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Haven’t used this but it looks pretty solid. At $135 with the universal lens gear ring at $29 bucks, it’s the most affordable follow focus I’ve seen. Wow. I’m not sure I love the design of using little screws to rest on the lens itself, so let me know if you use this and if you like it.

D|Focus Follow Focus System

Just picked up two of these Vestax Handy Trax turntables from B&H Photo Video Pro Audio. Gonna be a blast DJing this summer in Central Park! Battery-powered with pitch bending and high torque, these are a dream product come to life.

Not photoshopped. Real. Try it yourself.

How many grooves does a record have? from Shawn Chittle on Vimeo.

100? 50? 2?

Well, you can’t, really, but you can fake it real good. Youtube works great, but I really like Vimeo which sadly is Flash-based and does not work on the iPhone. But you can instruct your Wordpress blog post to swap out the Vimeo video for an MP4 version of the video that does work on the iPhone.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Encode your video and output an MP4 iPhone compatible video. Upload it to where you host your files. I use Quicktime Pro and the default settings.

2. Download the EXEC-PHP Wordpress plugin. This will let your posts interpret PHP code without any hassle.

3. Add a new post. Click the HTML tab, and paste this code in, changing the values accordingly.

<?php
if(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],’iPhone’) || strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],’iPod’)) {
print <<<END
<embed src=”http://pathtovideo.m4v” width=”XXX” height=”XXX” href=”http://pathtovideo.m4v”>
END;
}
else {
print <<<END
*****VIDEO EMBED CODE*****
END;
}
?>

How to (cheaply) protect your touchscreen device against rain/snow from Shawn Chittle on Vimeo.
Rain/snow will ruin your touchscreen device in no time. How to protect it without spending a fortune on a bulky waterproof case? We share a great tip.