If youre used to shooting with an everyday DSLR, the Nikon D4 is like holding fully-automatic machine gun for the first time.
via Nikon D4 Hands-On: The Photographers Newest Deadly Weapon.
Category Archives: Cameras
New Lumix Lens Converters
Panasonic has introduced some new lens teleconverters that work with their 14-42mm lenses.
Click on the image for a larger view.
And a couple of “concept lenses”. Panasonic expects to expand their lens line up to 20 total lenses by the end of 2012.
The Internet access at the hotel is so slow that I may not be able to post much in the way of much of anything. This was torturous just to get these two photos uploaded.
Cameras that survive almost anything
Panasonic Lumix cameras that can survive anything – water scares my cameras, but does not scare these survivable Lumix cameras:
Controversy: “DSLRs are a dying breed”
Well this will stir things up: DSLRs are a dying breed – 3rd Gen Cameras are the Future.
Based partly on comments to the above, might future cameras:
- Shoot dozens of RAW images per second (the RED EPIC does that now, roughly, for the motion picture industry)
- Shoot with infinite focus points (like the Lytro)
- Be small – may be not all bundled into a cellphone – there is still physics to deal with and bigger lenses can be sharper and let in more light
- Be 3D capable
- And for video, feature enhanced audio recording features
I get what the article and comments are discussing and why but me thinks it is too much arguing about the technology and not enough about the gray matter on the backside of the lens that figures out what to photograph, when to photograph and how to frame it and use the equipment – and make a beautiful photograph or video image.
Build your own 3D dual camera mounting rails
Ritwika Mitra shows how to build your own dual camera mount featuring an adjustable interaxial distance for 3d stereoscopic photography or video. Ritwika is a high school senior, by the way. Cool young woman! She and her sister are also the founders of the non-profit Rennow.org.
The details begin at about 2:30 into the video. I built this but I also use a fixed mounting bracket that is simpler and smaller. At some point, I will post photos of my set up for 3D.
Related articles
- Amazing – Create 3D video from old 2D videos (coldstreams.com)
- First 3D video attempt now online (coldstreams.com)
- 3D photos that do not need special glasses (coldstreams.com)
- Shot more 3D video today (coldstreams.com)
- Stereoscopic Cameras (lofiphotog.wordpress.com)
