Well real cases go for thousands, but if you want something that gets you down to snorkel depth, try it and the main thing it needs is a filter kit to take care of the loss of red at that depth and of course, how do you make the touchscreen go while underwater 🙂 Sony […]

Well, since spending $1000 for some editing software just because iMovie doesn’t grok AVCHD seems a little dumb. Instead, I’ll waste way more than that in time moving to an open source video editing tool. Actually, this all makes sense with Adobe jacking the prices up so significantly and the high price of NLE video. […]

Well as Scott says, it is all about the lenses, but it is interesting to see the moves Samsung is making with their cameras. They are first more open in that they are open source now, but are they good cameras. the first previews are coming from Ubergizmo.com and Cnet.com OK, not really, but it […]

I had not realized that Canon does their own spec publishing. Good discussions. I know know what Sagittal and Meridional lines are the difference between contrast and resolution. But the quick summary is that: Canon publishes lense specifications and MTF for its lenses on its website It measures both the lense at the center and […]

OK, I admit it, on Windows I used the complicated but powerful Sony Vegas Pro, but on the Mac, I’ve been living with iMovie for years because it was pretty easy to use and quick to get nice looking output. But now with these fancy cameras (and greater awareness on my part…eg reading too much […]

I have an old  Canon camcorder (a *massive* 40GB hard disk, well it was in 2006!) that produces MTS files at 720×480 or 640×480 and it turns out iMovie processes these correctly. Shooting video settings. On my 5D2, I put in a special cinestyle designed just for video. Rungunshoot.com and Bruno have similar suggestions. Here’s […]

I have an old  Canon camcorder (a *massive* 40GB hard disk, well it was in 2006!) that produces MTS files at 720×480 or 640×480 and it turns out iMovie processes these correctly. However, the new RX100 produces these same strange files. Here are the oddities: When you connect you RX100 to a Mac, it does […]

I’ve always thought that IMAX was better in the non 3d world and normally go there then cinerama but with IMAX 3d in regular theaters I’m wondering. Here is what folks say about a 3D comparison. Basically in commercials 3d it sort of depends. Some of the IMAX are absolutely huge like the pacific science […]

Spent the afternoon listening to Asian YouTube artists. Wow I’m impressed. Jwcfree for acoustic guitar Musicneversleeps aka Jason Chen Lilcdawg Kina grannis. Sharon Kwan Claracmusic David choi It’s like Xmas in YouTube land. No auto tune. Real production values. Love it!

We have nearly all these game consoles (xBox, PS3, Wii) and for some reason, I have to say, these new announcements (xBox One, PS4, Wii U) just don’t sound all that interesting. I had not realized it has been *seven years* since the release of the xBox. As Calvin said, when you have a late […]