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The Camera Bag: Umbrella tripod mount helps you shoot in the rain
Most photographers know that shooting in rainy weather actually helps you get more luscious and verdant landscape photos. This summer, we offered these tips on how to improve your rainy day photos.
But the one main issue with shooting in inclement weather is that those pesky raindrops can short circuit your...
Testing out Sigma’s 200-500mm f/2.8 green whale of a lens
Of course, we really couldn’t stand the idea that there was a lens somewhere that we didn’t own. So, Tyler went and got us a new telephoto. It came in a rather large box today.
Even unboxed, it’s rather large.
The Sigma 200-500 f/2.8 between the Canon...
Vintage color photographs from World War II era provoke technical mystery
Recently the Library of Congress published a very unusual gallery of gorgeous color photographs taken between 1939 and 1944 that seem to cover the entire range of American life, from rural and farm life to World War II mobilization. They were, in fact, taken by a variety of photographers working for the United...
Red Bull Stratos used over 35 cameras from Canons to Reds to document Baumgartner’s space jump
When you want to document an incredible event like Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump from space, you've got to bring a lot of camera gear. According to the below video, the Red Bull Stratos mission used over 35 cameras from infrared to high definition video cameras to record Baumgartner's successful plunge...
Felix Baumgartner’s historic leap from space reenacted with Lego (LOL)
Now that you've been thrilled by the harrowing footage of Felix Baumgartner's jump from space this weekend, watch this laugh-out-loud funny reenactment of the event using Lego.
The Lego reenactment was created to promote Vienna’s ModelMaker Fair, which occurs at the end of the month.
(Via Laughing Squid)
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Watch video of Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking jump from space from two harrowing perspectives including helmet camera
Even if you got to watch Felix Baumgartner's record breaking jump from 23 miles up in space yesterday, you're going to want to take a look at these two videos from the event.
The first one is a replay of the live feed from yesterday, with views from space and views from the mission's control center on the...
Which waterproof, weather-defying, ruggedized compact digital camera rates the best?
Imaging Resource just tested and reviewed a half-dozen of the most popular waterproof, weatherproof, ruggedized compact digital cameras on the market -- models you can take anywhere without worrying if they get wet or banged around -- for our Waterproof Shootout 2012. Our six contenders (in alphabetical order)...
GoPro from a distance: WiFi remote app arrives for iOS devices
Four months ago, Woodman Labs launched its GoPro Wi-Fi BacPac accessory, promising the ability to control GoPro HD Hero 2 cameras from Android or iOS smartphones and tablets. The Android app might still not have arrived, but the other half of the promise was fulfilled a few days ago, with the launch of a new GoPro app for Apple's iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices.
The...
Here’s a video of dogs catching balls underwater in slow motion at 1000 frames a second
Happy Friday everyone!
Remember those images of dogs catching balls underwater that everyone went crazy for earlier this year? Well, this is sort of the video version of that.
The slow motion clip was shot at 1000fps to 2500fps using a Photron Fastcam and a Phantom high-speed camera.
The video was directed...
Enthusiast compacts in the lab: Canon G15, S110 and Nikon P7700 samples posted
If you're considering picking up a brand new enthusiast compact camera, we've got good news for you! Three of the latest models from Canon and Nikon--the PowerShot G15, PowerShot S110, and Coolpix P7700--are in our lab for testing as we speak, and we've just posted a raft of their studio samples.
For each...
And now here’s a stunning time-lapse video of the Grand Canyon
Yes, we said we wouldn't post any more time-lapse videos unless they were undeniably great and like yesterday's tilt-shifting tour of San Francisco, this clip of the Grand Canyon is just that.
With time-lapse photography by Lee Kirchner and Kevin Rossi of GOTMfilms, "Grand Canyon: Blink of Time," includes more...
This time-lapse, tilt-shift, video love letter to San Francisco is comprised of 30,000 images
Jeremy Williams is a man who is so in love with San Francisco he captured 30,000 photos over ten months of everything he likes about the city.
Then Williams spent 750 hours rendering those images to generate 62 tilt-shift style, time-lapse sequences in a beautiful 2-minute journey called, simply, "San...
‘Faking It’: New Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit puts on a magic show of photo manipulation
Today, The New York Museum of Metropolitan Art opened a new photography exhibition to the public that showcases more than 200 manipulated images created by analog techniques between the 1840s and 1990s. Titled titled Faking It: Photo Manipulation Before Photoshop, the show runs through January 27, 2013, and is a...
Pentax Japan adjusts Q10 availability
On its Japanese-language website, Pentax Ricoh Imaging has today announced an adjustment to its planned delivery date for the tiny Pentax Q10 compact system camera. Initially slated for availability from mid-October 2012, the Q10 will now ship from October 26th in the Japanese market.
Pentax's statement...
Rock n’ Roll Gold: Lost Rolling Stones photos found at flea market
To paraphrase Mick Jagger, "They're only rock n' roll photos, but we like them!"
A set of never-before-published photos of the Rolling Stones was discovered recently at a flea market in Los Angles. The images, shown to the right and below, feature the Stones looking young and carefree as they lounge around hotel...
Sony NEX-6: First sample shots and shooting impressions
Our Sony shooting experience this week included the new Sony NEX-6 compact system camera. And IR founder and publisher Dave Etchell just posted a new gallery of sample shots to show off what the NEX-6 can do.
Here's what Dave said about his experiences with the Sony NEX-6 so far: "You could say that Sony set out...
Pentax K-01 firmware improves autofocus and more
New firmware just released for the Pentax K-01 mirrorless camera brings improvements in a number of areas, says its manufacturer.
According to Pentax, the K-01 v1.01 firmware update improves performance of its contrast-detection autofocus system. It also improves support for various Secure Digital flash cards, both SDHC and SDXC types. (The company doesn't identify any...
Is it color or black-and-white? Video artist shows that it’s all just shades of grey
Here's an oddly mesmerizing "black & white" video, which is not a black & white video at all. Video artist Eran Amir painted an entire room, including himself, in shades of grey and then shot video of the scene in color.
The real-life color of the scene is cleverly revealed over the length of the two-minute...
Lytro plenoptic camera gets new features, wider availability
There's a pretty impressive "Wow!" factor to the Lytro light field camera's ability to refocus images after capture. If you've played with an image from a Lytro--the world's first plenoptic cameras aimed at consumers--you'll doubtless agree. Lytro also has a bright fixed-aperture zoom lens, and can create a...
What famous photos would look like with cheesy watermarks
I'm not a big fan of watermarks on photos: never have been, never will. They are, of course, a necessary evil for protecting your images from being stolen but sometimes I feel the type of watermark a photographer uses on his or her photos can show a surprising lack of taste.
Kip Praslowicz has a hilarious...