Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Think Tank Photo has announced 5 new, rather small pouches and holders to handle the little things that rattle around in your camera bag.
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…]
Lexar’s Professional 133x SDXC cards are now shipping in the jumbo sizes of 64GB and 128GB. These new SDXC cards carry retail prices of $199 and $329, respectively. (Although, the street prices are substantially less. See below.)
Find them at the following links:
Lexar 64GB SDXC Card: B&H Photo | Adorama
Lexar 128GB SDXC Card: Adorama
The Ikan Elements Starter Fly Kit is a compact and affordable (around $100) HDSLR rig. While this kit is basic, it is surprisingly effective and will deliver enough performance for many HDSLR users who want to get some more stability out of their handheld work.
I love stuff that works and is cheap. While stuff that works is a necessity and stuff that’s cheap is nice, put the two together and you get a real winner in my book. [Read more…]
B&H Photo has the new Fuji X100 listed available for pre-order, which is the typical signal that they’ll have them in stock and shipping out the door soon.
You can find the X100 here on B&H Photo’s site.
Bokeh 2 is a plug-in from Alien Skin that allows you to create all kinds of focus effects and vignettes. As with other plug-ins from Alien Skin, Bokeh 2 is now updated to deliver full 64-bit support with Photoshop CS5 (it also works with Lightroom 3). And, it is quite peppy even with my aging Windows Vista machine.
Software products often tend to get pushed back in the review cycle in favor of camera reviews here on Photography Bay, which is a bit of a shame for the cool stuff like Bokeh 2. When I got around to actually putting Bokeh 2 to use, I was really amazed at the power that it gives you to take your images so far beyond what is practical when using Photoshop or Lightroom alone. [Read more…]
Apple has updated its Digital Camera RAW compatibility to version 3.6 and extends RAW image format compatibility to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ‘11 for the following cameras: [Read more…]
Want a free copy of Strobist Photo Trade Secrets? (Read the review of these cool books.)
I’ll be handing out a couple copies of these books to active members in the new and improved Photography Bay forum.
Just sign up for a free forum account and start talking to your fellow Photography Bay members. You don’t have to say anything about the giveaway in the forum, just be there and be active (don’t be spammy though).
I’ll notify the winners at the end of this week via personal messages through the forum. So, check in to see if you are a winner. If I don’t get a response from the winners by Monday, I’ll notify another forum member instead.
If you miss out on this one, stay tuned for more ways to win more cool stuff…
And, don’t miss out on a chance to win the Photography Bay Swag Bag if you haven’t entered yet
As you are probably aware, many camera manufacturers are based in Japan. Nikon, Canon and Sony (among others) were all affected by the catastrophic earthquake that struck Japan last week.
Below you will find links to relevant stories concerning damage to manufacturing plants and the temporary closings of certain plants, which resulted from the recent earthquake, tsunami and/or nuclear disaster in Japan. [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…]
Following the recent release of the new MacBook Pro models, Intel looks to add another Thunderbolt arrow to its quiver of supporting cast. Intel recently revealed Canon’s Video Products Group is “excited” about the performance it can offer the video content production market. [Read more…]