Photoshoot and Beyond
I this video I recorded “live” as I attempted to follow the instructions and set up the Drobo 5N to use as a networked backup drive. You won’t believe what happens next (I always wanted to write that, but spoiler alert: it worked just fine).
It’s why mine always suck, too. Light pollution. It’s hard to escape it these days. It’s the thing that puts many budding astrophotographers off before they’ve really even got started. This video from Sriram Murali puts things into context. Filmed mostly in California, this short shows how the night sky changes as you get further from the city […]
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Akvis have announced a major update to Akvis Retoucher, an image restoration program for Mac and Windows.
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If you ever need a good reason to not leave your baggage unattended, this is it. After a “hard black box” was found on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City, what happened next seems obvious. The suspicious package was reported to the police, who promptly came and blew it up. KSHB reports that police were […]
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I just got my hands on a brand new Microsoft Surface. Great to be able to run the full version of Photoshop and Lightroom right on a tablet. Let me show you how to use the pen and on-screen controls to adjust an image in real-time. The new tools in Photoshop really come in handy…
Nikon have officially announced the D3400, their newest entry level DSLR. Successor to the D3300 and D3200 that came before it, the changes aren’t all that great, as you might expect. But they have added their new Bluetooth connected SnapBridge technology. There’s some pretty significant weight savings and the ISO limit has been bumped up to 25,600. […]
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It appears the first full images of the actual 5D Mark IV body have been leaked. There’s a couple of visual changes between it and its predecessor. The most obvious being that the “Mark XX” badge has been moved. This has allowed Canon to move the shutter release cable socket around to the front. The eagle eyed amongst you […]
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Nikon today announced the addition of two new telezoom lenses with stepper motors to their DX lens line-up.
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The Nikon D3400 is a new entry-level digital SLR camera with an APS-C sized 24-megapixel sensor and SnapBridge support.
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The Nikon AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G and AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lenses, which were first announced back in January, will become available in the US in September 2016.
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