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September 2015

11 Sep

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We have a great deal of studio equipment here at the shop - lights, stands, backdrop materials, clamps, accessories, etc. Some are very well-known brands - Manfrotto, Profoto, Elinchrom, et al. Some are surprises - Kupo, JinBei, and Plain White Box.With the former you can get quite detailed catalogs, both in print and on-line. There are always new things coming out and catalogues need to change to reflect this - some are on the ball, like Manfrotto, and some are tardy. If in doubt, try to trace it on the web - despite the Chase-Me-Charlie nature of some internet research, there are good companies out there.If you are contemplating the big part of the studio - the lights - you need to think ahead. You might start with a small space and small ambitions but find that your scope widens and the space you need to light gets bigger. When you essay to go bigger, the power you need from your flashes grows exponentially. Plan ahead so that you have some reserve now - for later.Also plan what sort of...

11 Sep

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Over the last few years the swinging LCD screen has become popular. Like other forms of swinging it has its hazards - my wife discovered this with a video camera that featured a screen that swivelled out to the side. When she rounded a corner suddenly with the camera and the screen hit the wall...

10 Sep

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Here'tis. The long-promised successor to the Panasonic Lumix GX7 camera - the panasonic Lumix GX8.The family resemblance is striking - Panasonic fans will recognise the tilting viewfinder  immediately, as well as the GX8's ability to take all the Panasonic Micro 4/3 lenses in its stride. The one you se on the heading image is a big piece of glass on a system camera - it's the Leica Nocticron 42.5mm f:1.2 which would be wonderful for street shots in really bad light.It's a big lens and heavy, as befits the metal barrel and enormous amount of glass inside, but remember that Panasonic make a whole range of other lenses that would make the system a smaller prospect - just choose the focal length that works best for you.There are new capabilities added to the mix - the swinging LCD screen for one. I noted that the hinge and axle that it turns upon feels a great deal more solid than some of the ones used by other manufacturers. Of course it parks screen-in for secure carriage.The screen is touch control as...

09 Sep

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Well, that's what the packaging says. Examine yourself in the mirror to see if you qualify - right now we can cater to black personalities and silver personalities but apparently you can also get these little brackets that are made for blue, purple, and green ones as well.What it is  - the SideKick 360 - is a bracket that mates a mobile phone to a tripod. There is a pair of screw-clamp jaws that sits either side of the phone and gently grips it while the whole rotates on a ball-joint mount. The base of it is aluminium with a choice of 1/4", 3/8", and Arca Swiss foot mounting. You can mount the phone in landscape or portrait orientation.Useful? Well, if you are a phone shooter, yes. You'll get to use longer exposures ad get steadier shots. It will let you stand your phone on a tabletop or a cistern for a selfie and leave your hands free to make gang signs.You could mount it on the dashboard to allow hands-free.Works on small and large mobile phones....

08 Sep

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Clients who ring us up today may be forgiven for thinking we are in the midst of a re-enactment of the Easter Rising. The builders are on the roof installing solar panels and a great deal of the work involves hammer drills - thus the roars, rattles, and bangs.If it all becomes too much and we cannot hear you we'll duck out of the shop and ring you on our mobiles - I hope I still have credit on mine...

07 Sep

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The time for  annual vacations is rapidly approaching. Wise shoppers are beating the crowds by shopping early. The camera trade is no exception to this.Now is the time to come in and get the summer vacation camera. Because you'll have enough time to read the instructions, take some photos, and discover exactly how to set the thing before you head out. The deadliest mistake we all made in the dear old days was to buy a camera, unpack it on our lap in the airplane, and try to learn photography between Perth Airport and the first lap of the drinks trolley. Our vacation pictures showed us that we should have done it different, and this was just with 35mm film.Nowadays what was the simple pathway of a roll of Kodachrome and a Pentax Spotmatic has been enormously complicated with all the digital controls available. Even setting a new device to Automatic and pointing it away from you*- normally a good thing - might be complicated by not knowing which button to press or where to hold it. You really should...