Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Lens 4412B002 B&H.
$11,499. And its “temporarily out of stock” too.
Category Archives: Cameras
Humorous features your new camera must have
- Feature 1: Shutter correction. Let’s face the facts, when you take a picture, you’ve already missed the shot. Shutter correction adds a random timer to trigger the shutter 5-200 seconds later, ensuring your mistake can still turn into the perfect shot.
- Feature 2: Auto pan. Henceforth, when shooting in “Program Auto” mode, DSLR’s will also make framing, panning and tilting decisions FOR you! No need for critical thinking. After all, technology will always be more intelligent than the artist.
- Feature 3: HSL randomizer. Who said a good picture or video needs to reflect accurate hue, saturation and lightness? With HSL randomizer, your DSLR will pick random numbers for each control, so you’ll be left saying, “Wow, that’s definitely not what this looks like in real life! Oh, well!”
via Lens Mug Winner « Canon Rumors.
And there are plenty more such features at the link!
Power zoom lenses for DSLR cameras
Panasonic launches Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 OIS pancake: Digital Photography Review.
The new Lumix “X” series lenses is an important development for shooting video on DSLRs.
DSLRs have had 3 limitations on their use for many types of video photography:
- lack of power zooms
- lack of audio controls
- limits on video recording time
The new lenses feature built-in zoom motors and controls. Panasonic has also announced a firmware update to several of its micro-four thirds cameras that will presumably add more zoom feature support to the cameras.
At this time, the demo video I saw showed a fixed zoom speed. I presume the firmware update will add a speed control to the cameras. The zoom motor was audible in the camera’s built-in mic. This is yet another reason why we need to remember that audio is half the video experience – and should be using an external mic when sound is important.
Regarding audio, the lack of sound controls on DSLRs still demands use of BeachTek or other external audio mixers to get the sound right.
Related articles
- Why I like the micro 4/3ds format on the Lumix GH-2 (coldstreams.com)
- DSLR Versus Point and Shoot (moneysupermarket.com)
- Unique Micro Four Thirds (m43) Lenses (coldstreams.com)
- Panasonic’s New X Lens Takes Micro Four Thirds Closer to Murdering the Point and Shoot [Cameras] (gizmodo.com)
- Panasonic updates Lumix line with 3D, Wi-Fi, ans power zoom lenses (digitaltrends.com)
- Panasonic tackles big interchangeable lenses with Lumix G X (electronista.com)
- Panasonic unveils two cameras and two SLR-like lenses (news.consumerreports.org)
- Panasonic power zoom lenses: hands on video (techradar.com)
Video shooting is popular – but video camera market slowly dying
This comes from a survey of Photobucket users:
According to the survey, consumers are using traditional video cameras with much less frequency, but they are using mobile devices to capture video much more often. In fact, of those surveyed:
- 45 percent use a mobile device for capturing video at least once a week
- 17 percent use a mobile device for capturing video at least once a day
- 9 percent use a mobile device for capturing video multiple times per day
This trend is further validated by company data, which shows a significant upward trend of video uploads:
- Total video uploads web and mobile are 3.5x higher year-over-year July 2010 to July 2011
- Total video uploads from mobile devices are 14x higher than in December 2010