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Think Tank Photo Airport Accelerator, Airport Commuter, and Airport Essentials Camera Backpacks Announced

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Think Tank Photo Airport Accelerator, Airport Commuter, and Airport Essentials

Think Tank Photo has announced a new trio of travel-worth photo backpacks – the Airport Accelerator, Airport Commuter, and Airport Essentials.

  • Airport Accelerator accommodates two pro size DSLRs, six to eight standard zooms, a 500 f/4.0, iPad, and up to a 17” laptop. The largest of the three, this one has a padded removable waist belt.

  • Airport Commuter accommodates a pro size DSLR, four to six standard zooms, (increased depth holds a 400 f/2.8), iPad and 15” laptop .

  • Airport Essentials accommodates a standard DSLR, four to six standard zooms, iPad, and up to 13” laptop.

Nightshot Mode with the Xbox Kinect

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After I saw these images over at PetaPixel taken with an infrared still camera, I just had to see what NightShot mode on the Sony MC50U looked like while my son played Xbox Kinect last night.

This effect is possible with any camera that offers a night vision mode using an infrared light to capture images in total darkness.  The key to making the Kinect sensor lights more clearly visible, however, is to cover up the camera’s built-in infrared lamp and use only the Kinect infrared light points for illumination.

Sony NEX-FS700 Price Confirmed at $7999

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Sony NEX-FS700

B&H now has the price listed for the Sony NEX-FS700 at $7999 for the camera body.  And, the price with the 18-200mm kit lens is $8599.

We kinda expected a pricepoint in this neighborhood; however, now that I’m actually looking at it, it’s hard to believe that Sony is delivering 240fps at full 1080p for $8k.  And, to boot, it’s going to capture 4K via an external recorder.

No pre-orders yet, but stay tuned.  I’ll let you know as soon as they open up.

5 New Mount Kits for Contour HD POV Cameras

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Contour+

Contour, which I checked out at NAB 2012, announced 5 new camera mount kits today for its ContourROAM and Contour+ HD cameras.  Additionally, there’s a new watersports kit that includes the ContourROAM camera in a ready-to-shoot kit.

The mount kits retail from $59.99 to $99.99 each.  The new ROAM Watersports kit retails for $249.99.  You can find Contour cameras and mounts at B&H Photo.

Complete details in the press release below. [Read more…]

Magic Lantern Development Underway for Canon 5D Mark III

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5D Mark III Magic Lantern

The Magic Lantern guys look to be hard at work on development of custom firmware for the Canon 5D Mark III.  A couple of days ago, one of the developers tweeted the above image of a 5D Mark III displaying a “Hello world” message to Planet5D and others.

While the 5D Mark III is quite the step up for video users when compared to the 5D Mark II, there are still some key concerns in what it is lacking.  Two of the top “missing” features are 1080/60p frame rates and clean HDMI output for external recorder capture.  No doubt if the Magic Lantern crew can get these two features cranking reliably on the 5D Mark III, there will be a lot of happy shooters out there.