Germany

Feb 6 2010

I just got back from Germany. I start my new job on Monday, pending the snow doesn’t make it impossible. I was in Hamburg visiting my friend, Chris. We took a short trip from Hamburg to Berlin. It was quite a trip to Germany. I got my wallet stolen and then recovered (with cash and cards) by the police, we were ditched by our ride back to Hamburg from Berlin, and a 45 minute flight delay because of a little snow in Hamburg caused me to stay an extra night in London. Overall though, it was a ton of fun.

I’ve been shooting with the 1D Mark IV for a little under a month now and I have to say that I really like it. It’s a huge improvement overa all cameras that I’ve owned. My biggest gripe is that I’m unhappy with the ISO performance as I was expecting a performance boost over the 5D Mark II that I loved and instead experienced a downgrade. I have noticed that the files are considerably noisier than the 5D – where I wouldn’t hesitate to go up to 3200, I now think twice about going to 1600 on the 1D.

See the gallery here.


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 16mm, 1/15, f/2.8, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 16mm, f/4, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 16mm, f/4, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 16mm, f/5.6, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 16mm, 1/100, f/2.8, ISO 200)


(Canon 1D Mark IV, 35mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 200)