Want to see how the shutter system in a modern DSLR is replaced once it fails? The South African camera repair company Photographic Repairs shared this time-lapse of a shutter replacement surgery involving a Canon 6D.
“If you have seen “Error 20″ on your Canon DSLR before and wondered what it is we do to […]. petapixel.com
Have you ever wondered how the shutter of a DSLR works? This oddly satisfying 1. 5-minute video from Chris Marquardt examines a shutter mechanism that has been extracted from a Nikon D500. The concept is pretty simple. petapixel.com »
2017-07-31 19:52
DSLRs generally have life expectancies based on how many “actuations” (i.e. openings and closings) their shutters can handle before they die and need to be replaced. To see what happens when a DSLR “dies” in this way, ContinueCrushingTech decided to torture test a Canon 7D Mark II with non-stop shooting until the shutter fails. Warning: […] petapixel.com »
2017-07-06 18:53
Just as how cars can fail after a certain number of miles, camera shutters can go belly up after a certain number of actuations (i.e. flapping open and closed for an exposure). If you’ve ever wondered what a heavily used DSLR shutter can look like after it bites the dust, today’s your lucky day. A […] petapixel.com »
2017-03-21 19:46
“So we love all your cityscape flow motions -- how would you feel about creating them for the natural environment?” 11 episodes later having explored terrains as diverse as the dunes in Namibia, the lush Tambopata rainforest, and the barren Shetland isles, here is what I found out. [Read More]
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is putting a cap on 2023 with a pair of new GIFs that show the Martian landscape over 12 hours from sunrise to sunset. [Read More]
NASA has created an incredible timelapse movie that condenses 14 years of data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope into six minutes of colorful cosmic rays. [Read More]
A timelapse photographer has documented a pine cone growing into a pine tree over the course of 300 days.
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An astrophotographer captured a spectacular timelapse of the Sun at a time of greatly increased solar storm activity.
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A photographer created a stunning timelapse over the course of eight years shooting over 3.5 million still photos.
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A photographer has released a jaw-dropping timelapse video made up of almost 2,000 images of the recent ring of fire solar eclipse showing the celestial event in unprecedented detail. [Read More]