By Mike Perlman |
One of my favorite events of the year is the one where Olympus invites me to New York to document the U.S. Open tennis tournament with one of their brand new Micro Four Thirds PEN cameras. This year, I happened to be snapping away in…
By Adriana Lee |
Sports fans, get those 3D gadgets ready — the renowned photographic wire service Getty Images is capturing the 2012 Olympics in all its three-dimensional stereoscopic glory. The agency is dispatching a few photographers specializing in this format to London. “Getty Images photographers will capture the very…
By Mike Perlman |
It’s hard to find a decent video converter these days, but the Elgato Turbo.264 HD video converter is one of the best options out there. With a myriad of different video files and formats available on the market today, the Turbo.264 HD converter is by…
By Mike Perlman |
File types. They’re everywhere these days. But what’s a photographer to do? Take heed to my File Extension Guide for all of your capturing, printing, and web publishing needs. JPEG (Novice to Intermediate Amateur Photography) The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file is a lossy…
By Mike Perlman |
Remember Samsung’s DualView compact digital cameras that featured miniature LCD panels embedded in the front of the camera for taking accurate self-portrait shots? Today, Samsung has taken that philosophy to the next level with the introduction of the MV800. The Samsung MV800 is equipped with…
By Mike Perlman |
On the coattails of Sony’s NEX-7 and NEX-5N announcements, Samsung has blasted out their newest addition to the company’s mirrorless interchangeable lens fleet. Meet the Samsung NX200. The mirrorless ILC (Interchangeable Lens Camera) is equipped with a 20.3 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and is capable of high-speed shooting…
By Mike Perlman |
Today Fujifilm announced the X10, a prosumer compact digital camera with 4x manual zoom and 1080p Full HD video recording. The Fujifilm X10 is unofficially known as the budget alternative to the omnipotent X100–a pro level monster the company rolled out with fireworks earlier this year.…
By Mike Perlman |
Today Panasonic revealed the Lumix DMC-FX90—a point-and-shoot compact with Wi-Fi and the ability to upload images to Panasonic’s first cloud-based Lumix Club. The virtual Lumix Club will be accessible by a smartphone or computer browser and allows for immediate uploads to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa or…
By Mike Perlman |
Today, Nikon yanked the cloak off of six new Nikon compact cameras, ranging from point-and-shoots to performance shooters, and finally to the company’s first rugged camera. The Nikon Coolpix P7100 is the long-awaited follow-up to last year’s Coolpix P7000 while the Nikon Coolpix S1200pj replaces…
By Mike Perlman |
Sony is revitalizing its Translucent Mirror DSLR lineup today with the announcement of the Sony SLT-A77 (α77) and SLT-A65 (α65). Both DSLR models are equipped with some killer upgrades in the realm of speed and image quality, beginning with the Sony α77’s 24.3-megapixel APS HD…
By Mike Perlman |
If you’re a budget filmmaker looking for a kickass upgrade from that old fixed-lens camcorder, the Sony Handycam NEX-VG20 is here in all of its interchangeable lens glory. Picking up where the NEX-VG10 left off, the NEX-VG20 captures Full HD 1920×1080 60/24p AVCHD video to…
By Mike Perlman |
Today, Sony is adding two members to the mirrorless interchangeable lens world. Say hello to the Sony α NEX-7 and Sony α NEX-5N. Both cameras have the need for speed with quicker shutter lag times and burst shot modes. In addition, sensors have been upgraded,…
By Mike Perlman |
Although university life can be exceedingly overwhelming, there are times when the homework well dries up and menacing free time taunts you with video games, frat house parties, and streaking. Well, someone’s got to document it, right? Maybe you have plans to be a photojournalist…
By Mike Perlman |
Sony held a fairly peculiar event at the MLB Fancave in New York on Tuesday, complete with henna tattoos, stick-on mustaches, and a 3D presentation of the rained out Yankees vs. Mariners game on various Sony Bravia flatscreens. However, there were some tasty treats of…
By Killian Bell |
Despite speculation that your average compact camera will soon be dead at the hands of the smartphone, this sexy new Cyber-shot from Sony makes point-and-shoot devices look ever so desirable again. At just 12.2mm thick, the TX55 is the world’s thinnest camera, but it packs…
By Mike Perlman |
Welcome to the second installment of the critically acclaimed “Mastering Camera Controls” series. Today’s main entrée is composed of three primary ingredients: Exposure, White Balance and Metering. While the first edition of MCC homed in on Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO, this next trio of…
By Adriana Lee |
I’m not a good photographer. Certainly not the worst — I can point and shoot, and I know enough to bypass the flash whenever possible. (It tends to wash things out, and flattens an image like a virtual steam roller.) I even pay attention to…
By Emily Price |
Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them. Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story…
By Noah Kravitz |
T-Mobile’s latest flagship phone, the MyTouch 4G Slide, goes on sale July 27 for $199 on contract. I was fortunate enough to meet up with some T-Mo reps today to get a tour of the HTC-made device and a review unit. So, of course, I…
By Mike Perlman |
The newest member of the Micro Four Thirds Olympus PEN family is without a doubt the company’s best model to date. I was fortunate enough to receive an Olympus PEN E-P3 well before the camera’s August release date in order to crank out this full…
By Mike Perlman |
While Panasonic has been readying its fleet with the new Lumix DMC-GF3 and Olympus is working on its next mirrorless PEN model, Pentax has surprise attacked the market today with the Pentax Q, the latest “world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera.” The Q,…
By Mike Perlman |
I thought we were lucky enough in the States to get the white Pentax K2000 and the red K-r, but apparently we are an exceedingly deprived country when it comes to polychromatic camera color schemes. Our own illustrious gaming editor, Joey Davidson, scanned these images…
By Mike Perlman |
Stop motion is one of the most magical forms of video on the planet, but it requires oodles of time. I’m going to walk you through the basic steps of stop motion so you can get rolling right off the bat. Then, if you send…
By Mike Perlman |
Calling all camera nerds! This article is for you. I want to know what you want to see from the digital imaging department here at TechnoBuffalo. As the doctor of the digital imaging persuasion, I pledge to prescribe you with heavy dosages of camera news…
