Panasonic Firmware Updates: GX1 and 100-300mm

Panasonic has just released the first firmware update for the new GX1 camera as well as a new update for the excellent 100-300mm f/4-5.6 OIS zoom. For all the details, click on the image or the following URL and look for the updates that are dated 2012/01/25...

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index2.html

Rent Me! Drop it MODERN Swanky

Cool!  Haute!  Sassy!  Foppish!  Swanky!

All of the above words can be used to describe Drop it MODERN's Swanky backdrop.  Swanky features a eye-catching color scheme that is sure to turn heads. With a hint of sass and a twist of playfulness, the pop star pink and silvery gray couple together well to create a stunning backdrop. It’s the perfect statement for your business if you are looking to drum up some new clients, and turn some heads while doing it. We love Swanky because it gives the unique, vibrant, and modern edge photographers are looking for. It’s a backdrop filled with spunk, personality, and individuality.

Sorry, furniture and model not included!

$25/day
 

Presentation Products

Photographic Presentation - Folios, Folders & CD / DVD Cases
Photography is all about presentation! BEAU Photo has a large selection of products for all levels of presentation from economical to deluxe.
BEAU Photo stocks a selection of presentation products from TAP Packaging Solutions and AGT Photomount. We stock the most popular lines at our store in Vancouver B.C. Canada. We are happy to special order any item for you.
To request a price list please contact us at Beau Photo. Please note all presentation products are sold for the purpose of re-sale.

Available Presentation Folios:

Eagles & Owls, Oh My!

Winter is a great time for photographing birds, and coincidentally, it also is a great time to rent a telephoto lens to take photos of those birds! We have a number of telephoto lenses ranging from the run of the mill Canon/Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 IS/VR to the super-telephoto class 500mm f4 lenses.  A longer lens allows you to "get closer" to an animal without disturbing it and disrupting its behaviour and will isolate the animal from the background so it's clearly visible in the frame.

* Special weekend rates: gear picked up on a Friday between 1pm ~ 5pm and returned the following Monday between 8:30am ~ 12pm are charged just a one day rate.

Rental rates below☟

NEW! Sennheiser EW122-p G3 Wireless Portable Microphone System

Introducing the Sennheiser EW122-p G3 Wireless Portable Microphone System, new in the Rentals Department!

This system is ideal for video recording in various environments, including studios and the outdoors. The clip-on microphone is virtually invisible. The included SKP 100 G3 plug-on transmitter conveniently transforms any wired microphone into a wireless one. 

$35/day

First Thoughts: Fujifilm X-Pro1 System

As mentioned in my previous blog posting, I have not yet had a chance to handle the camera, which will hopefully happen in the next few weeks. However I have handled it "virtually", by carefully watching all the online preview videos that I could find. This blog posting will just be some of the thoughts I had after watching those videos, and considering that I have been an X100 owner and have used the camera extensively under many different conditions, I think I can draw some useful conclusion based on what I saw...

NEW: Fujifilm X-Pro1

At the CES/PMA trade-show this week, Fujifilm announced the very interesting new X-Pro1 camera system. Although the following description certainly doesn't do justice to all of its new features, in many ways, you can think of it as a new, improved interchangeable lens version of the highly regarded X100.

I was meaning to blog about this camera on Monday already, but I've been fighting a bad cold all week and just never felt up to it after coming home from work. I never found the time at work either. Anyway, watch for my detailed "first thoughts" on the X-Pro1 in the next day or two. They unfortunately won't be based on actually handling the camera yet in person (like I was able to with the Nikon D4), but since I have been an enthusiastic X100 user since getting mine earlier last year, and after seeing numerous detailed videos online that walk through many of the X-Pro1's new features and its user-interface, I think I am reasonably qualified to give some initial impressions.

In the meantime, here are some links of interest, if you haven't seen them yet...

Fujifilm Canada's Official Press Release
Fujifilm Canada's Product Page
Fujifilm Global's Product Page (lots of sample images too)
Fujifilm's dedicated X-Pro1 website
Announcement on dpreview

Hasselblad Promotion: Prepare to See More

Click on the image for more details. Fantastic promo if you are starting out and want to get a second lens right away!

If you want to see what an H4D system is like in person, we do have a demo/rental H4D-50 to look at, as well as numerous different lenses. Call ahead and make an appointment if you are interested in discussing how a Hasselblad medium format digital system could enhance your photographic vision!

Cambo 8x10" Camera w/ 480mm f/9 Lens & Film Holders (#4427/4428)

Cambo 8x10" Camera Kit with Rodenstock Apo-Ronar 480mm f/9 Lens and 4 Fidelity 8x10" Film Holders

$1900.00

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Quantum Turbo Battery Pack

Used Quantum Turbo battery pack w/ AC Charger

$200.00 SOLD

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Quantum gives you the choice. Turbo is so light you don't realize it's there.

• Get fast and consistent recycling, faster than with any other power source
• Turbos connect directly to high voltage flash circuits
• Generate power needed for repeated flash much faster than the flash unit themselves
• Turbos have "fuel gauges" to tell you the remaining battery power at all times
• Rechargeable cells are "no memory" types