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Dave writes in and shares his DIY ring light mount for a GoPro HD Camera. Using the inexpensive UFO Camping light and an added handle it looks like it could be pretty effective. Pretty slick Dave, pretty slick. Gives me some ideas on taking something like this into the Las Vegas night clubs..LOL. [Thanks [...]

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These ‘other style’ LED lights are popping up everywhere you look, especially on eBay were most of the LED Video lights start out. At first glance the style is similar to the Comer light, but it’s not the same, and it’s not even half the price of even the ‘generic Comer‘. The above video review [...]

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Canon EOS Rebel T3i Digital Camera w/ 18-55mm IS II Lens
Just got wind that the Canon EOS T3i is definitely in stock and ready to ship. I know many guys aren’t ready to ‘convert’ but this is a nice camera for first time DSLR shooters. Enough improvements to ‘not’ consider buying a T2i for [...]

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YouTube member John Waskey writes in and shares his secret to a budget Motion controlled Timelapse slider. As an Astronomy fan, he uses a Telescope Motor mounted to a Kessler Dolly. Probably one of the best variable speed motors i’ve seen that can run you just under $40 bucks, specs on it state it can [...]

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With all the new cameras making SDHC media the standard you’d think prices would hold. Or would it be the new SDXC format pushing SDHC prices down? Check out the Transcend 32GB SDHC Class 10 media cards dropping down a few more dollars.

Transcend 32GB SDHC Class 10
Also available via Amazon Transcend 32 GB Class [...]

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Wanted to put the T3i’s new 3x Zoom featuer to the paces, so I shot some bugs with the 100mm F/2.8L IS Macro. At 10x you do notice it gets soft and it’s pretty hard to see what’s going on with these little guys. So for now here’s an all 3x Zoom video which shows [...]

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Hand Held Pistol Grip Mini Camera Tripod
For point and shoot cameras like the S95, G12, P700, maybe Flip HD’s, or even small GoPro HD cameras. Here’s an interesting Pistol Grip + Tripod handle, but not sure if it’s DSLR worthy to handle the weight…

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The Canon T3i is in, and so far looks very close to a Canon T2i. There is one cool feature that none of the other Canon’s have and it’s the 3x-10x Zoom feature. The T2i and 60D had something similar but could not perform this while shooting in HD resolution. The Panasonic GH2 already had [...]

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Sometimes you get too caught up with high end DSLR’s, you tend to forget the awesome abilities of the little GoPro HD. This camera has laid out a nice portfolio of things no DSLR camera would dare to venture. Here’s another one from VERB TV about the sport of FlowRiding, put together by Jason Johnson [...]

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I couldn’t make it out to the studio just yet, so I decided to shoot a ‘First Glance’ video of the new LED Light Panels hitting the market. This one in the video is the 1200 LED version, but they are available in 600 and 900 LED counts. Some versions are available with V-mount battery [...]

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Another few samples of the Konova slider in use, and after tightening down some of the bearings. This time the Konova heads out to the Bowling Alley. She still rolls smooth, but doesn’t fly all the way across the slider. There’s a bit of resistance added by tightening down the bearings under the carrier. Instructions [...]

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There’s been some new LED Video panels floating around the Internet, but mainly coming from over seas companies. Not much has been said about these panels, probably because someone is waiting to hear what the quality is like. Well now it’s finally available via Amazon and ships from the US. I got my hands on [...]

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Thanks to David for reminding me about Yongnuo’s new RF603 Wireless Flash Triggers. The new RF603 version (replacing RF602) is both a transmitter and a receiver hence the name ‘transceiver’, so you can use each one as both. The old RF602 version required both a separate transmitter and reciever unit in order to work. There’s [...]

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Panasonic AG-AF100 Rental from Borrow Lenses
If you’ve got a big project coming around, one of the cameras creating buzz is the Panasonic AG-AF100. You might think it’s a large GH2, but it’s got quite a few more bells and whistles. Of course, if you don’t shoot enough to consider owning one, the Panasonic AG-AF100 [...]

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Gustavo from www.o2lighting.com writes in and provides a few BTS images of the 352 LED Ring Light on an Arri Alexa! That’s one fancy camera, and i’m glad to see this thing in use by these guys. It definitely is a kick-ass ENG Light. Traditionally most people want to use this light by putting the [...]