My love for high-quality pocket cameras started back in the mid-nineties, before the digital era. I had a Yashica T4 Super loaded with Fujichrome that I took everywhere. The camera world has changed a lot since then. Camera phones are so good now that point-and-shoot cameras have become a very hard sell. There are still […]
I recently attended the annual summer Outdoor Retailer tradeshow in Salt Lake City. According to the PR material the show publishes, it’s the “largest collection of innovative gear, apparel, footwear and accessories for outdoor sports products.” I’ve attended OR a few times but this was the first time the full scale of the event actually […]
This Tuesday, March 3, 2015, was one of the best powder days I can remember. I was up before dawn and headed up the canyon to Alta with my DSLR and the new Sony 4k Action Cam. It was storm skiing all day long in Little Cottonwood Canyon and there was a lot of powder […]
I know a lot of my friends and followers indulge in risky outdoor behavior. Regardless of what kind of outdoor activities you enjoy, many of you probably like to document your adventures with video. One of the most popular ways to do this is with a POV camera (“POV,” stands for “point-of-view”). POV cameras are […]
Update: The new Sony Alpha A7 II full frame mirrorless camera, announced a few weeks ago in Japan, will be available in North America. This was confirmed a few days ago when Sony USA posted their own A7 II announcement. Read on to learn more about what’s new with the A7 II. Sony made a […]
Sony recently announced a new high-performance crop-sensor DSLR-style camera that has me seriously thinking about trading in one of my Canon bodies. The Sony Alpha A77 II action DSLR is the follow-up to the SLT-A77 introduced in 2011 and offers a level of performance we haven’t seen yet in an APS-C sensor DSLR – especially […]
This week at the annual NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) tradeshow in Las Vegas, Sony unveiled a new full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera capable of capturing 4k video and able to shoot at sensitivity levels up to ISO 409,600. The new Sony Alpha A7S is based on the groundbreaking Alpha A7 and A7R, introduced last […]