For shooting stills, Nikon’s autofocus system is pretty solid. I’ve thought so for a long time. Even my ageing Nikon N90s could keep up just fine with most everything I’ve thrown at it. Several cameras later, I picked up a D300s. The 51 point predictive 3D autofocus tracking just blew me away. Every Nikon I’ve owned since then has also impressed me. Why, then, do Nikon fail so damn hard when it comes to video?...
With all the social networks and plenty of ways to share your images online, the question is – do you really need a website? And the short answer would be – yes, you do. There are several reasons for that. With social media, you can’t control how your photos look (just think of Facebook compression). Also, you’re just a part of the crowd, which makes it more difficult to compete for clients’ attention....
If you’ve upgraded your camera firmware and you’re not happy with it, you may want a real-life “Undo” button to bring everything back the way it was. There are two possible ways to downgrade your camera firmware to the previous version, and in this video, Kolbassia of KH CAMS will show you how to do it on your Canon. The methods The methods The first option requires you to go to your camera menu, choose Firmware and click “OK” to upgrade it....
A Canadian film crew was recently robbed at a gunpoint in San Francisco’s Twin Peaks parking lot. Two men attacked them from a car, and it’s estimated that they took the gear worth $35,000. Since Twin Peaks is a popular spot, there was another group of people in the car behind. They filmed the entire incident, where you can see one of the victims getting pistol-whipped and the other held at a gunpoint....
If you’re new to video editing, it can be difficult to start figuring out a good workflow. How do you manage and organise all those huge files? How should you arrange them in your editing software? And is there some trick to editing to make things more efficient? It can be a tricky process if you’re just trying to muddle through it by yourself, and you’ll likely make mistakes along the way....
