Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
JVC has a new action cam to compete with GoPro. It’s the JVC GC-XA1 Adixxion.
It features 1080/30p and 720/60p video capture, a 1.5″ LCD and a 5x zoom. It will also capture 5MP still images and includes built-in Wi-Fi and a wireless smartphone link.
The camera should be available in August for $350. Check availability at B&H Photo.
See JVC’s teaser video below. [Read more…]
What’s better than people shooting each other with paintballs? How about people shooting each other while jumping in a vehicle over another vehicle?
This is some epic paintball warfare captured by Devin Graham with the Canon 5D Mark III and Contour cameras. [Read more…]
GoPro announced some pretty exciting stuff for the POV market at NAB 2012. A new firmware upgrade for the GoPro HERO2 called Protune adds 24p and 35Mbps data rate to the HERO2. In partnership with Technicolor, the new Protune update adds the ability to shoot with a flat Cinestyle developed by Technicolor.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVcRLMo4Nw&w=640&h=360]More details in the press release below.
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Camtrol Sniper 1080
Camtrol was on-hand at NAB 2012 showing off some of its new wares, including the updated Camtrol Prime 33 for HDSLRs and small-ish camcorders (an upgrade from the Prime 22), as well as the Sniper 1080 for the action-oriented POV crowd.
I caught up with the Camtrol guys for an introduction to these new products, which you can see in the video below.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiuggLQjbZk&w=640&h=360]You can find Camtrol gear here at B&H Photo.
Contour cameras are tiny little tube-shaped cameras for extreme sports and other POV action. Check out the overview of these action cameras below. [Read more…]