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Long Distance Relationships

Dave Navarro — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:40:09 +0000

When shooting video (or stills) on your DSLR camera, it’s always best to use a prime lens like a 50mm F1.8 or F1.4. However, sometimes the subject you are shooting requires a zoom lens and prime zooms can be very expensive. Fortunately both Canon and Sigma have zooms that are inexpensive (around $200). When [...]

June 2010 Sales Report

Dave Navarro — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:12:51 +0000

I HATE THE SUMMER SLUMP! My clip sales are way down overall, even on Pond5, and my revenue per clip is also down. RevoStock is actually up a little bit. I didn’t submit nearly as many clips in June as I should have, but I did manage to produce a lot more. It’s just [...]

Canon T2i Review

Dave Navarro — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:27:27 +0000

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that Canon announced a new Video DSLR (vDSLR) in early February. And they quickly started shipping it the last week of February. The Canon EOS Rebel T2i is an 18 megapixel camera with support for recording video at an unbelievable price of $799 (body [...]

Busy, busy, busy…

Dave Navarro — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:14:54 +0000

It’s been a very busy month for me. I lost my primary income, so my sole source of income (for the moment) is now MicroStock and I’m not making nearly enough to cover all my bills. I am managing to pick up a contract job now and again, but not enough. So it’s a [...]