lol. Hey dave, any update on the DFpro?

soon ; )

HA! Me too. I spent two minutes wondering why on earth anyone would design a push razor. I had come up with a few potential reasons before realizing the film was in reverse. For instance, sneaking up on the whiskers so as not to afford them time to retreat.

Now if you'll excuse me, I really should take this call from Gillette HQ.

A beard? Looks like you've got that covered!

Oh yeah, silly me.... I guess I'll take the 7D instead.

or in front of the camera? :)

Stupid test? Fella, I assume you are joking.

I did this so I could make a fun short. In fact I stayed up all night so people could see something a little different from all the dull shots out there and to show people how good the cam is at achieving shallow DOF and slow motion.

Wanna see loads of wides shots and stuff? Sorry but my bathroom had no sky or water other than the tap. Not even a bath. Hopefully some shots in some stuff I will film over next few days will be more useful to you.

The lens does not cost more than the body. But that is generally the case with almost every camera I have owned in my 20 years of doing this.

Want to use cheap glass, that's cool. We cannot all afford the best. I want the 85mm f1.2 but can't afford it right now. I have nice lenses so I will use them. That argument is one of the silliest I have heard for a while.

With regards to the rest... I converted using mpeg streamclip which is much faster then you simply do a batch conversion in cinema tools which changes metadata in seconds. You then have the essentially slowed down footage. Your way? Not slow motion. Simply 25p. May as well shoot full HD then!

Anyone who knows me and my work will know that I do not do scientific tests. It does not interest me. I shoot for pleasure and that is how I test cameras, by properly filming.

Sorry for being so grumpy but i stayed up till 530am so I could post something different and if all you can say is stupid test then that really bugs me. Am i getting paid for this? No. I am doing this for the community.

Philip

But if you drop the frames between there's no slow mo!!!

It's the internet Philip... There will always be that one who just doesn't get it ;) Great work and thanks for pulling an all nighter to show off what this camera can do! Hey, at least you don't post your stuff on reduser haha...

yeah i know. Don't mess with the Bloom when he hasn't slept. That is when I go troll hunting!

by the way was singing your praises to Canon Europe yesterday. Can u drop me email with your best stuff to forward to them? philip@philipbloom.co.uk

Philip, for what its worth, I like your fast lenses. Take an easy day...long night and all.

Having a gin and tonic and feeling much more relaxed now ;-)

I suppose that's one way to make it an easy day! Thanks for all the work.

Some people just never get laid. Have to compensate somewhere. ;)

Great job again man. I'm going to actually buy the 7D, so this is really helping me to know what to expect. Good luck with the F-Stop workshop today. :)

Reminds me of this: xkcd.com/386/

Reminds me of that: xkcd.com/438/

whatever they say about you... you are still my hero !

anyway, do you like 7d or you still recomended 5d Mark II ?

cheers Raymond. Really grumpy as I am not good on 3 hours sleep!

I look nice and young again. We are doing our first day of F-STOP workshop at the Guinness storehouse tomorrow!

Well said!

Dirk,

You are a real asset to the community. Keep up the good work. I apologise again for my stupid test. I will try to do less stupid stuff in the future and make sure I get more sky in my 5 foot square bathroom for you if I shoot in there again.

Also I will continue to use MPEG Streamclip when it is 2 in the morning and speed is of the essence.

Next time I will try and make you happy. You sound like you are doing amazing stuff. Wondering why you are even bothering commenting on my stupid test?

I will also try my best and learn more so I know what I am talking about in future, as you seem to know everything. You are a lucky fella. I hope I can be at your level one day and be as humble as you.

Best,

Philip

P.S. You didn't explain your workflow properly to start with hence me pulling you up on it.

"I really know what i am talking about"

I laughed out loud when I read this. I find it just plain sad when people try to act all important on teh interwebs.

People of actual consequence don't go around belittling others and lecturing about how they know better than everyone else. People of consequence encourage others and quietly demonstrate their talent by living it out.

Rudeness FTL, Self-importance FAIL

Phillip.

You are beast man. Don't let them get to ya. You are a rock star, of course.

BTW, when I get a negative comment, even the slightest, I delete it. Its the vimeo way. Don't give trolls the time of day.

:) Keep at it man.

One more thing- I would also humbly add...don't reply to them- it gives them fuel to think that you read them. :)

Dirk,

You were not critiquing my film. Which you are more than welcome to do. You were rude. Plain and simple. No need for that here.

Now please go and shoot some amazing stuff and blow us all away.

Hi Zach. The 50mm turns into an 80mm with the 7d. So you need something like a 35mm.

p

Zach - the EOS 7D has an APS-C sized sensor. This means a field-of-view conversion of 1.6x. So take 50mm divide by 1.6 = 31mm-ish. Nearest is a 35mm as Phil said.

Hey...it's very nice and sunny in Portugal! :)

Looks like Dirk didn't enjoy the new fanbase:

"Sorry, "Happy Birthday!" was deleted at 9:36:21 Fri Sep 4, 2009. We have no more information about it on our mainframe or elsewhere. "

Of course, the nerve of some people

Dirk decided that nobody should see it before it's screening at Cannes 2010, but it may also happen that at cannes 2010 he decides that nobody's worthy of seeing it anyways...

Cheers. Just really odd. Hopefully he will stop and I can try and answer questions instead! Much better use of everyone's time!