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KENT PHOTOGRAPHER - ALAN DUNCAN LMPA | ||
| Alan Duncan Photography, tel: +44 [0]1303 243 935 | |||
| 14 Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QW | |||
| Member of the Master Photographers Association |
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FOLKESTONE RACE FOR LIFE 2010Sunday 20th June 2010. Race for Life is Cancer Research UK's flagship event, with over 230 events taking place across the UK. Thousands of people crowded The Leas at Folkestone today for this extremely popular and worthy event. Here are the photos of the winning three runners, although it is stressed by Cancer Research that this event is primarily about participation. Runners, joggers and walkers all took part to raise money for the charity.
above left: winner: Rona Loubser from Folkestone Running Club. Also pictured are second and third place runners. 
The Leas was crowded for the whole morning and note how "pink" was the colour of the day! For more information about the Race For Life, possibly for next years event, please visit the Cancer Research UK website. ........................................................................................................................................................................ | |
Snow hits Folkestone in February 2010
Snow laden tree in the February snowfall of 2010, Folkestone, Kent. ........................................................................................................................................................................ Folkestone Boxing Day Dip 2009
5 well dressed "businessmen" [!] march into the English Channel during the Folkestone Boxing Day Dip 2009 |
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Canon 5D mk2I used to own a Canon 400D which was used as a small lightweight DSLR for holiday use, but the smaller sensor size dictated a different set of lenses from the professional "L" series lenses that I currently use, especially for wide angle use. Finally the 5D mk2 was introduced in 2009, with a full size, 21MB sensor, matching my 1DS mk3 - but smaller and lighter! So the 400D was upgraded and this has now become my camera of choice for travelling with, holidays, walks etc.It lacks certain features when compared to the 1DS mk3, but it is less than half the price! It's big brother has better weather protection and dual memory slots. Image quality is similar, with the 5D mk2 having higher ISO settings for better low light use [1DS mk3 max = 3200, 5D mk2 max = 25600 - a three stop difference!], a higher definition LCD screen and a very interesting feature - on board HD video! I've dabbled a little bit with this feature and I can say that the technical quality is excellent, however the practical usability is not so good. Image stabilised lenses are preferable to prevent shake from the otherwise less natural camera holding position, compared to conventional video cameras. Video can only be monitored with the LCD screen, which means that the camera must be held away from the eye, at whatever nearest distance your eye can comfortably focus at. This is not dissimilar to how some consumer video cameras operate, but they mostly have some form of image stabilisation built in, whereas with this Canon DSLR, you only get image stabilisation if your lenses support it. So results can be a bit more "wobbly" than desired, unless precautions are taken! This summarizes the basic differences between Canon's current top two highest resolution DSLR's. The economics of Digital versus Film Photography.Digital photography is cheaper??? There are no film and film processing costs and digital photography undoubtedly provides photographers with amazing new possibilities. However, the latest professional digital cameras are several times more expensive than their previous film versions and upgrades seem to be necessary every three years or so, as the technology is new and continually improving. The last Mamiya RZ67 cameras that I owned, were as good 15 years after their purchase as they were when they were initially purchased! Technology of film cameras had hardly changed in that time. Also, don't forget the costs of powerful computer equipment, storage and colour calibrated monitors.The other and possibly more significant factor is time. A professional workflow for photographers now means that generally after an hours photo shoot, at least another hour is needed in "behind-the-scenes" production time. Initial backing up of the RAW shots taken, selecting and sorting images, adjustments to colour balance and exposure, file conversions to the common TIFF or JPEG file formats, cropping, retouching and resizing of files, burning to discs, further backups of the finished files, finally followed by the cataloging of each image for future reference, are all important and necessary tasks, but add a considerable amount of time to every job. Still cheaper? ;) Canon 1DS mk3.As of December 2007, the Canon 1DS mk3 is trickling through here in the UK. Probably THE camera to have, but I'm waiting to see a few reviews first before I run out and buy one. Specs can be found on Canon's website at: http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS-1Ds_Mark_III/index.asp It's now February '08 and I have caved in to the pressure of owning the highest spec camera in its class! A larger screen, better battery life, inbuilt sensor cleaning and more memory card recording options are the main obvious improvements to this new 21 megapixel camera. A more hidden function is the "highlight tone priority" mode which has proved very useful for both aerial photography [photographing white buildings surrounded by much darker land & trees] and wedding photography [white wedding dresses - especially in sunshine]. Photographs generally appear to be "cleaner" and have more tonal depth. Excellent for high resolution aerial and commercial photography.The Canon 1DS mk2.After years of using 6x7cm, 5x4" and 35mm film camera systems, I now use the Canon 1DS mk2 for nearly all my photography. This is Canon's current flagship model with a 17MB sensor which will output approximately a 50MB TIFF file, equivalent to an A3 print @ 300dpi. A superb camera and of course, all the standard specifications can be found on Canon's website [http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_1ds_markii/index.asp], but I would like to make a few points about this camera which are a little less known.The make and type of memory card used makes quite a difference to the speed at which images can be recorded at. Over the last few years I have used Lexar, IBM and SanDisk cards, the latter being the fastest, with a quoted 20MB per second write speed. Interestingly though, I purchased the new SanDisk Extreme IV, with a quoted write speed of 40MB per second! I expected a significant speed increase to the Extreme III, but the performance on a Canon 1DS mk2 was practically the same! Presumably now, the processing power of the camera is now the limiting factor, so don't waste the extra money on an Extreme IV, if you are contemplating buying a new card. The Extreme III is good enough! That said, if you also purchase the new SanDisk Firewire reader, it's conceivable that the download speeds to your computer can be increased, but this I can't comment on as yet. |
Alan Duncan is a qualified member of The Master Photographers Association and Wedding & Portrait Photographers International |
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