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Media Pro – 30% Off Until September 25th

September 19, 2011

Just a quick heads up from the guys at Phase One. As you probably know, I’m a big fan of Capture One and recommend it as my image processor of choice for all my work. There’s a new version of Media Pro image management software out and until 25th September there’s a significant saving to [...]

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Powershot S100 – An EOS the size of your iPhone

September 15, 2011

I still have fond memories of my first Ixus compact camera. It really was ‘compact’ unlike many that use that name. It would fit into my jeans pocket, so you really would take it with you when you headed out. For many people iPhones have taken the place of that type of camera and there’s [...]

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Harniman’s Professional Car Rigs For Sale

July 10, 2011

Nigel Harniman just gave us the heads up on the sale of his carbon arm car rigs. His move into CGi means that they’re getting less use than ever so, together with a couple of lower spec aluminium units, they’re up for sale. Full details and pricing can be obtained from Nigel’s office on +44 [...]

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Russian Arm on Mercedes ML63

June 11, 2011

Big boys toys here, a quick walk around video by the guys ar Wide Open Camera of Film Technic’s beautiful ML63 with Russian Arm. Full gyro stabilised arm and capable of 100mph, still nailing a perfect tracking shot……

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Hollywood DSLR Cage for Canon 5D / 7D

May 25, 2011

Looking like good value for money is this DSLR cage for mounting your Canon 5D or 7D and all the essential kit to make it into a real movie camera. Created by Alan Gordon Enterprises, it features multiple 1/4”-20 & 3/8”-16 thread holes for mounting accessories a HDMI cable protector and is finished in matt [...]

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It’s New Canon Toys Day

February 7, 2011

Seems like today is the day that Canon fire out a whole load of press releases. The headlines grabbers are without doubt the new 500mm and 600mm Super Telephoto lenses. They’re both heavily updated with new optics and new IS stability systems. From a car photography viewpoint, I’d be interested to hear all about the [...]

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The Zacuto Electronic Viewfinder – Progress

December 21, 2010

If you’ve started shooting DSLR video you’ll have found right away that the single big thing you really, really need have to nail focus is a Zacuto Z Finder. This simple but amazingly effective thing transforms your ability to nail focus with your Canon HDSLR. Now, Zacuto are taking things to the next stage by [...]

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Capture One Pro V6.0 – First Thoughts

December 17, 2010

Just a quick blog post about the latest RAW processing engine from Phase One. I’ve been using Phase One’s Capture One RAW processing software since I went digital back in 2003. Other RAW software applications have come along since then, but I’ve stayed with Capture One as I like the look I’m able to achieve [...]

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New Car Photographer Toys from Canon

September 14, 2010

Latest news from the Canon mothership is a brace of new product releases. They’ve been very busy with their new releases this past couple of weeks, so we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the latest gear they’ve been releasing and the sort of things car photographers might want [...]

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Camera Bags – The Wreckage….

July 26, 2010

Camera bags are very personal things, what works for one person’s job / gear pile just won’t cut it elsewhere, so what follows is a purely personal rant / review of some of the great and not so great bags I’ve had over the years. I’m a lightweight gear person. Sure, when I need to, [...]

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