Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Topaz Labs has released Texture Effects, a new application with a built-in texture repository with a ton of sharing and expansion capabilities (i.e., you can share your own effects and download other users’ effects to apply to your photos). [Read more…]
HDR photographer extraordinaire Trey Ratcliff has teamed up with Macphun to build an all-in-one HDR application called Aurora HDR Pro.
It is a standalone application application with a ton of controls and features for creating and tweaking your HDR images. Watch the below video for a brief overview of the features from Trey Ratcliff. [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…]
The new Canon EOS M10, PowerShot G9 X and G5 X are now in stock and shipping to customers.
Notably, the EOS M10 has a $100 instant rebate, making it only $499 with a 15-45mm kit lens. Read my Canon EOS M10 hands-on review for more on why I think it’s a great mirrorless camera. You can also order it here at B&H Photo.
The G9 X also gets an instant rebate of $30 for a $499 price tag. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
And the PowerShot G5 X runs $799. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Just when you thought the Sony A-mount was going to die a slow and painful death, Sony Europe has announced the A68 SLT camera. [Read more…]
Toronto advertising agency Zulu Alpha Kilo created this video to demonstrate how absurd it is for people to ask for the advertising industry to do spec work in hopes of getting more business. As described by AdWeek, “a guy approaches real men and women (not actors) in other businesses and asks them to provide him with a product or service for free, to see if he likes it before committing to more.”
While they are talking about advertising gigs, this 100% applies to other creative industries as well – including photographers. [Read more…]
YouTuber ThePapadumGeek just posted a hands-on review of the new RØDE VideoMicro and compares is to the built-in camera mic as well as the VideoMic Pro and NTG-2. Check it out below.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DoXoY2O1SI&w=700&showinfo=0&rel=0]As he points out, there are no batteries or on-switch for this mic. If it’s plugged in, you are recording audio. This is a simple and basic mic in a much smaller package than what we saw with the RØDE VideoMic GO from a couple years ago.
For a $59 mic, it sounds great. If you record video at all with your camera, you officially have no excuse for crappy audio in your videos. You can find the RØDE VideoMicro here at B&H Photo.
Magnanimous Media has put together a couple sample videos in its first look with the Canon C300 Mark II, which shoots 4K video and features Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS AF functionality in the EF mount flavor. There’s also a PL mount option – but no autofocus (for obvious reasons). Coincidentally, the C300 Mark II is now shipping.
You can watch the 4K version of the sample footage in the YouTube version below. [Read more…]
After Sony’s recent firmware update to the A7R II, which added uncompressed RAW capture, Sony is also bringing the feature to the A7 II. Additionally, Sony will add on-sensor phase detection AF operation to the A7 II for faster and more precise autofocus on Sony A-mount system and other lenses using an adapter.
The uncompressed RAW capture will be a new menu options (just like it is on the A7R II after its most recent update) and compressed RAW will still be an option for those who want to save a little storage space.
This new firmware version 2.0 will be available for download on November 18 from Sony’s support site.
Corel has updated AfterShot Pro 2 to version 2.3 with a new feature that allows you to send files to Photoshop from within AfterShot Pro. Additionally, version 2.3 adds RAW file support for the Canon 5Ds and 5Ds R. [Read more…]