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Magic Lantern shows signs of life on the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Nov 1, 2016
Udi Tirosh
If you are a long time reader of the blog, you know that we are big fans of Magic Lantern. Magic Lantern is a piece…
This free location scouting checklist helps you find the perfect shooting spots
Oct 31, 2016
John Aldred
For anybody who shoots outside of a set or the studio, location scouting is almost a necessity. Whether you’re shooting video or stills, if you…
This little device will hijack a drone mid-flight without destroying it
Oct 30, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Law enforcement agencies are in an (unofficial) fight with drone operators. And it’s clear why. While some drone pilots are very careful, some have caused quite…
Photographer travels 20,000 miles by thumb, foot, van, and train. This is how his camera ended up
Oct 29, 2016
Udi Tirosh
One of the biggest selling points for more professional cameras is their rigidity. Mag-alloy body vs. Plastics; better weather sealing, and all and all better…
Google acknowledges lens flare on Pixel camera, plans software fix for hardware problem
Oct 27, 2016
John Aldred
It may be DXOMark’s highest scoring mobile device camera ever, but the Google Pixel is not without its photographic flaws. Quite a few users have…
Instagram App is now officially available on Windows 10
Oct 14, 2016
John Aldred
It’s taken a while, but it’s finally happened. Instagram is finally available for Windows 10 tablets. An app had previously been released for Windows 10…
FILM Ferrania gearing up to turn E6 slide film production into a reality
Oct 13, 2016
John Aldred
Ferrania was restarted as FILM Ferrania in 2012 by Nicola Baldini and Marco Pagni. The pair took to Kickstarter in September 2014 to seek funding to resurrect the recently…
How Chase Jarvis lost $1 billion by not “selling Instagram” to Facebook
Oct 12, 2016
John Aldred
For those that haven’t heard the name Chase Jarvis, he’s basically the guy who kicked off the whole mobile photography thing, amongst other accolades. In 2009,…
Google is closing down the Panoramio service
Oct 11, 2016
John Aldred
Panoramio has been one of my go-to location scouting tools for quite a while now. It’s an invaluable resource which combines Google Maps with user contributed…
You can now live stream your Yi 4K action camera straight to YouTube or Facebook
Oct 4, 2016
John Aldred
The Yi 4K is a pretty great camera already, especially for what it costs. Yi, however, did something pretty unique with the Yi 4K. When…