Great pictures!

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I’m impressed by the details maintained along the face outline at 3200.

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24p, Canon ! 24p please !
Save that AF mascarade !

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Thanks for working so hard to do all this! Your excitement and enthusiasm is contagious!!

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Vincent,
How was it possible to shoot a still picture when driving in the car, where the camera is mounted too the car?

FROM VINCE: Esjing - I used LPA Pocket Wizard radio remotes - a key piece of “kit.” Two Mutli-Max units - one set to transmit the other to receive the signal and fire the remote… you can see me ducking in the car…

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I just wanted to say thank you for putting up some real world examples that help illustrate what a remarkable camera this is. After viewing a couple of samples @ dpreview, I became very excited about the low light performance of this camera. And after viewing your images, I think I am even further impressed. I think Canon(and perhaps others) have changed the look of noise. The samples you have posted clearly have noise, but it has become much, much tighter, and therefore details are less affected. Not to mention, it seems to be 3-4 stops better in noise performance than my 5D. I think the low light performance alone justifies the purchase price. Thanks for sharing.

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Vincent,

You are the man.

Sincerely,

-An aspiring photographer.

p.s. How did you manage to snag such a sharp image at 1/20th in the helicopter? I would have thought the vibrations and movement would command a much higher shutter speed?

FROM VINCE: With the Kenyon Lab Gyro - you can get away with it… even a 1/20th… depending on how smooth the flight is.. you can hope for 1 out of 5 or 1 out of 10 being good w/ the Gyro.

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One more thing: I agree with the above poster (Chris Sampson) in that the low noise performance alone is worth the upgrade.

When the original 5D first came out, I thought that its low-light performance offered me a major competitive advantage. Now that other cameras have caught up, it seems logical that to continue to be one step ahead of my competition, upgrading to the new 5D is a necessity.

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Trop class!

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“How was it possible to shoot a still picture when driving in the car, where the camera is mounted too the car?”

Must have been an RF remote. If you look carefully you can seem him hiding in the passenger seat!! :o)

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Your body work is inspirational and these captures are no exception…I am astounded by the performance of this camera and pre-ordering 2 bodies after seeing your blog just reinforces that jump. Thanks…..Neil

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Excuse me, could I know the name of model (woman)?

FROM VINCE: Geshpanets: this request feels a little freaky… if it’s professional in nature - e-mail me directly.

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These images are fantastic. I better start saving my Franklins.
Oh, in several of the images you can see some common artifacts, probably ‘hot/stuck’ pixels on the CCD. In the darker images start in the lower right corner and scroll left, you can see a red dot with a smaller white dot above it. In the bridge/kissing pic it is just to the right of the red dress (below the // in the watermark). This and several other artifacts are present in multiple images.

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Ahh, I see your comment from yesterday about the pre-production sensors. That makes sense.
As I said, the noise quality is still amazing.

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Very good work!
Compliments and thanks for sharing tips.

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Thank you so much for all of these updates. You really know what it is to fully divulge something and that has made a bunch of photographers extremely happy.

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V-
Careful -you do not want to turn into a East Coast version of Chase Jarvis The remarkable thing about this whole exercise is the quality of the camera and the fact you put this together in a couple days.

As an aside I saw your images from the last day at Yankee Stadium. You need to stow that TS lens and start making pictures that are not reliant on a gimmick that was played out 18 months ago. Trust me. You are going to look back in a couple years and wonder what the hell you were thinking. Because of your considerable talent you are given access to these historic events and I encourage you to trust your ability more and gear less.

ANON: Do you really expect me to take some advice from someone named “anon” and who’s e-mail is ANON@ANON.com? If you’re going to criticize my work - then publish your name. I always welcome criticism even more than I welcome compliments. I appreciate other people taking the time to share their thoughts and opinion with me - and many in the past have helped me evolve as a photographer. So let me know who you are - so that I can evaluate who you are, where you are coming from and what your style of photography is and give it the proper weight.

Otherwise - stow you advice and start making pictures of your own. Respectfully. - VL

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Great work!
I wonder if you have any comment on the whitebalancing for this camera. Thanks heaps for all the info on this superb blog of yours.

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Awesome, the 3200 is the defining one.

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My eyes are bleeding.

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Great work…

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They look awesome! I can’t wait to get my hands on this camera.

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Gorgeous images!
However, I have one technical question, maybe someone know the answer. How could the video be recorded with 30fps, when some of the images (same exposure as video,as vincent mentioned) had 1/20 or even 1/13s exposure time?

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Vincent,

I know in one of the posts you mentioned you had preordered the 24MM 1.2 lenss.

To that end - can you share with the rest of us what retailers you rely on/trust when you get your gear? I’ve gotten my equipment from all over but am really looking for a good place to go to on a regular basis.

Thanks for all the great work you’ve done with the 5D Mark II…don’t know how I’m going to wait 2 months for its release now, haha.

FROM VINCE: its the 24mm 1.4 version II lens - not 1.2 (man that would be awesome) - I get them from a variety of places… Fotocare, Calumet, B&H, Adorama & Roberts Distributors in Indy.

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How odd — in My Yahoo RSS feed (through FireFox), the headline to this post appears as “Still Images Now Available Toucan”!

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amazing quality! thanks…

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Mike, I think I know the anwser: video is shot in Av mode, with camera adjusting ASA and shutter speed, so I guess the shutter speed never goes under 1/30s in video. Same exposure was maybe referred to same exp. compensation level?
Hope I’m not wrong on this..

FROM VINCE: Claudio - very close. Truth is - video and still exposure setting are independent… so I set both to Av mode - the video does exactly what you said - and when I shoot a stills it takes an independent light reading - taking into account the Ev correction - so you were basically right on

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One of the pictures says it was taken with an f1.8 200mm and was shot at f2.0. I didn’t think there was such a lens.

FROM VINCE: It was shot with a 200mm 1.8 - now discontinued - it’s been replaced with the 200mm 2 both AMAZING lenses…

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Hi Vincent,

It is nice to finally have an independent voice promoting Canon products. In much of the blogosphere all of the “talking heads” were Nikon shooters, so it is nice to be able to go somewhere where they speak Canon.

Please don’t get me wrong, I still value the insights shared by photographers like Joe McNally, David Hobby and Chase Jarvis, it just gets me a little disappointed when it is always SB-800 this or CLS that. I would just like to hear someone talking about how they use the equipment that I have for a change.

Thanks for all of the great info on the 5D Mark II. Also, did your model complain that you released the silohette of her shot with the 400mm lens shot at 3200ISO? It is absolutely amazing, but she looks, well to try to be somewhat nice… uhm, furry. If enough models see that one, they may not be so willing to sign releases without approval if you are shooting a 5DMII….

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Actually I have one more question for you. On the close up of the kiss, it looks like the critical focus is on her hand and it falls off rapidly because of the telephoto compression and the aperture used so that their faces and lips are somewhat soft.

Did you intend that or was it just that the camera’s AF picked the nearest point which was her hand? If it was the AF system, do you feel that this is a problem, an issue with a pre-production camera, or just something that you would adjust for with a little more DOF or choosing the AF point manually?

From Vince: It was shot in low light - and I did it with manual focus because we were trying to have the actors hit “marks” - so it’s not an AF issue - just my poor old eyes…

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Great Stuff Vincent

I get a laugh from the people on other forums trying to criticize your work saying the photos aren’t tack sharp….

Question, where can I pre-order one of these cameras?

Thanks

FROM VINCE: Louis - well - you got me thinking - and I thought about writing about this - and the fact that people just can’t seem to understand that this was an “imperfect” “non-production” prototype camera w/ dead pixels etc… a last minute production that was ridiculously fast paced -and I wanted to write… but then I looked up What The Duck’s latest strip… and I was saved… see my latest post “Nuf Said.”

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Awesome pictures from 5D mark II.

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It is really the truth that the low noise performance alone is worth the upgrade. This will sell the camera without any other gimmicks.

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Can I ammend Tian’s post? I hate it when people think my camera is the reason my pictures look good.

Tian’s post should read, “Awesome pictures from Vincent using a 5D mark II”.

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Hi Vincent

Again thanks for all the effort you are putting into this project (and the upcoming ones).

QUESTION
I get it that you can lock the exposure in video mode with the exposure lock button… but is there a way to set exposure (specifically ISO related) manually without the camera overriding with Auto-ISO?
I.e. setting a baseline ISO, say 400, and then use AV or TV modes then, only effectively manipulating either shutter or aperture, without changing ISO. (Sorry for the latter part, just want to clarify.)

Regards
Jacques

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Wow really nice.
Great camera, nice pictures.

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Vincent

Thank you so much for sharing these images. Those are great shots and you really proved what that camera can accomplish. Fantastic. I love the detail on the 3200 lipstick picture. I’m glad you left in the hairs. Amazing detail.

Cheers

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Great pictures, thank you! I’ve seen other samples with 5DMkII on the net at high ISO, they look more “normal” than yours which look more “perfect”.

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Hi Vincent,
I’ve been following this blog and 5D MKll info avidly, my interest was piqued by the image using the 200 f1.8 a lens I have and agree is awesome. One thing I noticed on the female models face is some solarizing (I also noticed this on the reflection of the TV on the male models foot when he’s on the couch) do have any ideas what this is, JPEG compression, or something else, there also seems to be a lot of halation around the bright lights when you use the TS lens.
Sorry don’t mean to sound critical, as the images are stunning and I can completly understand your excitement at this (R)evolution, just intrigued.
Thanks

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Isn’t this pictures looks plastic? I prefer natural grain of TMAX 3200 than this plastic images.

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Vincent,

I am sorry if my question about the focus sounded critical. I did not intend it to be, I was more interested in the performance of the camera or if it was a choice on your part, your thought process more than anything else. It seems that when you read Canon literature or talk to their reps, they say that their cameras are “tuned” to recognize the scene and especially human faces, so I was just wondering if the autofocus was still being worked on; “old eyes” too, you know.

I still think that the photo/photos are amazing and that your artistic vision is always stunning. It is nice to see that you have a tool now that can push it even further. I will be interested in seeing what the future holds for your work with the new capabilities you have at your disposal.

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HAHA, I love how there is a person (you?) in this photo laying in the car: http://www.usa.canon.com/uploadedimages/FCK/Image/REVERIE%20Still%20Photos/Vincent_Laforet_5D_MKII_MG_0906.jpg

Check out closer the center console

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Congrats to you for your work and the add on Canon’s site. I’ve been following your blog for quite some time now, very inspirational work! Cheers

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Great picture Vincent

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Best regard

Léonard

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Vince, I like your cameo appearance in shot Vincent_Laforet_5D_MKII_MG_0906! Awkward position!

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Vincent,
Just back from Photokina and saw your images and video at the Canon stand… simply stunning quality and images. There was a crowd around the 5DmkII upto 5 deep at on stage but I managed to get my hans on one for a short time. Unfortunately the I was not abel to put in my card and do some tests as they were locked.

Thanks

Nick

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Why videos are so soft compared with stills?

A 21 Mp still resized to 2 Mp gets VERY sharp. Insted, 1080p video is softer, it looks like a 2 Mp crop from 21 Mp. Why? Shouldn’t every 1080p frame be a 21 Mp resized to a very sharp 2 Mp?

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An image worths a thousand words. So you saved us 9.000 blah-blah guessing words from the specs. Thank you.

Wonderful work.

Just one naive/amateur question: How do you get on 0403.jpg (kiss and bridge) such a diferent field depth on faces, body, river and the cars over the bridge? I don’t get how to focus so well the actress hairs floating over the river, blur the river behind the hairs, and focus the cars over the bridge at the same distance as the river (aparently) without using Photoshop. Maybe as simple as vaseline on the UV filter?

Thanks in advance for your know-how.
Pascual.

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Congratulations for your great (fast) work !

Did you also test low-light performance by shooting small (5MP) JPEG or SRAW2 ?
I can’t find any sample online while I guess they should be impressive in high ISOs.

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Man that ISO 3200 example show a lot of detail!! I would have never guess that the female model had so many hair on her nose!! Really really impressive. I’ll have to save up.

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@Pascual de Juan:

That’s where the tilt part of the tilt-shift lens comes in. The plane of focus is drastically changed allowing for this kind of effect.

I can’t wait to get my EOS 5D Mk2!!

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I’m overwhelmed with where to begin in reading the info on the 5D MII on your blog, Vince. “Reverie’ was great in showcasing what this camera can do. But I do still have a burning question - in both yours and the dpReview samples, I did not see any zooming while recording - and that led me to wondering if the camera can’t find the AI focus when zooming. In stills, with predictive AI, you can get the shot of a running deer, zoom closer, and get another shot of the running deer with the AI refocusing. Can we do that with this camera? Aside from the mechanical aspects of zooming, will the camera find the focus again if we zoom while recording? Wondered if you had tried that. Forgive me if you’ve discussed it already 501, 000 entries back. :>) And thanks again for the great clip that shows what this camera can do, for all of us contemplating it.

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The 5D Mk II looks impressive - it and the Nikon D3/D700 should change street/documentary photography considerably.

These are D700 photos I shot last night, with the only light coming from street lamps. A couple at 3200, one colour shot at 9000, most at 12800. All at f2. Never thought I’d see the day when I could get 1/250th at night! And the 5D Mk II should be a bit better, I imagine.

http://seeto.com/galleries/HighISO/

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Based on everything I’ve seen so far, it looks as if the image quality of Canon’s newest DSLR is going to be extremely good. ISO 1600 on the 5D Mark II looks a lot like ISO 400 on the 10D. Looking forward to seeing more formal testing of both video and still work when it becomes publicly available (when the real nitpicking begins).

@Nikita Pavlov: If noise is what you desire, crank the ISO up past 3200. Alternatively you can load up the photos into Photoshop and add all the noise you want. If that’s not enough to make you happy then it’s doubtful anything will.

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I noticed on some of the images that the black areas are blotchy. For example, in the kissing photo, the shadows in the girl’s hair that falls beneath her chin. Also in the helicopter shot, the area on the guy’s left hand near his watch. Is that present in the CR2 file now that there’s a 14-bit sensor?

This something I’ve noticed on files from my 5D, but not in a printed photo, so maybe it’s my display, which is a newish iMac 20″.

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Great Stills!

Now if we added up even the weekend rental cost of those lenses we would get a budget in the $10,000s not the $5,000.

Truth in Advertising and All!

With that said, I wonder if on the NEW project we can limit it to common lenses just to show you can get the same great results.

I 100% think we could!

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Estebe, to make the budget legitimate, you should also add the Vince’s hourly rate. Say, $100/hour

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WOW! I’m convinced, I need the new 5D. Thanks, awesome work!

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stunning pictures.

but, i never seen so much watermarks in one single photo.. ;

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Vince, are you from Indy?

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Enore une fois j adooore

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Vincent,

I think you were a bit self-contradictory in your put-down of “Anon”. You claim you “always welcome criticism”, but you tell Anon, “stow your advice”.

You give the impression that unless critics are well-known, professional photographers, their criticism will not be welcomed or will not be given the “proper weight”. What has who a person is got to do with the validity of their statements? Even if a critic is intending to be rude or spiteful, it does not necessarily mean that he is wrong. You are shooting the messenger.

On the other hand, Anon did not really have a message. Anon did not offer any useful criticism, just a suggestion to stop using a particular lens without really explaining what was wrong with the photographs. Maybe your sole response should have been, “What’s wrong with my photographs?” (Note the carefully placed apostrophe.)

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j’ adoooore

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Sorry, but these images shows the brutal NR just washes down all the details from the image as well. Nobody can see the complete lack of definition or texture?

Who needs noise-less High-ISO images, when the image is completely ruined?

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Vincent- Thanks for all the work and for showcasing this new camera from Canon ..I think it’s truly great that camera technology is improving and prices are coming down .

In about 3 years were going to be able to get a camera this good for a lot less which really be something .

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[...] Still pictures from Vincent Laforet’s "Canon Reverie" HD-movie production are now available for download via Canon. Ten images as full-resolution JPEGs! He has also made available the RAW video footage. [...]

Hi Vincent,

“Reverie” looks great. I am very excited about this camera. However, there seems to be one huge flaw that holds me back:

It seems like the camera only has an automatic exposure in video mode. In many of the sample videos (on Canon’s website and some shots in your movie, like the guy washing his face in the bathroom), it’s obvious that the exposure adjusts with the change of the overall brightness in the frame. Since the video recording is done through the live-view mode, the viewing, itself (I tried it on my 40D), is made to have automatically adjusting exposure/view. If the 5D mark II has no option to set manually a constant exposure, this whole video feature is not for professional use but rather for home videos.

Someone on dpreview.com said, there is a way to lock down the exposure by pressing the ” * ” button and, he said, you didn’t use that feature because you didn’t have the operator’s manual. If that’s true, it might be a way to deal with the automatic exposure.

Since this camera is still in pre-production, I hope my concern gets to the Canon decision-makers, so that they can fix this problem before getting it out on the market. I really hope (and I’m sure, many people out there do too) that I can buy this camera and produce some professional HD video.

Cheers

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Vincent,
Thanks for the information. How does the 5D MkII compare to the 1Ds MkII for image quality at low ISOs? I primarily shoot landscapes with with my 5D, so high ISO is nice but not a high priority for me. I’m seeing good condition 1Ds Mk II prices in the 5D Mk II range and wondering which is the better value from a pure image point of view. Maybe it’s short sighted of me, but video is not my area, and while I’d really like the new screen and sensor cleaning, those aren’t deal makers if the 1Ds Mk II is still clearly superior in image quality. If they’re even, then the 5D Mk II is a no brainer for me.

Thanks,

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Vincent,
Get over yourself,
Fred

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Vincent!

I don’t know if you got it, but maybe you should take a view behind the flowers, slightly over the dashboard.

Looks like your head. Nothing bad but now I get trough the procedure you worked with

Happy about the easteregg,
Eddi

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I have a question on how the 5D shoots stills while recording video. When you shoot a still, does it stop recording video take the still and then resume video recording? If this is the case, how long is the video stopped for? Does it actually have the capability to take a still without having to pause the video?

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Excellent pictures! The low noise level is stunning!

I zoomed on each large version, and I discovered a white and a red spot that are exactly on the same location on every picture. Are those dead pixels? I don’t know.

You can see it going up from center, halfway to the top.
Do you have any idea, what it could be?

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I just watched the video “Reverie” and I must say that you need to send me a mop and bucket to wipe up my drool! I currently own a 5D and have been waiting through all the Rumors for the Mark II to come out…Now I just need to convince the wife! Thanks for this little insite into the next generation! ~Jason JST Photography

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Vincent
Did you fund Reverie or was it done by others? I was fortunate to attend your seminar at Dodd’s this week. Very impressive.

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Just incredible! I’ve watch the video countless times and continuously looked at these images! I’m in awe!

I have to ask, though…. (*hoping* you will respond!)

The contrast level, color tone and saturation are almost unbelievable for a straight out of the camera file with no editing whatsoever! The typical flat, somewhat bland nature of the typical straight out of camera image is completely gone! Did you add any settings in camera, i.e…picture styles, contrast, sat, etc???

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