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The Photo That Broke My Gitzo Tripod (Again)

Written on December 30, 2012 by latoga in Gear, Landscapes, Photos, Reviews

Here it is, again, the latest photo that broke my Gitzo Tripod. Time to test the Gitzo warranty again. While out photographing at a beach north of Santa Cruz, I setup my tripod in the sand near the water’s edge and while adjusting angles between compositions my Gitzo Tripod leg hinge shattered in half. This exact…

Tags: California Coast, Gitzo, Tripod

Why To Use Long Exposure Noise Reduction

Written on August 15, 2010 by latoga in Gear, Technique

A late afternoon tweet from a friend on the east coast snapped to to attention: 2010 Perseid Meteor Shower was peaking tonight! That was Thursday afternoon…denying the fact that I had a morning meeting in San Francisco on Friday, I headed out at 11:30pm Thursday night to the closest dark spot I know of to…

Canon Releases New 5D Mark II Firmware

Written on March 21, 2010 by latoga in Gear

A few days ago Canon released firmware version 2.0.4 for the Canon 5D Mark II. This came a few days after they released 2.0.3 which had some issues around sound recording for video. The key features of 2.0.4 are: Adds or changes a number of movie frame rates Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording…

Tags: 5D mark II, Canon, Firmware

Comparing Monitor Color Gamut

Written on October 10, 2009 by latoga in Gear, Technology

During my recent upgrade of my MBP, I somehow lost the color profiles for my monitors (as far as I know, that’s all I lost… ). As I went through the process of creating new color profiles with my Eye-One Display 2, I happened to take a screen shot of the graphical profile that Eye-One…

Tags: Apple, Color Gamut, NEC

Win a 5D Mark II Pop-Up Shade

Written on September 23, 2009 by latoga in Announcements, Gear

It’s time for a give-a-way! I have a Belkin Devices Professional Pop-Up Shade for Canon 5D Mark II that I’m giving away here at the blog–still in the original packaging, valued around $30. The photo is of the actual shade on my 5D Mark II; the shade was only used twice, once for a brief…

Tags: Drawing, Give-a-way

What DSLR LCD Protector Do You Use?

Written on July 29, 2009 by latoga in Gear

So, here is my dilemma: In my hands is a brand new Canon 5D Mark II. The LCD screen is so pristine that there isn’t even a nose print on it yet (thought my eye piece extender may have something to do with that…). I need to keep it that way as long as possible….