Ep. 102: Is the Canon 5D Mark IV a Worthy Upgrade - and more
Lens Shark Photography Podcast
Sharky James
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2016
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Episode 102 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Gary Fong
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Photographer and Lightsphere inventor Gary Fong opens the show. Thanks Gary!
The Canon 5D Mark IV has been announced, but is it an exciting update to the 5D Mark III...or just a solid attempt? (#)
Canon announces two new lenses and a WiFi adapter. (#)
Photographer Jasmine Star once again is accused of plagiarism, but after shaking it off in 2013, has it had any effect on her career and/or reputation? (#)
A ridiculous law in Nice, France has upset the Internets (that's right...the Internets)...as an official wants to limit the rights of those photographing police. (#)
A rumor that Sony will move to 16-bit lossless RAW in its cameras. (#)
Guest outro: Arizona Rattlers and Northern Arizona Suns team photographer Matt Hinshaw.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Gary Fong inventor of the Light Sphere and you're listening to the |
| 0:03.4 | Petapixil photography podcast with Sharkey James. This episode is |
| 0:07.8 | sponsored by our friends at Fresh Books. The weather is better and if you're a |
| 0:11.6 | freelance photographer or a small business owner, |
| 0:14.2 | you'd much rather be out in it shooting rather than dealing with paperwork, right? |
| 0:18.0 | And that's where the cloud-based accounting software from Fresh Books comes in. |
| 0:22.0 | To sign up for your 30-day free trial, go to Fresh Books.com forward slash Petapixil and enter |
| 0:27.7 | Petapixil in the How Did You Hear About a Section. |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you Fresh Books for your support. Welcome to the Petapixil Photography Podcast, Episode 102. |
| 0:37.0 | Is the Canon 5D Mark 4 is out but is it worth upgrading to a |
| 0:50.4 | stupid French law causes outrage. |
| 0:53.2 | Canada announces two new lenses and a Wi-Fi card. |
| 0:56.4 | Jasmine Star makes familiar news again. |
| 0:59.0 | And is Sony going 16-bit? |
| 1:01.2 | All that and more in episode 102 of the Petapixil Photography Podcast. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank you so much Gary for opening the show. I greatly appreciate it brother. |
| 1:15.0 | If you don't know the name Gary Fong, frankly I'd be shocked. |
| 1:18.8 | He's perhaps best known for creating the light sphere, a plastic device which sits atop your flash, and allows |
| 1:24.4 | you to soften and even eliminate shadows. |
| 1:27.3 | Wedding photographers, for instance, have been using them for years now, as it's made it easy to shoot |
| 1:32.3 | vertically as well and keep the flash |
| 1:34.7 | and light sphere in the same position and that's translated to time savings that |
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