Nikon 1 Series Review

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Nikon 1 Series Review

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

So a couple of weeks ago we were able to get our hands on the new Nikon series of mirrorless cameras. The video below pretty much sums up what we thought of these little guys. Overall we like them, but could never justify the price for actually owning either of these. There are also a number of features that we find haven’t really been thought through or are just not practical in any way. As well, the menu system is overly complicated considering some of the pre existing buttons on the camera. Again though, they are stylish and produce pretty good imagery/video. So if not for cost, and despite a number of failings, we would still enjoy having them.

Cheers,

Dave Dvir

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This is Starting to Seem Ridiculous

Monday, March 28th, 2011

I understand technology is changing and getting better and we should take advantage of it etc etc… But for some reason this latest card reaches speeds and capacity that it just out of hand. I can’t see when I’d want one card to have 128 GB, I feel as though in photography, we’d never want to fill a single card up with that many images, I would be afraid to lose them all or something. Personally I thought 64 GB was already bordering on out of control. On the other hand, when shooting video it might come in handy to have such a large capacity, except the speed of 100MB/s is just insane. Video currently only needs about one third that speed. The card costs $1,500 which to me is just “ridiculous”. Perhaps this is just a sign of the things to come and we’ll all be shooting 30Mb images any day now…?

Dave Dvir

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Gear to Vegas

Friday, March 25th, 2011

So last weekend I headed to Vegas for a trip with my family (one of whom had a special birthday – Happy Birthday!) and well.. I brought a whack of gear. So this breakdown is a video I shot on my iPhone 4 one day when the weather was a little less than perfect. Below I’ve listed links to pretty much all the important gear incase anyone is curious and wants to know a bit more about anything. Also I should mention that both of my camera bags were with me as I took them on the plane as “carry-on”. One of them had a monopod sticking out on the side of it as well and not a single customs or security agent gave me a hard time. Of course according to TSA rules you’re allowed a camera bag in addition to a carry on and a personal item (which is awesome – learned that from CJ and it’s def. true), however I was still expecting some trouble. In fact I was only asked to open a camera bag once out of the four times one of them was x-rayed (one bag each direction). I was even asked purely out of curiosity what that “thing sticking out of your bag is, man?” referring to the monopod.

Lowepro Vertex 200 AW
Manfrotto 562B Video Monopod
Hoya 77mm Circular Polarizer
Sennheiser ME4 Lavalier
Nikon EN-EL4A
VisbleDust SL700
Sennheiser EW122p G3
Phottix Cleon II N8
Rode Stereo Shotgun Mic
Rode Windscreen
Manfrotto HDV701 Video Panhead
Nikon D3s
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Macro
Sigma 50mm f/1.4
Nikon 85mm f/1.4
Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Apple 15.4″ Macbook Pro
Sandisk Extreme Pro
Nikon 85mm f/2.8 Tilt/Shift
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
LaCie Rugged 500GB
Nikon MH-22 Battery Charger
B+W 77mm 10x and 6x ND Filter
Glidecam HD2000
Acratech Inc. GV2 Ball Head
Manfrotto 055CXPRO4

Thanks for reading.

David Dvir

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D7000 Test Video Footage

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Here’s a short clip highlighting the abilities of the D7000. This was obviously shot entirely on the D7000 and I definitely enjoyed shooting this project. A special thanks to my good friend Ben who donated his time to help us out while we was visiting the area on leave from the US Navy. Little did he know I’d make him run for kilometers while on leave. Thanks Ben!

It seems we’re really pumping out a lot of videos lately, I think I’m going to try and get back to roots (photography) real soon!

Thanks for watching,

David Dvir

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D7000 Review

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

So we finally got our hands on our very own Nikon D7000 a couple of days ago. We really love. It’s kind of like Thomas the Tank Engine, it just has everything it seems. It’s the first time I’ve held such a small SLR that felt like it had such a punch to it. Anyway we put most of our opinions into this video review so please have a look and learn about the D7000.

I definitely recommend this little guy for anyone looking to upgrade from an older camera. It’s not quite at the pro level but I can certainly say that is as close as we’ve ever seen from a prosumer camera, and the video mode is a force to be wreckin’ with as well.

Hope this gave some good insight

Dave

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Lastolite Hilite 6′x7′ Review

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

We’ve had a few questions about the background we used for the Sense shoot. We thought, since we really do enjoy this background, we’d do a quick review on it. Here’s the video.

You can find everything we’ve got in this video from Vistek. The background comes in a few different sizes although I felt like the 6′x7′ was most practical for me.

Lastolite 6′x7′

Vinyl Train

Black Cover

We’ve also got the chromakey green cover, and the gray. Really handy little background! Let us know what you think if you’ve got one.

David Dvir

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