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Santa Barbara, CA—Digital cameras and flash technology have revolutionized photography. Originally seen simply as a way of illuminating dark scenes with portable light, flash today is used for a host of creative functions, including supplementing daylight and designing complex scenes lit by multiple light sources. Digital cameras with their preview screens make it easy to ... read more
March 10, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Here’s what Canon says: Canon Studio Solution is powerful software that combines the functions of many of the separate software applications typically used in a professional photo studio. Moreover, it integrates all of your Canon hardware, image files, customer and business data, and studio management tools into a single, easy-to-use workflow application. Canon Studio Solution ... read more
March 9, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Olympus has released a firmware update for their E-P1 Micro Four-Thirds camera system. Information on this update is available on Olympus’ Japanese site.read more
March 5, 2010 in News by David Schloss

This great blog post on Makezine link back to an Los Angeles Digital Imaging Group template for do-it-yourself bounce cards for strobes. Take the template, take a few minutes and make yourself a great strobe bounce that’s just about as good as anything you’d buy in a store.read more
March 5, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Rob Galbraith is one of the first people who publicly cried foul about the Canon 1D Mark III’s (later) acknowledged autofocus issues. He nailed Canon to the wall for their focus tracking problems in the company’s flagship sports camera and Canon ended up with a huge dent in their reputation as a result.
The Canon ... read more
March 3, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Nikon’s just announced instant rebates of up to $400 on lens and camera body combos. There are four lenses available in combination with six bodies. You can pick from the Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G AF-S ED VR II, Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 G ED AF-S, Nikkor 24-120 f/3.5-5.6G AF-S VR or Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm VR II.
To ... read more
March 2, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Sevearl people have emailed me the link this week to the site of photographer/skydiver Aaron Gustafson who does his jumps from planes with a 4×5 camera on his helmet.
I’m not exactly sure how I feel about his work, but it’s certainly something that the ‘net seems insistent on perpetuating.read more
February 26, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Damn Apple, if you were trying to show us that you’re working hard on Aperture then job well done. Two major updates in two days? Fresh on the heels of the 3.0.1 update comes Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.1.The update, available now via Software Update provides support for the Hasselblad H3DII-50, Leica M9, Leica ... read more
February 25, 2010 in News by David Schloss

I freely admit I’m a camera-bag whore. I’ve got a closet full of bags like Imelda Marcos has a closet full of shoes. (Are people still making that reference?) Many of my bags are by Think Tank because they make bags for photographers that are designed by photographers.
Usually burly nylon bags the Think Tank ... read more
February 25, 2010 in News by David Schloss

Aperture 3’s Metadata tab of the Inspector sidebar gained a lot of functionality with the new LCD-inspired camera-setting viewer, which provides information about the file’s camera settings at-a-glance, but it also provides the user with a quick way to rate, label and flag your files.Bring up the Metadata panel (the shortcut is Control-D). From ... read more
February 22, 2010 in Tips by David Schloss