Canon has announced it has developed a 120 megapixel 29.2 x 20.2mm APS-H CMOS sensor – the same size used in its EOS-1D series of professional DSLRs. The sensor, for which Canon has announced no production plans, has a pixel count nearly 7.5 times larger than the company’s highest pixel count commercially available sensor. It offers full HD recording (using 1/60th of its surface area) and can deliver 9.5fps continuous shooting. This follows a 50 million pixel sensor of similar format the company developed in 2007.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Archive for August, 2010
Canon develops world’s first 120 megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor
27
Aug
Funny Animation
27
Aug
LOL!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
www.blublu.org A short film by Blu: an ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche) www.blublu.org www.blublu.org music by Andrea Martignoni assistant: Sibe more videos at: www.blublu.org
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Nikon D3100 digital SLR announced and previewed
27
Aug
Nikon has unveiled the D3100, its latest entry-level offering and its first DSLR that can record full 1080p HD videos. Successor to the popular D3000, it is built around a 14.2 CMOS sensor and a 3 inch LCD. As well as movies it gains Live View shooting, a wider ISO range ( 100-3200 expandable to 12800) and a host of small revisions. The camera will be available soon at a retail price of £579.99 / €599 with the 18-55mm VR lens. We’ve been given access to a pre-production version of the camera which we’ve used to prepare a hands-on preview, looking at the changes Nikon has made to its best-selling DSLR.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Canon unveils PowerShot S95 premium compact
27
Aug
Canon has launched the PowerShot S95 premium compact as successor to the S90. The latest model includes an upgraded sensor capable of 720p HD video recording and the company’s ‘Hybrid IS’ system that compensates for more types of movement. It also adds multi-aspect ratio shooting and SDXC card compatibility. Other than these features it inherits a lightly tweaked version of the S90’s basic body design including the control ring, 28-105mm F2.0-4.9 stabilized lens and 3.0" LCD.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
1 June, 2010 – The Best Noise Reduction Plug-In Yet!
27
Aug
The world is a lot less noisy than it used to be. The photographic world, that is.
In the days of film, ISO 400 was noisy in B&W, and in colour ISO 800 grain looked like golf balls. The early days of digital were not that much better.
But in recent years we’ve grown accustomed to ISO 400 as being almost noise free, and some pro cameras now allow shooting at over ISO 100,000.
But there are still a lot of times that noisy images need to be cleaned up, and a new king of the hill appears to have emerged, in the form of Topaz Labs DeNoise 4.1. Mark Segal‘s exclusive review is now online.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
8 June, 2010 – Lightroom 3 Released
27
Aug
Adobe has today (finally) released Lightroom 3. You can download it from the Adobe on-line store for your country. It should also show up at retailers shortly as well.
Ian Lyons has his usual excellent summary online of what’s new in LR3.
Jeff Schewe and I have just completed filming our exhaustive live video tutorial. It will run close to ten hours in length and will drill down into every aspect of how the program works, as well as illustrate best practices. It will be the most detailed and in-depth tutorial on Lightroom 3 available. Look for it here in the weeks ahead.
Oh yes, and our multi-hour tutorial video on Capture One should become available here very soon as well.
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– paul b. kramarchyk
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Ricoh announces CX4 compact with improved IS
27
Aug
Ricoh has released the CX4 compact superzoom with a 10 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor. It offers the same 10.7x (28-300mm equiv.) zoom lens, 920k dot 3 inch LCD and 720p HD video recording as the company’s CX3, but with enhanced image stabilization. The company says its latest version reduces blur to a degree equivalent to using a shutter speed 3.7 EV faster than actually being used. Other features include subject-tracking AF and additional shooting modes.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Canon introduces Selphy CP800 compact photo printer
27
Aug
In addition to its camera announcements, Canon has introduced the Selphy CP800 compact dye-sublimation photo printer with built-in voice guidance. Replacing the CP780, its features a more compact design and offers ID-style print layout along with other options. It features a the same 2.5″ LCD with image preview as its predecessor and maintains print speed of approx 47 seconds per print. It takes a selection of memory card formats including the latest SDXC format.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Steezy Marie for Marker Bindings
26
Aug
The amazing folks at Whitney Advertising put together an idea for a national ad campaign that I fell in love with immediately!
Marker USA has a line of ski bindings called ‘The Royal Family’ with product names like The Jester, The Duke and The Baron…
Their idea?
What if we combined Marie Antoinette with a member of todays steezified-culture… All the vintage styling but with a twist, ski hat and goggles. The first character to populate this world would have to have a name… and why not call her Steezy Marie?
There’s a bonus to this ad too! A very high-tech bonus. You see that colorful square icon near the bottom right? Download the TagReader app (it’s free) on your iphone. Scan the icon (Yes, it will work on the screen – at least it does on mine) and you can watch some sweet behind the scenes video of the shoot!
The Models!
Credits
Thank you so much to the entire team, especially the two photographer friends of mine that got suckered into modeling with ZERO notice from me! I make no apologies for doing what I had to do to get a couple guy-extras. 
Creative Director: Jim Whitney of Whitney Advertising
Photographer: Jake Garn
Hair: Steven Robertson
Makeup: Paula Dahlberg
Wardrobe Stylist: Michelle Boucher
Models: Shelby Boven, Madeline Villano, Lauren Johnson, Steven Wood and Ryan Muirhead
Location Scout: Mickelle Weber
Photo Assistants: Ryan Muirhead, Steven Wood, and Dave Brewer
Mr. Muirhead’s Assistant: Braxton Duncan
Videographer: John Paul (Video viewable via the TagReader icon on the ad)
Technical Details: 6-Lights*, lots of softboxes. Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.2L
*I should have kept better notes but we had a mini-disaster during setup when I realized that a much needed lens was not inside my photography bag. The situation was fixed (thanks again Dave) without the clients even noticing… but the hiccup left little time for much note-taking on my part. :-/
IrfanView – Create Desktop Shortcut and Keyboard Hotkey if Missing
26
Aug
Make IrfanView easier to access by creating desktop and keyboard shortcuts.
If you often view and modify images with IrfanView you may find a Desktop shortcut convenient. When installing the application this shortcut may have been created; if missing, you can add it back. Plus, the Desktop shortcut can contain a keyboard hotkey to open IrfanView from anywhere – and this can be modified.
1. Choose “Options” – “Properties/Settings”….
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