Not your normal ‘main stream’ type cameras that I read about at PMA

I have a thing for 'left field' type cameras. I'm surprised that I don't own a Lomo.

Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1

This is one of these new 'hybrid' cameras which are bridging the ‘stills’ and ‘video’ markets.
This camera also offers some insanely high capture speeds.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08010601casiof1.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UprZNWzUq0o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4WDMEUoF9M

Sigma DP1

This camera is unique in that it captures light data in a whole new way.
Usually an imaging chip has three red/blue/green capture points which are combined to produce a single colour pixel. This chip ‘reads’ all three colours at a single capture point.
What I like about this camera is that Sigma are packaging a full sized SLR chip in a Compact body.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013108sigmadp1.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveon_X3_sensor

Examples of Panorama shots compiled in Photoshop Elements.

Follow up to my posting on Photoshop Elements…

cool-all-my-favourite-photoshop-features

Untitled_Panorama1

This is an example of a straight Panorama stitching where a series of
stills are matched up to form a much larger picture. I did a small edit
where I painted the train through from a background layer (you can see
the fuzzy airbrush outline.)

Split_Panorama1

Here you can see where PS decided where to stitch the images.

Train exit tunnel

This is an example of the other type of effect you can get with
Photoshop (I’m not sure this can be done in Elements) ‘alignment’
feature.

I didn’t know when the train was going to appear so I kicked in the
‘burst mode’ on the camera, and took a series of stills as the train
emerged.

These shots were taken ‘hand held’ so PS aligned them the images, and distributed the images onto layers.

I was then able to ‘paint’ through the details that I wanted the get this ‘multi exposure’ effect.

Oz Day 08: Antique Car Show video

You’ve seen the stills. Now experience the colour, movement, and sounds of the Oz Day Antique Car Show (wish I could bring you the smells too.)
Lot’s of people, and music, and there was a fly past by one of Australia’s three jet fighters (I think that only one can fly at any one time.)
Music clip to follow in a couple of days.

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Australia day 08: Last of the Car Show photos

Australia Day 08: The devil is in the details

Damn, I’m still dating things 07!

Made an effort to kneel down onto the super heated sidewalk (sunny day) and take some macro shots.
Old dudes would walk past and inform me that ‘whatever’ widget I was paying so much attention too could now be bought in Sydney, or that they had hundreds of that thingamabob and could give me one if I wanted.
I thought it was a bit strange until I realised that I was surrounded by car nuts (which doesn’t quite convey the depth of feeling these guys had for their machinery.)
They thought I was scouting for parts.’

Australia Day 08

That time again where Oz celebrates itself.

This is a link to last years entry...

oz day 07

This year I got down to the annual antique car show and took a lot of photos, and made an effort not to get sunburnt. This is the first batch...

Happy New Year photographers.

Just a quick note to highlight a couple of ‘micro interest groups.’

Cloud Porn  (public group)
Dedicated to Bad Mojo who first gave voice to my secret vice.

Dead person’s storage facility  (public group)
This is a group for photos and videos with cemeteries as a focus.