In acknowledgment of the old adage “different strokes for different folks,” I invited a number of our 2009 contributors to make their own picks for the Camera of the Year.
Category: Equipment
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Induro Introduces Gimbal Heads
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Peter Read Miller shares his Canon EOS-1D Mark IV secrets
Miller is a pretty low-tech guy when it comes to using a new camera like the Mark IV, but he has tried many different settings with his new cameras to come up with a system that works well for him.
“A number of people have asked me what custom functions I am using. The settings presented here (see below) have worked very well for me shooting football. Of course everyone’s shooting style is different, but at least you can give these a try as a starting point,” said Miller.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon releases firmware v2.0.7 for EOS 5D Mark II
Fukase’s images are grainy, dark and impressionistic. Often, he magnifies his negatives or overexposes them, aiming all the time for mood over technical refinement. He photographs flocks from a distance, and single birds that appear like black silhouettes against grey, wintry skies. They are captured in flight, blurred and ominous, and at rest, perching on telegraph wires, trees, fences and chimneys. Fusake photographs them alive and dead, and maps their shadows in harsh sunlight and their tracks in the snow.
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How To Hack Panasonic GH1 to Shoot Super High-Quality 24p Video and More | Gadget Lab
How To Hack Panasonic GH1 to Shoot Super High-Quality 24p Video and More
Canon isn’t the only game in town when it comes to hacking camera firmware. The famous CHDK firmware hacks now have a rival, at least if you are shooting with a Panasonic GH1, and especially if you are using the Micro Four Thirds camera to shoot video. The hack, called PTool, doesn’t add nearly as […]
The hack, called PTool, doesn’t add nearly as many features as the Canon hacks, but what it does is startling. With PTool, you can up the video bitrate of the GH1 from a pedestrian 20Mbit to 32MBit in AVCHD. If you opt for Motion JPEG (MJPEG), you can shoot at an astonishing 50 Mbit/sec at a full 1080p. This, according to testers, offers better quality footage than you get from the EOS 5D MkII. Above you can see an example. To view it in its full HD glory, click through to the Vimeo page
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Nikon Announces Four New SLR Lenses | Gadget Lab
Nikon Announces Four New SLR Lenses
In addition to the brand-new, HD-video shooting D3100 announced today Nikon also has a clutch of new lenses. Here’s the list of names so you lens-lovers can quickly see the lineup: AF-S NIKKOR DX 55-300mm ƒ4.5-5.6 VR – $400 AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm ƒ4 G ED VR – $1,050 The AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED VR […]
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2010/08/nikon-announces-four-new-slr-lenses/
AF-S NIKKOR DX 55-300mm ƒ4.5-5.6 VR – $400
AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm ƒ4 G ED VR – $1,050
The AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED VR -$1,300
AF-S NIKKOR 85mm ƒ1.4G – $1,700
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Think Tank Photo unveils Sling-O-Matic, launches US$5000 contest
Sling-O-Matic Camera Bag Features – Think Tank Photo
Think Tank Photo introduces the Sling-O-Matic Series camera bag, the photo industry’s first selection of sling bags that can be easily switched back and fort…
via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/hMfS8M7AHXY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0
Liu works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, and the result is both witty and unmistakably political and echoes the book, Where’s Waldo. Liu says he began the series after authorities shut down Beijing’s Suo Jiacun (Artist Village), in 2006. “At that time,” Liu told the Daily Mail, “contemporary art was in quick development in Beijing, but the government decided it did not want artists like us to gather and live together.” The photographs require him to pose for as long as ten hours while his collaborators perfect his painted disguise.
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DxOMark tests the Nikon D7000 | Nikon Rumors
DxOMark tests the Nikon D7000 – Nikon Rumors
DxOMark released their test results of the Nikon D7000. The overall score of the D7000 is 80, which puts it on second place in the APS-C category after the Pentax K-5 with 82 scores: From all measured sensors (full frame, medium format), the D7000 is currently ranked #10. Pentax K-5 is $400 more expensive than […]
via Nikon Rumors: https://nikonrumors.com/2010/11/08/dxomark-tests-the-nikon-d7000.aspx/
Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the new Nikon Professional Services (NPS) global website today, November 9, 2010. The new NPS Global site will serve as one of the measures in which Nikon reinforces its services for professional photographers.