Kodak Gallery Professional Prints

My biggest complaint to Kodak has always been that you can not purchase their prints on Kodak Endura papers. These are the high quality professional papers I have mentioned previously.

Now Kodak has finally wised up and is preparing to launch a KodakGallery for professional prints.

I was invited to play with the beta, and gave it a quick run through. I think they have created a very nice site that makes professional prints a breeze. Unfortunately there are two draw backs, they do not offer all of the Endura options that AdoramaPix currently offers, and their pricing is significantly higher than Adorama’s pricing. Fortunately, Kodak Gallery tends to have a lot of specials.

I’ll also take this opportunity to point out Adorama’s excellent offerings, if you have not yet printed using Kodak Endura Metallic or Silk paper I highly recommend it.

Official White House flickr stream

I came across the official White House flickr stream the other night, its a constantly updated look behind the scenes by the White House official photographer. Whats even more intriguing about many of these great shots, you can download the full resolution (or very high) resolution versions.

Check them out, starting with this excellent shot of President Obama using at 5D Mark II

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3484011749/

5d II back in stock @ BH

BH just emailed to let the site know the 5D II is back in stock.

Months later, and there are still shortages.

Canon T1i shipping soon

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i will be shipping very soon, order yours today. This camera features a a 15 megapixel sensor, HD video, and the 920k 3″ high resolution lcd.

Ordering from this link helps support the site, thank you.

Niagra Falls Gallery

Took some photos this past week at Niagra Falls

I took these photos using the
Canon TC-80N3
and
B+W ND #106

New baseball gallery

Took some photos at a minor league baseball game.

Canon 50D 1.0.6 ISO improvement comparison

I have run a quick test of the ISO performance gains attributed to the 1.0.6 firmware upgrade.
There are four pages available, the first two are large / small versions of the images without any noise reduction or sharpening. The second two photos are large/small versions of the images with Canon DPP 3.6.1 noise reduction and level 3 sharpening.
The photos go from ISO 100 – ISO 12,800

No Noise Reduction or Sharpening
Small
Large

Noise Reduction and Sharpening
Small
Large

Canon XSi Firmware 1.1.0 Released

Canon has released XSi firmware revision 1.1.0 and made it available for download

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=16307#DownloadDetailAct

Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following improvement.

1. Supports the AF assist beam features of the new flash, Speedlite 270 EX, which is scheduled to be released in April 2009

Canon 50D Firmware 1.0.6 released

Canon has released the 50D firmware version 1.0.6

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17499#DownloadDetailAct

This firmware update (Version 1.0.6) incorporates the following fixes.

1. Supports the AF assist beam feature of the new flash, Speedlite 270EX, which is scheduled to be released in April 2009.
2. Changes the error indications that are displayed on the camera.
3. Addresses the vertical banding noise phenomenon.

Firmware Version 1.0.6 is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.0.5. If the camera’s firmware is already version 1.0.6, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

In addition, Firmware Version 1.0.5 has already been incorporated with improvements to support the AF assist beam feature of Speedlite 270EX and change the error indications that are displayed on the camera.

Extended Day & Night Exposures

I wanted to quickly share some of my recent day time and night time extended exposure photographs. These photographs employ the B+W filters discussed in my filters page. I also used the Canon TC-80N3 remote timer to help expose for longer periods of time.

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