Canon 400D TV commercial

[daveoz80]

do you have a website with your shots? Great macro work!

[gypsumF]

Hello Gupiparkour, no you can't record video on this camera, you would need one of the newer ones :)

[GhostipwN]

Hello there gypsumF, you're probably long gone and not able to answer this but I am looking to buy a camera, that can take DoF/noise reduction, and all that jazz. I'm not the most camera technical guy, I am just looking for something to take pictures of(nice ones, not the handheld crappy ones) and upload them to my computer and edit them with photoshop.

I was thinking about the Canon 400D or the Nikon 40D, thanks if you do reply. It'd be really nice if you could reply in my Youtube account.

[rainbowStarZzZ]

hello I would like to see some of yours photos...Can you tell me some web? for example deviantart or something like that? thanks

[phenexus]

Hi there gypsumF

I am looking for a cheap macro lens for my Canon EOS 400D and have found EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM. I really like the close up images and want a good affordable result. What do you think about the lens?

Very nice commercial btw. Nice calming voice aswell.

[gypsumF]

Hello phenexus,

I haven't used the EF-S 60mm macro lens as it is not compatible with the cameras I have. I use the MP-E65 f/2.8 1-5 x Macro and the EF100mm F2.8 USM Macro. However, from what I have seen on the web, many people speak very highly of it, and at £350 it is reasonably priced. I will get the chance to test it out in June, so feel free to email me after the 10th of that month and I will be able to give you a better idea then.

My email is j AT mytinygarden DOT com

[LeavingSlightly]

I have this 60mm lens. It's lovely. Try looking on ebay for a cheaper one, I got mine for about e250.

[axisrez]

hello. i really need help.

Is anybody can write down what did he said.

i was hardly understand the words.

plzz.

thanks.

[gypsumF]

Hello axisrez,

Sorry that you can't understand the words - it must be my accent eh! I have written out the words, and will post them here in two parts (YouTube only allows 500 characters per post). The words in the advert are from an interview the agency did with me that they cut together to fit the ad.

[gypsumF]

"I spend a lot of time during the day in front of a computer screen, and to get out and look at something different, something living, breathing just a few steps outside my back door is a breath of fresh air.

Photographing insects - it's a fantastic source of entertainment for me. I like getting in close, and I like seeing details that you don't normally see with the naked eye...

[gypsumF]

"... I'm fascinated by the way insects are put together - they look organic and mechanical at the same time. I am gobsmacked by just how detailed these things are. Just like us humans, no two insects look exactly alike, and that fascinates me. So it's like people watching, but on a real small scale. And, the fact that it's all just in my back garden is an incredible bonus."

[magyarangol]

Nice advert. What's not to understand the man is speaking English

[TiwYfle1]

I Just love my EOS

[motorqir]

Cool video. I'm purchasing one when I go back to Greece in a few months.

[gypsumF]

Well, I hope you get as much fun out of it as I do mine, motorqir! Greece should give you plenty of subjects to point your lens at. I have been there a couple of times, and from what I can recall it is a most photogenic country :)

[motorqir]

Yes it should be fun this time around with a better camera.

[noneyyy]

LOL..

i like it.. =D

[helimeef]

lol the picture of the dragonfly facing you at 00:48 looks like it was taken with a fisheye lens XD.

Kinda looks like those "dog" posters...

[LibertineBabyshamble]

I realy like your website ....especialy the image with the dung fly!

Great work!...Never stop it!

[gypsumF]

Hello, and thank you, LibertineBabyshamble! :) I am very pleased that you enjoyed your visit to my tiny garden. As for stopping, when and if I get to be so old that I no longer have the strength to hold a camera, then I might have to think about it ;)

[funcrodrigo]

i enjoy this video so much? its such an inspiration for me :) great... absolutely great!

[bexsee]

What lens(es) do you use to capture the insects? :)

[gypsumF]

hello bexsee,

I use a canon mp-e65 for really close up stuff and a canon 100mm for more general shots - both are macro lenses. If you want to see more pics then check out 'mytinygarden' (dot com, no spaces) for photos from the last three years!

[bexsee]

Thankyou so much :) Ill check out that website

[minifrog]

Hi gypsumF!

I really like your pictures. I'm still saving up for the 400D but I think I still have a very long way to go. And thats you in the video ain't it?! :)

[gypsumF]

Hello Minifrog!

Thanks for your comment - I am delighted you like them. Keep saving, I am sure you won't be disappointed. And yes, it is me in the video. It's a year since it was filmed, and I still can't quite believe it! :)

[Dzhendobri]

I wonder if the actor in this ad cringed when he heard if ever, the dialogue that was added to his photographed image!

I was gobsmacked too.

Cheers.

from,

del-boy

[gypsumF]

hello Del-boy,

I don't understand... there was no 'actor', it was me, in my back garden where I take the vast majority of the photos for my website. They filmed the advert on one day, and then came back and recorded an interview with me which they then overlayed onto the film footage. Sorry if what I said in the advert made you cringe - I was asked questions, and I responded as genuinely as I could!

My back garden is in Salisbury, UK, by the way.

[anon69]

Ah, fantastic. It's funny that you don't actually use the 400D. Would you actually recommend that model?

[gypsumF]

Hello anon69,

Indeed, I don't! What I would say is that I can find few faults with three Canon cameras I do use. Family/friends have several models too, and again no complaints from any quarter...

So, would I recommend the 400D? Only on the strength of others in the Canon range! But I can't say definitively that it's good or bad, for the very reason you have pointed out. :)

[affen92]

Very good! ;D

[StevenAustralia]

I love this ad... it is sooo me, except my backyard isn't as funky, so I have to drive into the mountains for most of my bug-shots. (my bugs and spiders at stevenflanagan dot net)

[Dzhendobri]

It's a shame he didn't tell us where His backyard is -fasinating isn't it.

Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[APXLV]

Canon FTW