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Beneath the Waves with the Nikon D2X
There's no way to be sure, but Alex Mustard could well have been the first person to jump in the ocean with a Nikon D2X. He got his camera in late February 2005, on the first day they were available in Britain. More surprisingly, he was able to get an underwater housing for it almost simultaneously. The Austrian housing manufacturer, Subal, had use......
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01/23/06 |
Public Beta of Photo Mechanic 4.4 Expected Nov 1
Camera Bits has been talking openly about the impending arrival of v4.4 of Photo Mechanic for some time; now, they've put a date on when photographers can first touch and try the new release of the company's pro photo importer and browser. Version 4.4, a workflow-focused update of the program for Windows and Mac, will emerge initially in public bet......
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10/25/05 |
Microsoft Getting Ready to Release Color Control PowerToy
The spiffy new Windows Color System architecture in the upcoming Windows Vista may well be a breakthrough technology for photographers and the applications they use to view and print pictures. But Vista is perhaps a year away. In the meantime, Microsoft's Rich Media Group (RMG) is focused in part on improving Windows XP's pro digital photography su......
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09/22/05 |
The 123 of digital imaging e-book (version 3.5) is released
The latest release of The 123 of digital imaging Interactive Learning Suite is filled with 3000 "screen-sized" pages full of information on everything from digital photography theory to workflow tutorials for applications including Photoshop and Nikon Capture.
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07/29/05 |
Teleconverters - How Well Do They Work?
Teleconverters - also known as multipliers - are optical devices which when attached to the rear of a lens increase the effective focal length. They typically come in two "flavors", a 1.4x and a 2x - though 1.5x, 1.7x and 3x versions are not unheard of.
1.4x and 2x are the most common though and the reason for this may well be a holdover from......
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04/25/05 |
Comparing EOS-20D with Digital Rebel XT
Now the new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (the EOS 350D outside North America) has been announced, Canon buyers have a problem. Should they buy the EOS 20D or save $500 and buy the new Digital Rebel XT - or maybe even save another $200 and buy the original Digital Rebel?
All three are valid choices, but let's deal with the last one first. New XT......
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04/24/05 |
CompactFlash Performance Database
The CompactFlash Performance Database is a regularly-updated compilation of write and read speed test results designed to aid the serious and professional photographer in selecting camera storage media for a Canon, Fujifilm, Kodak or Nikon digital SLR.
Rob has updated this database at the end of March. When you visit his site you can then select t......
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04/25/05 |
Pro Digital Workflow Tour Coming to Boston
The Just Show Me How(TM) digital photography workflow seminar series for professionals, featuring me as the instructor for the day-long event, heads to Boston this weekend for the sixth of ten stops across this U.S. this spring.
The seminar, which runs from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM on Sunday, April 3 will focus on the building of a digital workflow......
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03/28/05 |
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II lock up problem
Rob Galbraith's forums are reporting problems with the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II when using cards over 2GB in size.......
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01/29/05 |
The camera that started the digital revolution in photojournalism
One night in the summer of 1999 Tony Kurdzuk was shooting a feature story on 24-hour diners. He and a writer, both working for the Newark Star-Ledger, drove a good percentage of the length of New Jersey, starting at midnight and finishing at 5:00am, dropping in on all-night eateries, Kurdzuk firing away at every stop.
His camera was the "film......
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01/15/05 |
