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Canon Comes Clean To Our Buddies Down Under 2007-11-05 09:28:00 *Photo Courtesy Canon
AUFrom the Canon Australia customer support web page:Support & Service AF Mirror Adjustment Issue To owners of the EOS-1D Mark III:We regret to inform that some units of the EOS-1D Mark III digital SLR camera (launched in May 2007) have been found to have an issue with the Auto Focus Mirror. This issue is limited to a specific range of units, and results in unstable focusing and AF tracking performance when using AI servo continuous shooting, particularly in high temperatures.Please check the serial number as indicated below to confirm whether this issue is relevant to your camera. We are preparing to offer a free service from late November to customers with affected cameras who are experiencing the issues described.We will announce additional details on our website as soon as they become available.We offer our most sincere apologies to all who have been inconvenienced by this issue.How to identify affected products:If the seria Read more:Clean
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One More Thing Before I Go To Bed.... 2007-11-10 01:07:00 Too late to be blogging...Found this link to a really great article by DC Photographer John Harrington over at the STROBIST website. Just a little discussion on doing nothing, Arlo Guthrie, the value of your work and having a good contract.You can follow the link below:Photo Business News and ForumCheck it out...* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT Link below.
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Apple's Leopard OS Also A Pain... 2007-11-09 15:14:00 Misery for everybody!After blowing off some steam in last nights post ( Rant! ) about my new Windows Vista enhanced (LOL) computer, I did a little googleing for some user opinions about Apple
s latest OS upgrade. I was pleased to see a lot of angry Mac Nuts getting their asses handed to them by Steve Jobs latest and greatest Mac OS X Leopard
.Here is a scary little article by Rob Mead at Tech.CO.UKEnjoy....* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT Link below.
Still Struggling With Win Vista... 2007-11-08 23:10:00 I smell a Class Action Lawsuit comin...It's been several weeks since the death of my trusted workhorse 'Image Cruncher', an off the shelf 'Compaq Presario' desktop computer with 1GB of Ram and WinXP Pro. It wasn't a gamer's dream machine with dual channel Corsair memory and an overclocked CPU, but it got the job done, ran Photoshop like a dream and never gave me even one 'blue screen of death' in over two years! It would probably still be running today if I had bothered to blow out the dust gathering inside the case. Lesson learned on that one!The computer I purchased as a replacement came pre - loaded with Windows Vista
Home Premium, which is appropriately named 'Premium' I speculate, because it is a premium pain in the ass, which will cost you a premium amount of money. The way I see it, Bill Gates or some other asshole at Microsoft owes me a month of my time, a few hundred dollars and a fresh copy of Win Xp Pro with service pack (3) ; not to mention the bucks they owe
Update On Dr. P's EOS 40D 2007-11-14 23:19:00 One more thing...Last week I posted on Dr. P's in - store focus experiment with an off the shelf Canon Eos 40 D. His initial review of the images was a bit disconcerting, but might have been influenced by the lenses he used for testing, some of which had been re - calibrated by camera technicians for another of his Canon cameras. Hmmmm....UPDATE:Dr. Pimento finally decided to take the plunge! He put in his order for a Canon Eos 40 D and BG-E2N Battery Grip. Thankfully, he made his purchase from one of our trusted affiliates ( shameless plug! ) and if there should be any issues with the camera, he will have no problem receiving a replacement or refund.( ...end shameless plug ! )After testing the 40 D, it seems that focus accuracy isn't an issue with most of his professional Canon glass. Only one lens, an older zoom, has any problems with accurate focus. He seems to have found a work - around by using the Servo Focus mode. Either way, the images from the camera are fabulous and the l Read more:Update
New Chip To Speed Video Compression... 2007-11-12 11:22:00 Need more speed!Intel will announce a new family of Microprocessor Chips to improve the compression and transmission speed of high - definition video across the Internet. Code named Penryn, the chips will be available in upcoming processors for desktops as early as the first quarter of 2008. You can expect to see the technology marketed as the Intel Core 2 Duo and Core Duo Extreme chips sometime next year. This could be a great leap forward for both video geeks and photographers who often use the same computing technology on a daily basis. Imagine high definition video blogging!Follow this link for a more in depth article by John Markoff at the New York Times.* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT Link below.
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Nikon D300 Sample Pics 2007-11-18 12:20:00 Nikon teaser!Nikon has posted a few more sample pics from the new D300 on their site in Japan. These are much more varied and interesting images than the first crap released to the press a few months ago. Judging from the sample photos, it looks as though they have designed a great camera, producing superb skin tones, rich colors and fine detail. Some of the first images released to the press were professional looking and technically good, but too moody and dark to give the viewer an impression of the look of the files produced under ordinary situations and certainly not a great example of the cameras capabilities. I say, lets have a few more pictures of pretty Japanese girls and less rocky coastline images! What can you really tell about a cameras abilities from a few snaps of the ocean and breaking waves? Why not throw a few bikini models in the ocean to make it a little more interesting? Just my opinion.Also, they might want to run a little unsharp masking on the bottom two Harley Read more:Nikon
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New JPEG Format Coming... 2007-11-17 10:42:00 Don't mess with my JPEG!The Joint Photographic Experts Group, namesake of the universal photo compression format known as JPEG, will push to add a new standard of image compression called JPEG XR. The new standard is basically a re - named version of the "Windows Media Photo" format released by Microsoft in May of 2006. Slow to catch on, but supported by Microsoft's new Vista operating system, 'Windows Media Photo' ( WMP ) is now referred to as 'HD Photo' in Microsoft press releases.Read more at Stephen Shankland's UNDEREXPOSED Blog on CNET News.com* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT link below. We now feature our reader's comments below each post!
Happy Thanksgiving! 2007-11-22 12:00:00 Turkey day!Wishing everyone a happy holiday with family, friends and lots of yummy turkey! I will be enjoying the day without any camera geek talk or Microsoft bashing, but will return tomorrow with plenty more irritating banter, bad grammar and abysmal punctuation.NOTICE: I am going to attempt to speed up the page load times with new Javascript code on the 'comments under post' hack that I installed last week. Wish me luck, I just bought a book on Javascript, so I don't really know jack about what I'm doing!* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT link below. We now feature our reader's comments below each post!
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NC Stock Images On Zenfolio 2007-11-29 11:13:00 Bloggin Time!During my extended vacation from blogging, I used a little of that time to re-size, watermark and uploaded larger images from the NC Stock
Collection to my account on the Zenfolio site. I am still working on a few things ( key wording etc...) to get the images and the description info looking the way I want, but it's looking pretty good as of today. I really need to get descriptions back onto the images to identify the locations. For some reason, my file names were removed and replaced with a simple numeral? They were supposed to contain the file name, picture location and file number. Don't know whether or not I have missed an option during the upload process or if numerals as file names is all you are allowed to display. Let's hope not!Also, worrying about image theft has never been a big concern, but having to put an obnoxious watermark on each of the photos was a painful, but necessary exercise. Without it, images get lost on an art director's hard drive, re - comp Read more:Images
Great Camera Review On Photo Business Forum... 2007-12-11 12:33:00 Canon VS. Nikon!Too tired to post my own thoughts. Up all night doing some retouching zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....Head on over to the Photo
business Forum
Blog to read a great article on the Nikon D3 and the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, it's a real fair comparison from someone who has both cameras and no horse in the race.Link: Photo business Forum Blog
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SanDisk SSD Solid State Drives 2007-12-21 09:51:00 Don't buy that laptop just yet!Within the next six months, NAND storage Flash Technology ( SolidState
Hard Drives ) will be replacing those old fashioned spinning hard drives that you are used to. Faster data access and no moving parts ( think thumb drive on steroids ) from NAND flash technology will usher in a new level of performance, portability and durability for portable computing.Check out the first wave of this proven technology coming to a laptop near you!* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT link below. We now feature our reader's comments below each post!
Canon Updates Rebel XSI Sample Pics 2008-03-11 15:05:49 Rebel XSI ISO 100 EF--S 17-55 F2.8 IS USMFinally!Canon
Japan has added two more sample pics to the KISS X2 ( Rebel XSi ) website.follow this link to the second and third sample images, both shot at ISO 100 with two of Canon's wide and super wide lenses.You can download the high res version from my server here.Enjoy! ...............But please don't re-post the direct link.Should be just a few days to weeks before camera release in some European markets ?
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Canon Rebel XSi Low Res Sample Pics... 2008-02-02 17:02:14 Sample pic teasers!Visit the Canon
Kiss X2 ( Rebel
XSi in the US ) digital preview page for a look at some sample pics from the 12.2 megapixel DSLR. The images are low res, but colorful none the less. Can't wait to see more high res images from the Xsi!Kiss X2 website
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Rebel XSi Sample Pics 2008-01-28 17:44:56 Two Rebel
XSi images released from Canon :Canon Link above:And my own version:Check out the original Canon Rebel XSi image hereThere are only two images up on the site at this time, the one above and a cheesy sports shot of a bunch of Man - Dorks in spandex. Why they can't shoot more useful images of people than a bunch of spandex dorks riding in formation I don't know? That's why I've usurped all copyrights and given you my version of their original photo! Take that you Canon camera engineers!I like my version better :0Later.....
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Canon Rebel XSi beats Pentax To The Punch At The PMA! 2008-01-24 01:24:08 Pentax has gotten the wind knocked out of their Sails!With just 10 hours to go before the doors open on the PMA Las Vegas convention, Canon
has released the specs on the New Rebel
XSi 12.17 Mega Pixel, Digic III Price point champion!Can't wait to see if Pentax USA will come thru with the rumored 14 Mega Pixel K 20 D?With 12.2 Mega Pixels and a camera I know and love ( Rebel XTi ), I can't see switching horses midstream. Especially with a projected $800.00 Body only price ( available in April). Damn I'm excited!!!
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Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 Megapixel 2008-01-24 01:01:08 courtesy Canon
USA and DP ReviewFreakin Wow!!!Rebel
gets an upgrade with 12.2 Megapixel CMOS Sensor!Read about it on the DP Review website.........Canon 450D
Pentax K20 D ......Maybe? 2008-01-23 09:58:46 **image courtesy ENGADGET websitePentax
alicious!Here is some good rumor rehash from the folks at ENGADGET about the Pentax K20 D, the 14 Mega Pixel wonder-camera. Lets hope it's for real!Follow this link : Sneak Peak* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT link below. We now feature our reader's comments below each post!
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USB 3.0 Specs And Photos 2008-01-16 12:06:38 USB that rocks!The fine folks over at Engadget have posted some pics of the new USB 3.0 connectors along with the specs on wiring , expected data transfer speed and backwards compatibility.Check out this link at ENGADGET* If you're reading this article, I would love to hear from you! Please take a second to respond by clicking the POST A COMMENT link below. We now feature our reader's comments below each post!P.S. As soon as the post Christmas blahs have passed, I'm going to kill the Java Script that runs the comments widget.......just too damn slow!!!
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CS3 Is Watching Me! 2008-01-01 01:23:14 More privacy invasions from Big Brother!Dr Pimento forwarded me a link to this article from the ars technica website, concerning spyware from the statistics tracking firm OMNITURE which Adobe has been so kind to include in their Creative Suite Software.Check it out.
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Sigma Announces Super Fast 50mm F 1.4! 2008-03-17 20:45:39 Courtesy Sigma
JapanSigma Rocks!Sigma announced a fantastic new large aperture prime lens for all the latest digital cameras. The 50 f 1.4 EX DG HSM will be compatible with Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony. This is going to be one sweet optic approximating an 80 mm with most 2/3rds sensor cameras. Basically, the ultimate portrait lens!
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Camera Armor For Your Canon DSLR! 2008-03-23 22:37:42 Camera Armor
photo courtesy Made ProductsAwesome new product from the "made product store", Camera Armor to protect your DSLR!Check out the molded rubber protector designed for your DSLR camera that still allows you accesss to all the buttons and controls to shoot like a champ!I want one now!
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Canon Rebel XSI High ISO With Noise Reduction! 2008-03-25 14:32:28 Canon 1600 ISO sweetness!DP Review just posted a few more test images from the Canon 450D ( Rebel
XSi ), these with a properly applied noise reduction in the DPP software.Freakin unbelievable is all I can say! ISO 1600 has never looked so good. And I thank them for taking my and others advice to shoot a few High ISO images somewhere other than in a damn dimly lit cave! I am so tired of seeing High ISO images shot in a dark bar or concert hall. NEWS FLASH!!! ..................... shit lighting looks bad with any camera and lens combination.To check out the new 1600 ISO images photographed outdoors under normal lighting conditions follow this link to the DP Review website. The last 2 images are High ISO with noise reduction.
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Rebel XSi Available in Canada Now!!! 2008-03-28 13:23:25 Rebel XSi being shipped now!Kerrisdale Camera ( 2170 W 41 Ave at Yew St ) in Van Couver BC has received in store and quickly sold one Canon 450 D (Rebel Xsi) body only to a lucky customer posting on the DP Review website. I called the store and verified that the poster was telling the truth. Speculation that the Aussies are getting sporadic shipments with surprise Rebel Xsi's is coming in on the net.I expect that Best Buy stores in the US will be receiving a handfull in the next week or so.
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Back For More Punishment... 2008-04-20 17:02:12 Time to blog!I have been pretty busy working on a new website, but I'm ready to hit the ground running. It seems that I have finally made it to Google page cache status. New readers are finding older posts and page views are soaring. Guess it's not the time to run out of steam just yet!I'll be getting back to a new schedule and a shrunk down, less busy, re-designed header! Maybe an explosion of random color and 50 -100 ridiculous animated gifs...each with a talking wav file. How about 50 cartoon robots telling you that you have just won an IPOD NANO!Just kidding!PS. Lets not forget to mention Canon cameras, Canon Lenses and Canon Rebel XSI at the bottom of each post ( doubles my page views !). Yes....pathetic, but effective.
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Radio Poppers Arriving... 2008-04-21 15:13:07 The Radio
Poppers are coming!For the lucky folks who pre-ordered Radio Poppers P1's, shipping has begun! Time to see what real world testing will reveal.David at the Strobist website has put them thru their paces with excellent results. Glad to see Kevin King succeed with his new product where so many others have failed.Check out this unboxing Video , ( compliments of VIMEO ) from Zeke at nicephotomag.com
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Samsung / Pentax Full Frame DSLR 2008-04-21 13:27:33 Photo courtesy Samsung
USARumors abound...Samsung is definitely not trying to squash the rumors of a full frame pro DSLR in the works withpartner Pentax
Corp. Can't wait to hear more about this!Read more about it on the electronista website.
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