Now might be a pretty good time to stock up on hard drives, before the prices start to shoot up. Catastrophic flooding in Thailand has had a negative impact on about 70-80% of the manufacturing of hard drives and their necessary components. Hardest his is Western Digital which has been forced to close plants, but also affected are; Samsung, Hitachi, Seagate, and Toshiba. Many retailer have a supply of drives for the next couple of...

At first glance, this might seem like a really silly idea.  I mean, if you have Nikon or Canon lenses, isn’t likely that you’d have a pretty sophisticated image capture device. Never the less, it’s still a very interesting device. The $249 iPhone SLR mount allows iPhone 4 users to attach Nikon or Canon lenses to the mobile phone’s rear camera. with SLR Lenses, you have control of focus and depth of field in ways...

I’m sure many of you have some old 35mm still camera’s that you’d love to still be using in this digital age.  Well, the Digital Cartridges from Leica might be the solution.  Available in 4, 8 & 12MP, Leica’s re35 cartridges employ patented Flexisensor Technology as a replacement for film. There are still a lot of questions to be answered about this yet to be delivered product, but it seems...

If you’re like me, then you’ve found you self in a situation where you needed to use you MacBook Pro out in the field, there was no access to AC power and you couldn’t depend on the internal battery to last.  There have been times when I’ve wanted to offload P2 footage while drive from one location to another, or worse, while out in the...

The latest incarnation of the Spider-Man Series is being shot in 3D using 5k Red Epics and 3Ality 3D rigs. DP, John Schwartzman has been raving about the new cameras on the REDUSER Forum.  First we heard about Peter Jackson’s Hobbit and now Spide-Man. It looks like Red’s small profile, high resolution Epics might be the goto capture device for the rash of 3D features that are sure to come. I really...

  According to a post on the REDUSER forum by Red owner Jim Jannard, it looks like the long awaited Red Scarlet, which promised to put 3k imaging power in the hands of every professional and hobbyist  alike, is DOA.  Not to worry though Jannard stated, “Scarlet S35 is now called EPIC Light. The features have changed as has the price. I’ll update in the next two weeks.” The features and price...