Olympus PEN Your Short Film Challenge

Twenty teams are challenged to make short films in 48 hours using micro-four-thirds cameras

During the recent Vail Film Festival Olympus challenged 20 teams of young filmmakers to shoot and edit a short film using only Olympus PEN E-PL2 cameras and lenses—a great way to show-off how powerful their high-end, compact cameras really are. A creative set of rules challenged the teams with using the cameras’ built-in art filters as well as forcing them to take in commercial considerations …

Cool Hunting Editions on Gilt

Last chance to get some of our exclusive product collaborations

Over the holidays we started experimenting with some of our favorite brands to create CH Editions of their products—variations in material and color that offer our unique twist. Today, with Gilt Groupe, we’re selling the last of these items—Rickshaw bags, 3sixteen ties and Outlier hats. The sale just started so hurry over to check it out: CH Editions on Gilt.

Octiv 650

Altec Lansing's new compact dock incorporates video streaming to an enhanced sound experience

Just unveiled, Altec Lansing’s latest iPhone/iPod friendly device adds new innovative features to keep the now classic “dock” model fresh. In addition to delivering rich sound, with its two 3″ full range drivers and a nested 4″ subwoofer, the Octiv 650 has component and composite video out jacks, enabling the user to output Netflix and Youtube streams to their TV right from the dock while …