Almost seems too easy….except for that huge rig they’re using. I’m just amazed at the results from this. I’m not a huge Audi fan, but I really wasn’t looking at the car much during this video!
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LensProToGo Gear Sale!
My good buddies over at LensProToGo (their blog) are having a huge gear sale! Check out the announcement by clicking HERE.
‘Light It’ iPad Magazine from Kelby Media Group launches
Photography training mogul Kelby Media Group has launched an iPad only digital publication called ‘Light It’. The premiere issue (available now), is free–yes FREE–and can be downloaded here: Light It. No word quite yet as to how much subscriptions will be, but knowing the Kelby crew, it will be worth every penny! I’ve downloaded it myself and have included a couple screenshots. The content not only looks amazing but is of course incredibly useful. It’s not super ‘ad heavy’ but they are present–interested to see if paid subscriptions will diminish some of the ads. Entire spread is 54 pages long, I’d say 30-35% is full page ads.
Lytro – The no-focus camera
I don’t know about you, but this scares me…just a little…
“The camera that turns light into living pictures.
This year, Lytro will debut the first light field camera for everyone. OK – you’re not everyone. You are a beautiful, unique snowflake. And you deserve an amazing camera that lets you capture life’s singular moments, like baby’s first steps not second, with maximum magic and minimum hassle. No more fighting with dials and settings and modes. No more flat, boring, static photographs. With a Lytro, you unleash the light.”
So a camera that needs no dials, no focusing, no nothing….you focus AFTER you take the photo….huh? wow…. well, click here to get the nerd explanation. But let’s suffice it to say that Lytro could quite possibly be a came changer for the photography industry. Take a look at the Lytro image gallery to become a believer–just click around on the image to change it’s focus point.
Bluetooth remote shutter – from your iPhone!
Finally, something easy and affordable to release your Nikon’s shutter! BlueSLR has created a hardware/software combo system that allows you to release your shutter remotely….from you iDevice! (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) The software is free at the iTunes App store and the hardware is $149 (available for just about every Nikon camera for pre order here). I just love this idea and may have to get one to try for myself!
Brian the videographer?
With some cool new video projects on the horizon, I decided to expand my equipment a bit by building a track dolly for shooting video. It took only a few hours to build (that’s WITH power tools) and just about $120. Here’s a photo of the final product (it can be completely disassembled and all can fit easily in the back of my 2-door Honda Accord) and the first test runs done quickly after we were done. I am syched for this!
Fstoppers
I don’t normally do this, but these guys have caught my attention so much in the past couple weeks I had to share with you. The new website is called Fstoppers.com. The main premise of the site is to show very well produced ‘behind the scenes’ movies of photo and some video shoots. I’m totally hooked on this site. They are also doing a contest where you can win a Canon 7d or Nikon D300s if you make the best behind the scenes movie–very cool. Hope you enjoy as much as I do, Fstoppers has made it to the top 5 of my daily blog reads!
CANON 7D REVEAL
So in case you haven’t heard yet, Canon introduced it’s newest pro-sumer level camera, the 7D. Seems to be quite the amazing piece of equipment in terms of what they’ve jammed into this tiny machine. Here are a few key features to get you drooling:
-18MP APS-C CMOS sensor
-8 frames per second continuous shooting
-1080p HD video recording with manual controls
-3.0 inch Clear View II LCD screen with 920,000 dots
-19-point AF system (all cross-type)
-1.0x magnification and 100% coverage viewfinder
-Wireless flash control
-Environmental sealing
There’s much more where that came from too, click HERE for a full review and feature list from DP Review. My only question at this point is to you Nikon…what the heck are you doing?? I am long time Nikon shooter and advocate, but lately I’ve been getting more and more concerned…mostly with the fact that I have nightmares of change at night….ie me switching to Canon. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve never had anything against Canon at all, at this point the nightmares are originating from Nikon! What the hell are you doing Nikon! Instead of making less product and having nothing available ever, and jacking your prices so nobody can afford your stuff, maybe you should be looking at making better stuff!! If Canon can do it so can you Nikon!!! Get with it!
…..and I digress…
Canon folks, enjoy yet another battle victory, but remember the war is not over…until it’s over!
IPHONE CAMERA REMOTE
Yup it’s here (finally), a way to control camera’s tethering capabilities from your iPhone. You still need all the regular hardware for tethering as you would normally. Here’s an article:
Taking DSLR shots through a USB-connected laptop is a popular way of monitoring a photo shoot realtime. Now OnOne has released the extension of this idea through an iPhone app.
DSLR Remote is a remote control for Canon cameras. Connecting to a laptop over Wi-Fi, the software can obviously take shots at will, but it can also control settings including shutter speed, aperture and white balance. Plus, and this is the neatest feature, the iPhone can stream the camera’s Live View feed (if applicable to the DSLR) for a realtime look at what’s in the frame.
DSLR Remote will be in the App Store soon for an introductory price of $10 (it’ll jump to $20 soon). There’s also a Lite version if you just want the capability to snap photos.
I think it’s cool.
