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Using The Red One Camera To Make A ‘Living Movie Poster’

11:40PM Adam Frucci | We’ve seen the Red One blur the line between DSLRs and HD cameras with Esquire’s video-still Megan Fox cover, but this video shows how a photography studio that shoots movie posters has used it to blend photography and video even more. More »
Cameras

Canon FD Adaptor Brings Even More Classic Lens Compatibility To Micro Four Thirds System

6:10AM John Mahoney | We’ve already seen the Leica M-Mount adapter; now, Canon FD lenses are compatible with Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds system and its Lumix DMC-G1. More »
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Best Husband Ever Bakes Wife Nikon D700 Cake…With a Surprise

6:20AM Sean Fallon | Flickr user fsumaria has herself a great husband. After all, only a great husband would bake a Nikon D700 cake for his wife’s birthday then follow it up by giving her the real thing. More »
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Watch a US$5000 Nikon D3 DSLR Fire in Ultra Slow Motion

5:40AM Matt Buchanan | Ever wondered exactly how honking DSLRs work vs. your pocket point-and-shoot? Photographer Marianne Oelund shot an incredibly high speed sequence (more incredibly, not with a high speed camera!) of Nikon’s US$5000 flagship, the D3, popping a 1/62 second exposure, which Jeffrey Friedl has turned into a mini web movie. In 87.8 milliseconds, you see the mirror flip up, the shutter curtain drop to expose the image sensor—at 35kph!—and everything move back into place. Truly amazing: [Regex, Marianne Oeuland via Daring Fireball] More »