Comments for Editorial and Travel Photographer Susan Seubert

Comment on Just another day at the office by seubertphoto

seubertphoto — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:59 +0000

Thanks Deb! That guy on the bottom of the pool was amazing! He could stay there for quite some time but I have no idea how he could plant his feet so firmly.

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II Error 01 Message by seubertphoto

seubertphoto — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:53:49 +0000

Yes – more camera trouble! Frustrating, but all seems to be well now (knocking on wood!!!). I shot 48 rolls of 120 on my last job and loved every frame. What’s so nice about large format film, to me, is that it slows you down, lets you compose and I love the square format of my good ‘ol Hasselblad. And the negatives? I can’t accidentally erase them, they won’t become obsolete in just 3 years and I can store them in a simple filing cabinet with printed caption information that won’t be stripped by some software program AND no one can just waltz into my home, take out a print and use it on their web site!!! I must say, although film has it’s limitations, I much prefer it to digital for most things…

Comment on Just another day at the office by Deb Pang Davis

Deb Pang Davis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:46:41 +0000

OMG. These are priceless! You’re such a goof.

If I know you, you’ll continue to have fun and gracefully evolve as needed to continue doing what you love. You are one resourceful image maker — still or moving.

I want to know how he stays at the bottom of the pool. Muscle mass?

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II Error 01 Message by Deb Pang Davis

Deb Pang Davis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:33:38 +0000

Wow, more camera trouble? Sheesh. Yesterday morning a photographer asked us about film. Maybe going back to that isn’t such a bad idea

Nice coconuts…

Comment on Just another day at the office by oneheartonemind

oneheartonemind — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:51:47 +0000

Susan:

Hang in there and your not alone.

My belief is that when we come out of all this, photojournalism will be stronger for it and we will both create and have more respect for our craft.

As long as your vision is perceptive, fair and that of compassion for your subject…we’ll come out on top.

After 35 years of employment as a photographer and editor I have faith in out future.

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II Error 70 by seubertphoto

seubertphoto — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:02:53 +0000

Chill out Aaron! I understand what you are saying but it is not the same as shooting in a R A W format. I am not making an ignorant comment. It is a great product for certain applications. I worked with pro editors and a pro DP on my tests. I stand by my results and my opinion. Happy shooting!

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II Error 70 by Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:54:22 +0000

wow….”the video is marginal at best”…..what an extremely ignorant comment. i work in the film industry and everyone out there is ditching their 5,000-9,000 dollar HD cams for the 5d mkii. the quality is BEYOND superb. you’re sensor itself is SUBSTANTIALLY larger than that of RedOne, Super35, Leica, etc… (see these links)

http://rebelsguide.com/dl/sensorSizes_06_cheatSheet.png
http://www.backscatter.com/learn/article/photos/VideoCameraSensorSizes.jpg

if you’re wanting to capture the raw HD footage straight from 35mm sensor with no compression, there won’t be a CF card in the world that’s large enough. that’s your limitation in building this camera in a DSLR. for anyone who’s ACTUALLY IN THE BUSINESS though, this camera is WELL BEYOND anything out there other than 35mm film itself.

Comment on New York Times Travel Photography by aloha

aloha — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:27:03 +0000

It’s true, visiting Maui is amazing! It’s my dream to go there. Aloha!

Comment on Vendor Client Relationship by JennaTeeson

JennaTeeson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:59:33 +0000

I’m falling off my chair laughing! This is all too familiar!

Comment on Canon 5D Mark II Error 70 by hemant

hemant — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:26:34 +0000

Folks,

Two cents there.

1. What is being referred to as low quality is the compression here which gets in the way when you push the footage to limit when applying effects during editing in FCP, motion , AE etc. 5D only constructs video image with every third line scanned which is still ok since it’s 35 mm sensor but …

honestly, It doesnt matter what numbers say, I care about how much flexibility the camcorder offers in terms of in camera and post production treatment of the footage. I have been a pro editor for a good long time. I have not been able to find any pro looking video online that looks close to what you can do with other proper camcorders that spit out xdcam or DVCPRO format. I have 5D and find it very hard to push color treatment to limits when it comes to post processing.

http://vimeo.com/4729577 – check the details in close ups.
http://vimeo.com/839287 – same here.
http://vimeo.com/2213434 – check how beautifully highights have been resolved here.

Canon 5 D –

http://vimeo.com/4434571 – Thisis the best I could find which uses indoor lighting and it’s not good enough.
http://vimeo.com/4631457 – Compression artifacts highly visible cause of pushing the limit in post.
http://vimeo.com/5471282 – this is a decent video but again li’l details in my opinion here too.

Now the good part –

http://vimeo.com/4685373 – this is pbbly the best video on internet I found made with 5D. Not sure how man of you pay attention but this too has lesser details to my eyes when compared with EX1.

when I say details check one of my fav videos (if possible download and view the full version).

http://vimeo.com/2024226 – EX1

After watching above video I hope i’ll be clear what I mean by details in the picture and ability to push the footage in post.