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Video: Fly around the inside of a dentist office with this one-take FPV drone video

In recent years, the adoption of one-take FPV (first-person-view) drone videos for filmmaking and promotional purposes has seen an uptick. Pilots such as Jay Byrd Christensen and Johnny FPV have captured incredible, up-close-and-personal perspectives of bowling alleys and sports arenas using a tiny drone. Zahnarzt Schumacher, a general dentist based in Germany, employed a skilled team of pilots to…
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Blackmagic Adds Modestly Updated $1,995 Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2

Blackmagic Design has announced the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 that brings an adjustable touchscreen, a larger battery, and support for an optional electronic viewfinder for $1,995. The new camera also has the latest Blackmagic generation 5 color science and keeps its cinematic Super 35 HDR image sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range, dual native ISO, and EF lens mount from the previous…
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Photographer Uses Fish Tank as Camera Housing for Underwater Photos

Photographer Jonti Wild demonstrates an unusual technique for capturing underwater photos without a protective camera housing: using a fish tank. Wild was at first worried about the unusual technique, but fortunately, his camera stayed dry and he came away with great shots, he tells PetaPixel. @jontiwild This was a fun one ? #portraitphotography #photography #underwaterphotography…
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Gear in this story

Most modern cameras will shoot video to one degree or another, but these are the ones we’d look at if you plan to shoot some video alongside your photos. We’ve chosen cameras that can take great photos and make it easy to get great looking video, rather than being the ones you’d choose as a committed videographer. Our pick: Sony a7 IV The standard of video offered by modern cameras…
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