Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Canon’s video contest, “The Story Beyond the Still,” which has been cooking along for a year now, will culminate in the debut of the short film created by contestants and Vincent Laforet at the Sundance Film Festival this Sunday. The complete short film will be available on the Sundance Channel and Vimeo.com on Monday.
Read up on the history of the film and see the chapters individually on Vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill.
Switronix has announced the PowerBase70 for the Canon Rebel T2i. The PowerBase 70 is a battery pack that attaches to the base of the Rebel T2i and provides up to 6-times the run time over ordinary Rebel T2i batteries.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Rode has announced the VideoMic Pro, a follow-up to its popular VideoMic that became an almost instant standard for HDSLR video use. The new VideoMic Pro was designed to address lower noise, lighter weight and a better shock mounting system. [Read more…]
While speaking with a Canon rep at CES last week, I jokingly asked if I could see the new 5D Mark III?
We started talking about how much I’ve enjoyed my 5D Mark II. And, then, he asked what I would want to see in the 5D Mark II’s successor? [Read more…]
Sony just dropped the official details and product photos of the new 5-inch CLM-V55 monitor for Alpha DSLRs – or just about any other DSLR with an HDMI-out.
More details and images below. [Read more…]
One of the few HDSLR accessories at CES 2011 was found at Camtrol’s booth. Camtrol “Free Shooting Tools” offer a wide range of configurations in a single kit thanks to the ball-jointed arms and handles. [Read more…]
In still image files shot with the Canon 7D and other DSLRs, we have the luxury of using RAW format to capture each frame and get a tremendous amount of latitude (exposure and color range in over/under-exposed shots) out of those files in post production. Unfortunately, when it comes to video capture, DSLRs like the Canon 7D spit out a highly compressed file that has nowhere near the amount of latitude you get from a RAW still image file.
While the below video comparison may seem silly in some respects for comparing a $1500 camera to a $65,000+ (depending on the configuration) camera, it is also very useful to those new to HDSLR video – as a way to demonstrate (1) just how limited these cameras are when it comes to capturing video, and (2) just how much more important a perfect exposure is when recording video. [Read more…]
Where’d that 2000 fps setting on the Canon 7D come from? [Read more…]
DualEyes, one of Singular Software’s magical audio-syncing programs, is now available for Mac in beta form. Best of all . . . it’s free.
If you’ve never tried PluralEyes or DualEyes before and you shoot video and audio on a dual system with your HDSLR, then you really ought to give it a try. To get an idea of what you’re missing, check out my prior review of PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro.
More details on DualEyes for Mac at Singular Software’s website.
The Hoodman Cinema Kit is a rather affordable alternative to the popular Zacuto Z-Finder for all the HDSLR enthusiasts on a budget. The kit comes with a HoodLoupe 3.0, a HoodEye 3.0 eyecup and Cinema Strap bungees for securing the HoodLoupe to an HDSLR’s LCD. [Read more…]