Australian photographer Craig Loechel went from blindly experimenting with a water drop kit for the first time to mastering the art of macro liquid photography.
The Unpredictable Nature of Liquid Art Photography
Loechel has been “a serious photographer” for over 13 years but says he had a strong interest in art from an early age. He shoots a wide variety of subject matter, but macro…
LensKit is a new iOS app that helps you pick the right camera, lens for your next video shoot
May 16, 2022
Zak Ray, a cinematographer, colorist and developer who creates apps for filmmakers, has released LensKit, a new tool that makes it easy to plan a video shoot. LensKit consists of a comprehensive database of adapters, cameras and lenses that work together to show you what…
Cosina announces $930 Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 35mm F2 Aspherical lens for Nikon Z-mount cameras
May 16, 2022
Cosina has announced the details of its upcoming Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 35mm F2 Aspherical lens for Nikon Z mount cameras. Previously only available for Sony E-mount camera systems, Nikon Z-mount users will soon be able to get their own native version.
The manual lens is…
Driverless vehicles have been tested on public San Francisco streets for several years, but a newly revealed training document shows the cameras that allow them to avoid obstacles are also being used by the police to surveil the public.
According to an internal San Francisco Police Department training document obtained by Motherboard, law enforcement has had access to autonomous vehicle…
A storm-chasing photographer was out in Iowa documenting a tornado when the car he was driving was struck and disabled by a bolt of lightning. The hair-raising incident was caught on multiple cameras.
“I’m a storm chasing YouTuber,” says the photographer who…
The year 2020 saw digital camera shipments nosedive to a new low of 8.9 million units, down from 121 million units in 2010. It was believed it couldn’t get any worse and, indeed, shipments stabilized in 2021. So why do sales appear to be in free-fall again?
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Adobe Premiere Pro can now export 10-bit 4:2:0 HEVC video 10x faster on Macs, AMD-powered PCs
May 12, 2022
Adobe has announced an update for Premiere Pro that dramatically improves exports for 10-bit 4:2:0 HEVC video, speeds up smart rendering, improves playback of QuickTime screen recordings and adds the ability to create HDR proxies of your media.
The most substantial update in Premiere Pro version 22.4 is the improved export speeds for 10-bit 4:2:0 HEVC video. Now, Premiere Pro leverages hardware…
Panasonic GH6 video sample gallery
May 12, 2022
The Lumix GH6 from Panasonic is a video-centric Micro Four Thirds hybrid camera that boasts impressive capabilities from a digital mirrorless system. We took a closer look at some of the video options by shooting multiple clips to highlight some of the compression options…
Last week, Canon and The Hollywood Reporter hosted a premiere of the animated short film The Forest Haunt whicih was created thanks to a partnership between Canon and actor Joseph Gorgon-Levitt’s production company HitRecord. The team leveraged Canon’s in-development…
Thanks to custom hardware and software, a talented sound artist strung multiple cameras from a range of manufacturers together to create not photos, but a symphonic composition.
The composition was created by MIOPS in coordination with a sound artist. MIOPS is a creative camera company that has been especially successful on Kickstarter with products like MIOPS Smart+, Mobile Remote…
