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Video: Illegal Drone Flying Above Passenger Jet in Vegas

February 6, 2018 By Eric Reagan

You know the end is coming when crap like this starts showing up online. We’ve had drones landing on the White House lawn, we’ve heard first hand reports of commercial pilots encountering drones on approach and now, we see the above video in which a reckless drone operator is intentially approaching a Frontier Airlines passenger jet.

The incident occurred near McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. According to PetaPixel, “the video was originally posted to a Facebook group called ‘1% FPV’ by a ‘James Jayo Older’ with the caption: ‘Found the SD card.. 1%ers only.'”

Other than the obvious threat to the safety of the people on board the jet, this is terrible PR for an industry that is still finding its way through technological and regulatory hurdles. We’ve come so far in both areas over the past couple years. However, it just takes one major incident to crush the industry. With idiots like this flying drones, it seems almost inevitable.

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: airport, crash, drone, jet, vegas

 

Sin City vs. Smartphones

February 17, 2014 By Eric Reagan

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Vegas is a visually captivating place in many different ways. From people to architecture to gardens and stunning fountains, there is so much to take in and plenty of things to capture with your camera.

I set out one night during CES 2014 to capture images around the Strip in Vegas with the Sony A7R and Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 ZA lens. After walking a short distance from my hotel room, I couldn’t get past the sheer number of people consumed by their smartphones. Some people were taking photos with their phones; however, there were so many others just locked into consuming Facebook, texting or whatever might be entertaining on their phones.

While you will see behavior like this nearly everywhere in the world, the juxtaposition against the backdrop of Vegas was too much to ignore. As a result, I spent a good bit of my evening capturing images of people in front of the magnificent scenes or highly social settings while engrossed in a small LCD screen in the palm of their hand. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Sin City, smartphones, vegas

CES 2013 Recap Video

January 27, 2013 By Eric Reagan

CES 2013 was certainly too big for one person to cover everything. However, there are a ton of awesome things that a single person can see in a few short days.

I still have a few posts of product hands-on and new gear first looks to publish over the next few weeks. I was going through some of my video clips this weekend and decided to put together the recap video you see above. Every time I go to one of these shows, I always wish I had shot more footage.

What you see in this little 2+ minute video is only a fraction of all the gadgetry that’s at CES but, hopefully, you’ll get a little glimpse of what some of the photo and video gear presence was like at CES 2013. As always, Canon, Nikon and Sony had big and busy booths that were packed with reps and onlookers everyday of the show.

There are some other cool things that aren’t necessarily photo-related in there (e.g., AR.Drones, the Rocksmith video game that lets you play a real guitar on your Xbox or PS3, Sony’s waterproof Xperia Z phone, etc.), but I found myself ‘wowed’ by them.

If you’ve got any questions about something you see in the video, feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to dish out all the info I’ve got. Photography Bay’s CES 2013 coverage thus far can be found here.

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: AR Drone, Canon, ces, CES 2013, las vegas, Nikon, Pentax, Rocksmith, Sony, vegas, Xperia Z

Boris Continuum Complete 8 for Sony Vegas Pro Now Available

March 20, 2012 By Eric Reagan

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Sony Vegas Pro editors can now get Boris Continuum Complete 8 to add onto Vegas Pro versions 10 and 11.  All BCC filters take advantage of either multi-processing or OpenGL acceleration.  The BCC 8 package retails for $995, but is now available at an introductory price $595.  Upgrades from prior BCC software is $295. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: Boris, Boris Continuum Complete, editing, NAB 2012, nle, Sony, vegas, Vegas Pro

Photoshop World Vegas 2011

June 16, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Photoshop World is coming to Vegas for the seventh straight year on September 7-9, 2011. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photoshop Tagged With: education, las vegas, Lighting, photography, Photoshop, photoshop world, training, vegas

PMA 2011 Cancelled, Will Piggyback Onto CES 2012

May 5, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Yesterday, PMA announced that its 2011 trade show won’t be happening at all. Instead, PMA said it was “colocating” with CES 2012, which takes place between January 10-13 next year.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canon, ces, CES 2012, cliq, las vegas, pma, PMA 2012, PMA@CES, vegas

CES 2011 in About 3 Minutes

January 28, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Can you believe January 2011 is gone?  Where did it go so fast?

A good quarter of my January was spent in Vegas at CES 2011.  I’ve still got tons of stuff to write about – with half a notebook full of notes about new cameras and other gadgetry.  In the mean time, I hope the below video helps relate a little bit of what CES was about. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: ces, ces 2011, gadgets, Gear, tech, vegas, video

PMA Event is Now Called CliQ

January 13, 2011 By Eric Reagan

PMA has rebranded its annual photo tradeshow event as CliQ.  So, we’ll be referring to what was previously known as “PMA 2011” as “CliQ 2011” going forward – although, you’ll have to excuse me if I mess up the letter casing on CliQ from time to time.  (They don’t really think of the editors at the keyboard, do they?)

I think Jeff Revell over at PhotoWalkPro has a pretty good perspective on this rebranding, which is worth a read if you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of this type of thing.

For those looking for the official line, you can read the press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cliq, cliq 2011, photography, pma, pma 2011, vegas

The Road to CES 2011

January 4, 2011 By Eric Reagan

On Monday, Joe and I set out for CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  After a puddle jump to Chicago, we made our way onto a crowded flight to Vegas. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: ces, ces 2011, vegas

CES 2011 Camera and Photo Gear Report

December 16, 2010 By Eric Reagan

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LIVE UPDATE:  Growing list of announced cameras and accessories below.

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show takes place January 6-9 in Las Vegas.  While the show is massive, encompassing everything from video games to car tech to household appliances, there are a number of cameras and other photo products unveiled during or around the event each year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ces, ces 2011, consumer electronics show, las vegas, vegas

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