One of my favorite outdoor light modifiers I didn’t purchase at a camera store. A few years back I picked up an E-Z UP canopy, I wanted one with the the U.T. orange and white with the logo, but the store was sold out. I went for the white. It worked out well for me. The first [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comCameras Stores Take Note Read Full Story

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Olympus sends another Pen out into the world with the Olympus E-P2. Their marketing department has to be fighting over what their next slogan is going to be: Keeping it Retro or Micro Four Thirds is here to stay When I mentioned the Olympus E-P1 back in June, I kept the photograph the new camera on my desktop for [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comOlympus Adds Second Camera to the Pen Line With E-P2 Read Full Story

I remember in the early 1980s, cameras had just started to became more circuit boards and plastic than the gears, levers and real metal. I read a Modern Photography article that had predictions about where electronics in cameras would take the industry. Funny how you remember the strangest things at the oddest hours. In the article, [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comDude Where’s My LCD Shutter? Read Full Story

Like most Twitter users I’m trying to make the best use of the Twitter List feature. One list I am wanting to set-up is a Readers List on Twitter. To accomplish that taks I need your help. If you would like to be on the @gizmotastic/readers list, just to this, tweet: RT @gizmotastic I want on [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comWant On My Twitter List? Read Full Story

By now you have probably heard of Clicker, the video service that helps you find favorite movies, videos and shows on the Internet. I have been in Beta group for the service and it does a great job. It finds what I want to watch across all the various websites and organize them into a [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comClicker is a Month and Half Into Beta and I Have Invites Read Full Story

Peek and Amazon answered the age old question “What to get INSERT YOUR HARD TO BUY FOR PERSON HERE for Christmas?” Today Peek launched the TwitterPeek as a portable and affordable alternative to the smart phone to have Twitter on the go. Amazon is exclusively selling the $99.99 for the TwitterPeek with 6 months service or [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comPeek Pokes Out a Twitter Only Device Read Full Story

My daughter hates my truck. Politely she says it’s been around as long she can remember and that I’m ready for something new. When I pick her up in my sweet 1990 Dodge Ram 50, she quickly enters, puts on her sunglasses and puts her right hand between her face and any on coming traffic [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comA Truck for the Daughter Read Full Story

Something spooky was going on in Knoxville (TN) on Halloween night. The Big Orange took the field at Neyland Stadium in black jerseys against the South Carolina Game Cocks. When it was over I had look at the black jersey decision like the coin used in the opening toss. One side of the coin It was hard for [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comTwo Sides of Black Read Full Story

When Nikon announced the 85mm f/3.5G AF-S DX ED VR Micro Nikkor lens along with the Nikon D3s it was apparent that Nikon was going to carry the nine-blade diaphragm over to every lens they release from now on. I don’t have a problem with the newer blade arrangement, it delivers a fantastic bokeh effect [...]This post is from: Gizmotastic.comIf Nikon Would Only… Read Full Story