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GE Micro Four Thirds Cameras Coming Soon?

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GE Digital Cameras looks to be adding Micro Four Thirds to its growing lineup of cameras.  If a report from CNet Asia is accurate, we could see GE-branded Micro Four Thirds cameras by the end of the year.

For those unfamiliar with GE Digital Cameras, General Imaging Company is actually the company that makes and sells GE Digital Cameras subject to a brand-licensing agreement with General Electric (the company that owns the ‘GE’ trademark).  Obviously, General Electric has at least some marginal oversight of the products and the use of its brand, but the actual company that is making and selling the cameras is a camera company. [Read more…]

 

RED HDRx Gets ‘The Impossible Shot’

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The above sample clip demonstrates the HDRx voodoo that RED is working in its new EPIC camera.  The shot from dimly lit tunnel to a sunny afternoon maintains the aperture and other exposure settings during the transition.  No one is pulling aperture via a remote during the transition.

Using the new HDRx feature in the EPIC, the camera makes the previously-impossible now possible.  The HDRx functionality works by recording two exposures and blending them together, which allows the camera to hold the highlight details in the clouds after emerging from the tunnel in the above video.  The exposures are captured simultaneously, with the underexposed frame recorded at a fraction of the shutter speed of the “normal” frame.  Not even film has this kind of latitude.

[fxguide via Prolost]

Think Tank Photo Releases 5 Small Bags That Limit the Clutter

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Think Tank Photo has announced 5 new, rather small pouches and holders to handle the little things that rattle around in your camera bag.

  1. Credential Holder
  2. AA Battery Holder
  3. Passport Holder
  4. Travel Pouch-Large
  5. Travel Pouch-Small

The usefulness of these little bags should be immediately apparent.  However, you can find more info at the links above and in the full press release below. [Read more…]