Reviews

Philip Bloom Does it Again- The Tale of Lucasfilm, Skywalker Ranch, Red Tails, Star Wars and Canon DSLR’s

by Dave Warner on December 12, 2009

Well, film maker Philip Bloom seems to have done it again. He starts out by telling you how he missed an email from Rick McCallum, producer of the Star Wars prequels and many other films and TV shows at Lucasfilm. In his blog post, he details what it was like to be invited out to Skywalker Ranch in California. Seems like the Lucasfilm folks wanted to know more about the capability of the video DSLR’s, and in particular the Canon 5D and 7D. So, Philip was excited and jumped on a plane to head out there. But what he does next, is the amazing part of the story.

He gets to the ranch and starts shooting. In his mind he has a plan of how he is going to shoot several different kinds of footage, in different lighting and weather conditions to show the power of these cameras. I don’t know if he storyboarded the whole film ahead of time, or just shot tons of footage and then figured it all out when he got back to his room. This film has all kinds of cool things going on, from the use of focus, a glidetrack, time lapse photography, etc. Philip gets it all downloaded to his computer, converts it to 24P (the 5D Mark II footage – 7D footage shot in native 24P), then puts the production together and has it shown on a 40′ screen with George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino and others in the audience. All this in 24 hours! They were blown away with the final product and so am I.

I don’t believe that I’ve seen a better example to date of what these video DSLR’s can do. On top of that, I’m amazed that one person can have the vision, shooting experience, editing ability AND the capability to put together a final product to music that synced as beautifully as Philip did. This is another reason why he’s becoming the defacto expert on these cameras. Each time he makes a film with them, he breaks new ground.

Watch the video, visit his blog, buy his DVD’s if you haven’t figured this stuff out yet, or follow him on Vimeo or F-Stop Academy. If you have an interest in using the video capability of your camera, he’s the one to watch.

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Christmas Must Have Gear for Shooting Video with DSLR’s

by Dave Warner on December 10, 2009

The Gear

OK, so I wasn’t able to find ONE place that told me just what I’d have to have in order to shoot video with these new DSLR’s. How about just a simple list, with the gear, where to get it and the price! How about some kind of order to what you should get first (my opinion, so you MAY not agree) and what about software? What the heck do you need? I figured this would be a good thing to do in case anyone (or my wife) was looking to buy something for me for Christmas. Well, here’s my list:

Z-Finder from Zacuto – just a MUST have to see the back of the screen better and to help focus. It also helps stabilize the camera for video – $395.00
Manfroto BHDV 561 Monopod with a fluid head – this works great for stills too, but you can sure get some more stable video for not so much money – $274.95 OR
Miller 1643 Tripod with DS20 Fluid Head – this is one of those EXPENSIVE video tripods that they say you MUST have because a stills tripod will just not work – $1,324.95
Rode Videomic – camera mounted shotgun mic – $149.00 OR
Zoom H4N Handy Mobile 4-Track Recorder – this would go on top of your DSLR to record a separate audio track – $299.00
HOWEVER, you need to mount this to your camera, so you also need the next item if you get the Zoom
Zound Hotshoe from Zacuto – this mounts to the top of your camera hot shoe and allows you to then attach the Zoom H4N – $183.00
Of course, if you then have the Zoom H4N AND the Zound Hotshoe, you need lavaliere mics to hook people up
Sony UWP-V1 Wireless Lavaliere ENG Microphone Package – $525.00 – but then, if you mic TWO people double this! AND – if you have a separate audio track, then you MUST be able to sync the audio and video up
Movie Film Clapper Board – $37.99
Zacuto DSLR Rapid Fire – $551 – this is for run & gun filming, but it will help stabilize the camera as well
Vari Neutral Density Filters – $390.00 – to control the amount of light coming in and still let you keep the depth of field that you want (make sure you get the correct size for the lenses you are going to use them on)
Canon TC80N3 for Time Lapse Film making – $136.95 – if you want to put together a series of still images, taken over a period of time, this is the device to do it.
Final Cut Studio 3 (for Mac) – $819.00 – you’ve got to have software to edit this stuff – iMovie can work, but this is the pro deal
Sony Vegas Pro 9 (for PC’s) – $499.95 – I’ve tested the 30 day demo a bit – a LOT to learn, but once again, you need SOMETHING to edit the video with!
F-Stop Academy Training DVD’s for the 5D and 7D – $135 or $120 depending on which one you get!

OK, so I could keep going because there are MORE things on my list (or they should be on yours if you are serious about becoming a film maker), but it’s really starting to get up in price. Matte boxes, follow focus devices, monitors that connect into the HDMI port, it can go on and on. So, for me (I have PC’s AND I already have a Z-Finder) I’ll want these minimum things: Manfroto BHDV 561 Monopod, Rode Videomic, Vari ND Filters, Canon TC80N3 for Time Lapse AND I need the license for the Sony Vegas Pro 9 software.

Well, what’s all of this come to? $1,460.85 – what are the odds?

The Converstation

Honey, you don’t understand all the things I’ll be able to do with my 5D Mark II and this additional gear…honey?

(insert long pause)

Honey, can I get a clapper board for Christmas? ($37.99)

(insert LONG moment of silence)

Of course you can dear, just make sure you play with it outside.

Final Notes

And, in the interest of full disclosure – OF COURSE I’ll make some money if you buy from the links above! How do you think I’m going to buy the rest of the gear I want?

Merry Christmas everyone… Hope you get everything on YOUR list.

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Review of the F-Stop Academy DVD’s for the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D

by Dave Warner on December 2, 2009

Part of getting either the Canon 5D Mark II or the Canon 7D is the excitement of having that 1080P HD Video capability. I know that when I got mine, I had visions of these wonderful clips just spilling out of the camera and onto my hard disk. I’d look at some commercials on TV, or some scenes in a movie and I’d turn to my wife and say “I can do that now – I have that capability in my new Canon!”

So, next stop read the manual? Yup, I did that; didn’t understand half of what they said, but thought I had everything set up the way it should be and went out and shot some video. Well, the problems started right after downloading the footage off the camera. Ok you Apple owners, here’s your first laugh – I am a PC user and the footage looked great in QuickTime, but stuttered and was not smooth, audio didn’t sync with the video and a host of other problems.

Well, let’s just shorten this WHOLE initial experience to a few words. After several weeks of trying to research on the Internet, testing different pieces of software, crunching pieces of video clips from here and there, I STILL didn’t have anything that I could put together on Vimeo or YouTube. And no, I was NOT going to post another ‘Test’ piece of 5D Mark II footage up there that was pure babble! Isn’t there enough already?

So, I was lost, disappointed, upset, and really feeling like there was no way to get any decent video footage out of the camera. I’d wasted my money upgrading because my 5D had been just fine for the landscape images I was taking with it! And yes, my wife WAS giving me ‘the look’ for spending money on yet another toy that “I just had to have because you won’t believe the capability it has and the things I’ll be able to do with it” kind of story.

During all that research, I had figured out a few things:

1. I was NOT the only one out there with this problem
2. There wasn’t much information about EXACTLY what I needed to know to make this work
3. There was no list telling me WHAT extra hardware I had to have and what it would cost
4. There was no list of additional software I needed and exactly what I would have to do with it to get a nice piece of video out of it (Apple users – the all-in-one answer for everything was Final Cut Pro)
5. There was almost NO information about what software to use on a PC and HOW to use it
6. Steve Weiss (Zacuto), Vincent Laforet, Philip Bloom and a few others were doing a LOT to help educate people and to help.

So, I tried contacting the first three names I’d come up with for interviews. I figured I would learn SOMETHING from talking to them, which would help me, as well as everyone else. So, I booked Steve Weiss and learned a lot, had Vincent Laforet booked, but then Canon told him to pull down his video of Nocturne shot with the (at that time) brand new Canon 1D Mark IV – haven’t heard from him since. FINALLY booked Philip Bloom after chasing him around the globe via Twitter, email and peer pressure from his friends. I learned EVEN more from him. During his podcast interview, he had mentioned his affiliation with F-Stop Academy and the products they were trying to create on DVD, so I thought it was worth a follow-up and here we are.

Philip Bloom

So who is this Philip Bloom guy? Well, he is widely regarded as the worlds leading authority on low budget digital film making techniques. He recently hit two million views on his blog and is regarded highly in the indie film making world as a modern ‘guru’ of digital film making practices. In recent months he’s filmed a commercial in Bulgaria for a National Mobile Phone network, he spent ten days in India shooting a Viral for Greenpeace and then he shot a promo in London with Kevin Spacey – all on the Canon 5D Mark II. He also had some VERY popular videos on the web, including Sophia’s People.

Well, Philip and his partner Den Lennie decided to found F-Stop Academy in May of 2009 to answer the most frequently asked question by film makers worldwide – “What’s the best camera for creating the film look and how do you use it?” Best news is, that same question happens to be the one many of the stills photographers were asking about these cameras.

So they set about creating a course that would break down all the elements that would allow you to create images and films that mimic the look and feel of film using your video camera. Their first two DVD’s are a great chance to start answering some of the questions that myself and many others have had about shooting video with these types of cameras, AND in particular the 5D Mark II or 7D from Canon.

After my interview with Philip, I contacted him and asked if I could review the two DVD’s. He kindly said yes, and I downloaded the digital version of the one for the Canon 7D and Den sent me the 5D Mark II DVD via Priority Mail.

I’m going to focus my comments on the 5D Mark II DVD, since Phillip said they were very similar. Here’s the table of contents for the DVD:

Main Program (57 minutes)
1: Main Titles & Introduction
2: My 5dmkII history
3: Shooting with the 5dmkII
4: What kit do you need?
5: Setting up the camera to shoot video
6: Setting your ISO
7: Creating the best in camera picture style
8: Getting the correct exposure
9: Lenses
10: Lens discipline
11: Using a Macro Extension
12: The Mattebox
13: Follow Focus
14: Using a video monitor
15: Monopod & view finder
16: Variable ND filters
17: The IS Lens
18: Shooting handheld
19: Avoiding the “Jello effect”
20: Shutter speed
21: Getting the depth of field YOU want using the Fader/Vari ND
22: Shutter speed in artificial light
23: Sound
24: Best way to learn? Go out and shoot!

Workflow (17 minutes)
1: Bringing your footage into your computer
2: Converting to a format you can edit with
3: How to convert to 24p or 25p
4: Using Cinema Tools to change frame rate
5: How to sync sound

The Plus Side

The packaging is great, the DVD is professionally designed and put together, and the video footage (of course) is high quality and edited well. I think that many people will get bored right off the bat with chapters two and three, but I personally think they are essential! I wanted to know about Philip’s history and how he got started with all of this. Yes, I didn’t learn anything about using the camera, but it did give me some perspective on who he is and why he got into using these cameras. I also liked the next chapter where he talked about actually going out and using them and showed examples of his more popular ones. It gives you additional perspective if you can hear about it and watch it at the same time.

The remaining chapters were excellent, as they piece by piece explained different aspects of how to set the camera up, additional equipment you can/must use, and how to shoot with it. After watching this, it is a wonder I got anything out of the camera at all! I think I had all the settings incorrect (after actually reading the manual).

One thing to remember though is that this is a beginner’s introduction to all of the material. It just begs the question – is there going to be a MUCH more in-depth version of the DVD coming out? One that covers some of the same title areas, but goes deeper with examples of how it was shot, downloaded, manipulated and then finally edited?

The bottom line is that unless you are already successfully using the camera and getting great video out of it, this is a must-have DVD. It will save you SO much time right up front when you get the camera. I wish I’d had it weeks ago…

The Downside

Occasionally, Philip uses some terminology in the DVD that he doesn’t explain. For instance, what the heck are rushes? You eventually figure it out, but for those starting out, you don’t know what he’s talking about!

The menu settings – he went through them WAY too fast! I’m familiar with the camera and the menus, but not to THAT level! He was clicking and changing screens so fast, that even with extensive use of the Pause/Play button, it took me a bit to mimic his settings.

The Workflow section – kind of just an introduction, so there MUST be another video on the way. It clearly left me wanting, and for PC users – you will be lost. It doesn’t answer a single thing for you. You will know how to get your settings correct in the camera, and shoot some great video, but you won’t be able to do a thing beyond that unless you’ve already figured it all out.

And Finally Price – I think the pricing on the videos is WAY too high; $135.00 for the Canon 7D video and $120 for the 5D! Whether you get it on DVD, or download it digitally, the price is the same. There should be some kind of price break for the digital download, since there is no postage, handling, physical packaging, or anything else involved. I think I’d rather see $59.00 for the DVD and $49.00 for the digital download. I think they’d actually make a LOT more money with the better pricing – hard to say no to those amounts!

Here are the links to purchase either of these:
Learn Canon 5D mkII Cinematography with Philp Bloom ** Add to cart**
Learn 2 Shoot Great Video on your Canon 7D **You can buy the DVD downloads here**

Review of the Canon 7D DVD

After going through the 5D Mark II DVD, Philip then asked me to take a look at the one for the 7D. He said that he thought it was much better. I went through that DVD as well, and would have to agree with Philip. I think it was more polished, they answered more questions and gave the information out in a much better fashion, and they added a time-lapse section as well, which was pretty cool. Other than some minor settings for the 7D, you could use the information in this DVD and apply it to shooting with the 5D just as easily. So, you make the call as to which one to buy, but at least one of these is a must for getting started with video.

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Zacuto Z-Finder – an Optical Viewfinder for DSLR Cameras

by Dave Warner on September 24, 2009

Every once-in-awhile, a product comes along that you just have to have. Sometimes you don’t even realize it until you have it in your hands! And when you DO get it in your hands, you figure out there are some other reasons it may work for you! The great folks at Zacuto USA gave me one of their new Z-Finder attachments to try out.

The Z-Finder is Zacuto’s DSLR Optical Viewfinder that allows DSLR cameras to have the correct form factor for video. It offers a 3x focusable magnification, a 40mm diameter lens, an eyecup preventing extraneous light leakage, and a field of view perfectly matched to LCD screens. The DSLR viewfinder is critical for precision focus on the shallow depth-of-field cameras. It consist of four parts; the mounting frame, the skirt with optics, the focusing knob and the eye cup. The mounting frame attaches to your camera LCD screen with a double sided adhesive. Once the frame is on the camera LCD screen, the Z-finder then snaps on the frame. The Z-finder can quickly be snapped on and snapped off, if you want to get your eye in the actual viewfinder.

Zacuto also added a lanyard hook option on the outside of the z-finder so you can attach a Zacuto lanyard to your Z-Finder. The lanyards allows you to quickly take the Z-Finder off but have it nearby to quickly put back on when needed. Also, don’t worry left eye people, the eye cup can rotate!

Well, it arrived as advertised and getting it onto the back of my 5D Mark II was a breeze. There is a square piece of plastic (the mounting frame) that has a double-sided adhesive strip around the edge. You pull the paper cover off that strip, center the plastic mounting frame to fit perfectly around your viewfinder on the back of the camera, and then press down on it. Zacuto recommends that you put the camera on a flat surface (lens down) and then place a book or some weight on top of the mounting frame for 24 hours so that the adhesive adheres properly. No problem, but you ALWAYS want to just run out and test something as soon as you get it! Good idea to wait though if you want it to work properly. Besides, it WILL come off if you decide to remove it later on.

Once the 24hours has passed, the Z-Finder will just snap on and off the mounting frame when you need to use it. Now, one of the questions I ask folks in my regular podcast, is what do they have in their camera bag? I have an interesting item, that most photographers DON’T keep in there. It’s a Rodenstock 4X Loupe, which is REALLY helpful in bright light situations to place on the back viewing screen and check focus. I know, you can just blow it up on the viewfinder with the plus and minus buttons, but this seems to be a much better way to see that critical sharpness.

Well, the Rodenstock is a little round thing, it does hang around the neck, but it was never meant to be used on the viewfinder on the back of my 5D. I used it (under a viewing hood) to check the focus on my 4×5 view camera, and just stuck it in the camera bag with my Canon equipment when I started using it exclusively all the time.

Before the Z-Finder had arrived, I’d been out shooting some video with the Mark II, only to find out that I couldn’t really see what was going on on a very sunny day. I was having a LOT of trouble seeing what I was filming and the Rodenstock loupe was not much help for live viewing! The Z-Finder arrived and was just a thousand times better for viewing what was being captured on the back. There is no light leakage from the sides because it covers the entire screen area, and the eye cup fits your eye pretty tightly. People wearing glasses will have just a bit of trouble, but I was able to rotate the rubber cup to where it fit pretty snugly. An additional issue that you may deal with, is getting the focusing ring to adjust enough to where the focus is tack sharp when wearing glasses. Zacuto is going to have a deeper mount available in a couple of weeks for those people who have a problem with this.

One other thing I started using it for, was viewing still images on the back of the screen. When I first got it, I thought that the only use would be for video. But, once you have it hanging around your neck, it becomes a MUST have item for checking your still images. You just grab it, snap it on the back of the camera on the mounting ring, and then cycle through your images to check how they really look. In a low light situation, this is probably something you don’t need to do. But, if you are an outdoor shooter, this is just something that I think you will use time and again. Doesn’t matter if you shoot macro, landscapes, or weddings, it’s just easier to see the images on the back of the screen with the Z-Finder.

The company has put a great video together which gives all the details about the product. It’s a bit long, but worth watching.

The Plus Side:

In my mind, I thought this was something only video shooters would need. What I found out was, that since I’m a landscape photographer, this became almost a necessary piece of gear to keep hanging around my neck. Besides, when you attach it to the camera, you just look cool So, I would recommend this to anyone shooting video, or doing a lot of bright light shooting. It works great on the 5D Mark II AND they say it fits fine on the new Canon 7D. The mounting piece also helps keep your face just a little further off the viewfinder so that there isn’t as much skin oil getting on it.

The Down Side:

I had two things I felt were downsides of the product. One was cost. The device is EXTREMELY well-made. It does not feel cheap at all, but at $395.00 it ‘feels’ about $100 over what I would want to pay. Maybe that’s just me – I want it, but want to pay less for it. The second thing is dust and dirt. With the mounting frame on the back of your viewfinder, you end up creating a wonderful place for dust and dirt to hide. I didn’t put it through very heavy use, but I found that I ended up with quite a bit of dust and dirt in and around the edges of the viewfinder up close to where the mounting frame was attached. A blower brush helps, but is not the perfect solution. It may mean taking the mounting bracket off from time-to-time to do a real cleaning, but then you’ll have to order some extra adhesive strips from Zacuto.

Final Thought

One other thing, that is not a downside of the device, but one of being a still photographer starting to shoot video with these cameras, is this: You see this great video on TV, and then you believe that you can do the same thing once you get your HD equipped still camera. Well, reality is – devices like the Zacuto Z-Finder are just the tip of the iceberg of what you will need to get that fantastic video. Think you can hand-hold every shot? Well, not really – next you’ll find you need something to steady the camera. If you’re not moving, your tripod works fine. But what if you have to move? Well, get ready to spend a lot more cash! Stocks that hold the camera against your body become another of those ‘must have’ Zacuto products that go with the Z-Finder. Just a heads up, but the Z-Finder is just the beginning when you get into shooting video!

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Review of the ExpoImaging Ray Flash

by Dave Warner on September 10, 2009

Before the great folks at ExpoImaging were sponsors of the LensFlare35 podcasts, I had heard about their Ray Flash product and ordered one. They signed up to become one of the show sponsors a week before it arrived and I’d had a chance to test it. However, I still wanted to put this device through its paces, because I love doing macro photography of flowers.

Anne Dapremont using the Ray Flash The Ray Flash is an inexpensive substitute for traditional studio ring light units and is designed to replicate their lighting effects. It is portable and lightweight, and has been designed to take advantage of a camera’s TTL metering capabilities. Because the Ray Flash relies on the hot-shoe flash to generate its light, it contains no electronics, no flash tubes and requires no cumbersome cables. The light distribution is accomplished through a sophisticated system of internal light-shapers designed to distribute and project the light evenly around the lens.

The Ray Flash creates a distinctive ring light effect: a three-dimensional shadow-wrapped look around the subject. Because ring flash light originates from a circle around the lens, it produces a virtually shadowless look on the front of your subject, while producing a soft even shadow around the edges. The attachment is ideally suited for fashion, wedding, portrait and macro photography as either a main or fill light.

The Ray Flash is designed to fit the Canon 580EX (I & II) and weighs about 16 oz. This makes it lightweight enough to be supported by hot-shoe mounted flash units. The 4 1/8” internal diameter of the Ray Flash is large enough to accept almost all of the professional lenses from Canon.

I first tested the product on Macro Photography. Any photographer will tell you that the main issues with using a macro lens and trying to get a good image are wind conditions, lighting, and depth of field. The interesting thing is the Ray Flash helps with all of those by throwing that extra bit of light on your subject. First, if the object is moving just a bit, you are able to use a higher shutter speed to stop it in its tracks. Second, with that extra light, you can use an aperture with a greater depth of field AND you can move around and maybe get a better lighting angle because you now have more control of that light.

In this image (above), I didn’t use the Ray Flash. It looks ok, but lacks a little punch to it. Yes, I could tweak it in Lightroom, Camera Raw and Photoshop, but why not start with the best image that you can?

Now, add the Ray Flash (above). I didn’t fire a large burst, but the color has more punch to it! There is some reflection from the flash, but I didn’t put a polarizer on or try to manipulate the image in any way. So, a much better start with all the control you could ask for.

This is another example (above) where I didn’t use the Ray Flash – not too bad, but very soft light from all around – a little flat. I wanted a lot more punch to it and a more dramatic view of the morning glory! I had something in mind, but this wasn’t it. Once again, some curves adjustments, vibrance, etc., would make this a much better image, but I wanted to see that in the viewfinder.

This is the more dramatic shot that I was looking for; sun behind the flower so that the light comes through and shows the texture, while I fill in the front so that you can see the interior of it. Adding the Ray Flash really gave me the contrast range that I was looking for.

Sometimes the light provided by the Ray Flash is just enough to give you almost a ‘painterly’ look to your flowers as in the example above. I just love the extra lighting that it threw on this image – it really helped define all the texture that I was seeing through the viewfinder. This time, the reflection on the smaller pieces helped create the look I wanted.

Next, my photography student Anne and I moved on to working on portraits, both outdoor and in. She was kind enough to park herself in a spot to try the off-camera lighting capability of the unit and how it would function outdoors.

It was just great soft light, no reflections, no shadows and really set a nice mood for what we were trying to accomplish. And yes, this one came into Lightroom and I tweaked some settings! I punched up the saturation and vibrance, and reduced the clarity. (C) Photo by Anne Dapremont, Retouching by David E. Warner

Finally, Anne took to the indoor studio, where she was learning to set up lights, pose people, and figure all of it out for the first time in her life. We wanted to take a portrait of Mary, but we wanted some soft lighting. So, we had the main light off to the left, a fill on the right (both umbrellas) and then we used the Ray Flash mounted on the 580 EXII flash attached to the camera (her Canon 50D) to fill things in and soften the look even further.

For Anne, the Ray Flash just seemed like the easiest thing in the world to use and she was comfortable with the effect it gave within minutes. And yes, I did some retouching in Photoshop, but this is my sister-in-law and there is no way I’d hear the end of it if the portrait didn’t look “just right!”

The Up Side

In my mind, the Ray Flash is an absolute must if you are doing any portraiture, both in-studio or out, off camera flash – you can STILL mount this baby on the flash and a stand – or macro photography. To be honest, I can’t believe I’ve been going this long without it! For under $200, it is a must-have addition to your camera bag.

The Down Side

I was only able to find three negatives with the product. I know, it sounds like a lot, but these are LITTLE nits. One, it does cast reflections inside of your flowers that may have to be taken out in Photoshop, especially on shiny wet surfaces. However, the advantages FAR outweigh this minor disadvantage and you can put a polarizing filter on the lens to help you with this.

The second thing that bothered me is how to carry it! It didn’t really fit in any of my camera cases and doesn’t have a protective case of its own. I actually ended up just tossing it on a coat in the back of my vehicle, where it lay exposed. It was just an odd-sized piece of equipment that I was afraid I might break, despite the excellent construction and heavy molded plastic feel that it has.

Finally, the fit on the flash – there is a little control that you turn to secure it on top of your flash – and I mean SECURE! That thing is NOT going to come off the flash head. However, because each flash unit is a little bit different, the Ray Flash can be tilted down slightly too much to be even with the front of your lens. Included in the package were these little pieces of rubber – kind of like a small rubber doorstop. You put one under the flash head and it magically brings the angle of the Ray Flash even with the face of your lens. Except – that piece of rubber fell out within the first five minutes of use and was almost lost for good! They give you two of them in the package. I don’t know what the permanent solution could be for this little anomaly, but the doorstop didn’t do it for me because I felt that I would loose it quickly!

So, bottom line is, visit their site for additional information at www.expoimaging.net and if you want to purchase one of these units, go to B&H Photo! I’m happy to have it as part of my camera equipment arsenal and I’m sure you will be as well!

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QHT 004: Interview with Eric Sowder, President of ExpoImaging, Inc.

August 20, 2009

This is a Quick Hit Thursday Podcast short. This week we’re going to talk to Eric Sowder of ExpoImaging, Inc. ExpoImaging, Inc. distributes designs and manufactures unique and innovative imaging tools for digital photographers. From portable lighting accessories such as the Honl Photo Speed System and the Ray Flash ring flash adapter, to color management [...]

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QHT 003: Interview with Mike Wong, VP of Marketing for onOne Software

August 6, 2009

This is a Quick Hit Thursday Podcast short. This week we’re talking with Mike Wong, VP of Marketing for onOne Software about their iPhone application that can remotely control a Canon camera. The DSLR Camera Remote software works on either the iPhone, or iPod Touch. The onOne Software team has a passion for two things; [...]

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