Cameras

Canon 5D Mark III Partial Teardown: Don’t Try This At Home


April 12, 2012
Cameras

HandiZoom: Control Your DSLR Like A True Video Camera

Learning to shoot video with a DSLR after years of using traditional video cameras can be an awkward transition. One feature yet absent from DLSRs is a controlled zoom mechanism. Zooming manually not only produces an entirely different feel to a shot, it also requires the use of an additional hand, besides the one holding the camera.


April 10, 2012
Cameras

The Beautiful $6000 DSLR Motion Control Rig You Probably Don’t Need

The National Association of Broadcasters’ Convention is just around the corner, which means an influx of pro-grade video and camera gear. Like Kessler’s new drool-worthy all-digital Fusion motion control rig for DSLRs.


April 5, 2012
Cameras

Watch A Nikon D4 Shutter Fire At 1000fps

The new Nikon D4 DLSR is a beast. Its fires off 11 shots per second with gusto. The inner workings of such a task are hard to appreciate with the naked eye, but if you have a Phantom camera, your eye is considerably less naked.


April 3, 2012
Cameras

Canon’s EOS 60Da Shoots For The Stars

Gizmodo AU

With the DSLR market pinching downwards into the budget and micro 4/3rds categories, how do you bring in even more customers? By filling in the niches, as Canon’s doing with its latest camera, the astrophotography-specific EOS 60Da. Update: Although you’ll have to shop around, as this is a camera with no RRP.


Cameras

Nikon D800 Review: Major HD Upgrade, But Is It The Best DSLR For The Money?

The Nikon D700 was the last great pre-video DSLR. It was an excellent and very boring camera. Nikon’s newest, a $US3000 body called the D800, introduces two major features: HD video and a 36MP sensor.


March 15, 2012
Cameras

Nintendo DS: A Great Games Machine And A Passable Remote DSLR Control

Gizmodo AU

Nintendo’s DS is useful for many things, most of them game-centric. One thing I bet the designers never envisaged is that somebody would come up with a way to turn it into a DSLR remote control.


March 14, 2012
Cameras

Fix Your Busted Lens With A Jar Of Peanut Butter

With this imaginative fix, you can watch your camera fall to the earth with slightly less trepidation, secure in the knowledge that a trip to the supermarket and some everyday tools could make everything OK.


Cameras

Sony Alpha A57: Sony’s Budget DSLR Gets A Bigger Body Boost

Even as pro-grade, mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras threaten to overtake the user-base that once demanded budget DSLRs, not everyone is convinced. Sony has revamped one of its budget DSLRs for people who actually like having a bigger, more powerful camera in their hands.


March 13, 2012
Cameras

Olympus OM-D Gets Aussie Prices

Gizmodo AU

Olympus’ OM-D is an impressive looking Micro Four Thirds camera, and Olympus isn’t shy about viewing it as a DSLR replacement. Based on the Australian pricing, they’re going to want to be confident about how well it performs.