LATEST HAPPENINGS

This is a short time-lapse film taken at the Rolls-Royce factory in Chichester, Sussex

GO PRO CHEAT SHEET
If you own a GoPro camera who are probably one of the many who absolutley love it. But it is very fiddly to operate the menus because you've no idea what the symbols stand for. Until now. I've created a downloadable pdf that you can print and cut out and slip into the waterproof casing to refer to anytime. How nice am I? CLICK HERE

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HERE is the new firmware update cheat sheet

RODE VIDEOMIC PRO
This is quite exciting news for any DSLR user. Rode have just upgraded their last directional mounted on-camera mic with a new one. The Rode Videomic Pro looks very impressive and will be shipping from Australia quite soon. Philip Bloom has been testing it so check out his site HERE or go to the Rode site and see what all the fuss is about HERE

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HERE is a video review of the Rode Videomic, Videomic Pro and Lavalier microphone

ASTURIAS VIDEO
In June I was commissioned to do a photo shoot in Asturias, North Spain so while I was there I videoed a short film about a few things unique to this beautiful part of the world. CLICK HERE.

LEICA SKIN FOR YOUR IPHONE
Now your iphone 4 can look even cooler with one of these Leica M9 skins. These easy to apply protective personalised shields will make you wish you had £5,000 to buy a real one! CLICK HERE to find out more.

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD
During the summer I shot a lot of footage at the Glorious Goodwood week and this is something a bit different from the event. A bit of time-lapse, tilt-shift to give the pictures an element of fun. All shot with the Canon 5d Mark II and Canon 550D HERE

STARLINGS FILM
My short film of flying starlings made the top 5 all time best films on the 5D Cinema site so was rather pleaseed with that. HAVE A WATCH

MY PORTFOLIO
As my career started as a photographer it seemed a shame not to show some of my work. Here is just a few images on this site or visit www.carlpendle.com for more.

PHILIP BLOOM
If you use the Canon 5D Mark II to shoot videos then this helpful instructional YouTube clip by Philip Bloom will really help you set up the camera properly. CLICK HERE

BBC AND DSLR's
The BBC have come out and said that shooting with the Canon 5D Mark II might be acceptable for some of their programmes. I don’t know the details of this but thought I’d give you the link where I read it and hope that it is true. STOP PRESS. With a bit of further digging they are now being a bit weary but this link tells you a bit more but it still looks positive. CLICK HERE

RODE LAVALIER MICROPHONE
The new Rode Lavalier microphone has only been out a few months and mine arrived today so thought I'd give it a quick road test. This is only a quick unboxing a even quicker audio test but some may find it useful. CLICK HERE