Canon needs to get their act together. They just released the Canon 1d MkIV. Or, just 1d4. Seriously how do they expect people to understand which camera is which? I still don’t know the difference between Canon’s 1d2 and 1d3 are.
You may remember when the 5dMkII or 5d2 came out with 1080p video that there was a video posted by director/photographer Vincent Laforet. It was called Reverie. It was quick, to the point and a very expensive short. I liked it. And it was the first video of it’s kind to be shot on an still camera. Now, we have hundreds of great videos out there all shot on SLR cameras. One of my favourite at the moment is by a photographer in Atlanta, USA. Andrew Kornylak did a whole series on bouldering and rock climbing where he shot interviews with the Nikon D5000 and then did still-video with the Nikon D3 by just blasting away and getting a cool, stop motion like feel.
Here is one of the videos from Andrew.
You can’t always tell when it switches from the 720p video of the D5000 to the D3 which tops out at 11fps.
Unfortunately, Laforet’s newest movie Nocturne isn’t available at the moment because there seems to be some strife between Canon Inc. and Canon USA. Hopefully it will be up on the web soon. Of course you can always find it on YouTube. Because everything is on YouTube. Laforet wrote on his blog that he has agreed to take the video down until Canon gets it together. If you missed it, here is Vincent Laforet’s Reverie.
Just so you know, Nikon isn’t sitting by with there video/still cameras and not producing movies. Bill Frakes did an amazing video with the new Nikon D3s. And yes, ballerinas in Austrailia.
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Great story you got here. Thanks for the links!
I just found you through a search on twitter for LR3 and while I enjoy all the cool stuff you have, I’m at the same time confused how you’d not know the difference between a Canon 1d2 or a 1d3.
If you read Laforet’s blog, you’d understand that there’s more to the story than just evil- ole’ Canon… I encourage people to go to the source, read his blog in his own words.
“how do they expect people to understand which camera is which”. I’m surprised you got where you are without knowing how to read stuff like FPS, MP, and even colorful diagrams from Canon’s website. (or advertising videos).
How does Nikon expect people to understand the difference between the D3 and the D3x?
Hi Travis,
Thanks for the response. I can understand your confusion on my latest post. It is hard to emote sarcasm over the internet, especially when it is in written form.
Although I understand the differences between one camera and the next, I find it difficult, even with Nikon, to figure out why they named it the way they did. For instance, the D300 and the D300s. The ‘s’ stands for video. It used to stand for increased fps, or speed. In the case of Canon, I don’t understand why they use a simple way of naming the cameras instead of going: Mk2, Mk3, Mk4, etc. In terms of a pro, it makes no difference what it’s named. As for the consumer market, I think it would make a huge difference in terms of marketing and profit. To a consumer, not a pro, what is the difference between a Mk3 and Mk4? At first glance, yes there is probably an upgrade, however at face value, nothing that would make me spend the extra $1000 or so to get the next body in a series. Perhaps I should have explained this better in the post.
To respond to, “there’s more to the story than just evil- ole’ Canon…” [sic] I’d have to agree. In fact, I do direct people to Laforet’s blog to read it in his own words.
Thanks again for the comment, I hope this clears things up. And I appreciate that you enjoyed my stuff.
Matthew
Hrmm that was weird, my comment got eaten. Anyway I wanted to say that it’s nice to know that someone else also mentioned this as I had trouble finding the same info elsewhere. This was the first place that told me the answer. Thanks.