Apple is expected to announce updates to the 14” and 16” M1 Max and M1 Pro MacBook Pros featuring the more powerful M2 silicon chip any day now. Prices of last year’s models are at their lowest ever, with discounts ranging from $200-$700 depending on the configuration. Supposedly, the new M2 Max and M2 Pro... Continue Reading →
BenQ Ambassador: Apple Displays Are Going to Be the Standard Going Forward
While calibrating a new MacBook Pro with miniLED display, BenQ ambassador Art Suwansang had this to say: “A few things I wanted to share while this is flashing all these different cool amazing colors is that how the display behaves when you change into different reference modes is very similar to that of a hardware... Continue Reading →
John Brawley: No Product Placement on The Morning Show
John Brawley, Director of Photography on season 2 of The Morning Show, in response to the Wall Street Journal's analysis of product placement in over 74 episodes of Apple TV+ shows, including Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Defending Jacob, and Trying, insists that "Apple don’t dictate product placements", maintaining that there's no product placement whatsoever... Continue Reading →
Apple’s Been Listening!
It looks like we can expect to see significantly redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in the 2nd half of the year, with flat-edged top and bottom, slimmer bezels, mini-LED backlighting, HDMI port, SD card reader, physical keys rather than a touch bar and a return to the MagSafe power cable, along with other design... Continue Reading →
Pro Display XDR: The New Gold Standard
What we can say for sure is that the XDR is the display HDR content creators have been waiting for and that, while it may not be replacing Sony BVMX reference monitors in production studios, it will most certainly find a place right alongside them; and it is the answer to the prayers of every... Continue Reading →
The Planet’s Least Sluggish, Least Affordable DAS
If you feel the need for speed, and you don't mind remortgaging your house to raise the scratch, how about this Thunderbolt 3 ready SSD RAID from LaCie? Paired with the top-of-the-line MacBook Pro (thank goodness Apple finally listened to professional photographers and removed those annoying SD card slots and USB ports!), you should be able... Continue Reading →
A New Set of Earphones
I read that Apple has invested millions designing a pair of unibody earbuds. What difference it will make remains to be seen, as the current set offered with their iPods are notoriously bad. A friend of mine showed me the new cans he'd picked up over the weekend - a pair of Bose AE2 headphones.... Continue Reading →