Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The above commercial is the latest creations from Vincent Laforet, who you may recall launched the HDSLR frenzie with his short film Reverie in the Fall of 2008 (shot on the 5D Mark II). Laforet served as the director of photography on this commercial for Famous Footwear. It was shot on a Phantom HD Gold camera at 600 frames per second, which required 250,000 watts of light to get the proper exposure.
Laforet has a nice tech write-up on his blog here, along with a behind the scenes video.
The above video, shot by the Bui Brothers, gives a few minutes look into the behind the scenes of the epic fashion photography of Drew Gardner. You can read more about the video, the photo shoot and how you can get a little deeper into Drew Garner’s method over on the Bui Brother’s blog.
Just got a tip that the new Nikon AF-S 35mm f/1.4G is slowly starting to ship in the US.
As of the time of this post, however, it is not listed in stock at B&H Photo, Amazon or Adorama. You can check back at those links for future stock availability though.
Several popular Samsung cameras are now available at with instant rebates up to $100 off, including the mirrorless Samsung NX10 and NX100. Check out all of the Samsung rebates at B&H Photo here.
The Canon 60D and 7D are up for grabs at $100 off the regular price points though the holidays. Check out the available kits on B&H Photo here.
Canon has announced the availability of a locking mode upgrade for the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D, which will prevent the settings from accidentally being changed. For now, the service upgrade has only been announced for Japan and will cost 10,500 yen (roughly $125 USD).
No word yet on the availability of this service upgrade in the US or other markets.
Is this a feature that you would want? Will you pay for the upgrade if/when it becomes available in your market?
[Canon Japan via Rob Galbraith]
The above video from Terry White offers some solid tips on fixing a family photo (or any photo) in Photoshop CS5 when you have multiple shots with different “good” poses for the subjects across the shots.
[via Terry White]
The future of camera memory cards may be a new CF card that offers transfer rates of 500 MB/sec and capacity in excess of 2 TB. The development of these proposed specifications were announced today as part of a joint effort among Sony, Nikon and SanDisk.
Nikon, SanDisk and Sony have submitted these high-powered specs to the CompactFlash Association in hopes of a future standardization of the format. The new card specifications are based on a PCI Express interface (in order to achieve a 500 MB/sec transfer rate) instead of the Parallel ATA interface used in current generation cards.
According to the statement issued by SanDisk, Sony and Nikon, the new cards will be similar in size to existing CF cards. Hopefully, that also serves as a hint that the new cards will do away with the pins inside camera, which are so susceptible to being bent.
Complete details of the announcement are below. [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…]
The Speedliter’s Handbook is a new book from Canon Speedlite specialist, Syl Arena.
The book has been in the works for nearly a year now, and just went to the printer last week. But it turned out to be much bigger than planned…
“It’s almost 400 pages, includes 800 photos, 100 diagrams, and 39 shoots detailed on 2-page spreads. If you shoot small flash (any brand), then 70% will be of interest. If you shoot Canon Speedlites, then 110% of the book will be of interest.” –Syl Arena
Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites carries a retail price of $49.99; however, it is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com at $31.49 and will ship just after Christmas.