Marie showed me two videos the other day from Conan’s new show on TBS.
The first is Triumph at Occupy Wall Street:
And the other is Louis C.K., who was there to promote his new web-streaming comedy concert commenting on social media
Both were from the same episode.
Recently, some friends asked me what dSLR to purchase if they want to make movies with it. They aren’t experts at doing SLR photography.
Currently, if you are a beginner photographer and want a dSLR with video capability, the one I suggest is the Nikon D3100, ($700, Amazon, DPReview) which I have already written about earlier.
Nikon calls movie taking “D-movie.” It is currently the cheapest dSLR that can do video mode. It’s only one of three dSLRs that can do autofocus while taking video mode. This strikes me as the best balance between learning and using an entry level dSLR and being to take film-like movies. I’ll recommend some others below, but first I’d like to talk about the why and what of SLR movie-making (with the caveat that I’m a photographer, not a filmographer). Continue reading about dSLR movie-making after the jump →
Last month, a friend asked me purchasing advice on a Nikon D5000. I told him, “Don’t. Nikon will be introducing a new D3000 replacement before Photokina.”
Today, Nikon has officially announced the Nikon D3100 entry level dSLR camera.
If you recall the big spreadsheet in my complete guide to purchasing an entry dSLR camera (etc), the big specification upgrades are: 14 megapixel, 1080p video and continuous AF.
Two other overlooked features of the D3100 are the improved ergonomics: the shooting mode is now chosen with a dial, and a lever now activates the movie mode. Both are going to be very welcome (for reasons I explained in my guide above).
If there is one thing photographers have in common with women it’s an obsession with bags.
I have a lot of camera bags. I think about bags a lot. I find it’s difficult to find the right camera bag and when I add a laptop to the mix it becomes nearly impossible. But as difficult as it must be, imagine what it’s like to find a photographic bag for women?!
(Article continued from part 4)
The Nikon D3000 ($450 from Adorama, B&H, Amazon) The Canon EOS Rebel XS (1000D) ($500 from Adorama, B&H, Amazon) The Nikon D5000 ($690 from Adorama, B&H Amazon) The Canon EOS Rebel T1i (500D) ($770 from Adorama, B&H, Amazon) The Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550D) ($900 from Adorama, Amazon)
Even though I’ve tried to encourage you to buy a Pentax, Sony, or Olympus, I know most of you are going to be going to buy a CaNikon anyway. sigh
First off, debating between Canon and Nikon is like getting into a Mac vs. PC flame war. And like modern day Macs and Windows PCs they share more in common with each other than differences. Let’s disclose our biases up front: I’m a Nikon guy. If you’re going to buy Canon the only redeeming thing about me is that I’ve probably sold as many Canon cameras to friends as Nikons. About entry level Canons and Nikons and what camera I purchased after the jump
Now that Aperture 3 is out, I need to update one area of my previous article.
No, Aperture 3 doesn’t support the Olympus E-P1/E-P2/E-PL1 or Panasonic GF-1 RAWs (yet).
There is a workaround, however, for doing sorting, selecting, and metadata in Aperture 3.
Here is some proof:
(BTW, the images were uploaded with the new built in Flickr support, so we’ll see how good sync is—it appears to be uni-directional. For instance, I just found out movies aren’t supported in Flickr sync, so videos are synced back as stills.)
Via Laughing Squid, I found out about this flow chart:
For the better understanding of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
There really is something about this song that makes it so fun to poke fun of:
Just figured I better mention these memes before I forget. 
Hmm, it’s been a while since I posted some PHP jobs. (You know this is getting inconvenient. I think I need to just write a job tool for php.net.) Received this rec from a friend filling a position for FOX Interactive Media to work on the American Idol site. They can work in San Francisco, Los Angeles or even Seattle.
(Also, if you are the one flash/actionscript developer out there, contact Diana for positions at FOX sports, etc.)
Contact Diana Schwartz 310.590.4570 or dschwartz at this site.
[Senior Front End Web Developer job description after the jump] Continue reading
Caitlin talks about a particular dream of hers: high-definition APS-C sensor videocameras in two articles: here and here, including the much-awaited mention of Sony’s new CMOS sensor.
I’ll go even a step further. I think that such a manufacturer should standardized on a modified Nikon F, Canon EF-S, or Olympus 4/3 (if 4/3″ instead of APS-C) mount. This way, out of the box, a whole set of lenses will work with such a camera and they can still make gobs of money on their own custom “kit” lenses that allow zoom control (and other features cinematographers need but film camera lenses don’t have). Continue reading more about large sensor video cameras after the jump →