» Archive for September, 2013
12Sep Canon 24-105mm F4 L IS on Sale for $659
Arguably one of the best handheld walk around lenses for filmmaking and photography, the Canon 24-105mm f4 IS lens will normally set you back around $1000 new. However, if you don’t mind buying a new lens removed from one of Canon’s Kit packages, you can currently pick up a Canon 24-105 on ebay for $659 […]
11Sep Nexus 7 FHD tablet – First Impressions
The 32GB Nexus 7 FHD showed up at the beginning of the week and I’ve just started playing around with it. I held off on posting anything until I could get someone to lend me a working Nexus 7 so I could do some side by side comparisons. So far touch screen response on the […]
11Sep Yongnuo YN568EX II quick flash test and updates
I’ve been comparing the Yongnuo YN568EX II to the Canon 580EX II in a few somewhat unscientific tests. In this case (above) I used the Yongnuo YN-622C Wireless flash trigger to fire both the 580EX II and YN568EX II. Both flash heads have the same guide number (58) and are set up identically. After taking a few […]
10Sep Metal Gopro Hero 1/4 20 tripod mount
Scouting around on ebay, I came across this metal 1/4 20 Gopro adapter (on the right). There really isn’t anything wrong with the Plastic adapter (on the left), but the metal adapter is machined from a single piece of aluminum and feels pretty nice. It took a week or so to ship from China and […]
09Sep Yongnuo YN568EX II Canon Flash – First impressions
The Yongnuo YN568EX II showed up this weekend while I was out of town filming and I shot this quick unboxing video to go along with my first impressions. Not sure why, but I also received two softbox flash adapters with my order from Amazon. The softbox adapters are a little big for my taste, but […]
08Sep Behind the scenes on a special effects shoot
I spent most of my Friday night and Saturday morning filming special effects and shooting a few dialog scenes for an upcoming feature length. The location was out in the middle of nowhere and we were forced to use a generator in order to run lights and equipment. We finished the last special effects shot […]
05Sep Yongnuo YN-568EX II TTL Master flash with high speed sync
My current flash lineup consists of one Canon 580ex II, a Nissin Di866 MK II, and two Yongnuo YN565EX. Last night I was working on some product shots and my Nissin Di866 stopped firing, i’ve only been using it a year so it doesn’t give me a lot of faith in the quality of their products. […]
04Sep Samsung 830 512GB SSD $319
Just a quick heads up for those of you upgrading your PC or looking for a large capacity SSD. There’s a batch of Samsung 830 512GB SSD drives with a buy it now price of $319 a peace with free shipping on ebay. They are brand new drives, not refurbished or used and the price […]
04Sep Cracked Nexus 7 screen an excuse to upgrade?
Ironically I was mentioning the dangers of storing a tablet or laptop in the back compartment of a camera bag just yesterday. Not following my own advice I found my old Nexus 7 cracked after it’s return from travel in the back compartment of my camera bag. I could fix it and they do sell […]
03Sep Native raw support Codec update for Windows 7 & 8
Every once in awhile Microsoft releases a new pack of codecs to support the native viewing of raw files in windows. If you’ve purchased a newly released camera over the last few months, you might not be able to view your raw files in windows explorer. The new list of supported cameras is long and […]
