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Wednesday, 9 May 2012

How to Balance Flycam

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Approach stabilizing Mounts(cameras)!

Stabilizing mounts are used to film Smooth moving shot in Motion Picture Cameras, these mounts may transform depend on places and situations. In the early days Video camera men and directors have two choices for Moving shots such as Camera dolly and Hold the camera in his hands, but those cannot prevent the image from shaking. Stabilizing Mount have changed the dimension, its stopped jerks, bumps, and shakes in cinematography and videography.

For Further please refer Wikipedia

Most frequent Stabilizing mounts:

MMC / Mini-Motioncam

Fig-Rig

Shoulder Rig / Shoulder Mount

CineSlider / Dolly

Glidecam

Steadicam

Crane

Note: People like me even use mono pad as Stabilizer mount

However choice of stabilizer may change according to purpose, but Steadicam (full hit) cover most of the above stabilizer's features perhaps i have linked the Professionals way of using Steadicam videos below.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Translucent Mirror Technology

Recently I have been looking for a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) Camera to purches for my job. While I was searching I found this SLT / Translucent Mirror Camera in Sony's Official Web site and I was impressed, Technologies have changing every minute in the fast moving world, but I do regular check in photography and Video related to my profession. So this Technology definitely help for people who involved in Photography:

Translucent Mirror Technology helps in fast moving occasions such as Sports, Wildlife, etc..., This capture (still Images) fast moving actions with high-speed burst shooting at up to 12 fps.

Basically SLT cameras have a mirror like SLR but it will not lock-up the mirror before every shot, instead of allowing the majority of the light to pass through the mirror to the sensor.

SLR

SLT

Some related articles and video I have attached below for gaining more knowledge:

wikipedia

Sony α55 α33

http://www.sony.co.uk/

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Rare People of the World

I Beleive these data collected few year ago!!

Haida- population 3,500

The Haida were widely renowned for their canoes. They belong to one of two clans- eagle or raven.

Makah- population 1,214

The Makah live in Washington. Their name for themselves is Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which means "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls".

Hopi- population 6,946

For more then 800 years the Hopi have lived at the southern end of Arizona’s Black Mesa. Today, their reservation is entirely surrounded by the Navajo.

Carib- population 3,000

Mistakenly believed to be cannibals (their name is actually the origin of the English word cannibal) the Caribs today live in Dominica.

Tucano- population 4,500

The name Tucano covers a number of different tribes and language speakers as they believe marrying “within a language” is incestuous.

Bororo- population 700

Also a Brazilian tribe, the Bororo villages are arranged in a circle with half the women and children on one side, half on the other. Men spend most of their lives in the men’s house in the centre of the village.

Kayapo- population 7,096

A tough people who live in the southern parts of the Amazon Basin. The Kayapo have trade agreements with The Body Shop.

Karo- population 500

The Karo are an agricultural people from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. They still live in grass huts clustered on the eastern bank of the Omo River.

Hadza- population 1,000

Only 300- 400 of the Hadza people of northern Tanzania still live as nomadic hunter-gatherers like their ancestors

Kalash- population 6,000

A tribe from Chitral, in north western Pakistan, half of whom still practice the ancient animist religion.

Jarawa- population 250- 350

Little is known of these people of the Andaman Islands as they shun contact with outsiders. In 2002 the Indian Supreme Court ordered the closure of a trunk road through their reserve and banned poaching and logging in their area.

Veddha- population 380

They are the native people of Sri Lanka and incredibly proud of their hunter-gatherer heritage. They call themselves wanniya-laeto, meaning forest dwellers.

Semang- population 2,500

The Semang are the oldest of the native peoples of Thailand and the Malay peninsula. They are under increasing pressure to give up the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and settle down to agriculture.

Korowai- population estimated between 700- 4,000

The West has only known about the Korowai since the 1970’s. They built their houses about 80ft/ 25m in the forest canopy of the Irian Jaya coast, in Indonesia.

Warlpiri- population 5,000- 6,000

The Australian government forced the Warlpiri to settle in Yuendumu in 1946. Today they use video conferencing to share their traditional art.

Rapanui- population 5,682

The natives of Easter Island most famous for the giant statues called Moai.

http://www.rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=3039

Thursday, 15 December 2011

Select Memory (RAM) for Laptops

In general, Adding or upgrade RAM for laptops is simple way to increase computer performance, With low cost rather than buying a new high performance Laptop.

Add two Memory’s with same size (2 x 4GB), will be compatible.

What SODIMM required for your Laptop?

Select one of this matching RAM for Laptop and Search online with these keywords, you may find more information.

DDR3 – PC3, 204 pins

PC3-8500 – 1066 MHz

PC3-10600 – 1333 MHz

DDR2 – PC2, 200 pins

PC2-3200 – 400 MHz

PC2-4200 – 533 MHz

PC2-5300 – 667 MHz

PC2-6400 – 800 MHz

DDR, 200 pins (Out of Order)

PC-1600 – 200 MHz

PC-2100 – 266 MHz

PC-2700 – 333 MHz

PC-3200 – 400 MHz

Note:

Most desktop and laptop computers take NON-ECC or Non-parity memory. ECC means error correcting code.

Watch this video to fix your self:

Information gathered from the following websites:

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/add-ram-laptop1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-DIMM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM

http://www.mrmemory.co.uk/

Friday, 26 August 2011

Top 10 card fraud prevention tips for the e-shopping enthusiast

So you've found something that you want to buy online, but need a bit of reassurance before you commit to paying. You'll probably want to make sure that your card data is being used responsibly and that your details aren't going to be compromised... here's what to look out for:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol more commonly known as Http is used for most webpages. However when you come to entering your card details online, watch out for the change from http to https ensuring the page is using a secure connection. However be warned, if not properly implemented, https is not fail safe so read on for some more top tips...
Always ensure when you are entering card details, you can see a locked padlock or unbroken key symbol next to the address bar or at the bottom of the page. Double clicking on the padlock symbol will display further security information for the site.
Have a look for the sites Security policy. This should detail what information they are going to collect and how they are going to use it.
If you come across 3D Secure and haven’t registered, make sure you do. 3D Secure provides an additional layer of protection by asking you to enter a password that has been registered with your bank. This way if your card information is obtained illegally, it will help to prevent funds being spent in your name.
Keep hold of any confirmation emails that you receive. Always check goods against your card statements. This way you can easily identify charges that you don’t recognise
Make sure the retailer you are shopping with has some level of PCI compliance. If you can’t find the information you’re looking for, don’t be afraid to contact the retailer and ask
It may sound obvious but make sure there are contact details on the site including a physical address.
Check online for reviews. With social media more popular than ever, if a customer has received bad service, the chances are they will have put it online.
Try using a credit card rather than debit-It will offer you more consumer protection
If you haven’t received your goods and are unable to contact the company in question, contact your bank for a chargeback.

http://www.sagepay.com/secure_shopping/top_tips