Introducing the new Canon 7D
After Abe and Abetoo, my first two Digital Rebel DSLR's, I am pleased to announce the arrival of Abegone, Canon 7D, fierce beauty and strong contender in the field of cropped sensor cameras and semi-pro leagues.
For the record, my next announcement should be, within a year or two - provided that my budget follows my heart - a critical and long awaited jump into the realm of full-frame sensors, probably with the yet hypothetical Canon 5D Mark III.
As some will remember, the initial nickname Abe was a short for the French "Aberration chromatique" or chromatic aberration, a color fringing effect of cheaper lenses that manifests itself around lines of strong color difference in an image due to the failure of said lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. I was, and still am to some extent using kit lenses of marginal quality and the term was an affectionate reminder that while the sensor quality was increasing, glass would remain the governing factor in final images.
Now the 7D is a magnificent beast, without any doubt the most extraordinary camera I have ever held in my hand. While Canon's naming methodology remains a
Flashback - The Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
Well, it would seem many busy years have lapsed since I was last torturing my buttocks on a borrowed mountain bike, trying hard to keep up with my father-in-law Henri and to finish the 108 km long Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour under a fierce South African sun.
But in fact that was only last March. Time flies like storks on their migratory journey, long pauses followed by mad dashes forward. No way to ever catch up. So much has happened since then that I can hardly keep track. I sit here today and wonder if I dreamt it all, the heat, the crowds, the cheering, the pain, the beauty, the coast, the baboons, the energy gels, the ferocious wind - and if I might ever do it again.
The fine Cape Argus folks back in Cape Town have been sending participants their certificates and suddenly, I thought I would post mine here, both to remind myself that it was all real, and that this parallel African world drenched in heat and covered in wonderful flowers actually exists - and also to once and for all put an end to any speculation as to whether or not
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Quite the panoramic view of Time square…Cool, it feels like the future…:-)
Ok, so do 360 degrees count as 360 pictures?
It’s like having a personalised Google-earth! Imagine if you’d had this in Lesotho!
And I’m with Marie on the one-a-day, since I am unlikely to ever get to the Big Apple.
I don’t think so, but nice try…One picture a day it is…
Er…well, I hadn’t seen this when I made my comments. This was…how many pictures to stitch? 37???? OK – you have some credit :-)
Super cool
Pfew, so I’m off the hook for 37 days, now.