April 12, 2007

display one

So, Apple Dropped the price on their displays again. What does this mean? Well it could mean that those of us who have been wanting and craving a beautiful display such as these pretties finally have a chance to pick one up. BUT, it could also mean that Apple is trying to sell as many as possible because they could be announcing new displays. Now I’m NOT saying Apple is going to announce new displays. However, taking into account Apple’s history of dropping prices and announcing new products, one can speculate something is on it’s way.

These beautiful displays have not be upgraded in quite sometime. So here is my perdition and hopes for the new displays. Of course you have to include a built in isight camera. Especially since apple has stopped offering the isight camera from it’s online store. Higher resolution capability is always a welcomed upgrade. Larger displays would be another joyful event, I’m thinking 50″. And finally, I would love to see some Advanced Color Calibrator sold with the display or some how built into the display.

No matter what may or may not happen concerning an announcement of new displays, lower prices on the existing sophisticated displays is simply great news for professionals.

The Apple Cinema Displays work with both Mac and PC.*
The 20″ is $599.00, that’s a $100.00 drop.
The 23″ is $899.00, that’s a $100.00 drop.
The 30″ is $1799.00, that’s a $200.00 drop.

Hey remember when the 30″ was $3200.00. Times have changed.

For more information see Apple.com.

Until Next Time,

Jarrod Michael

*I don’t know if there are any problems when using the Cinema Display with Vista

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April 5, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS Episode #28

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PPS #28 Show Notes…

  • News

Yep your on the new Pro Photography Show site ( just in case you didn’t notice) Don’t forget to bookmark the new address. This is the new home of PPS

Adobe Photoshop CS3 announcements.

New Photoshop, Flash, and the whole suite coming at the end of April. Dreamweaver replaces GoLive, but Go Live will still be in production. check out the launch day videos on adobe’s sit.

Adobe announces Creative License training conferences
So you want to get an edge on the new Creative Suite from Adobe. Check out the conferences, and chances are you’ll find one in a city near you.

Canon updates firmware on digital SLR cameras.
Yep there should be one for every EOS digital body, covering various simple enhancements, and bug fixes. You can fin your here on the Canon update site

  • Main Topic…

Getting Really Vivid Images
I won’t go into all the details here, as you can hear all those on this PPS episode. But as promised I do have a free Gavin Seim official PS action for you. This is confirmed to work in Photoshop CS2 & CS3. It should also work in CS, and perhaps even earlier versions. But you probably have the latest version anyway so that you can use all of Gavin’s future actions… Right???

Well anyway here is Visual Razor 1 free and ready for download. It’s a good action for a general vivid enhancement of just about any image. Usually you would run this first (maybe even in a batch) and then apply any other effects you need

That’s goona wrap it for this week gang.My wedding is this Saturday so you may not hear from me for a bit, but don’t worry I’ll be back. In the meantime don’t forget to stop here and keep up with all the great news, and content that will be coming up on PPS from our other authors. I also plan on posting updates, and maybe even some images from the honeymoon on my personal blog

Gavin

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PPS is a Gavin Seim Production. Gavin Seim Wedidng & Portrait Photography, Ephrata Washington USA


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April 3, 2007

Well I’ve been waiting to write this post for quite awhile now. The PPS site redesign was actually done weeks ago, and I’ve had all kinds of hassles with domain names, DNS names, and the like.

As you can see the PPS URL is not prophotoshow.net Though prophotographyshow.com will still be directing here I thought it would be better to go for an easier name.

Hope you like all the upgrades. Take a minute to explore a bit. You can not easily search, and get related posts for your query. You can look at items by category (not fully updated yet, but keep watching the categories). You’ll also find the vavigation always on your lest so you can check out the notes or recent podcasts, review in itunes, and more.

Also PPS now had four new writers helping you stay up to the minute with news, ideas, and information. Even during those tedious moments between PPS podcasts you can now feel at peace, knowing that there’s content for you here.

This is all bread spanking new folks so don’t hesitate to leave a comment if you see a problem or bug.

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February 22, 2007


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In a press release today, Canon announces the coming of the new 10.1 mp EOS 1D MK III
A few of the great new features on the system… (for more details visit the press release above, or see the main MK II page on Canons website)

 

Entirely new 10.1 Megapixel Canon CMOS Sensor (APS-H size, 1.3x lens conversion factor), featuring the EOS Integrated Cleaning System Entirely new 10.1 Megapixel Canon CMOS Sensor (APS-H size, 1.3x lens conversion factor), featuring the EOS Integrated Cleaning System
World's fastest digital SLR: shooting up to 10 fps (frames per second), with a burst rate up to 110 full-resolution JPEG images or 30 RAW images World’s fastest digital SLR: shooting up to 10 fps (frames per second), with a burst rate up to 110 full-resolution JPEG images or 30 RAW images
All new high-precision AF system with 19 user-selectable AF points and 26 additional All new high-precision AF system with 19 user-selectable AF points and 26 additional “assist points”; superior low-light performance and faster operation
New lighter body with enhanced weather resistance and outstanding reliability: featuring a shutter that's durability-tested to 300,000 exposures New lighter body with enhanced weather resistance and outstanding reliability: featuring a shutter that’s durability-tested to 300,000 exposures
Dual DIGIC III Image Processors working in parallel to provide up to 50% less shadow noise and superb image quality; new Highlight Tone Priority option adds control of bright highlights Dual DIGIC III Image Processors working in parallel to provide up to 50% less shadow noise and superb image quality; new Highlight Tone Priority option adds control of bright highlights
Large 3.0-inch LCD monitor, featuring Live View Large 3.0-inch LCD monitor, featuring Live View

Canon also announced upgrades to it’s professional 580EX hot shoe flash to the 580EX II, and also an updated 16-26 L f2.8 II.

On the consumer side Canon announced many new compact models in the Powershot, and Elph lines, as well as some new printers. Many of the new photo products can be found on the overview page of Canon’s website

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Washington wedding & senior portrait photography. Ephrata, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Spokane, Seattle, Kent, Leavenworth, Sequim, Bellevue Winthrop

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