For PhotoPlus Expo this year Nikon has unveiled a much wanted lens, a 70-200 f4 VR which features new stabilization technology to provide up to 5-stops of Vibration Reduction (VR). I had the opportunity to take a look at the new lens and compare it alongside the 70-200 f2.8 VR. Canon users have long had […]
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In theory I like the Canon C300. It’s small, it’s well designed, and it can make pretty pictures. The Canon “look,” though, is very different from what I’m used to, and it’s taken me a while to figure out how to bend the camera’s look into something that I really like. After spending an hour […]
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It’s true that we more likely pick up a book in the store is we’re attracted to the cover image. The same goes for wedding albums. After a long interval where minimalist, plain black leather covers were the most popular, recent years have had a happy resurgence of interesting materials, color and most importantly of […]
The third annual “How’d You Get That Shot@!?,” sponsored by the Society of Camera Operators, features two craftsmen with notable work under their belts. Stephen Campanelli, SOC, whose work includes “Seven Psychopaths” and the upcoming “Gangster Squad,” will be joined by Daniel Gold, SOC, who has worked with Clint Eastwood for 18 years on such […]
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Digital Juice® has announced the release of Animated Canvases™ Collection 10: Ideal Beginnings, available as either an Instant Download or boxed DVD product. Animated Canvases are subtle background animations that are designed to be the foundation for any video or motion graphics project. In the new Animated Canvases™ Collection 10: Ideal Beginnings, video editors and […]
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Someone has to be the first to stick a toe in the water when a new update comes out, so I jumped in with both feet. I’m running FCPX 10.0.6 on two different Macs, and so far, everything is OK. I plan to upgrade Mac #3 later today. Yeah, I know: Apple’s anointed few have […]
Today Apple released an updated to Final Cut Pro X. This 10.0.6 version (a free download to current FCP X owners through the App Store) includes several features already mentioned by Apple, as well as some nice surprises. Overall, I think it’s an outstanding update that seems to be based directly on user feedback. I’ll […]
The company, which has facilities in London and Cape Town, South Africa, has shown its commitment to Codex technology by buying 4 Codex Vaults as well as additional Codex M recorders and datapacks. Their 4 Vaults are currently shared between Cape Town and London, Although the season is due to start in CapeTown and the […]
Here’s the latest week or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old. Orient World is a new script from Mamoworld and AE Scripts. “In scenes tracked with AE’s 3D camera tracker, the ground plane of your scene in most cases ends up as an oblique plane in 3D […]
So GoPro had this little “launch event” this week to introduce the new Hero3 to the world and invited a bunch of media folks from all over the globe to San Francisco to take part in it and get a hands-on experience. Little did we know that even included race cars, motorcycles, hot air balloons, […]
