Now anyone can produce their own time lapse movies Brinno is making it easy for the movie producer within each of us. Without needing to learn special software techniques, it’s now easy to record and playback time lapse videos of your home, your business or your vacation. Mount the Brinno TLC200 just about anywhere. It’s so small that any mini tripod will hold it, or you can simply set it on a shelf or tabletop. Set the switch to “On”, select your resolution, select the time lapse duration and then press the shutter button. Your time lapse video has started recording. When the ...

How to Conveniently Hold Your Camera and Computer While Shooting Keeping it all together when shooting digital photos in the field can be a challenge at best.  Tripad saw the need for those with digital camera tripods or video camera tripods, and created a brilliant shelf that slides over the top of your tripod to keep your gear handy and organised. With digital photography and digital video being so prevalent today, it’s no wonder that more and more photographers/videographers are taking their laptops out into the field for instant review of what they are shooting. Nothing is worse than coming home from ...

Tiffen Dfx version 3 offers a wealth of photo tweaks for beginner or pro With the popularity of Instagram, Hipster, Snapbucket and the like, it’s obvious that people like to show off their photos and often want to change the appearance for dramatic effect. With a couple clicks, your photo can be monochrome, black and white or appear with a variety of edge designs. Unfortunately, most of these programs have limited filters that can be applied and soon users get bored using the same effects. Without wanting to spend the time and expense to learn Photoshop, you’ll be happy to discover that ...

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has been bestowing its coveted awards on the cream of the photographic crop every year since it was founded in 1991. This year, representatives from its 29 member magazines from across the world met in Cape Town, South Africa, to vote on which products would win in each of its 40 categories. Below are some of the highlights: Best Photo Software – Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Arguably a no-brainer, Adobe Photoshop reasserts itself as the leader of the photo software field with an award for its Elements 10. It may currently be listed at £63.29 on ...

The Panasonic Expert HD Camcorder HC-X900 As the sun goes down on Las Vegas, Tom Dunmore takes Panasonic’s latest HD Camcorder on a spin around the “City of Light” (so-called because when viewed from space, it’s the brightest city on earth). The video opens with familiar views of Las Vegas slipping into evening and then night, accompanied by a retro thin and reedy synthesised melody atop a compulsive beat. Then our host appears and we are straight into the visual and verbal fanfare for a 3D movie camera that is generally agreed to be revolutionary (and expensive!). The presenter explains that it’s ...