Toshiba to introduce world’s fastest SDHC UHS-I cards

Toshiba has announced what it claims will be the world's fastest SDHC UHS-I and the world's first microSDHC UHS-I compliant memory cards. To be available in 32GB, 16GB and 8GB capacities, the SDHC cards will offer read and write speeds of up to 95MB/...
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I’m Bound to Drift a While

2010/09/03
By Thomas Hawk
I’m Bound to Drift a While


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Dioptric Adjustment

2010/09/03
By Tiffany Joyce
Dioptric Adjustment

If you’re having focus issues that you can’t quite explain or pinpoint the cause, you might need to adjust your camera’s diopter. Everyone’s vision is different, so your camera provides the ability to adjust the focus of the viewfinder to your individual needs. Your SLR camera has a small dial, typically near the eyecup, thatRelated posts:

  1. The Finer Points of Focus
  2. Photography 101 – Exposure Compensation
  3. Tips for Focusing in the Dark

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03 September 2010, Friday

NEW: Advanced HDTV Jobs at Dolby Dolby just happens to have three very interesting, very advanced and very unusual engineering positions just open. Dolby needs two very senior-level engineers, one in Silicon Valley (Santa Cl...
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Afghanistan’s women footballers captured by AFP news shooter Ed Jones on his 5DmkII

2010/09/02
By Ed Jones
Afghanistan’s women footballers captured by AFP news shooter Ed Jones on his 5DmkII

Afghanistan’s female footballers from Ed Jones on Vimeo. “Is this normal?” I strained to ask the US soldier opposite me, as the military transport aircraft violently pitched and rolled in the skies above Kabul, picking its way between the mountains. I was returning to the Afghan capital following a two week embed with US forces
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BBC4 uses a Canon 5DMk11 on a very low budget drama.

2010/09/02
By HD Warrior

Picture © HD Magazine Excerpts from HD Magazine DP Tim Palmer “Going in to the meeting for this drama I knew it was very low budget , it was BBC4 so they wouldn’t have any money for anything but at the same time it was a period film and they would...
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Capture the Moment With New High-Zoom HandycamModels

Light, Easy to Carry Handycam DCR-SX15E and DCR-SR15E Crisp, clear Standard Definition video shooting on removable flash memory (DCR-SX15E) or HDD (DCR-SR15E) Powerful 50x optical zoom 6.7cm (2.7") Clear Photo LCD SteadyShot, Face Detectio...
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What’s an Easy Cure for the Common Digital Photograph?

2010/09/02
By SilberStudios.tv
What’s an Easy Cure for the Common Digital Photograph?

© 2010 Musilek Photography The cure for the common photograph? Or I could subtitle this, have we gotten too fast, too hasty, to quick to click—getting shots blam, blam, blam?! We did a shoot this week with commercial photographer Stan Musliek, wit...
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An Eye Popping Photoshop World!

2010/09/02
By Joe McNally
An Eye Popping Photoshop World!

I get notions, and they stay with me. One has been, for a while now, to come up with a decent portrait of Russell Brown, the wonderfully mad genius of Photoshop. Dr. Brown, as he is sometimes called, is a visual guru who combines the madcap energy of The Absent Minded Professor with an extraordinary
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A ‘Touch’ Is All It Takes: Sony Unveils New Bloggie Camera

Device Allows Easy Sharing of HD Video and Photos via Social Networks SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2010 Making its worldwide debut today, Sonys new Bloggie Touch enhances the pocket video camera category by making it even easier to preserve and upload lifes ...
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Sony’s New Digital Photo Frames Aren’t Just For Pictures Anymore

New S-Frame Models Include Video AVCHD Playback, Other Innovative Features SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2010 Sony today announced three new S-Frame digital photo frames (models DPF-XR100, DPF-VR100 and DPF-D830) that let consumers keep their favorite memorie...
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Final Cut Pro Smoothcam vs Coremelt Lock and Load X

2010/09/02
By Jeremy
Final Cut Pro Smoothcam vs Coremelt Lock and Load X

Guest post by Jeremy… Video stabilization is a great tool for tweaking and smoothing video that was shot with out (or even with) the use of some sort of rigging to keep the vibrations at a low rate. I use Final Cut Pro to edit my video, and have always been impressed with the resultsRelated posts:

  1. Yes, I know. Final Cut Studio 3 is out… … and there are no mentions of H.264 real time...
  2. M+C final version It seems like my partner does not need as much...
  3. HDSLR from Zero to Pro training=> next Sunday in Montreal I am giving an HDSLR training class next Sunday. If...

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BBC accepts DSLRs as full acquisition for HD programmes on a case by case basis

2010/09/02
By pbloom
BBC accepts DSLRs as full acquisition for HD programmes on a case by case basis

Edit: it seems there has been a bit of a backtrack. The beeb called HD magazine last night and have now clarified it is on a case by case basis. Which is what i thought anyway... But if you are in uk check out a new children’s sitcom for the BBC shot entirely on the
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Behind the Scenes of a Grammy Nominated Stop Motion Music Video

2010/09/02
By Michael Zhang
Behind the Scenes of a Grammy Nominated Stop Motion Music Video

The stop motion music video for Oren Lavie‘s song “Her Morning Elegance” took the web by storm last year, amassing over ten million views on YouTube and receiving a Grammy nomination. It’s crazy how much work went into making the three-minute-long video: 6 weeks of scripting, 3 weeks of storyboarding, and 48 hours of shooting
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Sanyo PD1, PD2: Full HD dual cameras announced

Sanyo has announced two new Xacti Dual Camera models for the US and European continents that, if not the same product under different names, are at the least very closely related. The US-model Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2 was first to be announced a couple of ...
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Nikon Finally Launches Online Store for Photogs in the United States

2010/09/02
By Michael Zhang
Nikon Finally Launches Online Store for Photogs in the United States

Nikon quietly launched its new Nikon USA online store today, allowing Nikonians to buy gear directly from their beloved company rather than through a third-party. Unfortunately, the awesomeness of buying straight from the camera maker is dwarfed by the not-so-awesome prices — most cameras and lenses appear to be listed at MSRP. Thus, if you’re
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