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How SLR cameras work. Aperture, Shutter, and ISO explained.

Colin Devroe — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:37:18 +0000

Want an easy way to learn how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO affect a photo using an SLR camera? This simple flash application shows you a live preview of what a photograph would look like while you slide the values of all three up and down. A great way to learn.

Polaroid, only MOSTLY dead.

Colin Devroe — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:38:37 +0000

After a short break during the holiday season my weekly posts on Waking Ideas resume with an interview of my friend Dan Rubin regarding his recent foray into shooting with Polaroid film.

Source: Polaroid, only MOSTLY dead.

The RED CANON

Colin Devroe — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:57:41 +0000

Vince Laforet is working with some photo-gadget people and has been playing with this bad boy. Just stare at it awhile, let it sink in. Five dollars and twenty-five cents says that by the end of a day shooting with this – you’d have huge guns. And by guns I meanÂ bicepsÂ muscles on your arms.

“The Red EOS Mount by Wicked Circuits was created by Andy Lesniak and Richard Wardlow.Â It allows you to control both Iris (Aperture) and focus control of any Canon EF Lens mounted to a RED OneÂ (Link to Wicked Circuits to come.)Â Â This will allow us to shoot 4K, 3K and 2K footage at up to 120 fps.Â The lens (w/ the crop factor) will be the equivalent of a 1280mm 5.6 and up (depending on the resolution we set.)Â Â Needless to say – I canâ€™t wait to see what this looks like on the beach!”

I’m pretty sure people should have a license to use this thing.

Source:Â The RED CANON.
More information: RED one cameras.

Do you still use film?

Colin Devroe — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:35:30 +0000

My brother taking a digital photo

Film vs. Digital. There are very obvious pros and cons to both. On the one hand, the quality of photos taken on good film is vastly superior to those taken by your digital camera. Yet, the immediacy of digital photos, the ease of being able to get them into your computer to send across the globe, and the ability to create projects like books, calendars, etc – make my personal choice lean towards digital.

Do you still use film? If so, why? Is it because of the quality alone? Is it because you think this “digital thing” is only for the casual photographer?

I have a few friends, and relatives, that are still working with film. And some of them have real reasons, others simply have not yet had the time/money/reason to purchase a digital camera yet. Which is fine, but they’ve expressed that they eventually would like to “go digital”.

If you have not made the switch yet, I’d like to know if you have reasons. If you are a professional, do you use film or digital?

Oh, and one more question, if I may. If you use digital, what megapixel are you currently storing your photos at? For no other reason than price, Eliza and I are at 5.1. Someday we’ll get ourselves a really professional camera – since we love photos so much.

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