Vicente Sahuc created a great video of New York in slow-motion. The video was recorded with a Casio EX-F1 at 300fps and then slowed down to 24fps. The trade-off is the low resolution and high compression when recording at that framerate. Vincente recorded while on rollerskates with a Steadicam Merlin attached to the camera for [...]
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Google has released the standalone Picasa application for Mac. Picasa is a photo organizer and editor that integrates with Google’s Picasa Web Albums. In building Picasa for Mac, we’ve tried to make sure it “plays nice” with iPhoto. Picasa takes a special read-only approach to editing photos stored in the iPhoto library, duplicating files as [...]
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Enterprising hacker and photographer, Steve Chapman, has worked out a way to use his Nintendo DS as a wired remote control for his Canon DSLR. Sure, there are remotes that you can buy for most DSLRs, but bulb mode, in most cases, is limited to 30 seconds. With Steve’s DS remote, shots can be exposed [...]
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Jason Tozer has taken some stunning photographs of bubbles using a Sony α (alpha) DSLR-A350 DSLR-A350. Creative Review has an article detailing Tozer’s methods for capturing the bubbles. Buy the Sony α (alpha) DSLR-A350 14.2MP DSLR: Sony: DSLR-A350 Body-only DSLR-A350 + 18-70mm Zoom Lens DSLR-A350K DSLR-A350 + Two Zoom Lenses DSLR-A350X Amazon: DSLR-A350 Body-only DSLR-A350 [...]
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I came across this post over at Twitch, which brought to my attention another film based on a Cormac McCarthy novel, The Road. This alone has me interested after seeing No Country For Old Men which was also based on a McCarthy novel. The Road is directed by John Hillcoat, whereas No Country was directed [...]
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EDGE Tech is currently running a special for Mother’s Day. You can get a 7-inch digital photo frame with MP3 capability for $59.95 after rebate, AND get your choice of a free 1GB SD card or a 1GB USB Flash drive. Click the link below for the offer, and be sure to enter the following [...]
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I’ve been wanting to try to make a digital pinhole camera for a while. Finally I took the time to try it. I took our Canon Digital Rebel XT and a body cap. Then I used a pin vise (similar to this or this) to drill a tiny hole in the center of the body [...]
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I just thought I would try to put an old panorama I made into a Google Maps interface. Click here to open in a new window. Download the Google Maps Image Cutter Get a Google Maps API key if you want to publish using the Maps API.
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Today, Apple released Aperture 2.1 with a new plug-in archetecture which will allow greater functionality to be added to Aperture. With this new architecture, third-party developers will be able to create filters and effects that were not previously available for Aperture. Some plug-ins that are currently available are: Nik Software’s Viveza plug-in, powered by U [...]
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In the market for a new digital camera? Check out the pages of best-selling Digital SLRs and Digital Point & Shoot Cameras. There are some great deals on these pages. Digital SLRs Digital Point & Shoot Cameras
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