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These Things Would Have Made Me A Better And Faster Photographer If I D Learned Them Sooner

I’ve been shooting for about 5 years now and here are 4 things, that, had I learned them earlier, I could have saved so much time and taken many better pictures and gotten better so much faster. And I’m curious – what things did you learn, that you wish you had learned sooner? Zone system Zone system The biggest a-ha came from studying the zone system (this is pretty recent). The analytical framework it provides for previsualization affords a lot of clarity....

This 20 Year Old S Drone Shots Will Inspire You And Probably Make You Want To Move To Australia

Shooting stills and video with drones is ridiculously popular, and shows no signs of slowing down. A lot of drone shots, though, are very much just the same old thing everybody else is doing. Occasionally, though, you come across something special and interesting. The work of 20-year old Gabriel Scanu is such a thing. Looking at Gabriel’s Instagram feed, you can’t help but constantly catch yourself saying “wow!”. Based in Sydney, Australia, Gabriel has art running through his veins....

This Iphone Camera Grip Uses Sound To Dslr Your Iphone

There are no shortages of accessories that claim to make your smartphone’s camera capabilities closer to that of a DSLR. In reality, none of them have proven to do so yet. But that isn’t stopping Miggo from using the same buzzphrase as part of the pitch for a new iPhone attachment that brings physical dials, a zoom ring and a cold shoe mount to your smartphone. It’s called Pictar and while the idea behind adding physical buttons to a smartphone camera isn’t anything new, the way in which the Pictar manages to control the setting is....

This New Micro Four Thirds Global Shutter Sensor Shoots 4K At Up To 2 000Fps

Well, this is pretty cool. Sensor manufacturer Gpixel has developed a new 4/3″ (22.9mm) CMOS sensor that shoots 4K video at a whopping 2,000 frames per second. With a resolution of 4608 x 2176 pixels, the sensor also features a global shutter, meaning that it captures the entire image field at once – goodbye rolling shutter artifacts! The sensor is Micro Four Thirds-ish in size, but it’s not quite what we’re used to....

This Recorder Lets You Turn A Single Camera Into Three Separate Shots While Shooting

Video monitors have seen some pretty rapid development over the last few years. We’ve seen them go from the heavy CRT of the standard definition days to super high resolution, lightweight, battery powered, slim displays we have today. And, oh boy, have they become feature packed. On the surface, the Convergent Design Apollo seems like any other 4K external video recorder we might see today. Plug in a camera, hit a button and it records, right?...