Shooting Aerial Imagery with a Canon 1D C Cinema DSLR on a Drone Rig
Last week Anthony Jacobs of Perspective Aerials reached out to tell me that he had become the first person to fly a Canon 1D C with a drone rig. The 1D C is a camera I have a very mixed relationship with, but when you see the way someone like…
SortMyPhotostream Brings Chronological Order to Your Flickr Chaos
SortMyPhotostream is a tool that most Flickr users will have no use for, but one that some might find invaluable. It all depends on whether you would like your Flickr photos’ upload dates to reflect the day they were actually taken. For example, if you’re doing a Project 365 and All…
Panasonic Lumix DMC-XS1 review
At 14mm deep, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-XS1 has the thinnest body profile of any camera of its type. Incredibly, given its size, it features a 5x optical zoom lens, which is impressive as it is not much thicker than a mobile phone. Panasonic Lumix DMC-XS1 – Features Inside its ultra-compact…
Flickr turns a bit purple with arrival of ‘intrusive’ Yahoo toolbar
Hmm, if Yahoo thought it could quietly roll out a "small change" to the Flickr site without anybody noticing, it was badly mistaken. The appearance at the start of last week of a Yahoo toolbar at the top of all Flickr webpages has, at the time of writing, generated no…
Kickstarter: the Ziphius Underwater Camera Drone
The Ziphius is a Kickstarter project aiming to raise funds for something fantastically novel a remote controlled aquatic drone, capable of beaming images and video directly to your smartphone or tablet. However, even though the Ziphius has met with widespread coverage and acclaim, it only has two weeks left to…
Balreed Recognised as Number 1 by Konica Minolta
KENT, ENGLAND, June 30, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ — Balreed have been recognised as the UK’s most outstanding dealer by Konica Minolta. The nationwide independent with a reputation for excellence in managed print services received the top award in every category and the prestigious Blue Ribbon award at the Konica Minolta conference "Balreed…
A Beginner’s Tutorial on Using Photoshop Layers, Sesame Street-style
Here’s a humorous and lighthearted 5-minute video titled, "Fafa’s Photoshop Tutorial." Created by the comedy series Glove and Boots, it’s a short and sweet introduction to using layers in Photoshop taught by puppets. Think Sesame Street meets Scott Kelby. You’ll learn the basics of showing/hiding layers, duplicating them, deleting them,…
Review: Nikon COOLPIX S9500
My search continues for the perfect super-portable, high-quality camera. I want the quality of a full-frame DSLR (digital single-lens-reflex) camera with a nice wide-angle and a super-long telephoto lens. But I also want a camera small enough to fit in my pocket for convenience. Unfortunately, that camera hasn’t been invented…
Picasa to be Renamed “Google Photos”, Offer Virtually Unlimited Storage
Mashable is reporting that Google will be rebranding Picasa as "Google Photos" within the next six weeks, coinciding with the public launch of its Google+ social networking service. Blogger will also be rebranded as "Google Blogs". Furthermore, images up to 2048x2048px won’t be counted towards the 1GB of free storage…
Olympus Launches Online PEN Magazine
Olympus just launched a new online publication called "PEN The Magazine". It’s available through a Flash viewer online (sorry iPad users), or as a PDF you can download. The first issue features six users of the Micro Four Thirds PEN system, and also an advertisement for why you should be…
