Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Recent rumors suggest that we will see a pair of new Canon TS-E tilt-shift lenses added to Canon’s lineup in September for Photokina 2014.
The current TS-E 45mm f/2.8 and TS-E 90mm F/2.8 are well-overdue replacement; however, rumors point to only the 45mm lens getting a direct replacement while the other TS-E lens in the pipeline with be a “longer focal length” but not a 90mm lens. [Read more…]
Karl Taylor has been working on a multi-part series of lighting tutorials for Broncolor. He just published the fourth video in the series on YouTube.
In the fourth video, he shows off some expert dual flash techniques by using a long exposure in a dark studio to fire strobes at different times while removing modifiers in the dark. Really smart stuff.
You can see part one above and the next three in the series are below. [Read more…]
Manfrotto has a new Nanopole light stand and Snap tilthead designed specifically for speedlight shooters. The Nanopole stand has a main column that is easily removed from the legs to quickly convert the stand into a boom pole. [Read more…]
A recently published patent application reveals a new 10-36mm f/1.8-2.8 lens designed for Sony’s 1″ sensor cameras, which results in a 28-100mm equivalent zoom range. The current RX100 and RX100 II feature a 28-100mm equivalent lens; however, the variable max aperture ranges from f/1.8 at the wide end to f/4.9 at the long end. [Read more…]
Hero 4 Mockup
The chip manufacturer for GoPro cameras have released specs for its new system on chip (SOC). The company building this chip, Ambarella, has been exclusively providing SOCs for GoPro, so it looks like this could be the real deal on what to expect from the GoPro Hero 4.
If not the actual physical board shown in the A9 release, the tech specs should/could be the equivalent to a customized board built specifically for GoPro. In fact, the A9 board in Ambarella’s press release is marketed toward the imaging industry as a whole and would almost certainly not be the final GoPro Hero 4 SOC.
Notably, the SOC delivers 4K video at a full 30p, along with 1080p at 120 fps and 720p at 240 fps. In addition to the powerful video features, it also delivers on multi-exposure HDR and WDR tone mapping.
Actual A9 4K Board from Ambarella
If these specs show up in the GoPro Hero 4 later this year, it likely means GoPro will taken even more of the market share that it created while everyone else plays catch up.
Of course, we would expect these specs to only land in the top end model, like we currently see with the GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition, while cheaper models get a reduced set of features. [Read more…]
Samyang has dropped another teaser for new lenses coming April 28. [Read more…]
Canon UK announced a white editing of the EOS 100D (known in the US as the Rebel SL1). As with other white DSLRs, the common nickname “Storm Trooper Edition” has been attached to the camera. [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…]
Manfotto announced the Spectra 1×1 LED lights earlier this year and had the new units on display at NAB 2014. The Spectra LED fixtures offer a CRI>90 and are flicker free. [Read more…]
Current Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 Lens
Canon has filed another patent application for a EF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS lens, which has become sort of a holy grail lens for Canon owners. The patent application was filed back in September 2012 but was just published last month. [Read more…]