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 [...]
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Category Archives: Gear
Canon Releases New 5D Mark II Firmware
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 [...]
Comparing Monitor Color Gamut
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 [...]
Win a 5D Mark II Pop-Up Shade
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 [...]
What DSLR LCD Protector Do You Use?
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. [...]
Decisions: Which Do You Prefer?
After my trip to Napa Valley a few weekends ago, I decided that I have to enter one of my photos into the Napa Valley Mustard Festival Photo Contest this year. With the submission deadline a week away, this is the driver I needed to fulfill my goal of printing my photography more this year. [...]
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