Canon EOS Experience 2009

Last Sunday, I attended the Canon EOS Experience 2009 at the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Pit. Unlike last year EOS Experience 2008 at East Coast 360, participants were not allowed to insert their own memory cards into the new Canon 1D MK IV camera to take pictures. Participants could only try out the camera with it built in memory.

The main differences between the new 1D MK IV and the 1D MK III are the 12800 ISO, the HD video feature, High Speed Digic 4 processor, 16.1 Mega Pixel and 45-points wide area AF. It 10 frame per second continuous shooting with 121 jpeg per burst could easily filled a 4 gigabytes within seconds!

The seminar starts off with Dan Chung, a famous photographer-cum-movie maker, sharing his experience as a photo-journalist covering the Iraq war and other news assignments using Canon equipment. Dan also shared his experiences on making short films using Canon’s 5DMKII, 7D and the new 1DMK IV. He said the 1DMK IV is the best camera for making low light movies beating many high end movie cameras!

During the seminar, participants also get to take pictures of beautiful race queens, cross-play models and Mitsubishi car stunt. Each participant was also given a coupon to make one A4 print of their best shots on Canon new Pixma printer and a delicious buffet was provided to fill the participants’ stomachs! Finally, there is a goodies bag for every participant to bring home.

The following photos were shot on Canon 5DMKII with a 70-200f4 IS lens.