Tag Archives: Video

Best video app for the iPhone 4s

Camera+ is by far the best app for the iPhone for taking pictures, editing and adding effects.  The features which make Camera+ stand out the most are the independent focus and exposure locks, which is sadly missing in the native camera and video app. Browsing the extensive video app section in the App Store reveals [...]

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Taking a step back into real movie making – the Lomokino

Just as the Tate Modern has installed a piece of work by Tacita Dean that s the first work in The Unilever Series devoted to the moving image, and celebrates the masterful techniques of analogue film-making as opposed to digital, the people behind the wonderful Lomo cameras have launched the Lomokino.  Related Posts:Best video app for [...]

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A panoramic video walkthrough of Spitalfields market E1

Spitalfields Panorama

Walkabout with the Gopano Micro After giving the lens a walkabout in borough market, I headed north of the river into the famous Spitalfields E1 market equipped with my iPhone 4s and GoPano micro. With its eclectic collection of stalls, restaurants and bars; Spitalfields is a great destination on a sunday.  Watch the video below [...]

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Must have app of the day – iMovie for the iPhone 4s

I’ve seen a number of comparisons of the iPhone 4s against the usual android suspects and even the Canon DSLRs (5D mkII and 7D) but none of them address the low light test.  So, while visiting the Gerhard Richter exhibition at the Tate Modern, I took some test shots in the public areas and put [...]

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Web post roundup

Here’s a couple of interesting posts from around the web – mostly about diving related activities: From the Physorg.com site, a story on decompression : Researchers at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) have designed, built and validated a novel hyperbaric environment to study cellular behavior at greater depths. The joint ONR-NEDU effort is designed [...]

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What’s in my camera bag?

Here’s a short video showing how I get the following camera gear into one bag! National Geographic Midi Shoulder Bag Canon EOS 7D SanDisk 16GB Extreme CF 60MB/s *3 Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Tamron 11-18mm Canon 50mm – f/1.4 USM Canon BG-E7 Battery Grip HyperMac Micro [...]

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Shooting underwater using a Canon and Kodak cameras

I’ve had an underwater camera for sometime now – well I mean cameras.  They are the Canon A620, G10 and most recently the Kodak Zi8. I’ve thought about buying a housing for my Canon 7D from both Ikelite and Gates – I’ll discuss this at the end of the post. Once I’d passed my advanced [...]

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Updated Vimeo site!

I’ve just updated my vimeo site vimeo.com/johnmason/ with the latest technical diving videos (including the epic 20min edit of my recent 110 minute X-Scooter dive on the thistlegorm with Rod) Other videos on the site include videos shot with both my Canon 7D and Kodak Zi8. Related Posts:Web post roundupDiving apps for your iPhone and [...]

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DIY camera slider for the Canon 7D

I’ve been playing with the Canon EOS 7D for sometime now and noticed that something was missing when putting my videos together.  One of the first things you learn when shooting video is that you really need to use a tripod/stabilising rig – unless you’re going for that edgy look.  That’s all well and good [...]

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Utah Saints – Something Good 08

A brilliant remix and video to boot! Related Posts:Best video app for the iPhone 4sTaking a step back into real movie making – the LomokinoA panoramic video walkthrough of Spitalfields market E1Must have app of the day – iMovie for the iPhone 4sWeb post roundup

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Elgato Turbo.264

Turbo.264 comes with an easy “drag and drop” application (for Mac OS X only). The application converts video that is not copy-protected one at a time or in a batch, and drops the converted file(s) wherever you want them. Instead of the default, I’ve have it configured so that they get dropped off ready for [...]

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