Sony RX1R II: in pursuit of the ideal viewfinder

Sony RX1R II: in pursuit of the ideal viewfinder 1

While we’ve all grown used to pop-up flashes, not many are aware of pop-up viewfinders. It’s a trend Sony has been partially responsible for in recent years, with a new step in the new 42,4 MP compact camera just launched: the RX1R II. The Sony Cyber-shot RX1R II will stay in history as the first […]

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iMovie adds 4K UHD & the often hazardous ±60 fps distribution

iMovie adds 4K UHD & the often hazardous ±60 fps distribution 2

A few weeks after adding 4K UHD to iMovie for iOS 9 (and Adobe’s adding it to its Premiere Elements 14, link ahead), Apple has now added 4K Ultra HD project capabilities to the free and just updated iMovie 10.1 for Mac. Apple added a few other features to this version, including ±60 fps sharing. […]

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Media Composer 101 – Advanced – Multi-Channel Audio Exports

Media Composer 101 - Advanced - Multi-Channel Audio Exports 3

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Multi-channel audio exports from Media Composer, and how DNxHD doesn’t always need to be your export codec of choice! […]

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Sony RX1R II: first optical variable low pass filter

Sony RX1R II: first optical variable low pass filter 4

In a first for digital cameras, the RX1R II features an optical variable low pass filter that allows shooters to manually adjust the balance of image resolution and presence of moiré or colour artifacts to match the subject. The three settings for the low-pass filter include “off”, which provides comparable effects to having no low-pass […]

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Canon camera captures underground Milky Way

Canon camera captures underground Milky Way 5

New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to view the night sky, due to the low light pollution. In fact, New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world to have a Gold Rated International Dark Sky Reserve – the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve on the South Island. While […]

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GoPro Awards: share your passion, earn money

GoPro Awards: share your passion, earn money 6

GoPro customers can earn monetary rewards for pursuing and documenting their passions and contributing their content to be featured on the GoPro Channel and more. That’s what GoPro Awards is all about. The GoPro Awards will grant up to $5 million annually to creators of content that emotionally engages, amazes, or excites — from extreme […]

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Skimming tricks in Final Cut Pro X

Skimming tricks in Final Cut Pro X 7

This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Ripple Training’s Steve Martin how you can use clip skimming to quickly edit connected storylines. First, though, it’s important to understand the difference between skimming and clip skimming.  Skimming, which you can toggle on or off with the S key, allows you to see the contents of clips […]

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ZEISS Otus 1.4/28: an artistic tool

ZEISS Otus 1.4/28: an artistic tool 8

With the new ZEISS Otus 1.4/28, users of shorter focal lengths can now also take advantage of the uncompromising quality of the ZEISS Otus family, whether for landscapes, architectural photography or any other images they take with a wide-angle lens. Where details count, the ZEISS Otus 1.4/28 with ZE or ZF.2 mount for DSLR cameras […]

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Review: A First Look at SmallHD’s New 702 7-Inch 1920×1080 Monitor

Review: A First Look at SmallHD's New 702 7-Inch 1920x1080 Monitor 9

If you were like me and the thousands of other attendees at this past year’s NAB conference when SmallHD announced their smartphone sized 502 monitor, you knew SmallHD was no longer the baby cousin in the family of monitor manufacturers. With added features such as multiple page views, LUT previews, HDMI/SDI in a 5in. monitor, […]

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Product Review: SwiftCam M3S Smartphone Handheld Stabilizer

Product Review: SwiftCam M3S Smartphone Handheld Stabilizer 10

DSLRPros has upped their game with a brand new brushless handheld smartphone stabilizer, the SwiftCam M3S. I’ve had a chance to test this unit and put it through its paces. […]

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