An Idea, LED Modeling Lights in Speedlight Flashes
Here’s an idea, why not put LED modeling lights in the zoom head of a hotshoe flash so you could used it for video work, and let you visualize your shots.
An Idea, Camera Makers Should Provide Performance Data
With film, you got all performance data about the films you shot from the manufactures. Why shouldn’t this be the case with digital too?
Camera Integral ArcaSwiss Dovetails, an Idea
I’ve written a couple of articles in the past about ideas that I think would be really nice to see camera makers adopt and integrate into their cameras. This time I want to talk about dovetails both as a tripod mounting system and as a way to make a more rigid and potentially weather proof […]
So Here’s an Idea: Adaptive Continuous Release
An argument for opening access, if not open sourcing, camera firmwares to improve security and nurture development of new features.
An Argument for more Open Camera Firmware
So today I want to talk about the software that runs our cameras. More specifically than that, I want to talk about why I think that the camera companies should stop sitting on that software and either make it more open and accessible or better yet, make the source code for it available to interested […]
A Crazy Idea for the 7D mark 2
Forgive me I’m going to ramble for a minute about a crazy, if dubious, idea that popped into my head today. Canon should dump the 3:2 APS-C sensor in the next iteration of the 7D, and replace it with a 24mm x 14.8mm “super 35” sensor. If you stop and look at the product launches […]