I am going to be honest with you here, I haven’t cheated the full story behind this video but I am sharing it for two reasons. First, it was produced on the Pentax K-5 which in a DSLR video world almost dominated by Canon is a nice change. Second, it got me asking, to what extent are you and I prepared to sacrifice for our photographic passion. Check it out and you will see what I mean.
Somehow we missed this one when it was announced. Olympus released two new compact cameras recently, in the Tough range was the TG-810 which is crush proof, waterproof, etc and has a GPS. Of more particular interest for me is the new SZ-30MR which shows the face of the future for cameras that do still and video. The SZ-30MR is capable of not only capturing 1080p Video but also 16MP still images simultaneously. Check out the full press release when you read on.
Sometimes I wish I was a kid again, that said its great to have a little boy so that I now have an excuse for buying something like this Hot Wheels Video Race. That’s right, a classic childhood toy just got a video camera under its hood which can shoot 12mins of action packed racking. Finally a boy toy to compete with video Barbie.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/hot-wheels-video-racer-has-a-vga-camera-under-its-hood-confirms/
The Drift Innovation X170 Action Camera is cool. Lets just start there. It is a camera for shooting whatever it is you happen to be doing at the time. Quite literally if you can think of something extreme you want to make a video of the X170 can capture it for you.
The first thing I noted when opening the box was all the accessories. It comes standard with handlebar, helmet and goggle mounts as well as the necessary usb and video cables for viewing your awesome footage. The cherry on top is the remote control for stopping and starting the recording. It can attach to a









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