We love gadgets with cool names. And while Sony’s BLOGGIE may take the crown for strangest, the EVIL camera takes the cake for awesome. The EVIL part stands for (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens), and that basically does a great job of breaking down the core elements of this camera. While the looks may not attract the most hardcore of consumer, it may have enough in the software end of things to make anyone on the fence change their mind, given enough hands-on time with the device.
Archiving and moving photos from memory cards to other storage mediums while in the field is a big challenge for professional and amateur photographers. You can carry a laptop with you and do the job, but those not wanting to lug more large equipment around can go light with a device like the Nexto eXtreme.
Anticipation for Canon’s EOS 7D was high, any way you look at it. Latest in a line of well-esteemed EOS cameras, it’s also one of the first prosumer DSLRs to place almost as much emphasis on recording high-definition video as it does capturing stills. Does an APS-C sensor and unusually high megapixel count mean Canon have reached too far, or has the 7D taken the top-spot for all-round shooters? Check out the SlashGear review after the cut.
The iPhone 3GS’ 3-megapixel camera is hardly a threat to RED, but modders can’t stop trying to tweak it into doing things Apple never intended. An excellent example of that deviant art is Bhautik Joshi’s Phone-O-Scope SLR lens mod, basically an optical coupler that allows you to mount an SLR lens onto the iPhone.
Retro-camera addicts may have remembered mutterings of Superheadz’s Digital Harinezumi camera a few months back, the unusually-shaped Japanese shooter promising Super 8 style images and silent video. At the time, finding one outside of its native country was tougher than selling Nokia shares, but now arch-importers AudioCubes have stepped in with a $169.99 sticker price.
So what does an avian photographer knows about product photography? Not much, but a good image is all in the lighting and background. With the right equipment, product photography is in fact very simple, and twice as straightforward in a consistent lighting photo studio. A professional light tent with balanced lighting and seamless background can be costly, up to thousand of dollars, and is out of reach for small profit auction retailers or ecommerce that regularly add product images to their online catalogs. What we have for review today is an affordable product with an infinity virtual backdrop that the manufacturers claim can be used by anyone, regardless of experience, to get high quality product shots –- the Pro Cyc MyStudio20 Tabletop Photo Studio. (setup video after the cut)
Pentax released more details on several of their products today. First up is the Pentax 645 Digital. It was first previewed in 2007, but now we’re finally getting closer to a release, it seems. This camera is a monster with 30-megapixels! It is also expected to handle film-based 645 lenses, have a full-view eyepiece and more.
We got our first look at the Sigma DP2 camera back in September, but now it looks like the digital point and shoot device is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Following in the footsteps of the DP1, the DP2 features a 14-megapixel FOVEON X3 image sensor and is equipped to be much like a standard DSLR in a much smaller frame.
Tilt-shift takes the real world and, if it’s done right, makes you wonder whether we’re actually all tiny figurines. Artist Keith Loutit is perhaps one of the best at it that we’ve seen, and his latest project – Bathtub IV, a music video starring the Sydney harbor and a whole flock of seemingly-minute people, boats and even a helicopter – is arguably his finest work yet.
Watch Bathtub IV after the cut
Eye-Fi have now officially launched their latest wireless memory cards, that not only offer 4GB of storage but can automatically upload video to YouTube and Flickr. The cards, which were first announced back at CES, in fact support more than 20 online media sharing sites, and will automatically transfer images and video content when in a predefined WiFi hotspot. The company has also announced a new iPhone application for Eye-Fi owners.
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