My meanderings thru the minefield of Camera's, as well as audio and video equipment with a smattering of Photography and a pinch of Quadcopters. We recently returned to Music production and so you’ll be seeing Music making posts as well from now on. Checkout our Music on Spotify , Apple Music or your favorite Music site
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Dead Trigger 2 First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Dead Trigger 2 First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming the sequel to Dead Trigger, in the opening scenes of the game we see a several story tall ZOMBIE, Not something I'd like to come against in the real world but fun to battle in the gaming world. Similar controls, perhaps a bit better graphics make this another winner to me. Fun, easy to get into.Probably not a good fit for younger players as the Zombie's are a bit gruesome. Found it a bit odd that initially I could only use my Stilson wrench even tho as we progress it turns out I have a nice Czech made CZ75 Semi automatic pistol.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Fortune Teller Apprentice First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
The Fortune Teller Apprentice First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming seems like it is a game designed to test your intuition and knowledge of the Tarot deck. I'd say it would be a good complement for those folks trying to learn to do readings on their own. I think I'm going to take a break from Tarot etc videos for a while as I don't see the videos getting many views. If I get alot of folks asking for them or see a spike in views perhaps I''ll reconsider. Leave a comment below if you think I should continue doing them as well as please subscribe and give it a thumbs up.
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Monday, September 28, 2015
SJ4000 with 6mm Lens Converted to Full Spectrum Camera & Audio Technica ATR2500 Mic
SJ4000 with 6mm Lens Converted to Full Spectrum Camera & Audio Technica ATR2500 Mic so we are revisiting this camera once again having now put a 6mm lens in it. The lens was about $8 and due to the Crop value of the small sensor this 6mm lens gives a FOV of 31.2mm or so. The lens was ordered sans IR block so the camera remains Full Spectrum capable. To avoid crummy sound I used my trusty Audio-Technia ATR2500 USB Mic into my Apple Mac and used GarageBand to record the audio which I synched up and replaced the SJ4000 audio with in Final Cut Pro X. Next time I use this camera I'm likely to connect it to my Feiyu G3 3 axis Gimbal and walk around at night to see how steady this combination will be while carrying an Infrared light.
Converting to Full Spectrum seems to be better than camera's with Nightvision which boost the gain and give a Green tint to everything as well as changing the shutter speed/angle. whereas shooting with a Full Spectrum Camera it's like shooting in daylight tho the Infrared light is mostly outside the spectrum of human vision.
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Friday, September 25, 2015
There's still time to enter our Microphone Giveaway
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
Star Wars Commander First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Star Wars Commander First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming for IOS . fun game similar to Sim City but with a Star Wars theme to it, easy to get the basic idea and as usual it's mine, build, attack and defend. As you progress you fight for both the Rebel Alliance and The Galactic Empire! Tho eventually you have to choose sides. In this video I run thru the first few missions to give you a teaste of whats in store. I heartily recommend it to any Star Wars fan and or fans of Strategic games. In these first few levels youre on Tantooine as well as meeting Darth Vade, Han Solo and an envoy from Jabba the Hutt and of course a visit from Princess Leia. Fun Fun Fun
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Dead Trigger First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Dead Trigger First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming Time for some new Gory Wholesome WHOLESALE Zombie Slaughter! Nice Gory game, not recommneded for younger players I love the opening sequence that masks the loading of the game, it makes waiting soooo much more palatable then staring at a status bar scrolling slowly across the screen. Lots of FUN without all the mess :-) Kill kill and kill some more. Yes we will be taking a look at Dead Trigger 2 in the near future as well
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We used our Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and an MXL 990 mic for the voice over for this video. Great inexpensive combo for any Voice Over work or Podcasting uses you might have
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
iTarot Lite First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming for IOS
iTarot Lite First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming for IOS, yet another app that will let you do quick readings when on the go and you forget your deck. From the Credits it says it's the Ancient Tarot of Marseille , the graphics are serviceable but nothing earth shattering unlike some other apps, It gives the background info of what the cards mean so you can interpert your spread. It does 3 card spreads for 3 different topics, Love, Family and Career tho the full Paid version offers more tho I've not used the full version so not sure how much better it may be. Not bad considering it's free. Have a look and decide for yourself
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Monday, September 21, 2015
Full Spectrum SJ4000 Action Cam plus SolarForce L2 with IR insert YAY Nightvision Take 2
Full Spectrum SJ4000 Action Cam plus SolarForce L2 with IR insert YAY Nightvision Take 2 , I took a Clone of the SJCam SJ4000 and converted it to Full Spectrum. This allows me to shoot in pitch darkness while using an Infrared light source which is unseen by human eyes but the converted camera picks up quite readily. This was a relatively simple conversion and took me under 10 minutes to do. Local folks talking about forming a Ghost Hunting/Paranormal Group and it piqued my interest so tried to do this as inexpensively as possible and think I succeeded quite well.
The Camera still needs some tweaking in the Focus department.
Suprised that GoPro hasn't jumped on this bandwagon. Maybe make one called the GoPro NightShot for the folks who don't ant to gut their camera to do this. Perhaps include a Cage and a Screw on IR Block filter for daylight use. I was SHOCKED at how bright the SolarForce L2 with the Infrared Bulb assembly was, my initial attempts were blowing out facial fewatures. Once I moved the light back 7-8 feet from the subject it looks alot better and covers a larger area to boot. Any of you in the local area wishing your Action Cam to be converted, I'd likel do it for $50 or so unlike the Conversions for DSLR's that cost nearly $300
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Our New Giveaway: A Neewer Super Uni Directional Microphone
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What's this? What's this? There's magic in the air.......
Ok it's not Magic but some of you may have noticed the new Logo on the upper right of the Blog, it's for Influenster. A friend of mine told me about it and I joined, costs nothing to use and can possibly gain you some goodies to try out and review for their website , it helps the makers of the products, presumeably they pay Influenster, and you get some goodies to try for Free. I've been on the site a few days, I've seen a bunch of things I already use like Audio-Technica Mic's and Various PS3 games etc so have reviewed them. In future you may see more and more info from me mentioning them as I do need to disclose when I get something from them for nothing to review.
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The Walking Dead:Dead Yourself First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
The Walking Dead:Dead Yourself First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming having a look at this awesome program to turn yourself into a Walking Dead Walker or even one of the Heads floating in the Governor's Fish tanks. Super Easy to use, Fun and GREAT results tho I don't think high enough resolution to make Prints from alas. That might be a money maker for them. Charge X $'s for a high resolution 8*10 Print of your masterpiece. WE purposely left the Opening off this video. What do you think? Put it back in on next video's or leave it off henceforth? Plese comment below and let us know.
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I can't wait for the Return of The Walking Dead tho I am enjoying Fear The Walking Dead thus far.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Nasacort to my rescue
My #allergies been kicking me around the last few days, my heads been feeling like a fishbowl full of water. I finally broke down and hit #Walgreens to get something to help. Saw #Nasacort and have heard good things so tried it. Within a few minutes, 10 or so, I felt a lot of the sinus pressure and congestion disappear. Hopefully I continue to feel good using it. Not too pricey at $15.99 so far I've noted no side effects either. Some things like #Sudafed I get my heart racing which isn't a good feeling.
Day 2, other than some Chapped lips I am not really noticing any side effects. Huzzah!
Full Spectrum SJ4000 Action Cam plus SolarForce L2 with IR insert YAY Nightvision
Full Spectrum SJ4000 Action Cam plus SolarForce L2 with IR insert YAY Nightvision , Found out that these action camera's are fairly simple to convert to Full Spectrum to allow shooting in Pitch Darkness and still capture very useable footage once an Infrared Light Source is employed so decided to do one. Here's our First test, alas we had the IR light a bit too close so blew out the face. More experimentation is needed.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Astrolis Horoscope First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Astrolis Horoscope First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming trying out this app on the Apple iPad , it gives horoscopes for the Zodiac signs, daily and weekly as well as love readings, does basic Past Present and Future Tarot reading by choosing 3 cards and you can even pay one of the many Readers to give you a live reading through the app. You can share your results on Twitter, Facebook and even via email.
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Monday, September 14, 2015
Takstar SGC-598 Shotgun Mic Quick Look at Mad Mohawk Films
Takstar SGC 598 Shotgun Mic Quick Look at Mad Mohawk Films we are having a quick listen to the Takstar Shotgun Mic as so many people told us that it's an excellent budget mic. As always let your own ears guide you to a decision. I shot this with the Bass Rolloff turned on and the +10 DB boost turned off. Outdoors in wind I'd recommend getting a Dead Cat as I doubt the included foam windscreen will help enough. This video was shot with the Takstar about 4.5 feet away . I used my go to light for quick setup, the Neewer CN-160, it's the only light on in the studio and I used the included Yellow/Orange diffuser which warms things up nicely. I shot this with my Sony A7 with the Sigma 60mm F2.8 Art Lens on it. I shot wide open at F2.8 and had the shutter speed set to 1/50 of a second and the Frame rate was 24 FPS.At some point I'll do a Head to head shootout between this inexpensive Shotgun mic and some of my much more expensive ones so you can hear them side by side and get a better idea of the quality of this microphone or lack of quality. Again everyone hears things differently so you may come to different conclusions than I do. I'm not here to sell you a Mic so if you like or dislike this mic it's of little consequence to me.
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Friday, September 11, 2015
Rode Mics the Indie Filmmakers friend
The announcement of 6 new products by Rode Microphones in Australia is great news but this is NOT why I'm so happy today!!!
Once again Rode has shown great support of the Indie Filmmaking community by also announcing that everyone who entered the My Rode Reel contest for 2015 will not only get a T shirt but also will receive 2 of the new Products the Rode Video Micro as well as a carbon fiber Boom pole for it. Incredible news and great support from a great company
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Neon Run First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming , a side scrolling platform jump game that is likely designed to help younger players develop hand eye coordination while making me look like a complete tool :-) Colorful Graphics with multiple layers of imagery . Give it a try but always look ahead so you know wether to do a double jump or not. I can't seem to get the knack of of it.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
15 Second Horror Film Challenge
15 Second Horror Film Challenge is currently accepting entries for free until Oct. 21st. Celebrity guest judges will award the Top 3! Lloyd Kaufman will broadcast the Top 10 onto his Troma Movies YouTube channel of over 100, 000 subscribers. Shoot something Horrifying and get it into the contest. NOW! :-)
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Dungeon Boss First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Dungeon Boss First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming with Creatures and Characters that are quite similar of Lego's and thus unlikely to disturb even the most squeamish player. The game mechanics are easy to learn tho it gets more and more difficult as you progress making for replayability. Fun game, I can see why it was named an Editor's Choice.
In this game you lead your team of powerful heroes through various dungeons, defeating legendary enemy bosses and grabbing loot along the way in this strategy RPG. Collect and improve your team of heroes to outmatch enemies in combat, and guard your own dungeon against any invader. Take command! Be the Boss in this new free-to-play game.
Call in reinforcements in the form of friends as well as use strategy to emerge victorious.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
The Psychic Tarot Oracle Cards First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
The Psychic Tarot Oracle Cards First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming , a beautifully rendered Virtual Tarot deck and explanations for each of the 65 cards. I'm not exactly sure why there's only 65 cards versus the more traditional 78 cards and didn't find any mention of it in the app as to why.. This app is only usable in Portrait mode so please excuse the Portrait mode video.
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Monday, September 7, 2015
Audio Technica AT2020 Blue Icicle Vs FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 Interface comparison
Audio Technica AT2020 Blue Icicle Vs FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 Interface comparison.
Tonight we are comparing Audio Interfaces, we pit the Blue Icicle against the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 costing 3 times as much as the Blue Icicle. Can you hear a difference? Can you hear 3 times the difference? We use the Audio Technica AT2020 Large Diaphragm Condensor Mic with each interface and offer you a listen. You know better than anyone what sounds best to you.
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Friday, September 4, 2015
The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden
BOOK & AUTHOR INFO:
The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden
Published by: Skyscape
Publication date: November 17th 2015
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
Synopsis:
After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne and her father are among the first to return. Adele wants nothing more than to resume her normal life, but with the silent city resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter, normal needs a new definition.
Strange events—even for New Orleans—lead Adele to an attic that has been sealed for three hundred years. The chaos she accidentally unleashes threatens not only her but also everyone she knows.
Caught in a hurricane of myths and monsters, Adele must untangle a web of magic that weaves the climbing murder rate back to her own ancestors. But who can you trust in a city where everyone has secrets and keeping them can mean life or death? Unless…you’re immortal.
Revised edition: This edition of The Casquette Girls includes editorial revisions.
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AUTHOR BIO: ALYS ARDEN grew up in the Vieux Carré, cut her teeth on the streets of New York, and has worked all around the world since. She still plans to run away with the circus one day.
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AUTHOR BIO: ALYS ARDEN grew up in the Vieux Carré, cut her teeth on the streets of New York, and has worked all around the world since. She still plans to run away with the circus one day.
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Our New Giveaway at Mad Mohawk Films
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
Dead Among Us First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Dead Among Us First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming, we're taking a quick look at this game occurring during a Zombie Apocalypse. Luckily you have a Bow and are adept at using it. Zombies haviong Squishy Craniums are quite susceptible to 3 foot shafts of wood and steel guided by three feathered flights. Load times aren't unreasonable, graphics are nice without being too detailed so the squeamish won't have an issue with the game. Pretty easy to jump right into this game and play. Initially the Zombie's are fairly slow and few to kill but each one seems to boost the speed and number of zombies to kill. For some odd reason our Hero reminds me of Burt Reynold's in Deliverance as he jumps to the defense of the dazed cabbie.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
MXL 770 microphone First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
MXL 770 microphone First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming, today we take a look at yet another lovely microphone from MXL, Marshall Electronics, whether you need a mic for Voice Over Work or if you are doing a gaming channel or are a singer the mic you choose makes a difference in how your voice will sound once recorded. Each mic has it's own personality and some are brighter, some bring out more bass etc etc We got it via a Bulk buy group for only $65. a STEAL at this price. We plugged this mic directly into a iRig Pre preamp then into an adapter and then into our Camera, the Sony A7 ILCE-7 and we used the Sigma 60mm F2.8 Art Lens on that in Full Frame Mode. Please give this a Thumbs up if you found this video useful also please Subscribe so you can keep up with all our video's
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Angel Tarot Cards First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming
Angel Tarot Cards First Look at Mad Mohawk Gaming , a beautiful app unlike the majority of Tarot apps I've seen of late. Lots of detail in both the writing and the artistic rendering. Unlike the others I've shown previously this is NOT a Free app, tho you do get a 7 day free trial. Various Layouts built in and stunning artwork.
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