An Olympus and Canon shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and a fondness for vintage lenses and instant cameras. View 4 Images View gallery - 4 images After initially testing the waters with a short crowdfunding campaign back in July, Canons Ivy Rec Clippable Outdoor Camera is now going on. ![]() This has led him to being a go-to expert for camera and lens reviews, photo and lighting tutorials, as well as industry news, rumors and analysis for publications like Digital Camera Magazine, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine, Digital Photographer and Professional Imagemaker, as well as hosting workshops and talks at The Photography Show. He also serves as a judge for the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest. In this time he shot for clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal, in addition to shooting campaigns and product testing for Olympus, and providing training for professionals. The editor of Digital Camera World, James has 21 years experience as a journalist and started working in the photographic industry in 2014 (as an assistant to Damian McGillicuddy, who succeeded David Bailey as Principal Photographer for Olympus). It 'boasts' electronic image stabilization, but all this does (again, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING, look at the sample below) is turn your video into Jell-O and poke it until it wobbles so much that you'll probably get nauseous watching it back. The Rec can shoot 1080p movies at 60p, but you should never do this. Trust me, and I'm not even tossing out hyperbole here, the old Nokia phone you keep in your junk drawer for sentiment's sake very likely takes better quality photos than this camera.ĭetails are muddy, colors just leech into each other, highlights are horrible… and again, you don't know what's going to be sharp, but "sharpness" is a relative term. it features a 13-megapixel 1/3-inch CMOS sensor. The Ivy Rec features a 13MP sensor, but it's one of the worst 13MP sensors you'll ever use. images courtesy of canon the IVY REC, ‘clippable, go anywhere camera’ is an ultra-compact point-and-shoot featuring a built-in carabiner. Will I get a headshot, or a full body shot? Will my subject's face be in focus, or will the trees behind her be in focus? Will my thumb be in the frame? Will my image be horribly overexposed, or horribly underexposed? ![]() ![]() There's a certain thrill to it, of course. Unfortunately, that means you have no control over anything – coupled with having no idea what's in your frame, and no screen to check what you've just shot, taking photographs is like spinning a roulette wheel. Bottom line, you could put together a fairly compact 3D camera, potentially with a tight and/or variable interocular, but even the button sync would be hit or miss and the image quality is only so-so. View full size to see the yucky image quality (Image credit: James Artaius)Įverything is fully automatic, from the AF to exposure, because the whole idea is that you just point and shoot. So the Canon Ivy Rec arrived and I tried some test photos along with my W3 for comparison. … and this is what it looked like on the Canon Ivy Rec.
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