Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Atomos has dropped the price on the Samurai Blade down to $995. That’s a $300 price drop from the old $1295 price point.
The Samurai Blade is a 5″ SDI monitor and recorder. It features a 720p IPS display with capacitive touch screen controls. It offers ProRes and DNxHD encoding and playback; and also features waveform, false color and focus peaking.
An included docking station for 2.5″ HDDs and SSDs connects to your computer via USB 3.0 or 2.0 ports. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
The new Flashpoint RoveLight is a 600w/s monolight with onboard power. It features a 22-step range adjustment from full power down to 1/128th power. It can be controlled on the rear panel of the light or via an included wireless controller. [Read more…]
Manfrotto has announced a new carbon fiber version of its BeFree tripod, which is an on-the-go tripod series designed as compact and lightweight travel tripods. [Read more…]
B&H finally has the new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art lens in stock for Nikon F mount. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
UPDATE: Canon 7D Mark II Officially Announced!
Recent rumors add to past info suggesting that the Canon 7D Mark II (or whatever the Canon 7D successor is called) will feature an EOS-1D X build quality with a fully metal frame. We’ve heard that it would have “an EOS-1 style top plate” before, but now we’re seeing more and more about a total build-quality comparison. [Read more…]
In the above PHLEARN video, Aaron Nace shows us how to make individual colors really pop in Photoshop. He does so by using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. Then, isolate the particular color range so that hue and saturation adjustments only affect that specific color in your images.
The recently rumored Nikon full frame DSLR that’s expected in September may very well be a full frame sports shooter, complete with high frame rates and a lower resolution.
New rumors suggest that it won’t be a replacement for the current Nikon D610 and won’t be part of the D6xx line. Instead, the camera will be marketed as an “action” camera. As such, we would expect a better AF system than what we see in the D610 – and more along the lines of the 51-point AF system in the D810 and D4s.
A higher frame rate is also expected for an “action” camera – possibly in photos and video. Of course, if these rumors pan out, we’ll know more very soon.
[via Nikon Rumors]
B&H has the unique Sigma dp2 Quattro in stock and now shipping. The Sigma dp2 Quattro features a 30mm f/2.8 lens and a 29MP Foveon sensor, which Sigma says matches the resolution of a 39MP Bayer sensor. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
B&H has the Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 lens in stock and now shipping for Micro Four Thirds, Sony E and Canon EF-M mounts. It’s still available for pre-order for Fuji X-Series. Check out all the options here at B&H Photo.
If you think your high-end DSLR is awesome for capturing photos at up to 1/8,000 of a second, then consider this new camera unveiled by two universities in Japan. Designed to capture chemical reactions, it captures images consecutively in less than 1/1,000,000,000,000 of a second. Yes, that’s less than one-trillionth of a second. [Read more…]