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slowfrog at replugged

Markus — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:52:32 +0000

Slowfrog again. This time they played during the Vienna Band Contest in Replugged.
I enjoyed it again a lot and shot some pics too.
Visit the slowfrog website: http://www.slowfrog.net/

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www.markus-hofstaetter.at

Markus — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:33:33 +0000

Finally I had some time to redesign my other homepage.
Check it out!
You will find there my portfolio of my work from the last three years.

www.markus-hofstaetter.at

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On tour with slowforg

Markus — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:38:27 +0000

Buddies of mine started some time ago a band…their name is slowfrog http://www.facebook.com/#!/slowfrog.
I listened to their music in the office sometimes and thought they are ok, but first time I saw them life they blew me away… So I took the opportunity and joint their trip to Graz with my cameras. This gallery is quite a bit different to the others…its kind of documentary from Vienna to Club Wakum http://www.wakmusic.at/ (in Graz).

I enjoyed it a lot with you guys and later after the gig I felt alive again for some moments…..

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Gallery includes also pictures from Sereph http://www.facebook.com/#!/serephofficial and HARSCH

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Sarajevo Coloseum Open Finals

Markus — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:36:37 +0000

Mark Gray finished first at the Sarajevo Open, Ralf Souquet finished second, Raj Hundal and Nick Ekonomopoulos third. Congrats to all of the players. Really loved the match between Ralf and Nick, both played amazingly.

I was shooting pictures at a lot of tournaments and the Sarajevo Open was a very special one. The organization was first class (Nearly all matches started on time….with more than 250 players). The Radon Plaza Hotel was a beautiful place to be. The rooms are luxury there, as the spa is. Because of my back problems I had a massage there….I was speechless.

Now imagine to be at this beautiful place and see all the big names on the tables there (Check the pictures to see the crowd during the final day). Guys thats the place to be, I am looking forward to next year and hope to see even more fans and players there.

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Sarajevo Coloseum Open Day 2

Markus — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:10:39 +0000

The Sarajevo Open is a very well organized event, 250 players and nearly everything is on time….was shooting a lot of pics again. Got a pinched muscle or something since a week…doesnt goes better from shooting pictures So enjoy the gallery.

Here is the link for the Livescore:

http://www.saopenbilijar.ba/view.php?show=livescore

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Sarajevo Coloseum Open Day 1

Markus — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:03:01 +0000

Sarajevo is a interrsting city with its different parts. You still see holes from the war everywhere in the houses, but you see also a lot of new and renovated buildings. They have some realy good local food here (all from veel) and everybodys is very friendly. It’s definitely worth a visit. All players are staying in the Radon Plaza Hotel. I think its the best you can get here. The rooms are huge, during breakfast you are sitting on the 15th floor and can enjoy the view (its rotating). The venue is fulfilled with players arround the world (over 250). A lot of big names are here, like Ralf Souquet, Karl Boys, Darren Appleton, Rodney Morris, Niels Feijen, Raj Hundal to just name some of them. The first game starts at about 8 am and the last one at 1:30 am, so you see a lot of action here. Today you get my view of Sarajevo, the hotel and the tournament. Enjoy

Here is the link for the Livescore:

http://www.saopenbilijar.ba/view.php?show=livescore

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Sarajevo Coloseum Open Ring Game

Markus — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:54:01 +0000

After a 16 hours ride in my car we arrived in Sarajevo. 30 mins time top put out my stuff and build a little booth.
Went uostairs to the room (its amazing) and then running to the Coloseum for a ring game (With Darren, Raj, Ralf, Karl, Jayson, Daryl, Imran and Chris Melling) and guess what…I had my cameras with me. I think this kind of shots you will not see so often. Enjoy the gallery:

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My thoughts about the new Canon EOS-1DX

Markus — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:02:11 +0000

Here it is now, the new flagship from Canon. The Canon Eos 1DX.

A full frame DSLR with 18mpix, a new autofocus system that can handle face recognition, up to 12 frames per second (14 jpg only), ISO 50 to 204800 (100 to 51200 native), a 1gb lan port and much more. Here is the full spec list:

Canon EOS-1D X
• Full Frame
• 18.1MP
• Dual DIGIC 5+ – 17 Times The Processing Power of DIGIC 4
• ISO 100-51200 Native
• 100,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor
• EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis)
• 61 Point AF
• 21 f/5.6 Cross Type Sensors
• 20 f/4 Cross Type Sensors
• 5 f/2.8 Dual Cross Type Sensors
• EOS iTR AF (Intelligent Tracking & Recognition Auto Focus)
• 12 Frames Per Second
• 14 Frames Per Second JPG Only
• 400,000 Shot Rated Shutter
• Ethernet Connection
• March Availability

If you read thru this specs it looks like Canon makes wishes come true.
So why would that camera be interesting for me?
First of all I am shooting Pool tournaments and there is not such thing like enough light.
I remember shooting in Prague with ISO 6400 and 12800 with 1/20 of a second at F 2.8.
While ISO 3200 is pretty good on my 7D and 6400 is still ok sometimes, 12800 is only worth shooting when you get a bright picture afterwards (just to freeze something).
I would be happy to shoot sometimes ISO 25600 and above without thinking too much about noise. Here an example of a ISO 12800 shot from my 7D:

Full frame….I really love the crop and the extra zoom I get from it, but if the camera is really that good in high ISO I could easily use a 1,4 extender and shoot with F4.0. Another thing is that high ISO could also replace the image stabilization system. Did you ever think about that?

If the new autofocus with face recognition works well, it would be a big help for me. The autofocus on the 7D is already a little masterpiece, but in dark environments I have the feeling that my 40D does a better job. So lets see what the 1DX can do for me here. I love to shoot street at night, but never changed from the 40D to the 7D. Here is an exmple of what I mean:

A lan port for picture transfer sounds great and there are some new buttons too. To see the new joystick for portrait mode made me very happy. It was always so complicated to get my fingers on the landscape one.
For sure the price is far away from all other cams I bought by now. Anyway, after it is available I will rent it for an event and will make afterwards a decision if it is worth it or not. But I had already two times a bad experience with the weather sealing on the 40D and the 7D. The 7D went back to CPS after the humid air in China. And after shooting a sunrise in the rain of Florida both cams had to dry for two days until they worked as expected again. And I think I will not have that problems with a 1 series camera.

First impression: Canon well done!

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Dominic Jentsch wins Beassy 8 Ball World’s Top Gun Tournament

Markus — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:21:41 +0000

What can I say…Dominic played awesome. In one of the last racks he opened two balls with a spinning tough shot into the side.
From my point of view Ralf was dominating this 8 Ball Tournament but lost against Konstantin Stepanoph.

Congrats to all of the Players!

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Beassy 8 Ball World’s Top Gun

Markus — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:33:45 +0000

A lot of super exciting matches today… a lot of hill hill’s….a neverending day……but a lot of great pictures I got today.
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For scoring and a free live stream visit www.beassy.com

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