Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Mar 6th, 2010 6 Comments »
Your Micro 4/3’s camera + your existing lenses = limitless fun
Tyson Robichaud goes wild with a Panasonic GF1 and a load of Canon lenses. Fantastic post.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Tech Stuff on Feb 24th, 2010 No Comments »
ND Filters, Top to Bottom
Aaron Bieber explains neutral density filters: what they are, how they work, and why one might want to use them. Clear and excellent.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Jan 17th, 2010 No Comments »
The tale of Lucasfilm, Skywalker Ranch, Red Tails, Star Wars and Canon DSLRs on a 40 foot screen!
Philip Bloom on shooting a very fine short documentary on George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch with Canon DSLR cameras, a variety of Canon lenses and some interesting gear for making it all work together.
More and more we’re seeing experienced [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Travel on Jan 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Expensive Cameras in Checked Luggage
This is an interesting solution to being able to pack and check camera equipment in checked luggage while making sure it gets considerate handling by TSA: pack a firearm with your camera equipment. A firearm could be a $20 starter pistol. Read the link for more on this.
I doubt I’d ever [...]
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Photo Gear on Jan 8th, 2010 5 Comments »
Hiking the beginning of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut: Ten Mile River to Bull’s Bridge. This is a nice, 4 mile hike that’s not hard and can be done in snow (like this day).
Me, Loren, and Dave on top of Ten Mile Hill. I used an ultrapod to velcro the G11 to a tree to [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Dec 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
Prague: Canon 1DMKIV from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
This is quite an amazing video no matter what camera made it but it happens to have been made by Philip Bloom on a Canon 1D Mark IV DSLR on a cold winter day in Prague. Fantastic.
Zoom it out to full screen for best viewing.
[via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Adventure, Opinion, Photo Gear, Travel on Dec 22nd, 2009 4 Comments »
The GF1 is a near perfect travel camera
Craig Mod reviews the Panasonic GF1 micro four thirds camera. He also has some nice video shot with it: POINT & SHOOT 720p HD.
[via Daring Fireball]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Dec 16th, 2009 No Comments »
DP Review has just posted their Canon PowerShot G11 review.
They give it a mixed review, mostly positive.
I find the camera fine for it’s price point and place in the world of higher end point and shoot cameras. It’s almost perfect for what I use it for.
My only complaint (so far) is that the rear wheel [...]
Posted in Ideas, People, Photo Gear, Video on Dec 11th, 2009 9 Comments »
Olympus PEN ad with Kevin Spacey: “I don’t want to be the camera guy”
This is a new push to make the micro four thirds system a standard by positioning it as the small yet powerful camera system (the un-Leica) for people who don’t want to come off as gear heads or tourists. This ad works [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Nov 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Photojojo
Fun photo gifts and gear for photographers. Fun stuff.
Posted in Photo Gear on Nov 27th, 2009 5 Comments »
The Dreamy Diana Lens
A plastic lens that attaches to Canon or Nikon DSLRs and gives images the look of the Diana toy camera.
I’m guessing Gary will have one of these soon.
[via Jonne Naarala]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Tech Stuff on Nov 24th, 2009 No Comments »
My flickr contact nsbkaizen has discovered that a Really Right Stuff MC-L Universal L Plate will fit just about any camera, including a small point and shoot making it easy to clamp the camera onto any Arca Swiss compatible quick release clamp.
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Photo Gear on Nov 17th, 2009 14 Comments »
Northwest Connecticut. Loren, David, and Richard ready to embark on our longest hike yet: a 12 mile trip from Salisbury, Connecticut to Bear Mountain and back on the Appalachian Trail.
This will be a long hike, it will be my first test of the Canon G11 camera, and it will be David’s 52nd time up Bear [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Nov 15th, 2009 11 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Just playing around with a new Canon Powershot G11 I bought for taking snapshots while hiking and already I like the articulated LCD screen for low angle shots or for using a table top tripod like this in the field for group portraits. Setting them up with my wife’s Canon SD1200 Elph was [...]
Posted in Hiking, Opinion, Photo Gear on Nov 12th, 2009 2 Comments »
Big Sensors, Shrinking Cameras
David Pogue reviews the Canon Powershot S90 and the Panasonic Lumix GF1. Pogue is always a great reviewer because he knows which technical details to include and which to leave out for most consumers.
I’ve been shooting my hikes with the Canon SD1200 IS which is an amazingly good small camera that costs [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photography, Video on Nov 10th, 2009 2 Comments »
Shooting Video – The Thrill of Getting In Over Your Head
If you watch the various videos zoom them out full screen. Impressive work with any tools.
An excellent post on shooting bike race video with the Canon 5D MK II. The site has wonderful resources on cycling and photographing cycling.
[via Jon Moss]
Posted in Objects, Our Place, Photo Gear on Nov 6th, 2009 6 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I decided to rent a Canon 1D Mark III for a week just to see what it’s like to shoot with a "serious" pro camera. I knew it was big but for crying out loud, the thing is BIG. However, in about ten minutes it feels great in one’s hands. Setting it up [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers on Oct 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Wouter Photoblog
Wouter Brandsma lives in the Netherlands, is a Ricoh compact camera fanatic and is an excellent photographer.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Slide Show on Oct 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Click the image above to start a slide show of the various image in this set. The slide show application has various tools including a button at bottom right to zoom to full screen. Let go of your mouse or trackpad and the slideshow will run automatically to the end or until you stop it.
These [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Places, Tech Stuff on Oct 25th, 2009 No Comments »
PhotoTrackr Mini geotagging device shrinks down, adds Mac and RAW support
Oh dear, this looks useful. Maybe a must have.
PhotoTrackr Mini at GiSTEQ
[via Engadget]
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