Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Canon has announced the availability of a locking mode upgrade for the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D, which will prevent the settings from accidentally being changed. For now, the service upgrade has only been announced for Japan and will cost 10,500 yen (roughly $125 USD).
No word yet on the availability of this service upgrade in the US or other markets.
Is this a feature that you would want? Will you pay for the upgrade if/when it becomes available in your market?
[Canon Japan via Rob Galbraith]
The above video from Terry White offers some solid tips on fixing a family photo (or any photo) in Photoshop CS5 when you have multiple shots with different “good” poses for the subjects across the shots.
[via Terry White]
The future of camera memory cards may be a new CF card that offers transfer rates of 500 MB/sec and capacity in excess of 2 TB. The development of these proposed specifications were announced today as part of a joint effort among Sony, Nikon and SanDisk.
Nikon, SanDisk and Sony have submitted these high-powered specs to the CompactFlash Association in hopes of a future standardization of the format. The new card specifications are based on a PCI Express interface (in order to achieve a 500 MB/sec transfer rate) instead of the Parallel ATA interface used in current generation cards.
According to the statement issued by SanDisk, Sony and Nikon, the new cards will be similar in size to existing CF cards. Hopefully, that also serves as a hint that the new cards will do away with the pins inside camera, which are so susceptible to being bent.
Complete details of the announcement are below. [Read more…]
Canon’s OSK-E3 Original Data Security Kit, which is used to prove the authenticity of photos, may have just been rendered useless thanks to a vulnerability discovered by Russian forensic software firm, Elcomsoft. [Read more…]
Manfrotto School of Xcellence is offering a free webinar on Taking Great Portraits hosted by Sports Illustrated Staff Photographer Bill Frakes.
The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, December 2 from 2-3PM ET.
You can register for the free webinar at Manfrotto School of Xcellence’s website.
More details below. [Read more…]
The Speedliter’s Handbook is a new book from Canon Speedlite specialist, Syl Arena.
The book has been in the works for nearly a year now, and just went to the printer last week. But it turned out to be much bigger than planned…
“It’s almost 400 pages, includes 800 photos, 100 diagrams, and 39 shoots detailed on 2-page spreads. If you shoot small flash (any brand), then 70% will be of interest. If you shoot Canon Speedlites, then 110% of the book will be of interest.” –Syl Arena
Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites carries a retail price of $49.99; however, it is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com at $31.49 and will ship just after Christmas.
Canon has launched a new series of rebates for its PowerShot line of point and shoot cameras.
The rebates are valid through December 11, 2010. The list of cameras and details on availability are below. [Read more…]
Canon has announced a new series of instant rebates for Canon Rebel DSLRs, which includes the Rebel T2i, Rebel T1i and Rebel XS.
The rebates are valid through January 8, 2011. Details on the rebates for each camera and lens combo are below. [Read more…]
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…]
For those unwilling to brave the crowded chaos on Black Friday, plenty of deals are to be had on Cyber Monday (the first Monday after Thanksgiving for anyone who doesn’t know). There are several deals already sneaking out, with more to come through Cyber Monday (So, stay tuned).
Below, you’ll find a rolling rundown of camera and photo gear deals from trustworthy (i.e., places I shop) online retailers. [Read more…]