It would appear the COVID pandemic is not yet done wreaking havoc on the travel industry and as a result of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant I now have two last-minute places available on my February 2022 Arctic Fox expedition. Full details of the expedition are available on my website at http://www.jholko.com/workshops. If you would like to photograph Arctic Fox in the north of Iceland in Winter this February please drop me an email to register your interest.
I wanted to take a moment to wish all of you who may have traveled and photographed with me either past, present, or future, who follow my blog and photography, or even just stumbled across my work somewhere, a very happy and safe Christmas and festive season. It has been a tumultuous year that many of us will be very glad to see the back of! I wish you good health and happiness and all the very best for the festive season and New Year. Roll on 2022 and may it be pandemic-free! (or as close to as possible!)
I have just published Episode #33 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. This podcast details a fix for the issue I discussed in Podcast #32 of the Canon EOS R3 not being able to shoot continuously for more than about 6 seconds when in High Speed + (30 FPS) mode. My sincere thanks to my very good friend Dave in the states for finding this solution and sharing it with me.
In brief, out of the box, the Canon EOS R3 can only shoot around five to six seconds on High Speed + mode before it stops for a second, starts again then stutters. The problem would appear on the surface to be a buffer issue, but extensive testing has shown that the cards we have been using (1400 mb/s+) are more than fast enough to write 30 FPS at 24 MPX. This leaves the processor as the brick wall and it was my conclusion that the processor was not capable of writing out the files at 30 FPS for more than about six seconds before it could no longer keep up. As it turns out, this is NOT the case. By setting the camera’s shutter button to AE lock, instead of ‘Start Metering’ the camera can shoot 30 FPS unlimited in High Speed + mode.
In summary, if you set up your Canon EOS R3 for back button focus and have the back button focus also ‘start metering’ and set the shutter release to ‘AE lock’ the camera will shoot 30 FPS unlimited in High Speed + mode. With this setup, the processor no longer has to worry about metering between frames and this is the difference between the camera stalling, and continually shooting without stopping. This is an absolutely ideal solution as there is zero need to meter individually between frames when shooting at 30 FPS. In fact, it’s advantageous not to be metering between frames if you are shooting in Manual.
With this issue resolved the EOS R3 now powers ahead as the best wildlife camera Canon has ever produced. Its auto-focus is absolutely incredible and with its No. 1 rating by DXO for the Best Low Light performer in a still frame camera, it really is just about the perfect Wildlife camera. I am very much looking forward to finally testing the cold weather performance of the R3 in winter in Finland in February.
The World Photographic Cup (the Olympics of Photography) has just announced it’s country selections for 2022. I am very proud to have been included again in Team Australia. Last year I was fortunate to take out the Silver medal in the Nature category with my photograph of an Emperor Penguin family. For 2022, my photograph of the Snowy Owl titled “Phantom of the Opera” will represent team Australia in the Nature category. This will be my fourth time representing Australia. To date, I have garnered a Bronze and Silver medal. Would love to complete the set….To check out all the entrants across the countries visit the WPC Website.
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