Open Mike: A Mile and a Half to Go
Yesterday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, was one of the most outstanding horse races in recent memory, with Derby winner I'll Have Another laying well back until clear of the final turn, then storming up on...
Canon 5D Mark III (Alternate) Battery Grip BG-E11
While you probably can’t find the official Canon BG-E11 battery grip for the Canon 5D Mark III at $350 US dollars (seen here), The Pixel brand is already claiming to be working on an ‘Alternate’ BG-E11 battery grip for about $90 bucks. [Thanks Joel].
The Pixel images so far look very close to the original...
Yongnuo RF603n Wireless Trigger Test
YouTube member Wandomphoto performs a distance test with the Yongnuo RF603n (the n is for Nikon), and claims some pretty good results up to 1/4 mile away. These are very basic triggers and receivers that lack all the other high speed sync and communications that other high end triggers offer, but are fairly reliable. I...
20 May 2012, Sunday
How to Get What You Can't Get
In How To Get It, I explain how to get all this gear first.
I'm not quite sure how people both read this site and then aren't able to get their goodies on time for upcoming...
SLR image quality? Read our Canon G1x Review to find out!
Every once in a while, a camera comes along that offers a genuinely different approach to its rivals. Some--like the first mirrorless models--go on to fundamentally change the market. Others aren't quite so successful. Either way, we w...
“Underwater” Stop Motion Video With Hand Made Sea Creatures
This fascinating video by Hayley Morris for Hilary Hahn and Hauschka’s “Bounce Bounce” is both a very creative use of stop motion, and a testament to her skill as a craftsman. She actually created the entire underwater world, sketching and creating the characters herself. If you’re interested in seeing how she goes about creating this...
Hasselblad Cuts Prices, Makes Owning Medium Format Cheap[er]
Many a photographer would love to have a medium format camera gracing their camera bag, but not everyone can afford to drop anywhere between twenty and forty thousand dollars on a Hasselblad. Fortunately, the price of owning one just dropped by 22.9-percent. In an attempt to make medium formats more affordable and commonplace, Hasselblad is...
Behind the Scenes Creating A Moving Still With Dave Hill
If you’ve ever wondered how a professional moving still is put together, this behind-the-scenes video of Dave Hill‘s shoot for Fiat should shed a little light on the matter. The final product is a composite mix of stills shot using a 5D Mark II and a Hasselblad H3D-50, and high-speed video shot using a Phantom...
Kirsty Mitchell’s Fairytale Wonderland
If you haven’t seen Kirsty Mitchell’s Wonderland series yet, then you’re bound to start running into it everywhere. Inspired by the fairytales her late mother used to tell her before she passed, the series wasn’t actually shot in exotic locations. In fact, some of the photos took months of planning to get right. Be sure...
Update on Litepanels budget LED patent infringement suit at the ITC
As many of you know, we reported on the Litepanels and their attempt to block the import of LEDs for video and photo back in August. A handful of companies have decided to fight Litepanels rather than give up the rights to sell LED lighting. The legal battle has been a slow uphill battle for...
Micro 4/3 Blowout
Amazon's "Deal of the Day" today is the super-compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 with a 14mm ƒ/2.5 ASPH pancake lens for only $314. That's another $80 off yesterday's already end-of-model-life bargain-basement price. It's not the best Micro 4/3 camera (12MP, last-gen...
