Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Photography Bay reader Mayeul Akpovi has released his final timelapse video of Paris, France. It is a project he has been working on since 2012. This fifth entry in the series shows off more of the people of Paris, while still managing to show off some of the unique and beautiful scenes of the city. [Read more…]
The Vello ShutterBoss Version II is a remote/timer that is available for a number of DSLRs. This review addresses the remote as a whole; however, it is specifically tailored to its use with Canon DSLRs because that is the model I tested here. [Read more…]
Photography Bay reader Mayeul Akpovi has been creating fantastic timelapse projects of Paris, France since 2012. His painstaking work has paid off yet again in a fourth video released last week.
His gear used in this video includes:
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L USM
Canon 17-40mm f4 L USM
Canon 70-300mm
Filters: ND2 to ND400
If you liked this one, also watch Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
You can find more of Mayeul’s work here on his website.
This adorable birth announcement video combines live action video with a time lapse shot over a 9 month period. In the 2 days since the video was uploaded, it has over 2.4 million views and counting.
Tom Fletcher notes on his YouTube channel that they took photos every day through the 9 months of their pregnancy to create this fantastic three minute multimedia piece. Additionally, Tom wrote and performed the song “Something New” to go along with their presentation of the new addition to the family.
For those of you in the Hollywood, CA area, Canon Live Learning is putting on a free seminar next week (March 6, 2013) with Vincent Laforet on creating time lapse sequences with DSLRs.
The seminar takes place at Canon’s Hollywood Professional Technology & Support Center. It is free, but advance registration is required.
Details here on Canon’s website.
[Image credit: Canon USA]
Blackmagic Design has released a software update for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. The version 1.2 update adds time lapse recording, aperture indicator, ExFAT disk format and Thunderbolt support for Windows.
More details in the complete press release below. [Read more…]
Mayeul Akpovi shot this incredible moving time lapse of Paris. The video is a culmination of 3000 images captured with a 5D Mark II and 5D Mark III.
The the moving shots, he physically picked up the tripod and moved it for each shot. The resulting parallax created a beautiful dolly-esque camera move it what feels like an impossible time lapse of these great Paris scenes.
Lenses used include the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Fisheye, Samyang 14mm f/2.8 and Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD, along with a range of ND2 to ND400 filters.
Thanks for sending this in Mayeul. You can check out more of Mayeul’s work here on Vimeo.
The Satechi WTR-A Wireless Timer Remote this a third-party remote that is designed to work on most Canon DSLRs (including the 5D Mark III) in place of the RS-80N3. It also offers intervalometer functions for timelapse photography. The remote gives you wireless functionality up to 50-feet away.
Satechi WTR-A is now available on Amazon for $59.99.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Remember the above cool time lapse video from the International Space Station. NASA has now given us a behind the scenes look from the ISS.
Astronaut Mike Fossum talks us through his thoughts on photography from space and how the Nikon D3 (NASA is a big fan of Nikon) allows them to take incredible images at night. Check it out in the video below. [Read more…]
Check out the above view of Earth from the International Space Station at night. I was surprised to see how much area that a lightning strike covered with its glow. I couldn’t find any info about which camera was used to capture these images, but it would make sense that it’s a Nikon D3s or other Nikon body since the raw images were sourced from NASA.