“The P300 is a decent compact that provides a good number of manual shooting controls that place this camera a step above other point and shoots.” We’ve added another Nikon COOLPIX P300 [QuickPrice...
Archive - 2011-05-31
What It Feels Like Dangling From A Lion’s Mouth
From afimage When a lion picks up a GoPro action camera and carries it away, we get a rare glimpse of what it must feel like to be a prey being carried away, helplessly dangling from a lion’s mouth. Read more...
DIY: Make Your Own “Lensbaby” Bellows Lens
Wanna make your own Lensbaby lens? Here’s a DIY using black construction paper, a reversible ring and a plastic lens — or use it as a pinhole camera. Read the instructions at: altfoto. Or, you could buy a...
Panasonic G3 Review @ DigitalCameraReview
“High ISO noise performance leaves compacts in the dust and gets in the ballpark with the current generation DSLRs. Video performance is among the best I’ve seen in a still camera.” We’ve added...
Panasonic GH2 Review @ Imaging Resource
“Its more technically inclined target market, its overall still and video image quality, and its smooth and rapid autofocus earn the Panasonic GH2 a bona fide Dave’s Pick.” We’ve added another...
Nikon D5100 Review @ DCRP (dcresource)
“Photo quality was very good […] The camera keeps noise well under control until the very highest ISOs.” We’ve added another Nikon D5100 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix. DCRP...
Olympus Announces VN-7100 and VN-7200 Recorders
Simple-to-Operate VN-7100 and VN-7200 Recorders Offer Handheld Devices That Are Easy on the Pocket in More Ways Than One CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 31, 2011 – Olympus, the market leader for portable digital audio recorders...
Sony TX10 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“The Sony CyberShot DSC-TX10 is probably the most attractive looking robust camera we’ve seen to date.” We’ve added a new Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-TX10 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix...
Should You Obtain A Professional Photographer Certification?
From livesome Are certifications really useful or just a money grab? Sometimes it’s a really good idea as when you need to certify doctors and engineers. But at other times, it’s just a money grab. Beate...
Free Undergrad-Level Photo Courses Offered Online
21st Century Communism: Laos from Tomas van Houtryve on Vimeo. Editor’s Note: We blogged this back in March but this is so relevant to our readers who may be looking for a photography course run by a university...
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Firmware Version 1.1.0
Canon has published a firmware upgrade for the EOS-1D Mark IV that: Improves writing/reading speeds when using UDMA 7-compatible CF cards. Fixes a phenomenon where the ability to shoot movies may be stopped under the...
Interview with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom
Instagram started as an iPhone app that allows you to share your pictures on the Web and apply a series of creative filters for special effects. These filters are similar to those that are now ubiquitous on digital...
Frank Cho’s World Behind The Scenes
Comic book artist Frank Cho started drawing comics in 5th grade as an escape from a mundane world, and now sees himself a sort of “Benny Hill on paper.” He draws Liberty Meadows, Hulk and New Alternates...
They Turn Weed Into Vine Art
Seth Goldstein and Paula Stone take weed vine and, using a healthy sense of humor and lots of talent, turn it into works of art. They started in 2008 and are Montgomery County-certified “Weed Warriors”who...
Scarlett Johansson Mango Summer 2011 Behind The Scenes
From StatCarvenus Here’s a Behind The Scenes video of the shoot for the MANGO Summer 2011 Catalog featuring Scarlett Johansson. source fstoppers Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Pinterest...
Unmanned Camera Brings In $8M
What? This camera is unmanned, i.e. there is no human photographer. But it still brought in £5m (US $8M). Yes, you guessed it: a money grab using a traffic camera. How did they manage that? By erecting nine confusing...
Everyday Cookware User Interface Makes Music
From ircamimtr This should be an easy app for those who do that for a living: use everyday kitchen cookware as user iterface to make music. In fact, why not let the user associate any item to any music type, then when...