Bacolod International Airport (BAC) Cebu Pacific Plane

Bacolod International Airport (BAC) Cebu Pacific Plane
Originally uploaded by Don Sausa

Jan 2010: I arrived in Bacolod early evening around 6pm (MNL timezone) after a short meeting in Manila. When it gets a bit dark here, funky colors start coming out like a slight purple tint to the sky.

While I was watching my luggage being loaded in the van, I saw a Cebu Pacific Airbus plane being unloaded. I went towards the fence and took a quick shot.

After reducing the noise a bit (shot at ISO 3200), it almost looks like they're toy models.

Canon EOS 7D camera
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L
1/50 secs, f/6, ISO 3200 (noisy!)

New Canon 7D firmware v1.2.1 released

The much anticipated v1.2.1 released today but without certain features such as audio controls that indie filmmakers have wanted, or auto ISO or other similar features that you'd find in the cheaper 550D version.

More details here:

http://www.camera7d.com/2010/04/new-canon-7d-firmware-is-out-v121.html

Canon 7D movie thumbnails using Windows Explorer - QuickTime .MOV files

How To Get QuickTime .MOV thumbnails in Windows Explorer

I'm using Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 on my PCs and I'm having issues viewing any thumbnails for QuickTime in Windows Explorer. I don't like to use QuickTime player and view each file one by one or use ZoomBrowser to simply organize my movies.

Thankfully someone already made a solution.

1. Download QuickThumb.dll from http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mbarrien/projects/.

2. Save it to your C:\Windows\System32 folder.

3. Click Start -> Run then enter "regsvr32 QuickThumb.dll". Once it successfully registers, you can see thumbnails in your folder. Just refresh.

Hope that helps!

Fort Myers Resto - Canon 7D short film - 24p PC workflow

So I got my newly unpacked gift, the new Canon EOS 7D DSLR camera. As an owner of the full-frame 5D camera and Rebel series cameras, and as someone with some photography experience, it was nice to feel 'at home' when using the Canon 7D. A lot of the functionality I was used to remain the same. Thank you Canon!

Canon 7D field test: video + low lighting
With my camera in hand, my new 35mm f1.4L lens, AA batteries and a Canon 7D battery grip, I was prepared to test out the video functionality of this camera right out of the box.

I posted the video results below of my field test. If you want to learn about my workflow (I use a PC), you can check it on Camera7D.com.