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Bootleg Snowbarding the Zi8 at BigWhite – literally!

Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Today while going for a ride at Big White I decided to strap the Zi8 on to my boot/leg using some electrician tape and see what kinda shots i would get! This was shot at 720p@60fps however premiere only wanted to do 29fps so its down sampled a bit; However I don’t think you tube [...]

Kodak Zi8 Review

Posted by admin on Sunday, October 4th, 2009

After a week or so of comparisons and watching countless demo videos I decided to take the plunge and order my new Zi8. About five days later I received it in the mail along with my 16 gig class 6 SD card. The Zi8 is extremely small for video camera standards. This may not be [...]

Panoramas with photoshop

Posted by admin on Monday, July 11th, 2011

Panoramas can be a lot of fun and allow you to create massive photos with just about any camera.

A few tips to keep in mind when shooting your next panorama

Shoot in manual mode with Auto exposure locked enabled to ensure you have a consistent exposure across your photos.

Overlap by about 20% to ensure Photoshop has reference points to use in merging.

The panorama below was taken from atop a mountain during a hike in Winifield/lake country BC. The lake on the left is kalamalka and Okangan Lake (right).
The photo was made using about 20 16 Megapixel images combined to make a 50 Megapixel final capture (17804×4584 pixels).