Here’s a very good review of the Pico camera table dolly. Includes sample video.
The Pico dolly supports DSLR’s to smartphones and any other tripod-fitted devices.
More information, videos, and pricing at the Photography and Cinema website.
Source: Product Review - Pico Dolly - Just Basl Productions (by justbasl)
Newly announced at CES, this GoPro competitor, MiVeu, is a POV camera that works with your iPhone. Looks sweet and a cost of $80!
Miveu iphone 4 and 4s POV camera (by miveu)
Nicely done, color-graded video shot on iPhone 4S (edit tool unknown).
o re piya iPhone 4s music video (by rohankarizmatic)
Apple iOS 5.1 beta 2 allows users to delete individual photos from Photo Stream
A welcome update to this shortcoming of iCloud and Photo Stream. It’s nice to see the speed of these updates too.
Tech: Shoot a Better iPhone Adventure Video With Tips From Camp 4
From National Geographic’s adventure blog, you will find many tips for shooting films on the iPhone 4S interlaced within this interview of the producer of the music video.
We intentionally shot in the evening hours when we knew the light would look beautiful—and as amazing as the new camera on the 4S is, the new software update (iOS5) available on any iPhone really let us play with the camera in ways we couldn’t before. The new iOS lets you lock focus/exposure/and White Balance. That really let us control the look of the footage we were getting.
With this great example later on:
To get the footage to look how we wanted we shot Gillian backlit nearly the entire time. Then we would focus and expose on her guitar or face (which was in the shadow). Because the camera thought it had to expose for the darker area, and we were able to lock that exposure, when we recomposed to include the sun it gives it that great washed out, ephemeral look.
Reactions to Gruber: Hypocrisy, pure and simple.
Sorta, but Google so often touts their Galaxy Nexuses [sp?] as a pure Android experience, without any carrier meddling. Only, it’s not “pure” anymore
If memory serves me right only the Nexus One was touted as a carrier-separate experience. I don’t find anything from Google about the Nexus S or the Galaxy Nexus advertising it as anything but “a phone from Google”. The phrases “Pure Google” or “Pure Android” aren’t used by Google, only analysts and bloggers.
Do you know what happens when you assume?
To reiterate, this is nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking without casting the same eye toward Apple. Wasn’t the whole goal of the iPhone in the first place to do away with carrier meddling? And, to repeat myself again, when was the last time you tethered your iPhone to your iPad for free/without paying the carrier for the privilege?
I don’t get the comparison to tethering. Google Wallet, or mobile payments generically, is an application allowing the use of a service. Tethering is a hardware/software function allowing you to use your mobile device as a broadband connection for your laptop. Tethering directly substitutes for carrier aircard functionality which you would pay for too, so yeah, carriers are going to have a say about that.
(via johngruber)
NextBigThing 60 Final (by ToddWasserman)
MPV: Samsung makes a funny comment about iPhone diehards.
It may not look like much, but this is a Bluetooth enabled remote for your iPhone camera!
You can set your phone up on a tripod for group photos, long exposures, or stop-motion movies and shoot from afar.
We say, it’s about time - or are there others?
Why Google And Microsoft Are Bad-Mouthing Apple's Chatty Siri
Good article explaining Google and Microsoft’s worry about Siri - loss of ad revenues for one reason. It’s also fun to imagine the day when all your Apple devices, including your Mac, are Siri-enabled and integrated.
