| Lag correction circuit eliminates shutter lag variation in D1-series cameras |
| LPA Design, makers of flash and camera triggering devices including the PocketWizard, has developed a modification for the Nikon D1/X/H that virtually eliminates the 10ms or so variance in the shutter lag that is a quirk of the company's line of pro digital SLR cameras. |
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| 1D samples posted |
| Imaging Resource has posted a series of sample photos from an MT2-level pre-release EOS-1D camera (Oct. 2: images pulled after Canon discovered a glitch in MT-2 cameras that affected image quality).... |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| ACDSee released for Windows |
| ACDSee 4.0 for Windows was released earlier this week. The super-speedy US$50 Windows browser features a number of usability enhancements, but still lacks the ability to attach IPTC-format text information to photos. Upgrades from v3.1 or earlier are US$35.... |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| OS X updated |
| Mac OS X 10.1 is now available; I picked up a free copy of the non-downloadable update from a local Apple dealer yesterday. Apple's web pages describe both the changes in 10.1, and how to obtain the update.... |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| DigitalPro's Beta 3 available |
| Beta 3 of DigitalPro is now available for download.... |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Deutsch looks at 1D |
| Sports Shooter 35 includes USA Today photographer Bob Deutsch's quick take on the EOS-1D, as well as several photographers' viewpoints on life on the road since the September 11 terrorist attack in the US.... |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| SIfeatures DCS 520 cover |
| Proving that even in the midst of a flurry of new digital cameras, and old workhorse camera can still produce an image or two: the October 1, 2001 edition of Sports Illustrated features a DCS 520 photo by Eliot Schechter on the cover (his first for SI). It was shot on assignment for Allsport. Schechter notes, however, than he "still can't wait for the (EOS-1D)." |
| September 30, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS-1D: a preview of Canon's pro digital SLR |
| The drought is almost over for pro Canon shooters. With the EOS-1D, announced this week and slated to ship in December at a US list price of US$6500, Canon has signaled they're ready to provide Nikon's D1H and D1x with some serious competition in the professional digital SLR segment. |
| September 28, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS-1D: a preview of the camera's included software |
| It would be putting it in the kindest terms to say that I haven't been a fan of Canon's digital SLR software up until now. The EOS-1D is poised to change that impression. In developing the EOS-1D's core application - Canon Digital Camera Plug-in/TWAIN 4.0 - Canon has adopted the features and framework of Kodak's Acquire Module, a Mac Photoshop plug-in/Windows TWAIN driver that Kodak had grown into a mature, full-featured package before abandoning its development in place of DCS Photo Desk late last year. |
| September 28, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM |
| Alongside the EOS-1D, Canon today announced the EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM, a replacement for the EF 17-35mm f/2.8L USM. It features closer focusing, a new optical design that adds ultra-low dispersion (UD) glass elements and a street price that's expected to be about the same as the wide angle zoom it replaces. |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces EOS-1D |
| The long-awaited and much-anticipated Canon EOS-1D pro digital SLR has been announced. The camera, which blends EOS-1V shooting performance, a digital user interface modeled after the DCS 520/EOS D2000 and a sprinkling of EOS D30 design touches, is slated to ship in December at a US list price of US$6500. |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| iView improved |
| PJ Heller notes that iView MediaPro 1.2 for Mac has been posted. The new version increases the number of EXIF shooting data fields extracted from the Canon EOS D30, as well as Nikon D1-series cameras, is compatible with the upcoming OS X 10.1 and also includes a lossless JPEG rotation... |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Seybold under way |
| Seybold San Francisco 2001 gets underway today, though without some key vendors on hand, including Kodak Professional.... |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Miranda reviews BreezeBrowser |
| Fred Miranda recently posted a review of BreezeBrowser 1.1 processing software for the Canon EOS D30.... |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Prism creates ICC profiles |
| The US$69 Profile Prism 1.0 for Windows creates ICC profiles for digital cameras and scanners.... |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| XP loaded |
| PC makers are expected to begin selling computers loaded with Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system today.... |
| September 24, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| ISO 1600 and beyond with the Nikon D1H and Kodak DCS 720X |
| There has never been a better time to be shooting sports with a Nikon-bodied digital camera. That's in large part because the current crop of peak action-friendly digital SLRs - the Nikon D1H, Nikon D1X and Kodak DCS 720x - boast strong autofocus systems, pro-class shutter lag times and decent performance at ISO settings that not long ago were absolutely off limits to digital photographers. ISO 800 is no longer a challenge; ISO 1600, ISO 3200 and in some cases even ISO 6400 is a possibility. |
| September 22, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC shows day of infamy |
| MSNBC's The Week in Pictures has posted a slide show of still images, a video gallery and an interactive look "at an event that will live in infamy in U.S. history," says MSNBC.com's Brian Storm. Be sure to click the Play button beneath photos in the slide show to see... |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon posts D1X and D1H PDF user guides |
| Juergen Specht notes on the D1 Discussion List that Nikon Europe has posted PDF versions of the Nikon D1X and D1H user guides. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view or print them.... |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| D1H reviewed |
| Digital Photography Review has published a review of the Nikon D1H.... |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Send WTC experiences to Digital Journalist |
| The Digital Journalist would like to hear from photographers who covered last week's terrorist attack in New York City:
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| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Journalist seeks WTC experiences |
| The Digital Journalist is reaching out to photographers who covered the attack on the World Trade Center to share a few thoughts about their experiences covering this tragedy. |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| ACDSee now for Palm and Pocket PCs |
| ACD Systems, maker of the popular ACDSee image browser, is now shipping ACDSee Mobile 1.0 for both Pocket PC and Palm OS. The Palm OS version is US$20, and offers rudimentary browsing options; the US$40 Pocket PC version, which requires Window CE 3.0 or later, includes the ability to crop,... |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| DigitalPro beta testing |
| DigitalPro, a new Windows application for professional digital photographers, is now in public beta testing. A press release notes the following features: |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| New version of DigitalPro available |
| Version 0.801 of DigitalPro is available as a free download; the cost of the 1.0 release will be US$98.... |
| September 19, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| 2001_09_18_cp5000 |
| Nikon today has announced the US$1100 (list price) Coolpix 5000, a 5MP resolution camera that represents a significant design departure for the company's higher-end compact digital models. Cameras that swivel in the middle have dominated Nikon's premium lineup to date; with the Coolpix 5000, Nikon has focused on shrinking the camera as much as possible, without shrinking the feature set at the same time. The result is a camera that feels even smaller than the Coolpix 885 (though its actual dimensions are similar), with more pro-focused features and more detailed images than the Coolpix 995. |
| September 18, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak Professional bows out of Seybold San Francisco |
| Kodak Professional has chosen to forego attendance of Seybold later this month, citing security concerns in light of last week's terrorist attack in the US: |
| September 17, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Photojournalist dies in World Trade Center attack |
| A distraught Chip East notes that his friend, New York freelance photographer Bill Biggart, was identified Saturday as one of the victims of the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York last week. Says East: |
| September 16, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon posts Capture 2.01 update |
| Thom Tildesten notes that Nikon Europe has posted updaters for both the Mac and Windows versions of Capture 2.0 (English). |
| September 16, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Handschuh happy to be alive |
| Though suffering with a broken leg and other injuries, New York Daily News photographer David Handschuh is happy to be alive after being knocked down by the force of the explosion in Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Front pages rounded up |
| The Poytner Institute has posted a roundup of Wednesday front pages from around the globe, as well as a brief interview with Daily News morning assignment photo editor Jeff Schamberry.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Thanks for emails |
| Thanks to all who've sent emails asking about my well-being in the wake of Tuesday's events. Sitting in a grounded American Airlines jet on the tarmac at New York's Laguardia Airport as the first plane struck the World Trade Center, I, like everyone else with a vantage of the twin towers, watched in horror as the skyscrapers were destroyed. Thanks to the assistance of Nikon USA's Mike Rubin and Canon USA's Chuck Westfall, I'm safely tucked away on Long Island, and will begin the trip home to Canada Thursday via rental car. |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| D30 firmware released |
| Several readers noted the recent release of EOS D30 Firmware Version 1.0.2.0, which solves an LCD monitor display problem.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| creativepro.com looks at color |
| Bruce Fraser looks at setting up Photoshop 6's colour settings, as well as calibrating a monitor, on creativepro.com.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak announces Pro Back |
| Kodak has announced the DCS Pro Back Plus, a new version of their medium format digital back that supports a wider range of cameras than the original DCS Pro Back. A Connectivity Table lists supported cameras.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Olympus announces E-20 |
| Olympus has announced the E-20, a successor to their E-10 digital SLR that adds a 5 MP CCD. European web sites Digital Photography Review and LetsGoDigital have posted the new model's specifications.... |
| September 12, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Sandisk explains |
| Sandisk has revised a FAQ page to better describe why the company,as well as other storage media vendors, define a MB as 1000KB x 1000KB. Ben Curtis noted a recent article in The Register poking fun at the company for not using the standard by which most operating systems, and... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| ColorVision produces new combo |
| ColorVision's Profiler RGB and Profiler CMYK printer profiling applications are merging into one package, called ProfilerPLUS. The new combo offering is expected to be available in October, at the same price as Profiler RGB and Profiler CMYK were individually: US$199 (list price).... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| MilesTek provides longer FireWire cables |
| MilesTek sells FireWire cables in lengths up to 70 feet (though lengths longer than about 15 feet may not work, or slow the transfer of data, with certain camera/computer combos).... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| LetsGoDigital reviews card readers |
| LetsGoDigital has posted an overview of card readers available from major vendors.... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| PrintSix available |
| PrintSix 4.1 is a new version of imaging software for Windows that simplifies the printing of photo album pages, wallet size photos and more.... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Metricom bounces Ricochet bid |
| Metricom has turned down an initial US$20 million offer from Aerie Networks to purchase a portion of the bankrupt company's Ricochet wireless network. Negotiations continue on a smaller deal, says a ZDNet story.... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon's new scanners reviewed |
| Imaging Resource looks at the Nikon Super CoolScan 8000 ED and Nikon CoolScan IV ED film scanners, as well as my favourite on-the-road AA NiMH battery charger, the MH-C204F.... |
| September 7, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Journalist looks at "State of Photojournalism" |
| September's edition of The Digital Journalist is devoted to the State of Photojournalism, the first in a two-part series on news photography today. This month looks at newspapers and television. |
| September 5, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| SimpleTech announces new line |
| SimpleTech has announced a new line of flash memory Type I PC Cards in capacities up to 2GB. They are to begin shipping in limited quantities later this month. Kodak's line of DCS cameras accept cards of this size.... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Toast updated |
| An updater for Toast 5, both the OEM and Titanium versions, brings the software to v5.02. Changes include the addition of buffer underrun prevention with DVD-R drives, better responsive when writing to built-in ATAPI/IDE recorders and several bug fixes.... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| QImage images |
| QImage Pro 2001 v3.04 improves the program's ICC profiling engine.... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| PPAM plans seminar |
| The Professional Photographers Association of Manitoba (PPAM) and The Lab Works are staging a two day photography seminar featuring Freeman Patterson, Andre Gallant and Darwin Wiggett. The event will be held November 3-4 at the St. Boniface Research Centre in Winnipeg, Canada. To purchase a pass for the event, call... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| Aerie negotiating |
| Mark J. Terrill and Gary Fong note that Aerie networks is in negotiation to purchase equipment that powered Metricom's Ricochet wirless network in six US states.... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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| High-speed network to launch |
| Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo says that commercial implementation of its 3G high-speed wireless network in Tokyo will go ahead October 1, as previously announced. More cities are expected to be brought online by year's end.... |
| September 4, 2001 | FULL STORY |
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