Photub has never really been about digital video, but the landscape of still photography is changing as more and more of our beloved DSLRs include the ability to capture beautiful HD video. Just take for instance, this footage shot on the Canon 5D Mark II at Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah.
The camera is in a nylon bag and attached to a modified monopod. No stabalizers were used and it's, get this, hand-held. Now, I wonder if my wife wants to go to Utah...
Seem like everyone is going around using words like "game changing," but Vincent Laforet might be on to something, Canon's 5D MKII. He says the quality is so good, there's no reason to ever shoot stills again. Shoot video and grab the 1080p frames. If that's not enough though, it apparently shoots 21 megapixels, with stunning quality at 3200 ISO. I sure hope Nikon has something other than the laggy D90 to compete with it, or it might just be "Game, Set, Match" won by Canon.
Update: Yup, GAME CHANGING!
CHDK is a firmware enhancement for many digital point and shoot cameras made by Canon. After loading CHDK, you get access to a ton of features your PowerShot normally wouldn't have.
The possibilities are seemingly endless. This is definitely a great hack and most importantly, it's non destructive to your camera. You aren't ever replacing the original firmware—just loading more things into memory on demand.
Not really instructions, but a visual howto for building a remote for a Canon 300D.
