» Archive for July, 2011
12Jul The dirt cheap monitor died. Meet its replacement, the Sony CLM v55.
I’ve been using that little dirt cheap monitor for a number of months,but it finally took a fall from 10 feet and abruptly decided to stopped working. The size has made it one of the most used monitors in my collection. Manly because it easily fits in my camera bag and runs all day on […]
11Jul One Fader ND filter adapted to all of your lenses.
Fader ND filters are nice to have, but if you want to buy one for each of your lenses it can add up quick. There are a few exceptions, for example the Canon 28mm f1.8, 50mm f1.4, 85mm f1.8, and 100mm f2 all share 58mm filter sizes. But what if you start adding something like […]
10Jul Decoded LP-E8 generic batteries first impressions.
Those generic decoded Canon LP-E8 batteries showed up yesterday along with the two spare battery chargers. From the little testings I was able to do today, they seem to work just about as good as the Canon brand batteries. I was however disappointed that none of the batteries included covers. I normally use the covers to […]
08Jul Getting Technicolor Cinestyle to work on your T2i in video mode.
I’ve received a lot of e-mail from people having trouble using the Technicolor Cinestyle on their Canon T2i in video mode. Most of the e-mails say that they can see it in picture mode but can’t seem to get it to work in video mode. If you haven’t already installed Cinestyle on your Canon T2i, […]
07Jul Cheapest Entry Level DSLR choices for video.
Adam wrote in I have recently graduated from college having completed a degree in Television production. I am mainly interested in making short films. I wanted to get my own gear but I don’t have the resources available to buy a lot of gear so I am looking into buying a decent DSLR and build up my kit […]
06Jul Fader ND filters
Picture taken by Eric 5D Mark II I received a small amount of friendly harassment the other day from another photographer about using cheap lens filters. I’ve been using lower price Polaroid Fader ND filters for awhile now and haven’t had many problems. The Polaroid filters general run about $30 to $45 on amazon and cause a small amount of vignetting, but […]
05Jul Decoded LP-E8 batteries for your Canon T2i.
I’ve been using cheap generic LP-E8 batteries with my Canon T2i for awhile and they seem to work well enough, but the battery indicator on the camera doesn’t work quit right. When you plug a battery into the camera it gives you an indication of 3/4 full, then sometimes drops to blinking red or worse […]
04Jul Back from Vacation!
I got back from vacation only to have mother nature knock out the windows in my car and house. Then give me a little taste of flooding. After that I was asked to work on a short film shot in Indianapolis, which took up another week. I didn’t get nearly as much done as I would […]
