418-805-3840, info (at) francisvachon (dot) com

Have a look at the picture below. Notice anything special?

Hint: The title of this post kinda give it away

Look at the 100% crop below, straight out of the camera (I did however use the in-camera noise-reduction):

I just recently got my Mark III, and it was the first time I was traveling in this ISO range. And I’m blown away. On the sideline with my was a colleague from Le Journal de Québec, still with is Nikon D2X. With this camera, he couldn’t go above 1600 ISO, and had to shoot at 1/100. I wonder if he got some shots without any motion blur!

Can we afford this, Cindy? Hey, no payments until 2009 with the new eBay MasterCard!

Vincent Laforest, in a short video, shows us the almost 100 remote cameras at the final of the 100m at the last summer Olympic games.

I covered some High school football yesterday. It was my first sport assignment with my Mark III. And now one thing is for sure: the dreaded autofocus issue does not affect mine. It worked flawlessly, with only a handful of out-of-focus photos - far less than what I had with my Mark II.

All photos shot with it my Mark III, a 300mm and on Aperture priority mode at f4.

Edit: Lens is now sold

Canon 70-200 F2.8 for sale. This is NOT the IS version. On the photo below, you will notice that their is no tripod collar. It’s just that I don’t use it and I forgot the put it back for the photo. But it IS included. UV filter is included to.

The glass is pristine. The lens itself has some paint wear, but is otherwise perfect. I only sell it because I’m upgrading to the IS version.

Price is 950$ plus shipping. Buyer pays Paypal fee if applicable (3%)

email me at info(at)francisvachon(dot)com or at 418-805-3840

For sale:

Canon mount Sigma 24-70 f2.8. 325$
I don’t have the pouch, and I’m not sure I have the lens cap. The lens shade is slightly cracked, but this does not affect the quality of the photos whatsoever. The UV filter is included.

Also for sale, a Velbon Sherpa 250 tripod. I will let this one go for 75$

Buyer pays shipping. Paypal preferred unless you pick it up locally in Quebec city

Please email me: info (at) francisvachon (dot) com
or call 418-805-3840

Wonder if Cindy would mind if I take a mortgage on the house to buy this 1200mm lens.

To give you a sense of scale, here is another photo. Cute asian girl is not included in the price.

A short video that shows the setup used to get the 30 frames per second “video” of Barry Bound

Amazon just posted a pre-order page for the new Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera. The specs are pretty amazing: 10.1 megapixel, APS-C sized, self-cleaning CMOS sensor; 30% faster, 9 point AF; DIGIC III image processing; ISO 3200 max sensitivity; improved 3.0-inch LCD with Enhanced Live View; 6.5fps continuous shooting.

For landscape and architecture photographer, there will be the new Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM Wide Angle Lens, available in November.

And to to along this beautiful glass, what better than the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera, available next December at a whooping USD$8,000?

We are talking of a full-frame DSLR, a 36 x 24-mm self-cleaning CMOS sensor; a pair of DIGIC III image processers operating in parallel; improved 45-point advanced autofocus; 5fps continuous shooting (for bursts of up to 45 Large/Fine JPEGs or 15 RAW images); sRAW image support; 3-inch Live View LCD with 5x or 10x magnification; and CF, SD/SDHC storage options