SmallHD DP-6
In my book, this is the Cadillac of video monitors for the HDSLR! The DP-6 from SmallHD ROCKS!!!
Zacuto ZFinder Pro
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HDSLR video is here and one thing you can’t miss is the focus. Until we have video viewing through the viewfinder, we have to use the LCD. If you’re going to use the LCD and LiveView, then you simply gotta have a Zacuto ZFinderPro!
Note: just received an email from someone who did not put eyepiece cap back in place and while walking and sun hit Zacuto and burnt hole in LCD!
CS-6 – Worth the Price?
Is Photoshop CS6 worth the price? Since it’s release a week ago, it’s a question I’m hearing more and more and to be totally honest with you, I don’t know. Each and every photographer must figure that out for themselves. After demoing it during my B&H Crits last week, I had a number of folks say afterwards that they needed it. For me, the answer though was really easy, YES!But Photoshop CS6 simply put, saves me time and that, puts money in my pocket!
Let’s start off with you don’t need to buy Extended unless you’re doing 3D. Photoshop for stills and video is part of CS6 and it works great. Now the video editing of Photoshop CS6 is amazing, nothing like any previous version and if you have a HDSLR, it’s a no-brainer why you should buy CS6. What other reasons, here’s the short list:
- 62% more features
- Bicubic Automatic
- Tilt & Shift
- Iris Blur
- ACr 7.1
- Auto Background save (that works!)
- Contact Sheet
- PDF creator
- Content Aware Move Tool
- Clarity has no halos (part of ACR)
- Chormatic Aberation correction on the fly
And this is just the short list! Its faster operation, cleaner UI and so much most just make it a natural. Now I understand it is not inexpensive, so each has to make their own call on upgrading. Adobe has lowered the subscription rate which might help and The Cloud is now up and going. Keep in mind that at the very least, you can download and test drive Photoshop CS6 for 30 days for free. You can find out for yourself if it’s worth the price. Just a warning, if you try it, you’ll like it!
Long Lens & DOF
Depth of Field (DOF) seems to truly mystify photographers, probably you just can’t see it with the naked eye or in the viewfinder. But it’s there and it effects every image, every story you’re trying to tell. When you go low to the ground like I did with this Piping Plover, the DOF effect is even more pronounced. This is because DOF is a FLAT PLANE that is ALWAYS parallel with the film plane (digital cameras have a film plane!). When you’re photographing a subject that is parallel to the film plane, with the right background you can see radically just how little DOF you have. In this case, you can clearly see the very narrow band of DOF that is running through the Plover from edge to edge of the frame. Now shooting with a 600VR w/converter connecting to a D4 the DOF working with the narrow angle of view is perhaps 20mm being only 18′ away from the subject. Now if I closed the lens down to f/64 with this combo, my DOF might increase to 60mm. That ain’t much and that’s the whole idea of going down low. I want the small plover to visually pop. Does that help?
CS6 – ACR 7.1
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CS6 Basic Setup
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