DIY
Realtime Bullettime Effect Coming Soon To A Boxing Ring Near You
I love a good time freezing Bullettime effect. And we have shared quite a few rigs on the blog. All with varying degrees of sophistication…
How To Build A 30$ Still Life Photography Folding Table
A few years ago I started shooting for microstock sites. My main focus was vivid still life with white background photographs. This is why I…
Magic Lantern’s Low ISO Raw Video Leaves H.264 In The Shade
It is probably safe to say that Magic Lantern’s RAW video is just so much better than the native H.264 that Canon camera usually put…
How To Install The Magic Lantern General Availability Release
Over the past month we’ve been sharing a lot of Magic Lantern hacks, and I think this is something that is not going to stops…
How To Build And Balance A $30 DIY Steadicam
If you went ahead and build yourself a Krotocam (which is one of the best DIY Steadicams I have seen to date), you may have…
How to Build A Big Axx 4 Meters Homemade Camera Crane
Not a long way back we shared a cool tutorial on a homemade Travel Jib (kinda like this Portable Mini Jib). But for those times…
Dear Canon/Nikon/Panasonic Can I Use Custom Firmware With My Camera?
I was really interested to see how camera makers reps would respond to questions about installing custom firmware on their cameras. I approached Canon, Nikon…
Nikon D3s Goes Through Swamp, Shower, Car Drop, Ice Block And Fire. Survives To Tell
Nikon advertises their D3s as a war tank that can withstand some serious damage. French site pixelistes took it to the test. And when I…
Update An LCD Hood With An Old VHS Camcorder
A little while back we shared a nifty tutorial on making an LCD hood from a set of hotel keys. Today we are taking it…
The Ultimate Custom Firmware For Any Camera Roundup
With Magic Lantern recent 24P raw video hack I thought it may be a good idea to go over each of the big manufacturers and…






































