March 17, 2008
It seems that Adobe released their version 1.4 a bit prematurely. They have pulled 1.4 from their site, and recommend that you you delete it, and reinstall the previous 1.31 version.
It seems there are some big in the release that cause some metadata information to get messed up, as well as some other things that are not too good!
Rather than write it all out here you can read the details on LR news.
March 15, 2008
Click Button To Listen, Pro Photo Show #43 Getting the Action
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Show Notes…
PPS #43 Forum Discussion. Post your action pics here too!
this discussion starts at time index 30:31
Cnets Aperture Poll caused a stir, Polaroid dies, the HDR blog Reviewed Mircosoft HD Photo format & Lightroom 1.4 is available
Kodak 35mm SLR rumors (correction, these are film cameras not digital) Nikon trumps Canon in ISO & Canon 5D MK II is rumored.
Gavin Seim is on Facebook and Twitter, and Power Workflow Lightroom Presets are now RAW & JPEG compatible.
Reviewed… Lensbabies review at time index 20:02 I think it’s not for everything, but cool. We also talked about the Canon Pro 9000
Pick of the week was Braketeer, an easy HDR photo merging software for Mac.
Podcast subscription feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/prophotoshow
March 12, 2008
See This Newer Post for up to date info on the 5D release date:
Someone over on the DP Review forums claims that the Canon EOS 5d MKII, also rumored as the EOS 7D ( ya we know Canon tends makes names complex) should be announced toward the end of April.
Note that he does not give his source for obvious reasons, and we can in no way confirm this, so it’d just rumor at this point. It does stand to reason that Canon will be replacing the popular 5D this year, and also working catch up with Nikon in the ISO department (we hope)
A few cool specs include…
Now this all sounds pretty exciting, but as always time will tell. This has been anticipated for sometime, and we’re waiting Canon.
March 8, 2008
By Gavin Seim — Will the need for flash start to fade and noiseless high ISO cameras surface? Will sensors become so sensitive that they can actually make a scene clearer than what it is, such as removing fog when desired? Will they soon be able to see through objects, and interpret what’s on the other side?
We digital photographers live in an ISO sensitive world. It used to be that ISO 800 was high, 1600 was really noisy, and 3200… Well, could you even shoot that high?
The megapixel race is no longer a huge factor in a pro camera purchase, and now the attention has rightly turned to ISO and noise. In the early digital days a high ISO, or long exposure would quickly get filled with noise. Today we have two major brands. Canon, who though they are getting better noise to ISO ratio’s, their ISO settings have seriously fallen behind of their biggest competition Nikon.
With a Canon you can shoot at ISO 1600, and expand out to 3200, and on the 1D MK III you can go up to 6400. Nikon’s latest on the other hand goes to 6400 and well beyond. On the Nikon D3 there’s even an ISO 25,600. No that’s not a typo, and though there’s certainly a fair bit of noise at that level it’s clear that Nikon has taken a step ahead in terms of ISO. This article is really not about who’s better however since this is simply a race of brands that will ultimately benefit all consumers. The real item of note is these advancements could change the way we do photography.
Pretty soon we may not have to worry about noise, and we can start changing the ISO level to change exposure instead of shutter or aperture. Here’s an article comparing the noise on the 5d, and the D3. Also heres a post on beckers blog where he run the D3 through the paces.
Now the battle of brands will rage on, but the question is with noise getting lower and lower, and ISO getting higher and higher where is it all going? Noise levels are getting so high that the cameras have almost night vision capabilities! All I know is this. I love the flexibility of high ISO, and the fact that we have heavy competition in the field means we’ll be getting better technolighy sooner.
What do you think? Your comments below!
March 8, 2008
Theres a never ending debate about which is better or more practical. Though many pro’s shoot in RAW there are also a lot of great JPEG shooters.
I want a quick easy workflow no matter what I’m editing. The problem with presets, is that a preset made for RAW (and most are) will work lousy on a JPEG file. Most of the time this is not even addressed when presets are given away or sold, so a user may find presets that work lousy and not know why.
Today we want to plug our sister site Seim Effects. They’ve been selling photographers Lightroom presets to speed up their RAW workflow. Today marked the launch of the latest Power Workflow set that’s entirely RAW & JPEG compatible. This requires two completely different sets that are each modified for the file format their to be used with.
The good news is they both come in the collection so now whether you shoot RAW or JPEG you can have great presets, and speedy workflow.
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