Wednesday/Thursday

So on Wednesday, just after my photoshoot with Alex and Jessica I came home to find that the UPS guy had just arrived with my new purchase: A Canon Rebel T1i. I got it to experiment with video - not in any professional capacity but mostly as a hobby. I was hoping that the camera paired with my new Canon 50mm f1.4 lens would produce some quality video but I'm quickly discovering how difficult the world of video can be! Below are photos taken with my Canon Rebel T1i and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Me testing out my new camera (with lens) on Randell and John

The next morning was a Saint James Music Academy presentation for CIBC. I took along my new camera in hopes of recording the surprise performance by the children that we had for our funders. At the bottom of the building the kids had a small practice session - which I was able to record on video. Despite being rather shaky with a very shallow depth of field... here it is:

Mini-Orchestra Practice from Chris Loh on Vimeo.

Waiting for the elevator to head up to the boardroom

When we arrived in the boardroom I had realized that an important document was missing and had to QUICKLY hurry back to my house to print it off. Fortunately the performance by the kids bought me some time... unfortunately I was unable to record it!

Some of the music school students sitting outside the boardroom

The meeting went extremely well and everyone in attendance loved the childrens' performance! Kathy followed that up with a financial presentation and allowed the group to ask questions. Following that, Kathy, myself and the children all headed to White Spot for a celebratory breakfast.




Directly after that I headed out to Langley to hang out with Cath, Michael and my little buddy Matthew!





At the end of the day I wasn't very impressed with the video I was able to capture. The size and weight of the T1i make it portable ... but very susceptible to the shaking and small movements of the hands holding it! That plus a small and light 50mm lens made camera-shake very noticeable! The depth of field of the lens was great! Except for the fact that it made focusing very difficult. The shallow depth of field meant that any small movements put subjects out of focus and I would have to manually re-focus continuously.

Later in the evening I took my lens (and it's filter) back to London Drugs for a refund. For now I guess I'll have to put my 24-70mm lens on the T1i for some weight and stability.

As for the photo-quality... I'm not too impressed with that either. There is just something about my 5D's, despite their age, that produces beautiful colour and dynamic range! It makes sense seeing as the T1i is a consumer-level camera!