Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Manfrotto Photo-Movie tripod head is a dual-purpose photo and video head. It acts as both a ball head for still photography use, as well as a video pan/tilt head with fluid motion. This head changes from photo to video mode with the simple flip of a switch. [Read more…]
Manfrotto has introduced a couple of new 502HD tripod heads, the MVH502A and the MVH502AH.
The MVH502A is equipped with a 75 mm ball base, while the MVH502AH comes with a flat base with 3/8″ thread. Both are designed for video use and can support up to 13.2 lbs. They feature Manfrotto’s bridge architechture, as well as a variable Fluid Drag System with adjustable cartridges.
The 502A retails for $225, while the 502AH retails for $200. Both are available at B&H Photo and Amazon.com.
NAB 2011 takes place in Las Vegas from April 9-14 this year. If you are familiar with the NAB Show, it serves as the cornerstone trade show for the National Association of Broadcasters and, in recent years, has featured new product announcements that are very relevant to the growing HDSLR user base.
Relevant exhibitors for the HDSLR crowd include Adobe, Avid, Camtrol, Canon, Cinevate, Hoodman, IDC Photo Video, iKAN, Jag35, Leica, Litepanels, Manfrotto, Marshall, Red Digital Cinema, Red Giant Software, Redrock Micro, Sennheiser, Singular Software, Sony, Tiffen, Tokina and Zacuto. [Read more…]
Manfrotto School of Xcellence is offering a free webinar on Taking Great Portraits hosted by Sports Illustrated Staff Photographer Bill Frakes.
The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, December 2 from 2-3PM ET.
You can register for the free webinar at Manfrotto School of Xcellence’s website.
More details below. [Read more…]
Just in time for the holiday rush, Westcott has put together a sweet Speedlight Accessory Gift Pack, which includes a bundles of light modifiers and accessories for your speedlights (or Speedlites for you Canon guys).
This kit is only $75 and includes all of the following items:
You can find this bundle at Amazon.com and Adorama.
Manfrotto School of Xcellence is putting on another free webinar this Friday, October 8 at 2PM ET. The Webinar is titled “Handy Tips to Improve Your Photography. From Automatic to Almost Manual” and is hosted by Italian photographer Marc De Tollenaere.
You can register for the free webinar on Manfrotto’s website.
More details below. [Read more…]
Manfrotto and Datacolor are putting on a free one hour webinar this Wednesday, October 6 at 2PM ET. The webinar will cover advanced monitor calibration.
You can register for the webinar here.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
The Manfrotto 700RC2 is a basic, fluid head head for use with video cameras up to 5.5 pounds. At around $90 street price, this is an entry-level head with little in the way of creature comforts.
The 700RC2 still gives you a quick release plate, and it has a pan arm rosette on the right side of the head for adjusting the angle of the solid pan arm included with the head. The 700RC2 also has separate pan and tilt friction locks.
Read the rest of the review at Tech Tilt: Manfrotto 700RC2 Fluid Video Head Review
Manfrotto busted out several new products and product lines earlier this week at Photokina 2010. The new products fit neatly into Manfrotto’s new “brand evolution” with its Imagine More slogan.
The bread and butter Manfrotto products fall into the broad photo support category and, from there, Manfrotto has subdivided 4 product families based on the type of photographer – professional, advanced amateur, amateur and social recorders. [Read more…]
Manfrotto Distribution and Datacolor will be putting on a free webinar on monitor calibration. It’s coming up on Wednesday, June 16 from 2-3PM EDT.
The course will be hosted by Datacolor’s education manager, Josh Fischer, as well as Manfrotto Distribution product manager, Will Holowka. Together, Will and Josh will cover the importance of calibrating one’s monitor as well as the how-to’s using Datacolor’s Spyder3 solutions.
Attendees will have a chance to win some Datacolor Spyder products as well. You can register here.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]