Canon and Sony News for Nov 2011 (Page 3)
Canon USA has made EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Version 2.1.1 available for download.
Firmware Version 2.1.1 incorporates the following fixes and improvements:
1. Fixes a phenomenon where shooting stops after capturing one image when in continuous shooting or the Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) continuous shooting setting.
2. Corrects wording in the Dutch language menu screen.
Brush up on your studio portrait lighting techniques:
From Domke:
Hauppauge, NY, November 4, 2011- Domke, a division of The Tiffen Company, has announced that their F-8 Compact Bag designed for today's popular digital SLR cameras is now available in RuggedWear.
Like your favorite pair of jeans, Domke bags get better with age and with the new Domke RuggedWear™ collection you don’t have to wait. The fabric produces a unique distressed and weathered look right from the start. The RuggedWear bags feature high-quality, weather-tough, durable cotton canvas that is treated with special non-solvent, environmentally friendly waxes to afford the fabric a lifelong resistance to inclement weather. The special formula allows the fabric to breathe while the waxes produce a unique, timeless, weathered, distressed patina finish. By using the included refinishing wax, bags can be restored to its original finish. As with all Domke bags, the RuggedWear collection is made in the USA.
The Domke F-8 has all of the great features of the F-3 in a more compact form. It is the bag to grab when the assignment doesn't call for lots of equipment. The inside and outside dimensions are nearly identical, resulting in an inconspicuous bag that carries and protects your equipment and accessories without the extra bulk.
Rugged, roomy, lightweight and versatile, the Domke F-8 is made of soft, supple, heavyweight, cotton canvas with RuggedWear finish.
Eight inner compartments and pockets including Domke's "upside-down" zipper pouch inside the weather flap offer ample storage. A removable hook and loop partition divides the padded main compartment. A padded bottom keeps equipment safe and dry.
Adjustable closures on the main flap allow you to easily close even the most “overstuffed” bag. Indestructible steel snap hooks secure the main weather flap.
Twin tracks of high-friction rubber are woven into the thickest, toughest cotton webbing so that it clings to the shoulder and runs completely around the bag. Most of the Domke bags feature street-tough steel snaphooks (a Domke hallmark) with welded steel rings, as the primary closure. It’s the toughest, most reliable, pilfer-proof yet quick-operating closure short of a padlock. List price is $129.99.
Domke bags are the preferred choice of the White House News Photographers Association.
B&H carries Domke bags.
I am looking for the buyer of this photo as I have a few photos in my collection that they may be interested in.
The title of this article at Wired, "Really? $4.3 Million for That Photo?", far under emphasizes my own thoughts on the sale. (thanks Jordan)
Nikon has posted NEF Codec Version 1.12.0.
1. Supports NEF (RAW) images taken with the Nikon 1 J1, Nikon 1 V1.
2. Supports 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
If thumbnails for NEF files fail to display correctly in the Photo Gallery or Photo Viewer for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, perform a disk clean-up as described below.
1. Right-click the system drive in Computer and select Properties.
2. Select Disk Cleanup in the "General" tab.
3. Select Thumbnails in the "Disk Cleanup" tab "Files to delete" list and remove the checks from the other items.
4. Click OK to start the disk cleanup. When the "Are you sure you want to permanently delete these files?" prompt is displayed, click Delete Files.
* Click here for more information.
Adobe has announced a change in upgrade qualifications for Creative Suite 6 products:
"For customers who prefer to remain on the current licensing model, we will continue to offer our individual point products and Adobe Creative Suite editions as perpetual licenses. With regards to upgrades, we are changing our policy for perpetual license customers. In order to qualify for upgrade pricing when CS6 releases, customers will need to be on the latest version of our software (either CS5 or CS5.5 editions). If our customers are not yet on those versions, we’re offering a 20% discount through December 31, 2011 which will qualify them for upgrade pricing when we release CS6."
Get your Adobe products at B&H.
Apple has released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.9.
This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11:
Canon PowerShot S100
Nikon 1 J1
Nikon 1 V1
Nikon COOLPIX P7100
Olympus PEN E-PL1s
Olympus PEN E-PL3
Olympus PEN E-PM1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ150
Sony Alpha NEX-5N
Sony Alpha SLT-A65
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
For more information on supported RAW formats, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4757.
The Canon Digital Learning Center has posted a pair of pages that you might find interesting:
Nikon D7000 Firmware 1.03 is now available for download.
Modifications enabled with B firmware Ver. 1.03
• An error where the card may not have been recognized when some memory cards were used has been addressed.
• The following issues occurred when the mode dial was rotated from U1 or U2 to another shooting mode or from another shooting mode to U1 or U2 when the power was off or when the exposure meters are off (Auto meter-off). These issues were resolved.
• A new folder is sometimes created despite the fact that the current folder does not yet contain 999 files and none of the files are numbered “9999”.
• The number of remaining exposures may not be displayed as specified in the settings.
• The setting for Role played by card in Slot 2 may change between Overflow, Backup, and RAW Slot 1- JPEG Slot 2.
• An issue where Battery info in the setup menu sometimes showed sufficient remaining charge even when the remaining charge for the AA batteries inserted in the MB-D11 battery pack was low has been resolved.
• An issue where a saved photo may not have been displayed properly when a movie was displayed in playback mode while saving the photo has been resolved.
• An issue where zoom in or zoom out may not have performed properly when the playback zoom in or playback zoom out button was pressed while in Live view has been resolved.
• The message displayed when the internal memory of the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 is formatted from the Format transmitter's memory under Device settings in Wireless transmitter of the camera’s setup menu was changed from Done to Built-in memory formatted.
• The message displayed when the internal memory of the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 is formatted from the Format transmitter's memory under Device settings in Wireless transmitter of the camera’s setup menu was changed from Done to Built-in memory formatted.
Nikon D5100 Firmware 1.01 is now available for download.
Modifications enabled with firmware A:1.01 / B:1.01
• An error where the card may not have been recognized when some memory cards were used has been addressed.
• When Selective color from the retouch menu is performed on a picture taken with the image quality set to NEF (RAW)+JPEG and an image size of M or S, the edges of the image may not have changed color. This issue has been resolved.
• When Metering was set to Matrix metering, the exposure mode set to M (Manual), and the HDR exposure differential set to Auto, the exposure differential was fixed at a value equivalent to 2 EV. This has been changed to enable automatic adjustment of exposure differential so that it is appropriate for the scene
Just posted: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM Lens Review
From Custom Brackets:
We have plenty of new products on the up and coming. There will now be four choices for HD Video Supports. The already popular HDV PRO gives you great hand-held capture, while the new HDV Cage will be more designed for tripod use. Also, the HDV Wing and HDV Run & Gun allow for compact setups for use with an LCD monitor or a Hoodman Loupe.
Another brand new category has been launced; Panoramic Series. There is three setups to choose from within this category. Depending if you want basic panos, click stop panos, or even horizontal and vertically stitched panos, Custom Brackets has the gear you need.
Adobe Labs has made Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 Release Candidates available for download.
These release candidates include support for new cameras (Canon S100, Nikon 1 J1 & V1) and lenses as well as bug fixes. Lightroom Journal has the complete list.
Nikon ViewNX 2.2.3 is now available for download: USA | Europe
The following issues with files edited or converted and saved using ViewNX 2 Ver. 2.2.1 have been resolved:
- Resolution was not correctly displayed.
- When these images were opened or manipulated in another application, the application sometimes quit unexpectedly.
Error corrected: Distortion test results have been added to the following review page:
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