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Nikon Launch DSLR that shoots HDV
Nikon are the first to release a DSLR that aslo shoots high def video - the D90 ...more
New York Times review ...more
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How to Back up Your Pictures
Snapper Talk Web site post a detailed guide on how to ensure all your work is backed up and you never loose another picture....more (users in China may need a proxy)
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Free Photoshop
Photographers can store, edit and share their pictures using new online-based software launched today on a free-to-use trial basis by Adobe.
'Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience,' claims the firm in a press statement.
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Posted at 6:51 PM
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New full frame Leica rangefinder rumours
Leica have hinted that there maybe a full frame version of the M8 on the way ...moreLabels: Equipment
Posted at 4:07 PM
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Good News for IView Users
Since Microsoft bought image management software IView there has been little development and rumors that Microsoft would stop supporting Macs. The new Mac release of Microsoft Office however brings good news to those that stuck with the software as Microsoft has included Expression Media (the new version of IView) into a special Office Media suite....moreLabels: Equipment
Posted at 2:56 AM
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Nikon FF Digital Rangefinder???
Following Nikon's D3 full frame launch rumours are swirling around about an entry level FF camera from Nikon and the surprise seems to be that it might be built into a Rangefinder rather than an SLR....
"The low end FX camera is supposed to come in at around $3000, using the present D3 sensor. Its cost means the cost of the body has had to be severely restricted - but Nikon has taken a radical solution to this to meet the price restraints without compromising quality - the camera is not an SLR, it’s a ‘digital rangefinder’. AF uses contrast detection off the sensor, so there’s no mirror or AF assembly. Metering is also off the sensor. The direct view finder has an overlaid internal QXGA LCD which displays variable frame lines (thus allowing zoom lenses) and, if MF is selected, a ‘digital rangefinder spot’ in which the rangefinder image is taken off the image sensor, and thus operates with a diagonal split. It shares the XGA rear LCD of the D3/300, which is the preferred mode of operation for macro work and non AF lenses. This is not an F-mount camera. Originally it was to use an updated Nikon S-mount, but will actually use an electronic M-mount. This has no mechanical couplings, so although standard M-mount lenses will operate, focus and diaphragm are uncoupled. It will be released with a remounted version of the 45/2.8 pancake, and other ‘NM’ mount lenses will become available, perhaps modernised version of classic S-mount lenses. An adapter allows mounting of F-mount lenses, with full function only for AF-S lenses. The lens mount decision has been made to allow the camera to be very slim, and it is somewhat smaller in size than a Leica M8, but styled after an SP. The whole thing has been contracted out, probably to Cosina. It has an ‘S’ series name, maybe SD or SP-D. There’s also a rumour that the same camera will be released by Sony/Zeiss, badged as a Contax (having sorted out the wrangle with Kyocera)."
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Posted at 6:58 PM
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New Image Resizing Technology
Check out this video of new digital image resizing technology coming out of Isreal...Labels: Equipment, General
Posted at 2:31 AM
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Nikon Full Frame D3 Released
Nikon has finally joined Canon in announcing the release of their new Full Frame D3, 12 Mega Pixel camera along with a new D300 and selection of new lenses.
It looks like Nikon are catching up with Canon in the pro market with the success of their 5D and new 1D III. However, despite the new lens annoucenment they are still missing some fast wide prime lenses (24mm, 28mm and 35mm sub 2.8).
Read more about the D3 spec here and Thom's interpretation here!Labels: Equipment, General
Posted at 9:27 PM
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21.1 M.Pixel Canon EOS 1Ds MkIII Accidentally Announced
Amazon has unintentionally let slip details about a new 21MP Canon EOS 1Ds MkIII, an 11MP jump on the recently announced Canon 1D MkIII. Engadget speculates this is to try and lure the fashion and studio photographers away from their Medium Format cameras. read more about it here.Labels: Equipment
Posted at 9:20 PM
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Exif Data Used To Track Potter Fraudster
The Times have reported that the person who painstakingly photographed every page of the latest Harry Potter book and posted it online before it was officially released may be tracked by the digital fingerprint left in the Exif meta data of the images posted.
Apparently the camera in use was a Canon Rebel and the serial number (560151117) has already been posted online at digg.com. Canon have admitted that they would be able to track the probable store the camera was purchased in and if it had ever been serviced may even have the details of the camera owner!
Read the full report here and if you have lent out your Canon rebel recently double check the serial number!!Labels: Equipment, General, Issues
Posted at 3:03 AM
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Reuters Tour do Farce
Reuters were coming to terms with the events that seemed to suggest their coverage of the Tour de France was cursed.
Following replacement vehicles, parking tickets, theft of a brand new Canon EOS 1D MkIII they probably thought things couldn't get any worse until their people carrier support vehicle that doubles as an editing and transmission suite and travels a few miles ahead of the racing pack, caught fire destroying thousands of pounds worth of equipment and personal belongings of the photographers, editors and motorbike riders covering the month long event!
Read the full report here.Labels: Equipment, Photojournalism
Posted at 10:39 PM
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Nikon Rumours
The Canon Nikon debate rumbles on amid recent rumours of a "Big Announcement" about a possible D3 from Nikon as tech fiends salivate over the prospect of a full frame Nikon SLR and set of fast prime lenses to compete with the recent success of Canon's 5D.
Somebody with far too much time on their hands has even set-up a Nikon Watch blog to monitor all the Nikon rumours and reports!Labels: Equipment
Posted at 12:06 AM
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Canon EOS 1D MkIII Field Report
Interesting field report on Andy Biggs' blog discussing his first impressions of the MkIII on a 3 week safari shoot. Addresses the auto-focus issues that some others have highlighted.Labels: Equipment
Posted at 11:55 PM
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Macbook Hard Drive Upgrade
Many photographers are using MacBooks these days so you might be interested in this very easy to follow tutorial on how to upgrade your MacBook hard drive. If you are buying a new MacBook, worth thinking about upgrading it yourself rather than getting Apple to do it as they charge a serious premium...
UPDATE: There is another tutorial with more detail and photos here.Labels: Equipment
Posted at 11:48 PM
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