My DJI Osmo Action Died After 3 Months: Plus Unboxing and Review

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In this video, I will describe my experiences with the DJI Osmo action after the first three months of ownership. This will include the story of how it died and was replaced. Plus I have included an unboxing and feature tour along with some sample footage.

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Music:

NCS: Music Without Limitations

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Black Friday Deals for Photographers

1. TOMTOP 24-Inch 60cm 5 in 1(Gold, Silver, White, Black and Translucent) Portable Photography Studio Multi Photo Disc Collapsible Light Reflector (Photography accessories) (Collapsible)

2. Amazon Basics DSLR and Laptop Backpack - Orange interior

3. Canon Digital SLR Camera Body [EOS 80D] with 24.2 Megapixel (APS-C) CMOS Sensor and Dual Pixel CMOS AF - Black

4. Lowepro Photo Sport 300 AW II - An Outdoor Sport Backpack for a DSLR Camera or the DJI Mavic Pro/Mavic Pro Platinum

5. Canon Portrait and Travel Two Lens Kit with 50mm f/1.8 and 10-18mm Lenses

6. PANASONIC LUMIX G VARIO LENS, 45-150MM, F4.0-5.6 ASPH., MIRRORLESS MICRO FOUR THIRDS, MEGA OPTICAL I.S., H-FS45150AK (USA BLACK)

7. Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens

8. Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens

9. Nikon D7200 DX-format DSLR w/ 18-140mm VR Lens (Black)

10. Canon Mirrorless Camera Body [EOS M50] with 4K Video, 24.1 Megapixel (APS-C) CMOS Sensor - Black

Photography Challenge #2: Check Yourself

I'm also offering a free Create Challenge Toolkit, which will contain all of the worksheets that go along with this series.

To submit your challenge response simply snap a clear picture of your completed worksheets and post them in the comments section below. Click on the button above to download the worksheets.

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Photography Challenge #1: Describe Yourself as a Photographer

This is a free one year long series that will help you to make a personal photography project. I'm also offering a free Create Challenge Toolkit, which will contain all of the worksheets and resources that go along with this series.

TO SUBMIT YOUR CHALLENGE RESPONSE SIMPLY SNAP A CLEAR PICTURE OF YOUR COMPLETED WORKSHEETS AND POST THEM IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW. CLICK ON THE BUTTON ABOVE TO DOWNLOAD THE WORKSHEETS.  Alternatively, you could simply type out your response.

Since this is my video, I should do the challenge too.  I have been doing photography for most of my life but I really began to study it around 2005, when digital was really coming in to its own. I am an opportunist with regard to my subjects, as I'm sure many people are. I tend to photograph subject that are easily available to me, however, I mostly shoot wildlife, portraits, and landscapes. I would say most of my quality work is of wildlife and beauty shots of models. I would say my style included images with vibrant colors and artificial light. However, these days I seem to be shooting more natural light and in Black and White so my style is ever changing. I frequently shoot with a 24-105 mm lens but my most frequent focal length is probably 600 mm since I like to shoot wildlife. I would say my photographic weakness is caring too much about technical things and not enough about creativity and capturing the decisive moment. I hope to be able to work on this throughout the year.

How to Change Lenses on the Fly

Changing Lenses on the Fly

This video demonstrates different ways of switching lenses on a DSLR camera.

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What's New with the Fuji X-Pro2

Fuji has just released a beta of the new Fuji X-Pro2 to replace the X-Pro1 APS-C camera.  Fuji has made some important updates to the sensor taking it from 16 MP to 24 MP with their new quad-core X-Trans CMOS sensor.  They have improved the auto-focus system and added 273 autofocus points and a nice joystick for changing focus points like you would see on a Canon DSLR.  They have also improved the back screen and the viewfinder, which people are now saying refreshes fast enough not to have any lag, which is a nice improvement.  They have also added Acros black and white film simulations which will produce really nice B&W images for jpg shooters.

Why would you buy this camera?  Fuji's are known for great image quality, color rendition, and they have some great lenses.  It's also very compact and retro styled.  If you like the old rangefinder look or if you prefer to use dials and buttons over menus, this camera might be right for you.

Even though this camera shoots a respectable 1080p/60 fps video, this is a still shooters camera, there are better options on the market for video shooters.

Here are the basics specifications:

Fujifilm X-Pro2 features

• 24MP X-Trans CMOS III sensor (APS-C)
• 273 Autofocus points (169 of which PDAF)
• 2.36M-dot OLED/Optical hybrid viewfinder with pop-up picture-in-picture tab
• ISO 200-12800, expandable to 100-51200 with Raw shooting at all settings
• 1/8000 sec maximum shutter speed and 1/250 sec flash sync
• Acros black and white film simulation
• Grain Effect option for JPEGs
• 1080/60p movies
• $1699.95

Nikon Unveils 2 New DSLR's and a Speedlight at CES 2016

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Nikon Unveils the Nikon D5 and the D500.  The D5 is a pro level camera with a fast 12-14 fps shooting speed, tons of AF points (153 AF points, 99 of which are cross-type sensors), and up to ISO 3 million (3,280,000) and it also shoots 4k video.  The new D500 is a new fx sensor camera that shoots 4k video.  Check out the full story here:

http://imaging.nikon.com/library/news-archives/2016/news160106.htm

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The SB-5000 will be Nikon's first radio controlled speedlight - $599

Update Your Camera for Daylight Savings Time

Update Your Camera for Daylight Savings Time