A digest of last week’s photo and video news – Week 03

A digest of last week's photo and video news - Week 03 1

A digest of last week’s news is a selection of some of the news from week 02 from 2016 related to the worlds of photography and video, covering multiple topics, always rounded up with a reading suggestion. 8TB drive for NAS systems Seagate has launched what they define as the largest NAS optimized drive on […]

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New Fujifilm X-Pro2: only 14 minutes of Full HD

New Fujifilm X-Pro2: only 14 minutes of Full HD 2

The new Fujifilm X-Pro2 mirrorless camera mixes an electronic with an optical viewfinder, introduces a newly developed 24.3MP X-Trans CMOS III sensor and comes at the same time Fujifilm shows their Fujinon XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR. A long telephoto lens, finally! The X-Pro2 is not the only camera announced by Fujifilm this January […]

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Audio Hold Frames in Final Cut Pro X

Audio Hold Frames in Final Cut Pro X 3

This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to create audio “hold frames” to extend audio effects like reverb. This tip comes to us courtesy of Thomas Grove Carter, a Final Cut Pro X editor based in London who has produced a nice series of videos on how he uses […]

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Think Tank Photo wins NPPA’s J. Winton Lemen Award

Think Tank Photo wins NPPA’s J. Winton Lemen Award 5

The J. Winton Lemon Fellowship Award is given to those rendering continuing outstanding service in the interests of press photography and for outstanding technical achievement in photography (established 1948). J. Winton Lemen was a charter member of the NPPA. In 1952, after a distinguished career as a news photographer at the Rocky Mountain News, Pittsburgh […]

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Ultralight backpacks from MindShift Gear

Ultralight backpacks from MindShift Gear 6

MindShift Gear started 2016 offering a series of lighter backpacks to photographers. After the FirstLight series of backpacks reaching up to 40L, the company introduces three daypacks conceived for photographers and videographers who want to travel light. Comparing models like the FirstLight 30L, with 5.4lb (2.4kg) against the UltraLight Dual 36L, with 3.3 lbs. (1.5kg), […]

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KEEP CALM: The FAA and sUAVs/Drone Rules (Final UPDATE)

With the publishing of Jack Nicas and Andy Pasztor’s speculative and interpretive article in the Wall Street Journal in the fall of 2014, it seems every news agency, media outlet and publication has totally lost their minds in a fit of hysteria liken to Chicken Little proportions; sparking “end of days” tweets and forum discussions throughout the social […]

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Top 10 Products for Live Production using NewTek TriCaster

Top 10 Products for Live Production using NewTek TriCaster 7

If you have a NewTek TriCaster Min or Pro Line TriCaster we’ve put together a complete list of essential items to enhance live production for anyone producing professional real-time video in small or roving bases of operation.  […]

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The best drone from CES 2016

The best drone from CES 2016 8

Intel demonstrated the drone, in fact a new model for the Yuneec Typhoon family of drones, at CES 2016. While showing the drone in action, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said: “This is the world’s first truly intelligent consumer drone. It can navigate any obstacle. Any other drone would have crashed into the tree.” With so […]

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