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The DoBox Pro (sort of) transforms your iPad Pro into a laptop

01 Nov

A new Indiegogo campaign is seeking funding for DoBox Pro, an accessory designed to transform Apple’s iPad Pro into a ‘full’ laptop. The DoBox Pro features an array of ports alongside a keyboard and trackpad, enabling iPad Pro owners to use Ethernet, HDMI, USB-A accessories and more.

The iPad Pro is one of the most popular tablets on the market, offering consumers powerful hardware combined with a large high-quality display and access to some of the best mobile apps for creatives. The product naturally comes with restrictions inherent to tablets, however, forcing some users to carry around a laptop in addition to the tablet.

Though tablet docks with built-in keyboards aren’t a new idea, they’re generally limited to just the keyboard functionality. DoBox Pro expands beyond that, adding in a large trackpad that utilizes iPadOS’s pointer Accessibility feature, which is similar to, though not the same as, a laptop’s cursor.

The DoBox Pro features a built-in 16,000mAh battery, which is more than double the capacity of the iPad Pro 11’s 7812mAh battery, plus a backlight for the keyboard and support for M.2 SATA storage with capacities up to 2TB. The laptop base can be connected with the USB-C port found on the newest iPad Pro models and the Lightning connector on iPad older models.

The product is being funded on Indiegogo, where the team behind it is offering DoBox Pro for pledges of at least $ 119. The ‘early bird’ units are expected to start shipping to backers in April 2020.


Disclaimer: Remember to do your research with any crowdfunding project. DPReview does its best to share only the projects that look legitimate and come from reliable creators, but as with any crowdfunded campaign, there’s always the risk of the product or service never coming to fruition.

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Why This Pro is (sort of) Switching from Canon to Sony

02 May

Throughout the internet, there are quite a few photographers trading in their DSLRs for shiny new mirrorless cameras. I never thought I’d join the crew switching from Canon to Sony, telling myself that it’s not the bells and whistles of brand new cameras that define a photographer’s abilities. That all changed when I took the plunge and ordered a Sony A7RIII.

After having it for about a month, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with this camera and use it almost as much as my Canon DSLRs. However, I’m not giving up on Canon yet. In this article, I’ll shed some light on why I’m straddling the Canon-Sony lines, and how my experience with Sony has been so far.

My History of Cameras

I’ll start off by admitting that I’ve never been much of a camera brand loyalist, to begin with. My first digital camera (I never shot film) was a Nikon D40. I played in the Nikon world for several years, eventually ending up with a Nikon D700, and host of accompanying Nikkor lenses.

In 2012, I traded in my Nikon gear for the Canon 5D Mark III and 6D, intending to dive into the video and filmmaking world. While that Canon has hardly been utilized for video, it has built my entire professional photography portfolio in the past 6 years. I haven’t bought a full-frame camera since then.

Why This Pro is (sort of) Switching from Canon to Sony

In 2015, I embarked on a month-long backpacking trip to Asia, which sparked my purchase of a Sony a6300. This dipped my toes into the Sony world, and although it took a lot of adjusting, I quickly fell in love with my little mirrorless camera.

It was much smaller than my DSLRs, image quality was on par, 4K video quality was exceptional, and the extra features such as face detect, eye autofocus, focus peaking, and more felt sci-fi compared to my Canons.

Fast forward to this year, when I’ve ramped up video production and am making as many videos as I am photos, and it just made sense to upgrade to the full-frame Sony A7RIII.

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What I Love About Sony Cameras

Eye Autofocus

You’ll never have another excuse for taking an out-of-focus portrait again when using a Sony camera. Their eye autofocus is fast, accurate, and very hard to live without once you’ve gotten used to it. Pair it with face detection, and you have the perfect camera for photographing anything with people in the scene.

A Truly Silent Shutter

When I first started shooting with the Sony a6300, I marveled at the silent shutter mode that helps you shoot candid shots much more stealthily. Canon has a Silent Shooting mode that is definitely quieter than normal, but hardly without noise. Sony silent shutters are truly silent, which can be very important while shooting in live performance venues or in areas where the extra noise is frowned upon.

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Canon versus Sony side by side.

The Electronic Viewfinder (EVF)

Like most mirrorless cameras, the Sony A7rIII comes with an electronic viewfinder. Compared to DSLRs that use optical viewfinders (OVF) unless you’re shooting via live view, an EVF gives you a real-time preview of the image you’re capturing.

Generally speaking, I love the EVF for crafting and composing better images in-camera, but I do wish for the option to switch between EVF and OVF. This especially comes into play when photographing concerts with heavy LED lighting that can almost wash out the EVF and make it difficult to compose images.

Sony PlayMemories App

It’s far from perfect, but the Sony PlayMemories app and its ability to quickly transfer images from the camera to a smartphone via a QR code is genius. This approach is much easier and reliable than Canon’s Wi-Fi transfer system.

Sony also used to include PlayMemories apps that could be installed in-camera, such as a time-lapse feature. For unknown reasons, Sony removed these apps from the Sony A7rIII and A7III. Hopefully, they are restored in a future firmware update as these apps were incredibly handy.

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The Camera Can be Powered Internally via USB

The ability to charge my camera by simply plugging it into a wall or external battery pack has been a lifesaver. This is handy not only if you happen to forget your external battery charger, but also for powering your camera through any extra-long photo (like time-lapse) or video sessions.

What I Miss from Canon Cameras

Ability to Shoot Smaller RAW Files

A feature I use quite frequently on my Canon cameras is the ability to shoot smaller RAW file sizes (M-RAW, S-RAW). This gives you all of the advantages of a RAW file but in a smaller file size.

Unfortunately, this is a feature that Sony cameras don’t offer. It would be especially helpful to have on the Sony A7RIII, whose uncompressed RAW files are 81.9 MB apiece. The only way to decrease this size is to shoot compressed RAW files (about 41.0 MB each) or shoot in JPG.

Needless to say, I’ve purchased two more external hard drives since I started shooting with the A7rIII.

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Straightforward Features and Settings

Sony cameras, like Adobe Photoshop, are jam-packed with features. This can be either a blessing or a burden when you’re just trying to take a simple photo or video. More often than not, I find myself fumbling around with Sony’s menus and settings just to snap a quick photo.

Yes, you can customize buttons and menus to your liking. But it can get confusing when you have to choose between six focus modes and six focus areas at any given moment. In comparison, cameras like Canon DSLRs and even Fujifilm mirrorless cameras seem much simpler to operate.

Consistent Colors

Many photographers are quick to criticize the colors of Sony cameras, claiming that Canon has a much better color science. I tend to agree with the critics.

In general, photos taken with both my Sony a6300 and A7RIII have pretty good colors. But occasionally (usually when shooting indoors with artificial lighting), both cameras process colors oddly. This can usually be corrected in post-production, but compared to my Canon DSLRs that nail colors almost every time in a variety of conditions, this can be frustrating.

Why I’m Not Leaving Canon Just Yet

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Even though I own two Sony cameras, I’m not fully giving up on Canon just yet. Here’s why.

Sony Lenses Aren’t Cheap

Across the board, Sony lenses tend to be several hundred dollars more expensive than their Canon equivalents. Even if I traded in or sold all of my Canon gear, it would take a significant investment to buy into the Sony G-Master line of lenses.

My compromise in the meantime has been a mixed bag. I sold half of my Canon lenses (mostly prime lenses that I never used anyway), purchased a few mid-range, all-purpose Sony lenses (i.e. the 24-105mm f/4), and invested in a Metabones V adapter (more on that below).

My Remaining Canon Gear is Hard to Sell

I’ve historically been very hard on my Canon DSLRs, and both show significant wear and tear. Trade-in and resell values for both of my DSLRs and remaining Canon lenses aren’t great. How many people do you see switching to Canon these days? In the meantime, I’m inclined to keep and use my Canon gear for now and wait and see what happens. After all…

A Canon Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera is Coming Soon

Photography news sites are abuzz that both Canon and Nikon may soon release full-frame mirrorless cameras. It’s hard to say how good these cameras will be, and if they will use EF and EF-S lenses, or a whole new lens mount. But I’m hanging on to the hope that Canon can get its act together and compete in the mirrorless world.

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Canon body on the left, Sony body right.

Two Things Worth Mentioning

Sony Batteries Have Improved Greatly

Mirrorless cameras have long been criticized for poor battery life. This is certainly true for my a6300, which usually lasts for about 350-400 shots per battery.

However, Sony introduced the brand new NP-FZ100 battery to both the Sony A9, A7rIII and the A7III. More robust in build, this battery powers your camera for up to 530-650 shots or a little under 2 hours of video recording time.

In practice, I find that these new batteries last much longer and are almost on par with Canon DSLR batteries.

Sony-Canon Lens Mount Adapter Works – Sort of

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There are several lens adapters which will let you mount Canon lenses to Sony cameras. The most popular adapters are the Sigma MC-11 Mount Converter ($ 199.00) and the Metabones V adapter ($ 399.00).

I’ve been using the Metabones V adapter to put my Canon lenses on the A7rIII and a6300. The adapter works most of the time with fast and accurate autofocus, and even eye autofocus works extremely well.

However, there are moments when my camera will simply freeze right after focusing on an object. This is easily corrected by simply switching the camera off and back on, but it seems to be a problem with the adapter. So far, this is the only real problem I’ve seen while using a lens adapter.

Canon lenses that work on my Sony cameras with the Metabones V adapter:

  • Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II
  • Canon 24-70m f/2.8 II
  • Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 II
  • Canon 50mm f/1.8
  • Canon 35mm f/1.4
  • Canon 85mm f/1.8
  • Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro

In Conclusion

Canon to Sony

As a photographer charging into the world of videography, it made sense to start shifting away from Canon into the realm of Sony. Since getting the Sony A7rIII, I’ve seen a huge uptick in the quality of my videos and photos. However, I’m also hoping that Canon will soon release a competitive mirrorless camera that meets the video and photo needs of today’s creatives.

Have you made the switch to mirrorless cameras yet? If so which brand and model did you decide on and why? What’s your take?

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What sort of Persons Should Just take Yoga Teacher Coaching On-line?

06 Mar

Lots of people opt to become yoga classes in Dallas instructors, in many cases by getting yoga teacher teaching on the web. Even so, you’ll find several yoga students who have considered undergoing instructor training, but aren’t confident if this job route is right for them. When there is certainly certainly a difference between a university student who’s passionate about yoga in addition to a full-fledged instructor, both of those share a passionate interest in yoga, meditation and advancing their observe. That can help figure out irrespective of whether or not teacher coaching is true in your case, here are some of the traits which make for any very good yoga teacher.

An individual Who Life and Breathes Yoga – When you wake up each morning as well as initial matter you think that about is heading off into a class, then you really could possibly just be described as a best applicant for instructor education. Yoga instructors share a deep and common love for their exercise. They say that those that do what they adore won’t ever get the job done daily within their lives. If yoga is your passion, a job as an instructor could possibly be best.

An individual Who want to Assist People – In the media, yoga has gotten the name of staying absolutely nothing more than the usual mere exercise. Nonetheless, passionate yogis know that this can be simply not the case. Yoga has actually been known to take care of a wide variety of bodily and psychological ailments, from melancholy to actual physical injuries to sleeplessness plus much more. Those who feel that it is actually their contacting to assist people might be joyful ready as being a yoga teacher. Like a teacher, you can not just help your pupils to advance their apply, but to manage challenges that they have been struggling with inside their lives.

A person Who would like to Possess a Studio – Many yogis harbor the not-so-secret dream of someday owning their particular studio. Even though some studio house owners don’t have their certification, the vast majority do. By owning your instructor certification, you will be an even better studio owner. You may use a excellent idea of what tends to make an incredible trainer and also have the choice to likely teach a few courses all on your own.

A person Who would like to Deepen Their Follow – Not everybody who requires instructor instruction on the web is completely beneficial which they want to switch careers and become an teacher. In some cases, enthusiastic yogis enroll in teacher coaching with the uncomplicated rationale that they are all set to deepen their observe and get an even better comprehension of yoga. Even when you aren’t guaranteed that you choose to choose to turn into a teacher full-time, investing in teacher schooling will let you to increase your observe and develop into a better yogi.

Trainer training might be a must have to some big range of yogis. Even though you aren’t beneficial that you’ll be able to grow to be a full-time teacher, passionate yogis normally discover that trainer instruction programs assist them to boost their own follow and get a greater comprehension of the further indicating of yoga. For people that are wanting to absolutely turn into yoga instructors, instructor teaching could be the vital very first move to commencing your new journey as an instructor. By devoting your lifetime to yoga, you are going to acquire a way of peace and joy that every one amateur yogis aspire to obtain. Namaste.

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Sort of Subterranean: 15 Partially Underground Modern Home Designs

14 Feb

[ By SA Rogers in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

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While fully subterranean homes can feel like grim bunkers, homes built partially into hills, cliffs and bluffs peek out from underground through glassy ‘eyes’ to gain daylight access and views of their surroundings. These covert residences are naturally camouflaged from several angles, blending into the landscape while still enjoying sun-dappled swimming pools, terraces and courtyards.

Underground Pavilion by Act Romegialli

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An addition to a traditional home in Northern Italy sits beneath the surface in the backyard, disguised by a green roof, with its ample glazing looking out onto an artificial pond. Local architecture firm Act Romegialli connected the new wing of the home to the original structure with an underground tunnel and placed an indoor swimming pool and gym inside the addition.

Two Single-Family Homes in Paraguay by Bauen

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Twin arcs protrude above grassy hills concealing the bulk of ‘two single-family homes’ by Paraguayan firm Bauen. The architects terra-formed the artificial hills and filled in voids between them with triple-height glass enclosures. Both of the luxurious homes look out onto a shared swimming pool. The roofs of the homes mirror the shape of the hills, and from afar, they’re barely visible.

Casa del Acantilado by Gilbartolomé Architects

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‘Dragon House’ by Gilbartolomé Architects takes a challenging site and transforms it into something truly spectacular, with a curvilinear tiled roof resembling scales on a reptilian hide. The home itself is built into a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Granada, Spain, with three ‘eyes’ leading out onto glass-walled balconies to take in the views. The interior is spread across two levels, and the living room segues into a cantilevered terrace with a swimming pool.

Casa Brutale by OPA

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Set to be built into the cliffs of Beirut soon, rather than overlooking a sea as seen in these renderings, Casa Brutale by OPA instantly went viral upon its debut for its dramatic design, with nothing but its swimming pool and stairs visible from surface level. The glass-bottomed pool acts as a giant watery skylight for the entire underground home, which looks out onto the valley from a narrow glazed facade.

Pam and Jenny House by L’escaut

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Positioned at waterline height within a garden, the ‘Pam and Jenny House’ by L’escaut is mostly subterranean but peeks out full-height glazing into a recessed courtyard to fill the space with light and make it feel larger. Seen from the main house, this addition looks like no more than a series of grassy plains.

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Leica M Monochrom now available in grayscale (sort of)

26 May

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Have you been lusting after a Leica Monochrom but anxiously hoping for its release in a new body finish? Well your long, nightmarish wait is over. Leica has announced that its M Monochrom, first announced in 2012, is now available in a new limited silver chrome ‘color version’. Click through for (not much) more information, or just to take part in the inevitable comments debate about whether chrome and /or black really count as ‘color’ options. 

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iPad Photography App: Sort Shots: Adorama Photography TV

12 Nov

Adorama Photography TV presents Sort Shots for the iPad. This week Mark Wallace discovered a great iPad application that is called Sort Shots. This app helps users find photographs on their iPad. Tap on a tag/keyword, a rating, a category or favorites to quickly locate your photographs. Sorts can be saved for easy retrieval. Select one or more photographs and share them on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and Picasa. Create an impromptu slideshow by simply tapping the Play button and the images begin to play along with music from your Library. To download Sort Shots and for related articles and videos, go to www.adorama.com Buy an iPad at Adorama.com: www.adorama.com Visit www.adorama.com for more photography videos!

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Visualization of Quick sort

20 May

This video was created for www.zutopedia.com It demonstrates two comparison sorting algorithms Bubble sort and Quick sort. Comparison sorting algorithms are only allowed to ‘see’ the data through a sequence of pair-wise comparisons, therefore they are applicable to any type of comparable objects: numbers, strings, colored balls, etc Bubble sort is very simple but has poor performance. A comparison sorting algorithm’s performance is usually measured by the number of comparisons it makes. Bubble sort performs on the order of n^2 comparisons to sort n elements. Quick sort is only slightly more complicated but usually performs much better (as demonstrated in the video). It performs on average an order of n log(n) comparisons to sort n elements. This is much lower than n^2 for large values of n. However, if the algorithm makes some ‘unlucky’ choices it might require n^2 comparisons after all. Other algorithms exist that guarantee the number of comparisons will not exceed n log(n), however, in practice Quick sort usually out-performs all other comparison sorting algorithms due to its simplicity. If other operations other than pair-wise comparisons are allowed, then a broader range of algorithms can be used. Some of them can perform much faster than Quick sort, but they are limited to a particular type of elements, eg, numbers is a certain range.
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