Tag Archives: Canon

There’s a solar eclipse coming. Here’s a test shot from a Canon 60D dSLR, a Spiratone 400mm Sharpshooter, and a 2x telextender.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sleibson2

The EDA360 Insider is going on vacation soon and will be dead center in the path of the solar eclipse on May 20. In preparation, I tried out my photo equipment today to see if I’ll be able to capture … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Mercedes builds invisible car to emphasize low environmental impact of its F-CELL hydrogen vehicle

Posted on March 9, 2012 by sleibson2

Just caught this cool video of a conventionally-powered fossil fuel Mercedes B-class car equipped with an invisibility cloak. The cloak places a blanket of RGB LEDs on one side of the vehicle (the cloaked side) and the other side is … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Vincent Laforet discusses the impact of HD-capable dSLRs on filmmaking

Posted on November 4, 2011 by sleibson2

Vincent Laforet is one of the earliest users of dSLRs as filmmaking tools. His short film Reverie introduced the world to the unique look of video taken with the Canon EOS 5D MkII dSLR, the first dSLR to offer an … Continue reading →

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What would you do with 17x more processor bandwidth? Here’s what Canon did with the new EOS-1D X dSLR camera

Posted on October 18, 2011 by sleibson2

Canon has just introduced a new pro-level dSLR camera body called the EOS-1D X ($6800). It’s a full-frame dSLR with an 18Mpixel sensor that can shoot 12 frames/sec (with a “super high-speed” mode of 14 frames/sec). To get that sort … Continue reading →

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Flashing flash’s Flash updates flash’s apps

Posted on August 8, 2011 by sleibson2

Just how far can this apps thing go? Well the Nissin Di866 camera flash contains a USB port and Flash memory to allow its firmware to be updated. Why would you want to do that? To update the flash for … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Japanese pop music video lit by Arduino and about $300,000 worth of Canon 60D cameras

Posted on July 29, 2011 by sleibson2

OK, I’ve not seen this before. Japanese pop group Androp just made a video of their new song Bright Siren and lit the video entirely with a super-sized array of 250 computer-controlled Canon 60D dSLR still cameras and attached flash … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: See Canon in-lens image stabilization in action

Posted on July 1, 2011 by sleibson2

One of the many great technological revolutions in photography has been the addition of image stabilization (IS) in cameras to extend the ability to shoot images at slow shutter speeds while holding the camera. Camera shake has always been a … Continue reading →

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