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The gotcha that got me I’m fortunate to have been able to get in to the new EOS 5D Mark III and Speedlite 600EX-RT with ST-E3-RT, but they have caught me out with a little trick of their own. I’m often asked to demonstrate how the workflow with Canon EOS Utility and Digital Photo Professional …

Just a quick note, as I’m rushing to get out the door and off to a plane to Helsinki. I’m giving some more training for a group of photo specialists in Finland tomorrow. It’s been quiet on the blog while i’ve been preparing, but I have worked out a lot of points about the new …

Speedlites arrived – first thoughts My new Speedlite 600EX-RTs and ST-E3-RT arrived just over twenty four hours ago, rather fortuitous as I need to be demonstrating them at some upcoming events soon. First impressions, the radio is easy to set-up, I didn’t need to read the manual and was able to get the two 600EX’s …

Very pleased to say my EOS 5D Mark III is now in my hands Even more fun is coming real soon because there are also some Speedlite 600EX-RTs and an ST-E3 on the way too… Fortunately I don’t own a cat so I won’t be testing it by taking cat pictures, but instead it will …

Fill-in flash depends on the camera exposure mode Fill-in flash is often used to reduce the contrast that occurs in photos that have a bright backlight, these typically leave your subject with a dark face as it’s in shadow. Adding a pop of flash will lower the contrast range and light the face. Canon E-TTL …

I was pleasantly surprised to see USA based photographer Syl Arena with samples of the new Speedlites before the launch, especially when the flashes were sent by Canon Europe. However Canon Professional Network (CPN) have done a really good thing to make sure that Syl  was one of the first to get hands on with the …

Tyler Stableford is a Canon USA Explorer of Light, he’s been given the task to try out the new Speedlite 600EX-RT and the ST-E3 Speedlite transmitter in conjunction with the EOS-1Dx. The results are seen in a new video that Tyler has posted on Vimeo.

I’ve reached my own blog milestone with this post, it’s blog post number 100 to be published here on p4pictures. When I started blogging on this site I had many ideas and thoughts about what I would say, things started off slowly and admittedly last summer it got a bit slow for updates, but at …

So that was Focus 2012… Finally with the doors closed, the visitors gone and stands packed down I think it’s time to share my thoughts on the Focus on Imaging show. I haven’t seen official attendance figures, but there were times each day when some walkways were so busy it was hard to move around …

Way back in time there was a great little camera that changed the world, the EOS 5D Mark II was launched nearly four years ago in September 2008. Among the specifications was a simple movie mode that Canon had been requested to include by some of it’s professional users. Following the launch the movie industry …