| Lexar commences updating of CompactFlash card firmware |
| Lexar Media has announced the details of their firmware update plan aimed at users of D1-toting Lexar Media CompactFlash card owners. The new firmware, being dubbed by Lexar as a preview release of firmware for the D1, has been tested with most card readers, pro and amateur digital cameras as well as other consumer products such as MP3 audio players. The company is set to begin loading the new firmware into affected cards now. |
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| Photo Mechanic 2.0r13 for Mac fixes bugs; version 2 for Windows imminent |
| Photo Mechanic Lite 2.0r13 for Mac and Photo Mechanic Pro 2.0r13 for Mac fix several bugs, as well as pave the way for the long-awaited Windows version of the popular newspaper image browser. |
| January 29, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| D1 startup delay appears squashed |
| D1 shooters who use higher-capacity Lexar Media CompactFlash cards can breathe a sigh of relief today. With all-camera compatibility testing nearly complete, Lexar Media is gearing up to announce early next week the details of their card firmware update program aimed at D1 photographers experiencing a wake-from-sleep delay that is noticeably longer than the D1's 1/3 to 1/2 second spec. |
| January 27, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Sports Shooter 27 posted |
| Sports Shooter 27, Bert Hanashiro's web/email newsletter for professional sports photographers, has been posted.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS 9.1 fixed |
| A technical note on Apple's web site describes the changes in Mac OS 9.1, including several fixes for the File Exchange control panel.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| PMA set for February |
| PMA 2001, one of the biggest film and digital photography trade shows in the world, runs from February 11-14 at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Witte presents remote tips |
| Photographer Thomas Witte offers tips on mounting remote cameras, shooting basketball with remotes and more on his web site.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Newsday reports AirCard success |
| New York Newsday staffer John Cornell reports good success using the Sierra Wireless AirCard 510 PC Card to transmit photos over Sprint PCS's 1900mhz CDMA data service from his Windows laptop.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Filmmaker posted |
| The January issue of The Digital Filmmaker is now posted.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Does digital last? |
| Several readers noted an interesting article in the Chicago Sun-Times on the longevity of digital images. It includes some amateur-focused digital tips from Sun-Times staff shooter Jon Sall.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Sucks offers diversion |
| Nick Didlick notes a web site dedicated to Holga toy camera photography that features the catchy name Digital Sucks. The site's pages, maintained by Canadian photographer Bill Grimshaw, include lyrical tributes to the Holga ("The Holga camera places one on the pathway to magic...") as well as a rage against... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| TWAIN driver released |
| Canon recently released a new TWAIN driver (Windows) and a Photoshop plug-in (Mac) for the Canon EOS D30 and other cameras in its extensive digital lineup. The only apparent change in v3.5 of the software is support for the Powershot Pro90 IS. To properly download the Mac version, you may... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| iView updated |
| Version 1.0r3 of iView MediaPro for Mac supports cataloging, full screen rendering, and format conversion of the Olympus Raw Format (.ORF). A PC version of the program is slated for release this summer.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| PresenterActive slide show available |
| Gluon Software's free PresenterActive slide show application for Mac includes numerous transition effects and the ability to export folders of images as HTML, QuickTime movies or JPEG format contact sheets.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| News photos posted |
| The San Francisco Chronicle's Picture of the Week archive features some top-notch news pictures, many of which were produced with the Canon EOS D2000 and, more recently, the Nikon D1 and Canon EOS D30.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Colour management glossary posted |
| The web site creativepro.com has posted a colour management glossary by Bruce Fraser.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Fuji S1 images posted |
| Lasse Swärd has posted images from and a review of the Fuji S1 Pro.... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Express Digital offers more support |
| In a January 23 press release, Express Digital indicates that it has completed the integration of new digital cameras into its event software applications. Supported cameras now include the Nikon D1, Fuji S1 Pro, Canon EOS D30, Kodak DCS 620x, Foveon II, Konica QD21 and Fuji 3500. The Denver-based company... |
| January 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar firmware update to begin testing Friday |
| Lexar Media's firmware fix for the D1 startup delay is to begin full compatibility testing tomorrow, with few if any hiccups expected. |
| January 18, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| MacBibble 1.3d fixes Photoshop crashing bug |
| Following quickly on the heels of MacBibble 1.3 (and the briefly-posted 1.3c) version 1.3d fixes a Photoshop crashing bug and addresses other minor problems in the most recent release of the US$99 .NEF file browsing and conversion application. |
| January 17, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Lexar Media solves D1 startup delay |
| Scott Audette suspected something was amiss when he grabbed his sleeping Nikon D1 to shoot a picture, only to find that the camera would pause noticeably before firing. Though he knew of the D1's 1/3 to 1/2 second startup time, the pause seemed to him to be longer than that. A quick comparison of Lexar Media 320MB 12x CompactFlash cards with another brand revealed that the extended, approximately 1 second pause before the camera would fire was with his Lexar cards only; with a lower-capacity Sandisk card inserted, the pause, while still noticeable, was closer to the camera's startup time spec |
| January 16, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak clears DCS accessories |
| Kodak Professional is clearing out numerous Kodak DCS accessories, including Lexar Media 160MB 10x CompactFlash card/cable/adapter packages for US$295. Also up for grabs are PCI slot FireWire cards for older Macs for US$35, Hot Mirror filters in various sizes and more.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Newest MacBibble fixes Mac bugs |
| MacBibble 1.3 for Mac fixes bugs and adds D1 FireWire connectivity to the US$99 .NEF file browsing and conversion application. Note that some users are reporting crashing problems with the MacBibble Photoshop plug-in and Photoshop 5.5; Photoshop 6.0 is apparently unaffected. Author Eric Hyman indicates that he is working on... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| iView for Mac posted |
| iView MediaPro 1.0r3 for Mac is now posted.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Graphic Converter discussed |
| Bo Engelbrecht notes on the D1 Discussion List that the US$35 Graphic Converter 4.02 for Mac will process and convert D1 .NEF files. A quick evaluation of the quality of converted files, however, reveals that Graphic Converter's conversion is not a match for Nikon Capture, Bibble/MacBibble or QImage Pro.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| QImage improved |
| Twelve "new operational enhancements: from cosmetic to cosmic" have been added to QImage Pro 11.02.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Picture Management offers workflow help |
| The British web site Picture Management "aims to help (the pro photographer) make the best out of this new digital era by offering an integrated, intuitive and cost/time efficient service to produce and archive your scans or digital camera files."... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| P400 printer reviewed |
| Uwe Steinmueller has posted his thoughts on the Olympus P400 printer on the Digital Outback Photo web site.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Site dedicated to Olympus E-10 |
| Stefan Hendricks has created a site dedicated to the Olympus E-10, in both English and German.... |
| January 15, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon to release FireWire and USB film scanners |
| Heimo Aga notes that Nikon has released information on three new film scanners coming later this year: |
| January 9, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Building an external battery kit for the D1 |
| Photojournalists covering sporting events shoot a lot of pictures. But their daily frame count pales in comparison to that of the typical event photographer. Peter Wolf, owner of a 5-person outfit called PhotoCrazy, typically shoots thousands of photos in one go. At a one-day event later this month, for example, he estimates that 6000 frames will click by on his Nikon D1. |
| January 5, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak discontinues DCS 620 |
| Kodak has discontinued the DCS 620. US dealers received a memo this week indicating that, effectively immediately, the Nikon-bodied digital SLR would no longer be available from Kodak. Only DCS 620 orders from dealers placed before January 4 will be filled by Kodak. |
| January 5, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Last printing of DigiGuide 4th Edition now at dealers |
| If you shoot with a Kodak DCS 520, DCS 620, NC 2000e, DCS 3 or Canon EOS D2000, considering snapping up a copy of my 1999 book, The Digital Photojournalist's Guide 4th Edition, before it's gone for good. The last printing of the 400 page tome on the use of digital cameras in photojournalism left the Little Guy Media warehouse in December for select dealers in Canada, the US and the UK. |
| January 1, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Compact camera, nature and wildlife forums added |
| Two new topic areas have been added to the robgalbraith.com forums. |
| January 1, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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