Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Panasonic HDC-TM90 is a Full HD camcorder that sports touch screen input and a 40x zoom. The TM90 is capable of shooting 1920 x 1080 footage a full 60p frame rate. It has 16GB of internal storage, along with an SDXC card slot for additional storage.
Check out the full review over at Tech Tilt: Panasonic HDC-TM90 Camcorder Review.
It seems that Nikon D5100 is quite hot item. Amazon is pretty thin on stock right now and appears to only have availability through third-party vendors at the moment.
B&H Photo has updated its stock status to show the D5100 as “Available for Pre-Order” which generally means that B&H has stock on the way and will be shipping it out in a matter of days. Here’s the link to the D5100 product page at B&H Photo.
As part of my upcoming review of the Canon 60D, I am sharing some of the sample images that I’ve captured with the camera. Check them out below. [Read more…]
Olympus has been rolling out the results of its 48 hour short film contest, which was part of the 2011 Vail Film Festival. “During the contest, 19 teams of filmmakers from around the country were challenged to create a film, from start to finish, in a 48-hour timeframe with the powerfully simple Olympus PEN camera and a variety of lenses and accessories.” Olympus is using this opportunity to pimp its HD-shooting PEN cameras, like the new Olympus E-PL2.
This week, Olympus revealed the runner-up short film, Der Bürgermeister. You can check it out, along with some commentary from the filmmakers, below. [Read more…]
Stolen Camera Finder is a web-based search service that looks for your stolen camera’s serial number in the metadata of images online. [Read more…]
Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 3.4 and Camera RAW 6.4, which are now available. The new versions add RAW file support for the following camera models: [Read more…]
We have been waiting for this news since Nikon posted its new AF-S 50mm lens on its website and then removed it last week. Finally, the lens has been officially unveiled (permanently this time) and it’s got a decent price point of $220. All I can say is that it’s about time!
The Nikon AF-S 50mm f/1.8 lens should be available beginning on June 16, 2011. You can watch for availability on Amazon (update: pre-order up on Amazon), B&H Photo and Adorama.
More details in the official press release from Nikon below. [Read more…]
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The Sony A55 is the next big step for Sony, which busted onto the scene with the A300 and A350 DSLRs almost 3 years go with their fast live view autofocus. The A55’s live view autofocus is a step above pretty much everything else on the market, including Sony’s prior models. And that, is the biggest and best feature on the A55.
The A55 has a 16.2MP CMOS sensor for high-res stills and also captures full 1920 x 1080 HD video. As an entry-level DSLR, the A55 delivers solid results in both categories. [Read more…]
Patrick Kizny shot this HDR sequence inside an 18th century chapel in Poland. Whether you like HDR or not, you have to appreciate the amount of work that went into this production – particularly, how smooth the slider shots were for the timelapse sequences.
He used a number of different cameras, but primarily relied on the 5D Mark II for the timelapse shots due to its high resolution. If you are interested in more about how he made it, check out the behind the scenes video below.
A detailed description of the post-production timelapse HDR workflow can be found on the Looky Creative blog.