Today we're going to take a look at this Steampunk convention I went to with my
friend Kale. Definitely an interesting experience I was using the Canon EOS
M5, which I just recently got. This convention is called the Chicago
Steampunk Exposition. I think it was the first year. Turned out really nice. It
wasn't huge, but definitely a lot of stuff to check out. I approached this
convention like any other one. You have different panels. You have different
vendors all around. For the cosplay I was definitely trying to find good
opportunities to take photos of people. There weren't a huge a number of them,
but it did work out where I got quite a few. Kale helped out with that a little
bit as well. The way that it usually works is you would find a good
opportunity. They're not eating. They're not on their phone. Ask 'em for a photo...
Take a few snapshots and that's usually how I do things.
With not a huge amount
of cosplayers, I was trying to fill out the time with different types of
photography. So I was doing some more detailed shots. Any type of business card
that I got from the vendors I would take a photo of it. And I would actually
talk to the vendors. Potentially take photos of them as well, which I did a few
times. That was fun! My friend Kale decided to do this panel
word they were making books. Basically a little notebook where you get the pieces.
You put it together. So that was a nice opportunity for photos. Those details
shots, and they also used the action camera to do a time-lapse...
With conventions it's nice to do kind of a documentary style of photography.
So I would take photos of panels that I'm going to. With the lens that I had the 32
millimeter f/1.4... it's not good for any type of range. So in those
situations it is that documentary style. Just simple snapshots, but I do think
it's good to get those type of photos as well to just have that as an extra piece
to the whole group of photos. Usually the lens that I like using for these
conventions is the 22 millimeter f/2 lens, which I'm filming with right now.
It's a good lens for those situations because it's decently wide. The 35
millimeter equivalent, but I decided to go with the 32 millimeter because it is
a lens it actually came out after the M5. So I was just curious to see how it
worked with autofocus and it turns out worked very nicely. I didn't notice any
issues. In the dark situations, especially at this convention you're gonna get the
higher ISO noise so sharpness wasn't something I could really judge too well
in those situations. I didn't use any type of lighting. Definitely I think it
worked out alright. The day before the convention I did set up the camera as
well as I could. I did set one of the custom modes to what I think I would be
using in that setup. It worked okay, but I'm still fumbling with the camera
because I had not set the ISO to a dedicated dial. I had it switch between
Tv and ISO. Definitely want to learn about the camera specifically. Because
every one is a little bit different. There's gonna be some things that are
slightly off, slightly changed, and you just have to get used to the camera
itself as a singular tool. But overall, I really like the layout of the M5.
Especially compared to the M50. Has more buttons, more dials, and those custom
modes. Which are great for photography. For this convention I took 237 photos and
around 2.5 gigabytes of video at 1080p 24 frames a second. I was using the new
battery that was freshly charged, and at the end of the convention with all that
stuff taken it was still showing fully charged. I don't know if there's a way to
see a percentage, but it did show all the little bars on the icon. Hope you enjoyed
that look at the Steampunk invention in the Rosemont Chicago area. Really
interesting to see. A little bit different than what I'm used to. Hope you
enjoyed the video itself and the talk on the Canon EOS M5. Interesting camera...
A good to set up for lots of dials and buttons use right on their. That direct
control is super nice. With the convention and the camera I think it
worked out decently well. Definitely it'll take time to learn more and get
really used to it, but overall very nice.