» Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
18Aug Voigtlander 40mm f2.0 ultron SL-II – First impressions
The Voigtlander 40mm f2.0 Ultron SL-II is basically a well built version of Canon’s 40mm f2.8 pancake lens. Heavy duty metal, ultra smooth focus ring with 180 degrees of travel and nice creamy bokah. I’ve only had this around for 3 days and I must say i’m impressed. Even though the Voigtlander 40mm f2.0 Ultron SL-II has built in […]
17Aug Yongnuo YN-622C wireless E-TTL flash trigger
I don’t do a lot of flash photography work, but I keep a set of Pixel King E-TTL wireless triggers around just in case I need to cover an event or shoot a few head shots. The Pixel King works great for the price but it doesn’t have TTL ratio control or let you have multiple […]
05Aug Nexus 7 used as a monitor and usb controller with DSLR Controller
HDMI monitors can run anywhere from $160 to $1000 depending on what you need and what you have for a budget. The Nexus 7 tablet comes in at $200 for the 8 GB model and $250 for the 16 GB model. Add to that the $8.99 DSLR Controller app, and a $3 USB OTG cable and you can use […]
30Jul Recovering from OSfest 2012
Just recovering from this weekends booth at OSfest. Fill a convention center with every kind of nerd theme you can think of, add beer, and strange crazy fun is what you get. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and picked up a copy of our films, it’s always nice to sell out of stock! If […]
23Jul Canon EOS-M, just a t4i without the mirror?
The Canon EOS-M announcement has been leaking out since Friday and it basically falls in line with everything people have been expecting. An 18mp APS-C sensor with AF detection, no mirror, not many control buttons, and a touch screen in a smaller package. If those specs sound familiar, it’s because the Canon EOS-M is basically a Canon t4i without […]
27Jun Canon 40mm f2.8 STM – First impressions
The Canon 40mm f2.8 STM lens showed up on my door step this afternoon. The box is much larger then it needs to be for this tiny little lens and because of that, the lens is swaddled in bubble wrap. The box is so light that it almost feels empty. The first thing you’ll notice when you […]
24Jun Using a IR remote to focus and start/stop recording on your Canon DSLR
I spent the day filming with Dave Dugdale from learningdslrvideo.com and one of the things he found interesting was my use of the Canon RC-1 IR remote to start/stop recording and refocus shots. Although I posted this video over a year ago, it’s still a very useful trick for DSLR film makers. One button will take a photo which […]
13Jun Switronix TorchLED BOLT on camera Dimmmable LED light – First impressions
You might have noticed my extreme lack of posts on LED camera mount lights. That’s mainly because most of the low priced camera mount LED units don’t output very much light and the color temp is hard to match. But there are always cases were it can be very handy to have a few on […]
22May Flashpoint LCD 8″ Monitor with built in Remote shutter trigger
(Special thanks to Yiannis for pointing this out to me) The Flashpoint LCD 8 inch monitor is an interesting concept. You basically get an 8 inch hdmi monitor that doubles as a remote shutter trigger and wireless standard definition monitor for $499. An 8 inch monitor is right at the limit of what you’d want to […]
13Apr Transcend 400x 32GB CF Card speed test.
As with all my other speed tests I’ve done, for this set of tests I’ve used the H2testw 1.4 flash drive testing program. A few of you have asked why I choose to use this program and the main reason is that it writes a series of 1gb files to the card until the card is […]
