Welcome to The
Fotobug podcast 152 and our sixth anniversary of bringing you news, reviews, interviews and how tos!
In the news this episode,
Fujifilm Japan has announced that it is going to stop producing FP-100C instant film used in old
Polaroid-type cameras. There is another new LED light wand on the market, a
Polaroid-branded model called
BrightSaber. However, check out the podcast to see how you can get the same model for considerably less money!
Lee Filters has announced a 15 stop variable neutral density filter.
Sigma has announced a firmware upgrade for it's 150-600mm lenses claiming it is making the auto focusing up to 50% faster.
Serif has announced that its Affinity apps will soon be available for
Windows.
Jim and Fred update their recent review of the
Radian 2 time lapse system. The
Radian 2 can pan, tilt, and even drive the camera on specific sliders. However, the most important feature is the ability to control the camera exposure during the capture over blue tooth without touching the camera. If you remember from our first review in podcast 146, there were a number of issues with the firmware. However,
Alpine Labs has been working very hard to fix these issues and we are happy to report they have succeeded! We tested the
Radian 2 by capturing time lapse sequences of sunrises and sunsets where the exposure had to be adjusted during the capture. The sequences were then processed by
LRTimeLapse. There are still a few minor issues, but we are confident
Alpine Labs will overcome these and will be adding additional features as well!
Coming up next month is the
2nd Annual Tampa Bay Photo Shootout in Clearwater, FL. Registration is now open at
www.thephotoshootout.com. Plan to come to Clearwater April 8, 9 and 10 for this great event! Also, if you are interested in the
Camargue France workshop with
Tim Mannakee and wish a discount, you must contact Jim at
jim@thefotobug.com before the end of March! Also, write Jim if you would be interested in receiving information about a workshop in
Cuba!