Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
A recent patent application filing from Samsung (see USPTO Appl. No. 12/621,653) reveals a vertical grip that shuts off when shooting in horizontal orientation to save juice and prevent the photographer from accidentally changing camera settings. [Read more…]
The EPIC was announced by RED in November 2008, with an estimated availability date of Summer/Fall 2009. Now that we’re pushing Summer 2010, some pre-production models are finally starting to surface. The Bui Brothers got some hands-on time with a pre-production RED EPIC at Cine Gear 2010. Check out the short video below to see a peek at how the EPIC handles. [Read more…]
A little while back, I put a Canon 5D Mark II and a 70-200mm lens on a tiny little Gorillapod Magnetic – and it held the combo upside down using only magnets for grip. That was a little extreme for that little tripod though.
While Joby didn’t necessarily approve of that use (nor when I stuck my camera to a car), they must have felt sorry for me and my 5D Mark II because they sent me a heavy-duty Gorillapod Focus and Ballhead X to play with . . . and abuse a bit. [Read more…]
Here’s another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay’s Flickr Group. [Read more…]
A pair recent Sony patent applications reveal what is clearly an Alpha-system DSLR with a touchscreen display that is functional with both the standard grip and a vertical accessory grip. (See US Patent Appl. Nos. 2010/0134676 and 2010/0134433.) According to the patent application, the challenge with integrating a touchscreen on a DSLR is keeping your nose from activating it when looking through the viewfinder, while at the same time allowing you to access features mapped to the touchscreen controls. [Read more…]
We’ve got menus, buttons and touch screens to help use operate our cameras. However, imagine telling your subjects to “say cheese” and the camera listens to your command as well, waits for people to smile and handles the shutter button for you. The latter portion of those operations is are already available on today’s cameras with features like SmileShot and ShutterSmile, which wait for smiles before releasing the shutter. And, if one of Canon’s latest patents comes to life, we could have the voice recognition features on our cameras in the near future. [Read more…]
Here’s another round of the top sellers from Amazon.com. This time, we’re breaking down the top DSLRs and lenses. [Read more…]
Canon coffee mugs had been dominating the stuff-you-want-but-don’t-need category for quite a while. That is, until Nikon shooters got their very own coffee mugs in the AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 sizes. [Read more…]
Leave Me is a short film that centers around a broken Canon DSLR and the images within. While the human element makes the film, it’s a very cool use of a camera to tie it all together.
The film was shot with a Panasonic HVX200 with a Brevis35 lens adapter and Nikon primes.
Extra credit if you can identify the camera in the film.
Mamiya has announced the RZ33 medium format camera, which packs in a 33MP CCD sensor. The RZ33 has a sensitivity range of ISO 50-800 and captures files to a .mos 16-bit RAW file format.
The Mamiya RZ33 should start shipping in July for $17,990. Check availability on B&H Photo.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]