Monday, March 19, 2012

Video : Mirrorless Cameras vs DSLR's!

The new and future trend in camera tech is the move to "mirrorless cameras".  Some friends have asked my opinion on these miniature wonders of technology, and if these cameras were the equivalent to a DSLR.  I too myself have ponder the question.  There are both pros and cons to using these cameras.

While I'm not in the market for a new camera, I did, back in the day, enjoy using smaller cameras such as the coolpix 950, coolpix 4500, and a canon point and shoot. I especially like the ability to put those cameras in small spaces, or at weird angles that would be difficult or near impossible with full sized DSLR.

Thankfully I found this great, albeit crude, video by Bart Zoni, who delves into the question of quality with the mirrorless cameras and makes his argument that as things improve with the mirrorless you are likely to see better quality with the smaller form factor.  So check out his video below and see what you think.



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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Video : Fix Your Broken Lens With Peanut Butter (Lid)!

Ok you can't actually fix your lens with the peanut butter itself, but the jar that it comes in!  Casey Neistat was shooting one afternoon and the unthinkable happened, he dropped his camera.  Judging by the video below, he had set his camera up in a precarious position, not even very high, and gravity won out and hit camera tumbled and smacked right on the edge of his lens.  The result was a broken built in lens hood.

Now your average joe might panic, and send the lens in for some costly repair, but Casey decided to just head down to the local super market, grab an appropriate sized jar of peanut butter (and jelly in this case) and do a little diy and fixed his lenses lens hood.

The video is of how he created his new lens hood and the story of what happened.  It's a nice little video and reminds us that, with a little know how and some tools, we can repair our equipment and save a little money in the process.  Be sure to check out Casey's Youtube channel and subscribe if you like what you see there!



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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Camera Platform based on LEGO !

So a while ago I saw this posted up on youtube.  It's a video demo of a camera mounting system that is built using the lego minstorms system as a camera base and automation setup.

I really would like to build one of these and use it for dslr video, panoramas, timelapse, etc.  Also with the ability to actually program the "base" you could potentially create some very nice dslr timelapse videos using this and a diy slider system.  You might even be able to tie into the system for automating the slider motion as well! The only drawback I see is that the left to right automation of this seems to be a bit "jerky" and not very smooth, unlike when they do the up and down motion, but that might be just a gear issue that could be solved fairly easy I think.

Take a look at the video below and let your mind just think of the possibilities!



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