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Warning: Keep Your DSLR Away from Lasers

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If you didn’t already know this, let this poor guy’s misfortune serve as a warning.  Never try to capture a laser light show with your Canon 5D Mark II, or any other DSLR for that matter.  A direct hit from a laser will brick your expensive camera by leaving a permanent impression on the sensor.

Have any of you had a personal experience with lasers damaging your camera?

For additional proof, check out the rest of the DSLR-death-by-laser videos below. [Read more…]

Gale Tattersall on CreativeLIVE Talking HDSLR Workflow

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Heads up to everyone who wants to get more into HDSLR video capture – Gale Tattersall is on CreativeLIVE this weekend with a full 3-days of HDSLR instruction. If you aren’t familiar with the name, Tattersall is the Director of Photography for House.  He shot the House season finale last year with the 5D Mark II.

It’s free while running live and will be available for download afterwards for a fee.  Details about the program are here on CreativeLIVE.  The free live stream is here on CreativeLIVE.

Canon “Will Launch an Interesting Product Next Year”

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Masaya Maeda, head of Canon’s camera division, spoke to Reuters and said that production is back to pre-earthquake levels and is planning an increase for its SLR market next year.

When asked about whether Canon would enter the mirrorless camera market to combat against Sony, Olympus and Panasonic, he said that Canon is “considering the technical aspects [and the company] will launch an interesting product next year.” [Read more…]

“Luxury” Fuji Mirrorless Cameras Coming Soon

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Fuji’s camera division head honcho spoke out in an interview with Reuters, noting that the company has some lofty goals to be the No. 3 camera maker ahead of Samsung and Nikon.  To get to that point, Fuji will re-enter the interchangeable lens camera market with new “luxury” mirrorless models and dedicated lenses developed in house. [Read more…]

Hasselblad Changes Owners, Moving Into New Markets

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Hasselblad was recently acquired by a Swiss and German private equity group.  Interestingly, in the press release announcing the acquisition, Hasselblad’s Chairman and CEO said the company would continue its high-end medium format production but would also focus on “exploiting the potential we see in brand new markets.” [Read more…]

‘Altissimo’ Timelapse Created from Over 45,000 Images

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‘Altissimo’ (above) is Patryk Kizny’s latest slider-induced creation, showing off the beautiful Swiss Alps. iOS users can see it here.

The timelapse was assembled from more then 45,000 single frames, which consumed more than 700GB of storage space.  Kizny and his team used motion-control sliders from DitoGear, which let you set the pace of the slider’s movement over time and get that smooth motion effect when edited together.

You may remember the last video from Kizny featured here – the HDR Chapel.