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Magic Plate quick-release plate makes it easy to toggle from landscape to portrait

31 Jan

A new Kickstarter campaign from Silence Corner is seeking funds for ‘Magic Plate,’ a new quick-release plate that enables photographers to quickly switch between landscape and portrait shooting. Magic Plate is CNC machined from aerospace-grade aluminum, is compatible with most Arca gear and includes a 14″-20 UNC screw in addition to a quick-release button and strap slots.

This quick release plate doesn’t need to be removed from the ball head, according to the team behind the product. Instead, users can toggle the camera from landscape to portrait mode by pressing the plate’s quick-release button, rotating the camera and then locking the plate into its new position. The device is more compact than L-brackets and lighter at only 40g (1.4oz).

Silence Corner’s Kickstarter campaign is offering the Magic Plate in Silence Black and Corner Gray color options for pledges of at least $ 55, a 32% discount off the anticipated retail price, assuming the product makes it to market. Magic Plate is 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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Quickly toggle Ai Servo Focus on the Canon 5D Mark III

17 Mar

Here’s a quick tip for Canon 5D MkIII users.

Canon EOS 5D MkIII with EF 50mm f/1.2L

Canon EOS 5D MkIII with EF 50mm f/1.2L

If you don’t use this camera, this tip probably isn’t very helpful for you. Instead you might be interested to read about how I shot the above photo. Also, I recommend skimming through your camera manual to see what customizations are available. Customizing your camera’s button configuration can help taylor the camera to your shooting style.

With the 5D Mark III, Canon added the ability for users to change the function of several of the buttons on the camera body. In addition to this new functionality, Canon also moved the Depth of Field (DoF) preview button. It’s now on the left side of the lens, in approximately the 8 o’clock position, as you look at the camera’s front.

The new location of the DoF preview button and the ability to assign different functions to the standard buttons brings an interesting new shooting option. As I rarely use the DoF Preview Button, I’ve changed it’s function to toggle Ai Servo Focus when held down. To re-assign the DoF Preview Button to toggle Ai Servo focus mode on the 5D MkIII follow these steps:

1. Navigate to menu C.Fn2:Disp/Operation

Step 1

Step 1

2. Select the DoF Preview Button from the list of buttons

Step 2

Step 2

3. Change the button’s function to ONE SHOT AI SERVO

Step 3

Step 3

This customization allows me to stay in Single Shot AF mode, and toggle Ai Servo focus with my right ring finger if my subject starts moving. This is an incredibly flexible way to handle moving subjects and I like being able to toggle between two AF modes without moving the camera from my eye.

Give this a try and let me know how you like it. It took me a couple weeks to train myself to use my ring finger to toggle Ai Servo, but now that I’m used to it, I love shooting this way. As always, you can find me on Facebook.

Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.

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Windows 8 – Toggle Hiding / Minimizing the Ribbon in Explorer

16 Oct

Prevent the ribbon in Windows 8’s Explorer from automatically disappearing after you select an option.

In Windows 8, when you select a menu item from the Ribbon in Explorer, by default the ribbon hides itself. This way you can keep more screen real-estate for actually looking through your files and folders.

However, if you are configuring which files to view, altering how you want icons displayed, or rotating images, you may find it irritating that the ribbon disappears each time you select an option, check a box, etc. While you can select the menu bar again to access the option, why should you have to do this each time?…

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Windows 8 – Toggle Computer, Control Panel, Files, Network, Recycle Bin on Desktop

16 Oct

Show or hide a variety of icons on the Windows 8 Desktop: Computer, Control Panel, Files, Network, and/or the Recycle Bin.

By default, the Windows 8 Desktop is fairly sparse, only showing an icon for the Recycle Bin so you can quickly view deleted files that have not been completely removed from the system.

While you can access your Computer, Control Panel, the network, and your user files via the Explorer icon in the Taskbar, you might find it more useful to have Desktop icons that you can double-click for instant access to these locations. …

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Toggle Gridlines, Guides, and Rulers When Designing Slides

22 Sep

Use rulers, drawing guides, and / or gridlines to arrange objects inside slides in PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

Designing complicated slide layouts in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010?

It might prove useful to show items to aid in arranging text, images, graphs, and other objects on a slide. With a couple of clicks you can view horizontal and vertical rulers, gridlines on which objects are aligned, and adjustable drawing guides….

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