Urban Safari: Strawberry Moon
There was a full moon on June 20, 2016; it is sometimes called the Strawberry Moon (because it occurs when strawberry season starts). It just also happened to be the Summer [...]
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Starlight Instruments: FocusLynx software and Camera Installation
Last month we completed the hardware installation of the Focuser Boss II hub and controller. We can now manually control the focusing of the Celestron C6 OTA with the [...]
LapWorks mount for tablets and such
Over the years, RainyDayMagazine has looked at a lot of accessories—cases, mounts, etc.—for smartphones and tablets and the like. While accessories designed for a [...]
WenPod Gimbal Stabilizers FirstLook
Back in 2006, we put together the setup that allowed us to take hands-free digital video while hiking, we called it the AdventureCam. Back then, we had to use a small [...]
Nikon School : DSLR Video Workshop
We switched from Olympus to Nikon when we went from film to digital more than a decade ago. While the Nikon DSLR gear we have is video-capable, we rarely used it for video [...]
Blackvue Front/Rear Dashcam Installation
When we got back from Summer Vacation we posted an article with some clips taken with our Blackvue dashcam. We had posted a FirstLook in 2013, and a few readers pointed out [...]
Past Tech: Live Photos from 1997
Buried in the two hours of Apple announcements on September 9th was an interesting bit about the new iPhone 6S and its ability to take Live Photos. When you take a photo [...]
Urban Safari : Spotting the Blue Angels
Boston was treated to a Blue Angels fly-by on Tuesday. We debated over where in the city we should set up our photo gear, and decided that Castle Island in South Boston [...]
Vanguard Ball Head
Vanguard has made a name for itself with professional photographers since coming onto the scene in 1986. Much of the credit for Vanguard’s rise in popularity goes [...]
Polaroid Land Camera : Model 95
When we went to a book signing recently for A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War, we got to handle the iconic camera the Polaroid Land [...]
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