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thewayneIt's called the Arsenal, and it is one really kick-ass photography assistant! It's good for any skill photographer, but more oriented towards a more serious photographer, someone who's going to spend time focusing on composition and will use a tripod.
It also only works with certain models of cameras, don't expect it to work with inexpensive point and shoots. For example, my $400 Lumix is not on the list.
It's the second generation of a gadget containing a GPU that attaches on your camera's flash mount and plugs in to your camera's USB port. It connects to your smartphone, probably via BT, and uses an app to let you select what you want your camera to do. Deeper color, major panorama, eliminate people, etc. You really need to watch the video to appreciate what it does.
Basically, everything it does, I can do in Photoshop. But it takes a fair amount of work in Photoshop. If I can eliminate a lot of that up-front, it's a net win, yes? And it can take into account aspects of the environment that I may not be consciously aware of with its programming. As much as I don't want to admit it, in some ways my brain is slowing down. My composition is still great, but some of the technical bits might be falling by the wayside. This will definitely help catch those.
There's two levels of the product, a plastic casing and an ruggedized metal/ABS housing, I opted for the later. It works with my Canon 6D, doesn't with my SL1: gee, I might have to buy a new camera?! Shucky darns! I think it also works as a wireless intervalometer, which could be very convenient.
This is the second generation of the product. They created the project to fund at $100,000 - they're at over $2.1m. It's a pretty popular project. The first Arsenal sold over 100,000 units.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2092430307/arsenal-2/
It also only works with certain models of cameras, don't expect it to work with inexpensive point and shoots. For example, my $400 Lumix is not on the list.
It's the second generation of a gadget containing a GPU that attaches on your camera's flash mount and plugs in to your camera's USB port. It connects to your smartphone, probably via BT, and uses an app to let you select what you want your camera to do. Deeper color, major panorama, eliminate people, etc. You really need to watch the video to appreciate what it does.
Basically, everything it does, I can do in Photoshop. But it takes a fair amount of work in Photoshop. If I can eliminate a lot of that up-front, it's a net win, yes? And it can take into account aspects of the environment that I may not be consciously aware of with its programming. As much as I don't want to admit it, in some ways my brain is slowing down. My composition is still great, but some of the technical bits might be falling by the wayside. This will definitely help catch those.
There's two levels of the product, a plastic casing and an ruggedized metal/ABS housing, I opted for the later. It works with my Canon 6D, doesn't with my SL1: gee, I might have to buy a new camera?! Shucky darns! I think it also works as a wireless intervalometer, which could be very convenient.
This is the second generation of the product. They created the project to fund at $100,000 - they're at over $2.1m. It's a pretty popular project. The first Arsenal sold over 100,000 units.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2092430307/arsenal-2/
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Date: 2020-08-29 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-29 03:44 pm (UTC)If you can afford it, order the inexpensive one, apply for the beta program, and tell them what your objections are! Also, the device will write 16-bit DNGs to the internal SD card, so you'll still have RAWs to play with.
I can't disagree with you because you have a much better eye than I for color shift, that's always been a weakness for me as I have some color perception deficiencies.
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Date: 2020-08-29 07:24 pm (UTC)Gosh, what a shame! :D
This wouldn’t fit my dinosaur, but I only do point-and-shoot stuff for the most part these days.
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Date: 2020-08-29 07:59 pm (UTC)Yeah, it requires a pretty techie camera that has an API interface, which dictates somewhat new. LOTS of people asking about Olympus getting on their list, and right now that's a hard no. Not surprising, since Olympus is no longer in the camera business.
I can get an SL3 body-only from Adorama for $550, it's up to 24 MP, which is quite a jump from my SL1. the thing that's nice about it, aside from it being a smaller form factor, is the LCD is a touch-screen, which is surprisingly useful. Dunno if there's a used market. For that matter, I didn't know it existed! I knew there was an SL2, the existence of the SL3 took me by surprise when I went to the Canon site. I could probably sell the SL1 for a $100 or so, I should see what I can get for it.