Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Pictage, which serves pro photographers in marketing and selling photo products, has introduced a three-tier subscription service. The three plans, Starter, Premium and Pro, will run you $19, $49 and $99, respectively, per month.
Details on the features and services available under these plans can be found in the press release below. [Read more…]
Chase Jarvis has launched a new online learning resource for photographers and other imaging professionals – creativeLive. This is quite a bit more ambitious than Chase’s iPhone app, The Best Camera. Like his iPhone camera though, creativeLIVE has a rather unique tilt to it, in that it’s free to watch the sessions when they are live. If you want to watch them later, you can download individual classes for later viewing or if your schedule doesn’t permit you to be at your computer for live viewing.
creativeLIVE has an all-star cast of instructors coming up over the next couple of months, including Vincent LaForet on shooting video with DSLRs, Scott Bourne on Aperture 3, and Zack Arias on Studio Photography. And, next week, after the CS5 launch, there’s a whole group of classes planned for learning the new stuff in the CS5 suite.
creativeLIVE looks like a great learning resource. Hopefully, the business model will prove sound and it will be around for a long time to come. Right now, I’ve got April 29 circled on my calender for Vincent LaForet’s class.
iStockphoto has been kicking around for 10 years now. The site has had over 100 million downloads of various types of media files.
Many photographers have become full-time, specialist microstock photographers thanks to the likes of iStock. Over the years, other photographers have grown to loath iStock, and its contributing photographers, claiming that they are killing the photography industry.
Regardless of where your stance is on microstock photography, there’s no doubt that it has changed the industry forever.
Read more about iStock’s 10th anniversary, along with a contest that it’s kicked off in conjunction with this celebration, in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Vanguard SBH-250 is a lightweight, yet very robust tripod head. To give you an idea of just how sturdy the SBH-250 is, it’s rated to hold up to 44 lbs. The magnesium alloy construction and matte black finish aid in the robust feel of this head. The best thing about the Vanguard SBH-250 though, is its price – $80.
Tripod heads are very much a personal preference item for photographers. Some folks like their pan/tilt heads and others won’t use anything but a ball head. To each his own; however, if you are looking at ball heads, you owe it to yourself to take a long hard look at the Vanguard SBH-250. [Read more…]
The Canon Rebel T2i (aka 550D outside the US) is the follow-up entry-level DSLR to the great Rebel T1i. Even though the T2i follows just one year after the release of the T1i, it is not the typical, incremental upgrade you might expect. The Rebel T2i packs a whole lot of firepower for both still and video shooters. To see whether the performance matches up to the spec sheet, read on. [Read more…]
Adobe has made release candidates of Lightroom 2.7 and Camera Raw 5.7 available for download in Adobe Labs. These versions add RAW file support for the following cameras:
Additional release notes are indicated on the respective download pages for each product.
Remember, these are release candidates, which means they’ve been pretty well tested and Adobe thinks they are ready for full release; however, it’s recommended that you keep production work to prior versions until the official releases drop. Expect those to come soon though. Release candidates mean that the final versions are just around the corner.
Lightroom 2.7 release candidate can be downloaded here.
Camera Raw 5.7 release candidate can be downloaded here.
Canon has introduced a new instant rebate program for the 50D DSLR, along with a couple of lenses when purchased with the camera. If you aren’t into the video scene and are just looking for a capable DSLR for still images, this wouldn’t be a bad time to pick one of these up.
The rebates are listed below.
Canon 50D (body only) – $100 rebate – B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Canon 50D w/ 28-135mm IS lens – $100 rebate – B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Canon 50D w/ 70-300mm IS lens – $250 rebate – (links to 70-300mm lens) B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Canon 50D w/ 28-135mm IS and 70-300mm IS lenses – $250 rebate – Adorama
In this third article of the series, we’re going to look at web hosting options for the photographers who choose to go the route of self-hosted blogs. [Read more…]
The above video was shot with a Nikon P100 at its highest video frame rate of 240 fps, which provides the cool slow motion effect. The apparent spontaneous exploding orange and water jug were courtesy of the impact from a 55 grain hollow point .223 caliber bullet traveling at approximately 3000 feet per second. Even the 240 fps frame rate is not fast enough to capture something traveling that fast. [Read more…]
The Slik Pro 700DX is a solid aluminum tripod at an affordable price. At under $100, you might not expect a whole lot of professional feel from a tripod; however, Slik has managed to put together a top notch tripod for those of us on a budget. [Read more…]