmaï (Switzerland).
Discover the Canon Ambassadors Programme
To learn more about the Ambassadors programme and to find out more on the addition of the new Canon Masters please click here. To catch up on all the latest Ambassadors blogs, featuring all the latest projects from Canon Ambassadors and Explorers around the world, please click here.
There was only a small mention of the Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II buried in the Rebel T5 announcement last night. Thankfully, Canon Professional Network has published a little more information on the new ring light.
From Canon Professional Network:
"Canon has expanded the EOS System with the launch of the new Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II. Designed for enthusiast and professional DSLR photographers who are passionate about macro photography, the Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II provides incredible flexibility to light and shoot a diverse range of subjects, and features independent flash heads, increased responsiveness and enhanced Custom Functions."
See more information at Canon Professional Network.
B&H has the Canon MR-14EX II Macro Ring Light available for preorder.
The Canon Professional Network has an Infobank article called "Exposure settings: ISO speed in the digital age" which explains the history and develpment of our photographic light-sensitivity standard.
I found the article both interesting and informative, so I thought I'd share it. [Sean]
From Canon Professional Network:
In CPN’s in-depth digital encyclopaedia – Infobank – find out more about how the autofocus systems in Canon EOS DSLRs work and exactly what the AF modes and settings offer to photographers.
Want to know how to decipher the colored rings on Canon's lenses? Or possibly the difference between fluorite, aspherical and UD lenses? Or why some black lenses allow focusing past infinity?
Check out Canon Professional Network's Infobank for the answers to these questions plus a wealth of information on other topics.
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