Turn an Old GPS or Cell Phone Mount Into a Suction Cup Tripod
If you have an old mount for attaching a GPS or cell phone to your windshield, you can upcycle it into a suction cup tripod for your camera (just make sure it’s not the flimsy kind that falls off on its own). What you’ll need to do is flatten the mount surface and then install...
Printer Review: HP Envy 110
There are quite a few things we liked about the $249.99 Envy 110. It's not just the most beautiful all-in-one device we've seen but it has brains, too. The menu system, accessed via a large touch screen, is well thought out and th...
Industry leader Michihiro Yamaki of Sigma Corporation dies
It's with great sadness that we observe the death of a true industry leader, Michihiro Yamaki, founder and CEO of Sigma Corporation. Mr. Yamaki almost single-handedly created the third-party lens business as we know it today. Starting ...
Scientists Shoot World’s Fastest Film at a Quadrillion Frames Per Second
German scientists have been awarded a Guinness World Record for “fastest movie” after successfully capturing two images of an X-ray laser beam 50 femtoseconds apart. One femtosecond is equal to one quadrillionth (or one millionth of one billionth) of a second. Here’s some science talk explaining it: [...] the scientists split the X-ray laser beam...
MicroOLED promises even greater electronic viewfinder resolution
French manufacturer MicroOLED has announced a 5 million dot OLED suitable for use as an electronic viewfinder - far beyond the resolution of the current best units used in recent Sony cameras. The 5.2M effective dots mean it can display 1280x1024 pixe...
Tweaking and Understanding Nikon’s D7000 With Auto ISO Set; A Follow-up to How to set your ISO and FORGETABOUTIT!
This is a follow-up article article to “How to set your ISO and FORGETABOUTIT!” If your unsure about the benefits (and there are many) of using Auto-ISO I suggest you read the article by clicking here. This article is about … Continue reading →
Daminion launches Daminion Server network-based digital asset manager
Software maker Daminion has announced Daminion Server, a network-friendly digital asset management program. The software allows multiple users to access a centrally-held archive of images, with version control and user access controls to ensure images...
Review of the Canon XF100 v Sony’s NX70
Finally I get a chance to asses the Canon XF100 since I have just bought one. The camcorder has a lot of features packed into its small body and non more so than full broadcast CBR 50MB/s 4:2:2 (CBR=Constant bit rate), this wee chap is a lot bigger in ...
MoneyMaker Strap Lets You Carry Three Cameras Like an Old-School Detective
MoneyMaker is a suspenders-style camera strap by HoldFast that lets you shoot with three cameras at the same time while looking like a cop from old movies. This harness derives its style from that indelibly cool detective in our collective memories with that boss leather shoulder harness holding his peacemaker. HoldFast modified the “bossness” to...
Rémi Gaillard Photographs Cars Dressed as a Human Speed Camera
French humorist Rémi Gaillard created this light-hearted video showing what happens when you photograph speeding cars (and other vehicles) dressed as a human speed camera.
Blue Marble 2012
NASA released this "blue marble" picture two days ago. It was taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, named in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi of the University...
Tokina adds focus motor to create AT-X 116 Pro DX II wide-angle for APS-C DSLRs
Tokina has announced an updated version of its highly-regarded 11-16mm F2.8 wideangle zoom for APS-C SLRs. The AT-X 116 PRO DX II adds a 'Silent Drive-Module' (SD-M) focus motor that enables it to autofocus on all Nikon SLRs. The latest version also i...
