Archive for the 'Cameras' Category

Slow-motion video of a tomato in a blender

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Awesome. Look at those blades just rip through that tomato!
This video was shot at 2000 fps with a Photron ultima APX. Man, that’s just impressive. What’s even better is that the full resolution clip from Lucid Movement is an astonishing 1024×1024!
I want a camera that can capture video at a high frame rate!

Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Yesterday I bought a Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod. I needed a really good tripod that would be versatile enough for large format cameras as well as SLR cameras. After looking around for a bit, I decided that this Manfrotto tripod was the best choice for me.
The tripod that I already own (but left in NY) was [...]

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM lens

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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I’ve found myself taking a lot of wide-angled photos lately. Well, attempting to at least. A Canon EF 17-40mm wide-angle zoom lens should be pretty nifty. Yes, f/4.0 isn’t much of an opening, but that isn’t anything a proper flash setup won’t fix.
Peep PBase for sample photos taken with [...]

Canon EOS Rebel XSi comes with IS kit lens

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

I didn’t notice this when the official press release was let go, but apparently, the new Canon EOS Rebel XSi comes with a EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. Yep, that’s “IS” as in Image Stabilizer. Pretty cool, huh!
From what I can recall, I don’t think any camera in this line from any other company comes with an [...]

WANT: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Christmas comes early for me this year! Ok, actually, it comes about the same time every year — right before and during the annual PMA convention in Las Vegas.
Canon just released photos and specs for the new PowerShot SD1100 IS, the next camera in Canon’s fantastic line of digital ELPHs.

The new PowerShot SD1100 (also called [...]

WANT: Casio EXILIM EX-F1 can shoot at 1200 fps

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Back in October of last year, I posted a demonstration video of a mystery Casio camera that supposedly could shoot video at 300 fps. The video that went along with that post got me all hyped for this camera because, well, there really isn’t a camera like it in its class.
Introducing, the Casio EXILIM EX-F1, [...]

FANTASTIC PRICE: Canon SD1000 (IXUS 70) for $180

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Whoa! The Canon SD1000 (IXUS 70) is on sale at Circuit City for $179.99!
For those who don’t know, the SD1000 is an ultra-compact 7.1MP digital camera that sports Canon’s latest DIGIC III processor. The camera also touts Canon’s face recognition technology so that you don’t ever accidentally focus on something other than those faces in [...]