An Idea: Portable Camera Settings
A while back I got a second 5d mark IV to use as a second body, and with that had to go through the process of setting it up to match my other mark IV. For some reason, I had though the 5D mark IV had the same feature as the 1D series does where […]
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 […]
Canon’s Camera UIs, No Card2 in Camera
Some people are probably thinking that I’m picking nits here, but I’ve just about reached wits end with misreading the format card screen on my dual card bodies and scaring the crap out of myself. Below you see the the format card screen form a Canon EOS 5D mark 3. As the display states, there’s […]