November 8, 2009 @ 11:21 pm
At the end of last week, The Big Picture posted a great collection of photos of the surface of Mars taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE).
If you thought Mars’ surface was simply red, these photos are going to change your mind.
November 7, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
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I’ve been happily shooting with a Canon EOS 7D for over a week now. I have nothing but good things to say about this camera and I am more than happy about the choice I made in the end over the Canon 5D Mark II.
DPReview seems to agree with me in this respect and says that the 7D is in some ways better than the 5D Mark II (obvious difference between the two being that the 5D has a full-frame sensor). Their 31-page review is impressive (I mean…it’s 31 pages long) and gives anybody hoping to learn more about the Canon 7D a complete view of the camera inside and out.
The EOS 7D is powered by Dual Digic 4 processors and it shows. The camera’s overall performance is nothing short of impressive, especially in this segment of the market. The two processors are pushing the huge 18 megapixel files through the imaging and processing pipeline in an extremely swift manner. Instead of asking if this camera is fast enough for you, you should probably be slightly concerned if you are fast enough for the 7D.
The DPReview emphasizes that image quality for a camera like this is directly related to the glass that you’re using, so they highly discourage the use of the kit lenses if you’re shooting for the utmost image quality and sharpness. But assuming that you’ve got good lenses, this camera is definitely a great choice if you’re looking for a new SLR. I endorse it, and apparently, so does DPReview.
October 31, 2009 @ 3:15 am
Engadget just got word of at least two brand-new RED digital still and motion cameras, one of which is the EPIC-X modular camera. RED has posted several press photos of a prototype version called “Tattoo” that costs about $28,000.
I’m not going to sit here and pretend I know what I’m writing about when it comes to RED technology and gear. Simply put, I just don’t understand it. It flies way over my head in everything and I end up judging the company based on their product images (which I have to say are damn good). See the gallery below of the Tattoo and some optional gear you can mod the camera with.
October 28, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
I was just introduced to Professor Kobre’s Lightscoop, a clever little attachment for digital SLRs that bounces the light from the on-camera flash upward so that photos you take with the flash don’t look all blown out. [via]
Most on-camera flashes these days are pretty decent and are actually quite powerful if tweaked correctly, and I imagine that this $35 add-on does wonders at a fraction of the price of an actual hot-shoe flash attachment.
Most of the images in the Flickr Lightscoop photo pool are pretty much on par with the quality of images I would expect from a much more expensive flash attachment.
October 27, 2009 @ 12:28 am
At about 1:35 of this DigitalRev Canon EOS 7D review, you can see them literally drench the camera in water. As you may or may not know, the Canon EOS 7D is one of the better equipped weatherproof cameras that Canon has in its SLR line. But even if my camera could do this, I would never ever do it on purpose just for testing. That’s pretty ballsy.
October 19, 2009 @ 11:01 pm
Vincent Laforet, the photographer and videographer who helped launch the Canon 5D Mark II with HD video, looks like he’s back at it again. On his website, he hints at a possible new product launch at 12 midnight. There’s no doubt in my mind that he will help introduce the Canon 1D Mark IV, the latest top-of-the-line Canon digital SLR. Stay tuned at midnight…
