Having fun with AI

 Today you can do anything with AI, including having fun. A good example is these pictures putting my grandsons on the cover page of TIME magazine! 

Canon R6 Mark III - Jared Polin's review

Well, the Canon R6 Mark III has been released, and many have shared their reviews online. Personally, I believe it’s a great camera, without a doubt. It’s an improvement over both the Mark II and Mark I. If money is not a concern and you’re a fan of the R6 series, I highly recommend getting it. However, since I’m not in a position to spend a lot of money, I don’t feel compelled to trade my R6 Mark I for this camera. I agree with Jared’s suggestion that you should upgrade your camera when you feel it’s limiting your capabilities. But for me, the Canon R6 is still serving me well and doesn’t need an upgrade. 

My favorite pictures from last weekend

  One more time, I'm confronted with the task of picking what pictures I like from my weekend shooting. This weekend started with a lot of landscape pictures on Saturday, and that changed on Sunday when some water birds came from the north, maybe pushed by the cold front coming down to us next Tuesday. So let's start with a landscape picture.

From the birds pictures I particularly love these two.

Of course, a good weekend can't end without a squirrel portrait!

I'm done editing the last karate event

This was a long event, almost eight hours, the longest I have ever attended. I ended up with more than 2,600 pictures, from which I picked and edited 1,309. When you shoot long bursts to capture the action, you tend to overshoot, and that explains why I saved only about half of the initial count.

Picking a few pictures for this article is an incredibly hard task. I love all of them. Some of the candid shots I took there were amazing, and of course, the event photos are just as good as the candid ones. All the pictures are available on Flickr, split into three albums: Album 1, Album 2, and Album 3.

This was an international event organized by USA Sport Karate. The competition was tough, but our grandsons managed very well, taking home a few medals.

Kaufmann's Karate Team also performed at the highest level.

Unfortunately, I could not take pictures of all of them with their medals, but I capture key moments of their performance. 

I can’t fit 1300 pictures into this short article. Please visit the links I’ve posted above and enjoy all the pictures. If you decide to share them on social media, don’t forget to credit me. That’s my payment.

Canon R6 Mark III for pre-order

 Canon just announced the Canon R6 Mark III, and it's taking preorders here. The asked price for just the body is $2799, taxes are not included. To me, the biggest change is that it now includes a 32.5MP full-frame sensor instead of the 24 MP from the two previous versions. Another big change, Canon replaced one of the SD Cards for a CF Express card to increase the saving speed, something that will help also with the support of 4K 60p and 7K RAW recording at 60p.  

 

 Overview: The EOS R6 Mark III camera is built to meet your demands and deliver stunning results.  Capture 32.5MP stills with impressive detail at up to 40 fps and enjoy the comfort of pre-continuous shooting to aid you during those unpredictable moments.  With Canon Log 2 color, 4K 120p slow motion, high-quality oversampled 4K 60p, 7K RAW recording at 60p, and 7K 30p Open Gate recording for post-production versatility, this is a hybrid camera you’ve been waiting for. 

Canon 5D Mark III, so good

I am taking a break from editing pictures from the recent karate competition to write this note. This Halloween, I decided to take my Canon 5D Mark III for a ride, a camera that was released in March 2012, 13 years ago. This camera does not have eye detection, face detection, or subject detection. It does not have as many focus points as the most modern cameras. Still, every time I use it, I cannot stop thinking about how good it is. The colors coming out of this camera are amazing, and the pictures are incredibly sharp.

No wonder Canon is still selling this camera for around $1,368 new — almost the same amount you would pay for some of the Canon mirrorless models released in the last few years. If you are lucky, you may find a used one in good condition for less than $800.

Autumn is here

Autumn is here. For those who live north of Florida, the changes are evident, and you have shown us those changes with a bunch of colorful pictures. For those of us who live in Florida, those changes and colorful trees are not as visible or as beautiful. Our state is always green.

Well, probably I'm being overdramatic here. You can see leaves falling from the trees and some changes in their coloration. Winter does not leave all trees here naked like in the North, and probably that's a plus.

The point here is that, even in evergreen Florida, autumn is beautiful.