DSLR: How to remove a bent filter ring
You've just dropped your DSLR camera. The lens filter shattered. The filter ring, now bent, can't be removed. Here's what to do.
Cameras & Filmmaking
Hands-on camera reviews, filmmaking tips, and creative workflows. Covers mirrorless, cinema cameras, and AI-powered video tools including Canon EOS R5/R6/R7, Panasonic GH6, Blackmagic, Nikon RED, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Nano Banana—led by filmmaker Clinton Stark.
Product to Watch: Lytro focus-less camera
New light field technology enables post-composition photo focusing. Is it one of the biggest innovations in the history of photography?
Canon 5D Mark II vs. iPhone 4S video: Yes, but…
The Canon 5D Mark II, on the other hand, is the biz. It's used to make films, television shows. It's a professional grade camera with…
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Conan O’Brien’s editing team tests Final Cut Pro X (Video)
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Stabilizing Shaky Footage: Adobe After Effects Warp Stabilizer (video)
In this case you could call it the "rapper stabilizer."
Secondary audio options for DSLR and Canon T2i – Zoom, Tascam, Rode
One thing I know with the Canon T2i (and T3i, 60D...) is that on-board camera audio is a non-starter for all but the most casual…
Stop the Presses: My Canon T2i has red “hot” pixel defect
Which got me to thinking... kind of like Jerry Maguire: Break down? No, Break Through!
Rack and Stack: Canon Rebel T2i, T3i, EOS 60D
T2i is a trusted friend to Stark Insider as I use it for all our videos now. I cringe when I look back to some…
Canon Rebel T3i DSLR specs announced – but 60D still calling me
Note that the image sensor and most of the internals are the same as the T2i so we're not talking major upgrade here.