Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Phlearn is back with a great lighting tutorial using a cheap DIY light setup that costs less than $50. More importantly, Aaron Nace breaks down how to use the lights to get a certain look. He goes further to show his camera’s settings for the shots and how to work with your subject to get the best possible portrait with this setup.
The lights he mentions in the above video can be found currently for $15.99 each here on Amazon.com.
New rumors suggest that Canon may launch three cameras as successors to the 5D Mark III. Two of the cameras are rumored to be named as 5Ds models with 53MP sensors – both with and without an AA filter. The third camera would carry the basic 5D name as the 5D Mark IV. [Read more…]
The previously teased Samyang 135mm f/2 lens has been officially outed and is currently up for pre-order at B&H Photo. The new lens is available in just about every mount out there, including Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Micro Four Thirds, Samsung NX, Sony A, Sony E and Pentax mounts. [Read more…]
LaCie announced its new Rugged RAID drive at CES 2015 with a Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interface. The new drive uses two internal hard drives that are preconfigured in hardware RAID 0 for sustained performance of up to 240 MB/s. [Read more…]
Sony had six new full frame lenses under glass at CES 2015, all of which will pair nicely with the Sony A7 series cameras. The new lenses includes the following: [Read more…]
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [Read more…]
At CES 2015, Sony announced a new 4K action cam – the FDR-X1000V. The new camera largely follows the capabilities of its HD predecessors with a splashproof design and elongated body. [Read more…]
Just prior to CES 2015, Ricoh announced that it would be releasing a new Pentax DSLR and new lenses soon; however, it did not go so far as to give us model names or specific details on the new cameras and lenses. [Read more…]
Every year at CES, something sticks out as just an over-the-top technology that seemingly everyone is pushing. A few years back, it was 3D TV. Last year, it was 4K TV and wearables. At CES 2015, there is a good case to be made that the drone is the thing.
Every corner I turned on the show floor, it seemed like I cam across a new drone from a new company. There are so many drone companies with new drones that CES even set aside an Unmanned Systems section on the massive show floor.
I’ll look more closely at a few of the drones in upcoming posts here at Photography Bay. For now though, this roundup should give you an idea of just how crazy the drone market is about to be.
What follows is every drone I could find at CES. Unfortunately, there are so many tucked away in various corners of the show that I have surely missed some. [Read more…]
Canon PowerShot SX530 HS
Canon announced 5 new PowerShot models at CES 2015 – the SX530 HS, SX710 HS, SX610 HS, ELPH 170 IS and ELPH 160. [Read more…]