Archive for the 'Reviews' Category

1Ds Mark III Review

There are many internet reviews that break down every nuance and operation of DSLR’s. Most of these will repeat the camera manufacturers specs verbatim for you as well as post the company press release. Additionally, there are a bunch of sites that talk about how to use the gear to take great action [...]

Just the Facts Ma’am.

The numbers are in and the new 8-core is downright amazing! This last week was a doosey, our new machine was put to the test and it came screaming through with flying colors.
Here are the machines specs…

and coupled with our unique workflow here’s what it can do.
Shoot #1 - 9 Hours, [...]

Really Right Stuff Bracket Review and “The” Cable Trick

“The” Cable Trick
As a follow up to our oldie but goodie post Pimp your WFT-E1A we have come up with another ingenious use of the Really Right Stuff bracket for our Canon 1Ds Mark II. The Really Right Stuff bracket works great for holding our transmitter and allowing the use of a tripod at [...]

The #1 Hardware Secret to Tethered Shooting: The Cables

The Infamous No Name Silver Firewire Repeater Cable

So how do you shoot more than 15′ away from your computer? Well, it’s a bit of a problem with firewire. Firewire doesn’t normally allow you to have single cable lengths over 15′. Meaning you have to improvise a bit when you want to put distance between [...]

Great travel cases for digital capture rig

I was leery at first, to trust the soft sided Tenba Roadshow computer and monitor cases. We had been using an anvil style case from Jan-Al for Image Mechanics out of town capture jobs. There is no question that the gear is protected in a hard sided enclosure. It’s designed for a [...]

One stop router solution for the studio

Today’s clients demand speed. And not Priority Overnight FedEx speed, I mean they wanted it yesterday speed. The only way to stay competitve in today’s photo world is to cater to that need for speed and run a server in your office. At Image Mechanics we operate a web server, which hosts [...]

Mini Muscle? not quite…

Well, I just got my Intel Mac Mini with a Dual Core processor. I self upgraded it to 2GBs of RAM and decided to run our usual horsepower test. How long does it take to process a Leaf 22mpx DNG into an 8 Bit TIF via ACR? This is one of our most [...]