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John and Sandra Parris have worked with Canon systems for over 15 years, from film through to digital. We took a Canon PIXMA Pro1 inkjet printer along to their studio and asked John to cast an eye over its features and the print quality.
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ollywood movie makers used to say “it’s in the can” as successful film takes left for the processing lab in their metal containers. Today plenty of photographers – including movie makers – say “it’s in the Canon” instead as another full memory card prepares to hit the workstation. John and Sandra Parris, Fellow and Associate of the MPA respectively, have been confident Canon users since switching from another system in the mid-1990s. The cameras have helped them win many awards.
John has now started using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III, added to an outfit of 5D Mark II, 1D Mark III and flagship 1Ds Mark III.
“The 5D Mark III is half the price and every bit as good”, John admitted. “Sandra is using the 1Ds Mark III, and when we covered weddings and I used the 5D Mark III, someone asked me why I just had a small cam- era. So now I have added the vertical grip. Clients like to see a camera which is bigger than their own. I like the 5D Mark III, it’s small, lightweight and very well sealed against the weather. That is one of the reasons we use the 1D and 1Ds bodies – they are essential in Scotland, and have really been tried and tested in the rain.
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“The 5D Mark III has been covered in rain water this sum- mer at weddings. I use it with the 16-35mm ƒ2.8 Mark II, the latest 50mm ƒ1.2 and 85mm ƒ1.2, and the 70-200mm ƒ2.8. We also have a fisheye and a 24-105mm.”
Canon asked Master Photog- raphy magazine to get an expert opinion on the output from the new PIXMA Pro1 A3+ inkjet printer. We visited the Parris home-based studio which they built with their new home seven years ago. – simple, light and airy with picture windows on to the banked garden planted and maintained as an outdoor setting. Elinchrom flash with Skyport wireless triggering dis- appears into corners, while big leather sofas invite clients to sit and view their commissions projected on a large screen from a ceiling mounted digital projector.
John Parris in his studio with A3+ and A4 prints on the printer, above. The studio is behind him in the garden shot, below, which we printed on the spot.
Raw file processed in camera with Portrait style and Auto Lighting Optimiser
In a small office next to the studio, Sandra was processing hundreds of the latest wedding images while John took time out to set up the PIXMA printer. We took some shots on a 5D Mark III, plugged its USB cable into the printer, and output A4 prints of portraits taken a few minutes earlier in the garden.
It was contrasty sun, so the raw file on the camera was taken into raw in-camera pro-
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