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Phase One Releases Upgraded Capture One Pro 10
0Capture One Pro 10 is the latest release of Phase One’s already powerful RAW conversion and photo editing software. Already an integral part of many photographers workflow, Capture One Pro 10 offers a number of improved features as well as a bunch of new ones. Better performance Overall, user experience has been improved, allowing users to work with their images more quickly, even when viewing at 100%. Phase One Capture One Pro 10 Purchase a Full Version or Upgrade license from Vistek On-screen proofing Overview every stage of the sharpening process, including scale, compression artefacts and sharpness before exporting. Instantly…
9 Accessories to Help Take Smartphone Photography to the Next Level
0These days just about everyone has a smartphone in their hands, in a pocket or tucked away in their bag, and just about everyone one of those devices has a built-in camera. With more than 4 billion mobile devices in the world today, smartphone photography has taken over. A quick check of the most popular brand of camera used in the Flickr community shows us that out of the top 10 camera brands, six of them are camera phones, with the top two spots belonging to Apple & Samsung respectively. Smartphone photography has arrived and is here to stay… In…
Photographer Joe Ng reviews the Tenba DNA 13 Messenger Bag
0The following review was originally written by* & posted on Vancouver-based photographer Joe Ng’s website www.joengphotography.com *Links added by www.prophotoblog.ca editor Tenba DNA: A Messenger Camera & Daily Commute Bag Summer has finally arrived in Vancouver, one of the most beautiful cities in Canada. As you may already know, half of my assignments involve covering sports events. One of my favorite sports to shoot is cycling (and I do enjoy cycling myself!). I shoot a lot with the Gastown Racing Red team – a racing team from the Gastown Cycling club. When tagging along on their training rides, I have to…
Elgato Game Capture HD: Live Streaming Made Easy
0The Elgato Game Capture HD offers shooters and gamers looking to live stream just about anything, a low cost a flexible HDMI capture solution. The Elgato Game Capture comes in a few different versions, but we will be specifically talking about the Elgato Game Capture HD and Game Capture HD60 in this post. The main difference between the two versions (other than a slight difference in price) is that the HD60 give’s you the option to capture 60fps, whereas the HD version, will give you 30fps. Both make use of an HDMI input and output and feature a USB 2.0 port. Both…
Heats things up with new Atomos Shogun Inferno HDR Recorder
0Continuing their recent trend of fire themed names (Shogun Flame & Ninja Flame), Atomos has announced the latest in the now 8-strong HDR recorder line-up their new flagship model, the Shogun Inferno this week at NAB Show. According to Atomos the Shogun Inferno all-in-one recording device provides “the best of everything they do in a single product” offering users a combination of the most advanced monitor technologies – 1500nit/10bit/HDR, the latest recording capability – 4Kp60 over Quad-SDI, along with playback & editing functionality. “The best technology booms are the ones that truly WOW long standing professionals. HDR on the Atomos products leaves even the…
Blackmagic Design NAB Show Product Updates
0If there’s one thing you can count on at NAB Show, it’s that Blackmagic Design will have the longest list of new and upgraded product announcements! While this year’s announcement list may seem relatively small compared to last year’s, there is still plenty of exciting things to show you.
Induro Announces Two New Baby Grand Tripods
0Induro’s two new Baby Grand Tripods are beautiful. Constructed of lightweight carbon fibre tubes, they feature a flat modular head-mounting platform made of a lightweight magnesium alloy which will accept gimbal, ball three-way or geared photo heads, as well as accessories such as a levelling base or video bowl. Perfect for ultra low angle shots Available in both a 75mm (series 3) and 100mm (series 4) platform, the Baby Grands are designed to be used with all lenses including ultra long zooms, and will also accept large format and video cameras. Both sizes can be converted into video bowls using the…
Sennheiser Unveils MKE 440 stereo microphone for DSLRs
0Sennheiser MKE 440 Stereo Microphone for DSLRs (Las Vegas, Nevada–April 13, 2016) Visitors to the Sennheiser and Neumann NAB booth (N5729) will be able to experience the future of audio: waiting to be discovered are an AMBEO 3D Audio 9.1 installation – featuring a selection of Neumann monitor loudspeakers – and a virtual-reality experience recorded with Sennheiser’s AMBEO VR mic. At the show, Sennheiser will launch the brand-new MKE 440 stereo microphone for DSLR cameras, and will also preview the HandMic digital and the MK 4 digital, the latest products developed in cooperation with A/D conversion specialists, Apogee. The Sennheiser…
SmallHD HDR: Great things come in small packages
0SmallHD is a company known for building high-quality production monitors that can take anything just about you can throw at them. This is why we were extremely excited when we heard that they would be unveiling “the first-ever line of daylight-viewable HDR production monitors in 17-inch, 24-inch and 32-inch sizes” at NAB Show next week. Featuring housings milled from billet aluminium – an industry first – and 3mm thick polycarbonate user-replaceable screen protectors these monitors are incredibly rugged and durable. As with all of SmallHD monitors, the SmallHD HDR series are designed to be used straight out of the box.…
When was the last time you calibrated your monitor?
0Monitor Calibration is an important step that many photographers overlook when setting up their editing stations… If you’ve ever printed photos either at home or at a print shop and wondered why the colours don’t appear the same as they did on your screen when you were editing them, it might be a good time to consider purchasing a monitor calibration tool. What is Monitor Calibration and why should I bother with it? “Screen” or monitor calibration is a way to ensure that the colours that you are seeing on your screen will better match the colours that will appear on your…