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Photography by 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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Alan Duncan - his background | |||||||||
Alan Duncan's passion for photography started during his school years and has remained ever since. His professional training began in aerial photography, where after four years, he became chief photographer. Then the travel bug hit hard and he went to North America, teaching photography and then worked as a photographer on the cruise ships which took him to many exotic places such as The Caribbean. His desire to expand his knowledge of photography brought him into the additional and more creative areas of commercial and wedding photography. This diversity has stimulated extra enthusiasm in his work and indeed these different fields of photography all overlap in some way or form, to give him a more capable, stronger backbone to his photographic knowledgebase. His studio and office is based in Folkestone, Kent and although most assignments are based within Kent, Alan frequently travels further afield. His main areas include aerial photography, commercial photography and wedding photography. Please click on the main links above for more information and folios in these different areas of photography. | |||||||||
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| ................................................................................................................................................................................... PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG - camera talk for professional photographers and budding enthusiastic amateurs | |||||||||
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. 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. ................................................................................................................................................................................... | |||||||||
