Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Olloclip has released a new lens attachment for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5. Previously, these detachable lenses had been available for iPhone models; however, Olloclip has now expanded them to the most popular Android models in the S4 and S5. [Read more…]
In the above video, Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows us how to use several different images with different focus points and create a focus stacked image in Photoshop so that everything is in focus.
During the automation process, Photoshop keeps every image on a separate layer and automatically creates a mask to reveal the areas of the particular layer that is in focus.
Have you used this automated process for focus stacking in Photoshop?
It looks like Zeiss will officially unveil its new Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO Planar T* lens tomorrow in the lead up to Photokina 2014. [Read more…]
The Fuji X100T (replacement to the Fuji X100S) appears to have leaked out ahead of official announcement, which is believed to be coming this week. Two photos reveal the front of the camera, available in black and silver finishes. [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…]
It looks like Sigma is about to announce a new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens in its Sports line.
Tamron recently introduced a new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC lens, which bests the range of Sigma’s current 150-500mm lens. With the wave that Sigma is riding now that it has produced hit after hit, look for the new Sigma 150-600mm model to be a solid performer. [Read more…]
Blackmagic has added yet another firmware update for the Production Camera 4K. The new Camera v. 1.9.5 update adds the ability to directly format an SSD to HFS+ or exFAT within the camera.
The firmware is currently being worked on for the other Blackmagic cameras. You can download the update for the Production Camera 4K here on Blackmagic Design’s website.
Totally Rad! Inc. is taking the opportunity to let everyone know that even though Kodak has officially killed BW400CN film, Lightroom and Camera Raw users can pick up the Replichrome BW400CN preset for free as part of Totally Rad’s Replichrome Sample Pack.
Below are a couple of recent photos to which I applied the BW400CN presets after I saw Totally Rad’s press release today. [Read more…]
Red Giant has updated its Universe plug-in suite to version 1.2 for both free and paid users. The update adds nine new effects and transitions, Sony Vegas support and Premiere Pro improvements.
Check out the full rundown of the new additions in the below video.
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/104742333 w=700]More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Panasonic has announced the new HC-X1000 4K camcorder. It features a 1/2.3″ sensor and a 20x optical zoom Leica Dicomar lens (30.8-626mm equivalent). [Read more…]