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How much to fly to…?

11th
Jun. × ’10

This great site lets you choose any airport and then find out how far you can get for x amount of money.  Whilst it doesn’t cover all available flights, it gives you a good idea of prices and can be helpful in the planning stages of your travels. You can find it here.

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Kolon Sport Photo Trekking Pack

21st
May. × ’10

I recently went to the Seoul International Photo & Imaging Show (video here) where I came across this great 60L camera backpack from a Korean company called Kolon Sport. Kolon Sport is a well known hiking brand in Korea and the quality of the pack is similar to that of better know western brands. Its costs a reasonable (but not [...]

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Sony Bloggie – Probably a bad choice. (via DigitalRev)

16th
May. × ’10

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. 

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The secret to amazing travel photos and videos – Dodging the smog and weather

13th
May. × ’10

So you’ve finally saved enough money to get to India and make that awesome travel video you have been planning for ages. You’re there standing in front of the Taj Mahal, you fire up the camera and bam, your video looks like this: But in your mind it was going to be more like this: [...]

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Q&A with Robin Esrock, Travel Writer.

13th
May. × ’10

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 [...]

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Get amazing photos with a Rubber Lens Hood (and maybe The Swiss Mountains).

11th
May. × ’10

I came across this video on Vimeo. It caught my eye because of the great colour and amazing scenery.  As I watched it the scenery got better, but the editing took a dive as did some of the shots. The first thing I noticed was the reflection from the windows. If your planning to shoot [...]

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10 tips from tripfilms.com

11th
May. × ’10

The guys at tripfilms.com have put together this little piece about making great videos. Whilst it is geared more towards travel video, it goes hand in hand with adventure videos. Here’s the video: Source: http://www.tripfilms.com/filmguidelines.do

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