28.3.12

Canon's C300 receives BBC certification

Canon has today announced that its Cinema EOS C300 camera "has met the standards the BBC requires from cameras tested to the EBU recommendation EBU R118."

The approval allows both internal and external BBC production teams to use the EOS C300 "for the production of a variety of programmes to be broadcast on the BBC's range of HD channels."

In a statement issued this morning, Kieran Magee, director of professional marketing at Canon Europe, says: "The EOS C300 has received a fantastic response since it launched in November last year, and we're delighted it's been approved for use by the BBC."

He adds: "By utilising the expertise in our video, broadcast, DSLR and lens groups, we've created a unique product that offers exceptional creative scope for videographers of all kinds. Its quality and versatility make it ideal for a number of different shooting purposes, and we're looking forward to seeing how the BBC puts it to use."

The EOS C300 features a newly developed sensor, dubbed Super 35mm, offering a resolution of 8.29 megapixels. However, Canon points out that the sensor has a pixel size "larger than that for conventional professional camcorders, enabling greater light-gathering capabilities for enhanced sensitivity and reduced noise". The camcorder can record Full HD video signals for each of the three RGB primary colours, which decreases the incidence of moiré. However, the camcorder cannot record footage at a 4K resolution.

The EOS C300 can record at frame rates of 59.41i, 50.00i, 29.97P, 25.00P, 23.98P, and 24.00p, which matches the 24 frame-per-second frame rate of film cameras "for high compatibility with common film-production workflows". It will be available in two models - the EOS C300 Digital Video Camcorder, equipped with an EF lens mount, and the EOS C300 PL Digital Video Camcorder, with a PL lens mount for use with industry-standard PL lenses.

14.3.12

Two Portuguese distinguished in the international photography of gardens



Henrique Souto - Quince
Two Portuguese photographers were honored at the International Garden Photographer of the Year, the main international competition of photography of gardens: Henrique Souto won a first place and Fabio Claudino was entitled to an honorable mention with a photo captured at Parque de Monserrate (Sintra). 


Among more than 16,000 participants from around the world, 5. ° International Garden Photographer Of The Year (IGPOTY) distinguished photographers Henrique Souto ("Quince", 1st place in category Bontiful Earth) and Fabio Claudino (Photo autumnal park Monserrate in Feel, "Morning in the Garden", Honorable Mention in the category Beautiful Gardens). Coincidences: the image captured by Fabio Claudino was achieved during a photography workshop in the park itself, directed by Henrique Souto and inserted in the parallel activities of the exhibition of the winners of IGPOTY the previous year. 


The photo depicts the ladder Claudino granite that marks the beginning of the Valley of the Ferns. "The author likes to shoot in backlight, and took particular interest in the arrangement of elements, and photographed from ground level to achieve the desired composition," summed up in a statement.


On the other hand, Henrique Souto, already awarded in 2008 IGPOTY was honored with a photo captured in the studio.The author "wanted to portray the harshness of the fruit, using two flash units on opposite sides, to highlight its color." "By portraying fruit (or leaves) in isolation, and in the studio," says Souto, "focus attention what, by their cheapness, often goes unnoticed in ".


The overall winner of the competition was the Polish Magdalena Wasiczek (also 1. Place in the categories Wildlife Havens and The Beauty of Plants), with the photograph entitled "Upside Down", in which flower and butterfly are depicted in a moment seem to be a unique, made of petals and wings. 


However, entries are now open for 6. Th International Garden Photographer of the Year, the world's premier competition and exhibition of photography specializing in gardens, plants, flowers and botany, open to professional and amateur photographers. The Kew Gardens (Surrey, about 16km from London) receive the inaugural exhibition of the winning entries - until April 9, the show, with nearly one hundred pictures, then enter tour of some countries and in summer, reaches Portugal, which can be admired at the Palace of Monserrate.


6.3.12

Gala Linda from Spain 2012 in Málaga

Fashion is a major unresolved issue of sociocultural life of Malaga. Hard to believe that in a province with so much talent, so much creativity and fashion consumption (no more than to see the level of Marbella ...) not to organize more activities, they are not of sufficient diffusion or lean more new creators. Therefore, any initiative in this regard is most welcome.

All fans of this scene we turn always in any event related to the sector, so I want to share with you the Gala Election of Linda Spain 2012 to be held on Saturday March 3 at 21:00 at the Palais des Torremolinos Congress and ending with a concert by singer David de Maria Cadiz.

Although this is a beauty contest, fashion plays an important role, because participants in the gala parade with designs of the French firm Tara Jarmon for PG, with swimwear designer Laura Calvente and finally, twenty contenders for the title of Linda Spain will wear couture creations of designers Malaga.



In this photo we see Jesus Segado (designer) with Pastor Vilaseca (Kapyderm President), Maria Jose Gonzalez (New Fashion director and organizer of Linda Spain) and Manuel Munoz (Kapyderm regional delegate) during the presentation ceremony that took Holiday place in Polynesia.

Designers Montague, Javier Alcantara, Miguel Angel Ruiz, Angel Palazuelos, Gemma Melee, Jesus Mowing, Antonia Galiano, Rafael Urquízar, Kiko Cid Velazquez and Barbara have been chosen to create gowns that the candidates will look on Linda Spain 2012 the gateway.

I'm already looking forward to seeing all your creations (with what I like me a parade ...) so I hope to be recovered from the virus that has made me a trapillo to be there and count on the blog in person. And all Malaga, I encourage you to participate and enjoy the work of our countrymen.

Photography by Frank Ramos

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