Episode 48 ~ Gear, the Final Frontier - Shutter Time With Sid and Mac | Photography Podcast
Summary: <br> <a href="http://shuttertimewithsidandmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fort-edmonton-2011-14.jpg"></a>Space the Canadian Frontier<br> You might wonder, how a country of 20 can have it’s own Space Agency… we do. We also are very proud of Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut currently living aboard the International Space Station (ISS). What’s really cool about this, is that he has been taking stunning photographs of our little world from up there. These stunning photographs and more can be found at his twitter account. <a href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield" target="_blank">So, go follow him right now!</a> We also found some apps that you can use to follow the ISS in the skies, and when it’s overhead, go outside and wave. Maybe you’ll end up in one of his images!<br> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector" target="_blank">ISS Tracker for Android</a><br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8" target="_blank">NASA App for iOS</a><br><br> <br> CES <br> There were a lot of new things at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, that made us smile, and a few that made us cringe. One of those was the new <a href="http://www.polaroid.com/im1836-android-camera" target="_blank">Polaroid IM1836</a>, an Android based camera with interchangeable lenses. Also the new <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/digital_cameras/powershot_n_white" target="_blank">Canon PowerShot N</a>, makes Sid roll her eyes, but Mac thinks it’s kinda cute. Of course the Fuji rumors came true and the replacement for the X100 is here, with all the glory of focus peaking, phase and contrast detection AF, and other cool features. What makes us scratch our heads in wonder is the fact that this is a fixed lens camera, with the fastest AF… so what’s the focus peaking for??<br> Why do we upgrade our gear?<br> Since we are talking about gear, and all this new gear makes us salivate, like Pavlov’s puppy… we have to ask ourselves why do we upgrade our gear?? Do we have to upgrade, or is it just a clever ploy, by the camera manufacturers, to spend more and more…<br> Thank you All for listening!<br> Cheers!<br> Links from the Show<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield" target="_blank">Commander Chris Hadfield</a><br> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector" target="_blank">ISS Tracker for Android</a><br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8" target="_blank">NASA App for iOS</a><br> <a href="http://www.polaroid.com/im1836-android-camera" target="_blank">Polaroid IM1836</a><br> <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/digital_cameras/powershot_n_white" target="_blank">Canon PowerShot N</a><br> <a href="http://www.fujifilm.ca/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x100s/index.html" target="_blank">Fuji X100S</a><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ECB90D96DF59DE5" target="_blank">Pro Photographer Cheap Camera Challenge</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahmoL6wF10" target="_blank">Darwin Wiggett – Using your zoom lens for story telling</a><br>
