Party, a group of creatives based in Tokyo and New York, came up with an idea for a Japanese rock band’s new music video. For Androp’s newest single Bright Siren, the group envisioned a wall of bright lights flickering in the dark. Instead of using a wall of lightbulbs, they lined up 250 Canon DSLR cameras with an external flash to create a light animation. What’s amazing about the project is no CGI effects were used in the music video. The team used a combination of Arduino, Flash and openFrameworks to sychronize the...
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Brits find it hard to have interests or hobbies outside of their work. Due to the lack of time, most people have no other activities aside from going to the pub or the gym. A new research conducted by Nikon UK found that less than a third of people in the UK have a regular hobby outside work. One in five said they wished they had more activities, which is pretty unsurprising as 27 percent of people felt that they want to improve or expand their social circle. The study also shows that the most active regions in the UK are Edinburgh and...
The iPhone 4 can take really astonishing pictures for a camera phone. Compared to other camera phones and dedicated digital cameras, the iPhone beats most of them in terms of picture quality and customization. Now, a designer from Boston is aiming to manufacture an iPhone camera add-on called the AstroClip. Designer Matthew Geyster, owner of a company that makes iPhone cases called BaseOne Labs, designed an iPhone 4 camera add-on that lets you take stunning photos of outer space. “The AstroClip is a simple attachment that mounts...
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to GO Ape! An assault course set in the treetops which allows you to swing, climb and slide your way through a maze of high level obstacles. The trip was designed to test a number of tough cameras and camcorders from Panasonic, I was given the TA20 to review over the course of the day. First impressions At the start of the day we were given the cameras to explore on the ground, we dropped them in tanks of water and tested the different features. The TA20 uses robust rubber covers to stop water, dust...
Last week Nikon invited me to spend the morning walking the Thames and markets of London to try out their new D5100 Digital SLR, a camera best suited to the amateur enthusiast. The morning started off with a briefing session at the London Bridge Hotel, after that we went on a guided walk with a Nikon professional photographer to test the D5100 out in the ‘wild. We walked to the Tate Modern and took various photographs of the museum, Millenium Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral from south of the river. The D5100 performed well...
People who use their iPhone 4s as their primary snapshot cameras may say the phone’s digital zoom gets them close enough but lowers the image quality in the process. Online camera accessory store Photojojo has featured an iPhone accessory that will surely wow photography heads out there. The iPhone Telephoto lens allows you to add 8x zoom to your phone’s camera. For SLR photographers, that’s similar to a 500mm lens, except it is smaller and cheaper. The 8X lens has a manual focus that enables you to capture objects at...
According to Flicker, the iPhone 4’s camera is the most used camera in the world, which is a little crazy because the device is primarily a phone. So with a phone that a lot of purposes, a new add-on comes that allows camera lenses to be mounted to your iPhone. The iPhone SLR Mount is a new case from Photojojo enables any Nikon or Canon lens to be attached to your iPhone to increase your photo taking fun. However, it comes with a price tag of £160, which is pretty heavy on the pocket. For £160, you’ll get an aluminum case,...
You may remember that early in 2011 Lady Gaga penned a deal with Polaroid to become the face of its modern brand, today we received one of the latest products from Firebox in the form of the Polaroid GL10 Instant Mobile Printer. Touted as the next generation in digital photo printing the GL10 is a rechargeable mobile printer that shuns the need for cables making it ideal for people on the move or those of you wanting to print photos without power. Basically people traveling, camping or attending festivals will love this gadget. Mobile...
If you are looking for a top camera to let you take professional pictures and videos then the new tiny 2/3” RED Scarlet which has been on show here at the CES 2011 is bound to interest you. The touchscreen monitor and the wireless remote control are the two features which are attracting most attention but we should be careful not to let these things fool us into thinking that this is a camera for beginners. One look at the specs tells us that this is not the case and that those looking for a basic camcorder should look elsewhere. There...
Leica, the camera and bincoluar manufacturer, has announced a new range of equipment which includes several new digital cameras as well as sets of high end binoculars. All of the items are set for release within the next month or two so if you’re looking for a stunning digital camera as an early Christmas gift for yourself or somebody extremely special then these could be ideal. The limited edition Leica M9 Titanium is essentially a redesigned version of the M9 but it’s not jsut any redesign having been created by Volkswagen...