And You Think Your Camera Stinks.

Complain much about your gear? Give it a rest. These kids from Uganda prove you don’t need a sophisticated camera to have a love for photography.The below “camera” is made from cow dung and broken glass for the lens. Pretty sure it’s not a working model but you’ve got to admire the craftsmanship. Looks better than some of the stuff we saw at PMA. Just goes to show that if you really want to take pictures it dosent matter what kind of camera you use as long as your passionte about what your shooting.to read more about this click here.

Who Says Rebels Aren’t Built Tough?

Skydiving without a shoot….
A Canon EOS Rebel XT and all its plastic glory took to the skies and fell a long long way back to earth. The Rebel XT in question has lived to snap again. The Canon Rebel XT was my first digital slr and I never took it sky diving but its nice to know that it is a tough camera. To find other articles like this on click here , and to ind out more on Canon products and how tough they are click here.

Red Scarlet.

Quixotic camera company RED was at it again yesterday, announcing more details of its Scarlet camera system in a posting on an Internet forum. This time it was Jarred Land of RED stepping in for company founder Jim Jannard to announce news of Scarlet in a REDUSER message board posting on Monday.Most importantly for RED watchers was the announcement of a price for the 3K video capable Scarlet: $4750 for the system which includes a fixed 8x zoom lens. Scarlet was originally estimated to sell for under $3,000.Features in the full Scarlet ensemble include the “brain,” REDmote, 2.8-inch touchscreen LCD, REDVOLT battery and travel charger. Other intriguing details include:
• 3K REDCODE RAW capture at 120fps (or 150fps burst mode)
• Scaled 720p or 1080p recording at 60fps
• Interchangeable lens mounts including focus and iris control of RED, Canon and Nikon lenses
• “Touch focus tracking” with electronic lens mounts and RED touchscreen LCDs. To find out more about RED click here . To read more n this article click here

White Paper

If you’re interested in the new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV but can’t wait until December when it ships to to find out more about the camera, Canon has released a comprehensive “white paper” about its new pro digital SLR.Part technical paper and part promotional propaganda, Canon’s white papers are always a good read, especially if you’re looking to find out every intricate detail about an upcoming camera.You can download the EOS-1D Mark IV white paper at the Canon Digital Learning Center by clicking here. To find other articles like this click here. Also to find out even more information on the  Canon 1D Mark IV click here.