This episode was packed full of guests and goodness where we discussed what to look for when buying your first Digital SLR Camera, good comics to get for a comic book newbie, and Apple’s latest announcements.

What to look for in your first DSLR?

Marc Weintraub and Lee Benoit start off the show with their takes on DSLRs. Marc started first with a series of questions to ask yourself before deciding to get a DSLR from a still picture point of view:

• Are you upgrading?
• Why are you upgrading?
• What did you like about your old camera?
• Are you just getting a camera that focuses/shoots faster than your P&S?
• Do you plan on changing lenses (getting more lenses)?
• Are you creative?
• Do you like the shallow depth of field look?
• Do you shoot a lot in low light?
• Do you plan on getting “good” at this?
• Will you shoot video?
• Do you want to shoot good video/audio?

Lee followed up the discussion with the viewpoint of using the DSLR for shooting video. Lee also provided some good links for those looking to use your DSLR for video:
The DSLR Filmmaker’s Workflow
DSLRFilm.com

Camera models mentioned:

• Canon EOS Rebel T2i
• Canon EOS 5D MarkII
• Canon EOS 7D
• Canon EOS 60D
• Nikon D3100

Good Comics to get for a Comic Newbie (like me)

Justin Vactor, Jason Huebel, and Clay Harrison took the stage next with their takes on good comics to read for a new comic book reader like myself. Just like cameras, its hard to suggest comics without knowing the person since everyone has different tastes. Below is the list they came up with of notable series for the major comic companies:

MarvelDCVertigoIndependent– Amazing Spider-man– Batman/Superman Comic– Losers– Locke & Key– Invincible Iron Man– Wonder Woman– American Vampire– Walking Dead– Ultimate Books
(Fantastic 4, Spider-man, X-Men)– Brightest Day Series– Fable– Bone– Ultimates– Superman:
Last Family of Krypton– Preacher– Chew– Runaways– Green Lantern– Sandman– Invincible– Batman: Year One– The Unwritten– The Goon– The Dark Knight Returns– Pride of Baghdad– Starman: Sins of the Father

New iPods / iTunes 10 / Ping / Apple TV

We cap off the episode discussing Apple’s latest announcement of new iPods, iTunes 10 with Ping, and a new Apple TV.

News Stories:

AppleTV vs the Competition
10 Things you need to know about Apple’s Ping
All the Cool Stuff from Apple

Guest Host Info

Justin Vactor:  FusedFilm.com / GeeksofDoom.com / @vactor
Lee Benoit:  337Studios.com / @skettalee
Marc Weintraub:  WhatsWrongPhoto.com / @mrdat
Jason Huebel:  JasonHuebel.name / @jhuebel
Clay Harrison:  ClayHarrison.net /  TheHumanCinemapede.com / @clay_harrison

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