Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
White House Chief Photographer, Pete Souza, will be doing a live Q&A session this Thursday, October 28 at 7PM ET. He’ll be responding to questions asked over Flickr and Facebook.
Souza made some history last year by becoming the first photographer to capture a President’s official photo with a digital camera (a Canon 5D Mark II).
More details over at WhiteHouse.gov.
If you hate having to upload, login, email and do all the other things required to share your photos online, then this new solution from Eye-Fi just might be the right thing for you.
“Today, Eye-Fi, best known for the world’s first wireless memory card, launched Eye-Fi View, giving consumers full access to all of their photos and videos – anytime, anywhere, from any computer or mobile device. Along with Eye-Fi View, Eye-Fi also introduced a new email-sharing feature, allowing direct, private sharing of full-resolution images without clogging inboxes or requiring viewers to login.”
These new services work will all Eye-Fi SD cards.
More details in the video demos and press release below. [Read more…]
jill-e will be at PhotoPlus this week showing off its new wares, including something for the guys. jill-e has a new jack-branded small messenger bag. Additionally, jill-e is showing off some new slip-on covers for its black messenger-style day bag.
jill-e camera bags and accessories can be found at B&H Photo and Adorama.
More details below. [Read more…]
Canon has announced its lineup of lenses and flashes eligible for instant rebate savings for this Fall and Winter season. What’s more, the rebate is doubled when purchasing a lens or flash with a Canon 60D, 7D, 5D Mark II or 1D Mark IV.
This is an instant rebate program too – no mailing receipts and UPC codes and then waiting 6-8 weeks. The rebate applies for purchases on qualifying Canon gear made between October 24, 2010 and January 8, 2011.
The specific items are listed below, along with links to product pages for each lens or flash at Amazon, Adorama and B&H Photo. [Read more…]
B&H has the new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM in stock for Canon DSLRs today.
Other mounts are still listed as “Approx arrival November.” See all the mount options here.
Finally, the lens is also in-stock and available via third-parties through Amazon.com.
Adobe has made release candidates of Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 available for download in Adobe Labs. These versions add RAW file support for the following cameras:
A number of new lens profiles have also been added, along with several bug fixes. Additional release notes are indicated on the respective download pages for each product.
Remember, these are release candidates, which means they’ve been pretty well tested and Adobe thinks they are ready for full release; however, it’s recommended that you keep production work to prior versions until the official releases drop. Expect those to come soon though. Release candidates mean that the final versions are just around the corner.
Lightroom 3.3 release candidate can be downloaded here.
Camera Raw 6.3 release candidate can be downloaded here.
The above video, “I Have PSD,” is a fun stop motion short film from Hyperakt, which provides a fun twist on how Photoshop might work in the physical world.
Photoshop dexterity (PSD) is a skillset acquired by proficient users of Adobe Photoshop, the world’s most ubiquitous digital tool for creating visual ideas. Qualities of PSD include supernatural powers of imagination and an overwhelming desire to constantly make the world more beautiful. PSD affects people from different walks of life. In fact, there is a high probability that you have PSD.
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [Read more…]
I was outside taking some outdoor portraits earlier this week and had more lights than I had radio receivers to trigger them with. While all the strobes had the ability to trigger with optical slaves, the sunlight (even though I was positioned in the shade) prevented the optical slave from seeing my command flash (no matter how close it was to the slave cell).
This was one of those oh-crap, on-the-fly moments…
Below you will find this week’s firmware updates. Hit the manufacturer website links for more details and download instructions for the firmware. [Read more…]