Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
An unofficial Star Wars-themed firmware for the Nikon D5100 is now available. While the firmware gives certain menu settings new names, it serves no functional purpose.
However, it does serve as a bit of encouragement for future enhancements via unofficial firmware upgrades.
Below is an interpretation of the StarWars beta firmware changes: [Read more…]
Remember the above cool time lapse video from the International Space Station. NASA has now given us a behind the scenes look from the ISS.
Astronaut Mike Fossum talks us through his thoughts on photography from space and how the Nikon D3 (NASA is a big fan of Nikon) allows them to take incredible images at night. Check it out in the video below. [Read more…]
The Lowepro DSLR Video Pack 250 AW is an offshoot of the original Fastpack bags introduced back in 2007. The overall design of the bag works the same; however, there are some tweaks and updates to cater to video shooters and just improve the bag as a whole.
Whether you are shooting photos or video, the DSLR Video Fastpack 250 AW is a great backpack for toting a variety of gear. [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…]
Here’s a sleigh full of cool Christmas 2011 photos to enjoy on your Christmas Day.
See all of the photos below, and click on any photo to go to the photographer’s Flickr page for larger versions of these images and more info about the photographer. [Read more…]
Below you will find this week’s firmware updates. Hit the manufacturer website links for more details and download instructions for the firmware. [Read more…]
When Adobe bought IRIDAS’ tech earlier this year, colorists ears perked up at the idea of Adobe implementing SpeedGrade into its Production Premium suite of video products. It’s been crickets since then though.
Last week, however, Colin Smith published the below video on Adobe TV entitled “Introduction to Speedgrade.” [Read more…]
I realize that there are a lot of different ways to do photos and video on Christmas morning. However, I thought I’d share my take on how I’ve been rolling on Christmas morning as the kids tear open presents and empty stockings. [Read more…]
Looks like another Nikon D800 image may have leaked out. The above image from Nikon Rumors is claimed to be a side view of the Nikon D800, which accompanies the previously-leaked front and rear images.
The Nikon D800 is rumored to be coming in January or February 2012 and features a 36MP full frame image sensor, along with 1080p video capture at 30p, 25p and 24p frame rates.
Canon applied for a patent application on a 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens in March 2011. Presumably, this is an update to the consumer grade line of 75-300mm non-IS lenses. There’s no mention of image stabilization in the patent; however, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it couldn’t be an IS lens.
These are the current consumer zoom models in this range:
The other line of thought is that a new 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens with image stabilization could replace the existing mid-grade lens as a cheaper/lower model. [Read more…]