A couple of years ago I was sent out of town to film and photography 3 days of corporate news coverage at an airshow. I would have to bring a DSLR and Camcorder, so I opted to leave the tripod at home. I knew I probably wouldn’t use it much nor was I going to [...]
In the past, small cameras that you could mount anywhere were pretty darn expensive. A few years ago however, action cameras started popping up. Still in their early days, these low cost water proof cameras were not very awesome. The standard definition quality was horrid and they suffered from terrible rolling shutter. Fortunately, that was all back [...]
It is becoming more and more common these days to capture video with a HDSLR. If you happen to be one of those people then take a look at this kit from ikan. It includes pretty much everything you need to capture great video in any situation. There’s a HD monitor so your not stuck behind [...]
Finally, its here… iMovie for the iPhone. And not just old-school 640×480, but 720p editing & capture! Whilst the quality of video from the iPhone certainly isn’t on par with purpose built camcorders, it’s certainly “good enough” for the average person. You can now happily record you holiday/adventure, edit it on the phone and upload it to [...]
DigitalRev did a quick review of the Sony Bloggie PM5K. They reckon its pretty much a fail and from the test clips I have seen on YouTube, id have to agree.
In a previous article Robin Esrock talks about keeping your camera gear simple. This commercial for the Olympus PEN E-PL1 is a great example of what can be achieved with simple and small cameras. It should be noted however that this commercial had professional lighting such as that seen 53 seconds into the video.
South African-adian Robin Esrock has been to over 90 countries on 6 continents, pioneering online travel through his blog (www.moderngonzo.com) and as host of the 40-part National Geographic TV show, Word Travels. He has written about online travel videos for newspapers in North America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Robin has been kind enough [...]