This story, whilst not directly creating content related, nonetheless can serve as a warning to others who start a business and don’t take ALL the steps to safeguard it's intellectual property. Or, in the words of the Bard, ‘Tis A Somewhat Cautionary Tale… Many, many, many years ago (in internet...
New Sony E-Mount Lenses (sort of)
Sony today announced the development of the long-awaited FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS Telephoto lens, with a target launch date in early 2024. Large-aperture super-telephoto lenses like the FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS and FE 600mm F4 GM OSS are highly acclaimed by sports and wildlife photographers around the world...
New Apple MacBooks, Mac mini
Apple today announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users. With M2 Pro and M2 Max — the world’s most powerful and efficient chip for a pro laptop — MacBook Pro tackles...
Review: Fujifilm X-H2S
Whilst I admire technology, and indeed make a living out of it, I love simplicity of use and a logical approach to things. As regular and longer term readers will know, I have a background in motor sport and fishing photography / video and still pursue both of these interests...
Plugins. What Are They? Where Do I Get Them?
Video editing packages all do basically the same thing; they allow you to take raw footage from a camera, cut out the bits you don’t want, rearrange the bits that are left into a story, add graphics for illustrative purposes, or as titles, credits or lower 3rds, include some audio...
Avatar: Way of Water. Blackmagic Used Extensively In All Aspects of Production
As the newest and much anticipated sequel to Lightstorm Entertainment’s “Avatar” series began pre production, the team understood that while the story and visuals would need to be taken to the next level, so would the technology that supported it. “Avatar: The Way of Water” would push the skills and...
Review: RØDE VideoMicro II
If you are after an ultra-light 39g camera top mic for vlogging, or as something you can quickly grab if a mic is needed, the new RØDE VideoMicro II might be worth a look. It has a shotgun design making it highly directional, meaning it is designed primarily to pick...
New Fujifilm X-H2S Firmware Update
FUJIFILM Australia Pty Ltd has announced the release of firmware update Ver.3.00 for “Fujifilm X-H2S (X-H2S)” on January 12, 2023. X-H2S is the X Series flagship model equipped with the back-illuminated, stacked, 26.16MP “X-Trans™ CMOS 5 HS” *1 sensor capable of fast reading signals and the high-speed “X-Processor 5” image...
DJI RS3 Mini
As promised, I have received more information direct from the horse's mouth - so to speak. Here it is. (I am still awaiting confirmation of a review unit, and hiopefully will know soon). Thankfully, my initial guess of the pricing in Australia was W-A-Y out! And you can check on...
New DJI RS3 Mini Gimbal
Well, they kept this quiet. And I still don't know more than a bit of a teaser just emailed to me. What I do know after a bit of digging is that DJI say the new gimbal has been designed to take advantage of the latest generation of lightweight mirrorless...