new 50D firmware

Firmware Version 1.0.7 incorporates the following changes.

1. Corrects a phenomenon where captured images may tend to appear somewhat magenta depending on the shooting scene.

2. Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian menu screens.

Firmware Version 1.0.7 is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.0.6. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.0.7, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

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16GB Sandisk Extreme III for only $59

Adorama is selling the Sandisk 16GB Extreme III Compact Flash card for only $59 after rebate, this is a savings of over $30.

7/27/09 Training Camp Photos

Just finished uploading my set from 7/27/09 training camp in Buffalo. Again used the 50D + EF 400 2.8 IS L lens

Bills Camp 2009

The following photos were taken Sunday 7/26/09 with an EF 400 2.8 IS L lens

Submit your photos for professional review

Canon CPN in Europe offers an opportunity to upload your photos to their site, and have them reviewed by professional photographers for critique and comments.

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/editors_choice.do

New two mode IS system from Canon

Here’s the Press Release from Canon:

Lake Success, N.Y., July 22, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today the development of Hybrid Image Stabilizer (IS), the world’s first* optical image stabilization technology that compensates for both angle camera shake and shift camera shake. The technology will be featured in interchangeable single lens reflex (SLR) camera lens planned for commercial release before the end of 2009.

Several different preventative methods and corrective procedures have been introduced to compensate for errors caused by camera shake, which occurs when a camera moves while its shutter is open and its image sensor is exposed to light.

Canon began researching methods to compensate for camera shake in the 1980s, and in 1995 launched the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, the world’s first interchangeable SLR camera lens to feature a mechanism that compensates for optical camera shake. Since then, the company has continued to produce a variety of interchangeable lenses with image stabilization capabilities, and boasts a total of 21 such lenses in its current product lineup.

Canon’s newly developed Hybrid IS technology optimally compensates for angle and shift camera shake. Sudden changes in camera angle can significantly affect images taken during standard shooting, whereas shift-based shaking, which occurs when a camera moves parallel to the imaging scene, is more pronounced in macro photography and other close-range shooting.

The new Hybrid IS technology incorporates an angular velocity sensor that detects the extent of angle-based shaking and is found in all previous Canon optical image stabilizer mechanisms, as well as a new acceleration sensor that determines the amount of shift-based camera shake. Hybrid IS also employs a newly developed algorithm that synthesizes information from the two sensors to make optimal adjustments, thereby dramatically enhancing the effects of image stabilization during shooting, including macro shooting, which had proven difficult for conventional image stabilization technologies.

Canon is actively engaged in ongoing research and development of interchangeable SLR camera lenses incorporating Hybrid IS technology, and is aiming for the early commercialization and inclusion of the lenses in a wide range of products.

2 years later a 1D III review

Canon USA recently let me review a 1D III, I have completed my review for now (I may add to it)

2009 1D Mark III Review

July Tech Tips

Better later then never… the July Tech Tips are now online

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0907/tech-tips.html

Amazing Time Lapse

This is a time lapse project which used a TS-E tilt shift lens or similar concept (perhaps a lens baby)

Anyway… very impressive and just wanted to share this

http://www.vimeo.com/3156959

Lens Fun

Playing around with a Canon tilt shift TS-E 24mm lens, EF 14mm 2.8 II, and EF 15mm 2.8 fish eye

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