Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
You can use Photoshop to extract quality still images from videos. Most video cameras nowadays (including smartphones) shoot 1080 HD video, which yields a single frame of 1920 x 1080 – or about 2MP.
There are a number of ways to pull still images from video clips and even ways to increase the resolution when you combine frames. Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes explains how to do so in the above video.
Here’s pretty cool inside look at Dave Hill’s photo shoot with FIAT for the 2014 Vanity Fair Hollywood Edition. He shot 4 days to get 4 photos for these ads. The camera of choice was a Hasselblad H3D.
The compositing of the final images combined several days of 12-14 hours of editing in Photoshop and using Cinema 4D to render the shadows. It’s a real, big-budget shoot with a full crew to make cutting edge commercial ad photography.
As a bonus factoid, the entire BTS documentary was shot with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.
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Elinchrom has announced two new ELC PRO HD compact flash heads available as 500Ws or 1000Ws models.
They feature three new shooting modes: [Read more…]
The 36MP full frame Sony A7R is now available for $2098 (was $2298). Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Additionally, the 24MP full frame Sony A7 is available for $1498 (was $1698). Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Check out my Sony A7 and A7R Review.
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…]
Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography is a new book from wildlife photographer Chris Hansen.
This book covers all aspects of backyard bird photography, including the best camera equipment to use and the basics of attracting birds using bird feeders, perches, backgrounds, and photo blinds. You’ll learn about the common camera settings and composition styles used to create outstanding backyard bird images.
Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography retails for $24.95; however, it is currently available for $18.46 on Amazon.com.
Spider Holster has announced two new additions to its family of products – the Memory Card Organizer and Medium Lens Pouch.
The Medium Lens Pouch follows the Spider Holster Large Lens Pouch and accomodates short professional zoom lenses (e.g., Canon 24-70mm f/2.8, etc.). The Memory Card Pouch holds up to 6 CF cards and 3 SD cards. Both accessories can be carried on any belt, so you don’t have to have a special Spider Holster system in order to use these.
The Medium Lens Pouch retails for $65, while the Memory Card Organizer retails for $35. You can find Spider Holster products here at B&H Photo.
Drobo has released its new Drobo Mini with SSD, which features four 2.5″ drive bays packed with SSDs and available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options.
The Drobo Mini connects via Thunderbolt or USB 3.0. It weighs less than three pounds and can handle multiple drive failures without data loss.
The Drobo Mini with SSD pricing starts at $1199. Check out all the Drobo Mini options here at B&H Photo.
B&H has the new Nikon 1 J4 mirrorless camera in stock. The Nikon 1 J4 features a 1? class sensor for a 2.7x crop factor (also known as Nikon’s CX format). The sensor is an 18MP CMOS with a Hybrid AF that sports 105 phase detect AF points on the sensor. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 5.6 and Camera Raw 8.6 for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC.
Lightroom 5.6 and Camera Raw 8.6 provide RAW file support for the following cameras. [Read more…]