UPDATE: Watch sample footage from the 3-10x zoom video function here. Doesn’t look like a 1:1 crop mode on the GH2 unfortunately. So we have now all digested the news on Canon’s latest DSLR, the 600D… What’s new? Not much, it appears Canon have released a firmware update in the form of a new camera body.
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Wide angle lens meant for smaller sensor sizes,or Super 8 have never been much good on Micro 4/3rds. They still aren’t!
Pentax are going to release a digital version of the Auto 110, joining the mirrorless party in a way that Pentax boss Mr. Hamada San describes as ‘shining through’. Well, it is certainly different!
[vimeo]19331547[/vimeo] This rig from HalfInchRails is a refreshing no-bullshit approach to DSLR rigging. Rigs are essential for handheld footage (OIS is floaty and raw handheld DSLR shooting is jittery and amateurish) but sometimes they really do make things much more expensive and awkward than they should be.
(Links to buy on eBay are at foot of article) It’s easy to forget that Russia used to be a real technological force in the world, with some of the best engineers and scientists on Earth, huge natural raw material resources, massive labour forces…
[vimeo]17414803[/vimeo] Further reading: Photography side of the GH2 (vs 60D), Part 1 at DigitalRev Part 1 here First impressions here I shot this footage with the GH2 at the weekend which will give you an idea of what proper resolved 1080p looks like on a DSLR for the first time. I’ve used affordable Contax Zeiss 85mm F1.4, Olympus 9-18mm for the really wide shots, and Contax Zeiss 50mm F1.7. Nothing…
[vimeo]17349932[/vimeo] Anamorphic lenses won’t just couple up with anybody and need the right partner. They’re very fussy. I am of course talking about prime lenses.
[vimeo]17265074[/vimeo] On the surface, the 60D appears to be the better camera. Picking up the 60D and GH2 for the first time, the Canon feels more serious, the GH2 more light-weight…