Canon USA has announced service notice regarding Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM flare problems:
We have recently discovered a problem with early production samples of the EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens in which flare occurs at an unacceptable level under certain conditions. The flare is most obvious in the wide zoom and wide aperture settings
We’ve got an email from one of our readers who visited this page: http://www.nikondigital.com/main.html?page=d200 and found a flash site of the new Nikon D200.
The bad news is the page was only up for couple of hours..But we have found a person who has managed to put the flash file which was left in his temporary internet files back online.
Just click on the image above to see the Flash page
Sample photos of Sigma 10-20mm with Nikon D2H have just been posted at Pbase Gallery:
- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX @ 20mm, 1/80s, f/5.6 (original size)
- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX @ 10mm, 1/250s, f/8 (original size)
- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX @ 10mm, 1/160s, f/6 (original size)
- Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX @ 20mm, 1/80s, f/10 (original size)
Kaya Special Optics, Inc. is introducing a newly developed product called the “Infrared See-Through Filter PF. PF is a special optical device that helps to visually penetrate an object’s surface in order to view whatever lies below. The manufacturers claim that the Infrared See-Through Filter PF can’t totally penetrate all surfaces but it can provide a high degree of “see-through”.
Here’s how it works…
Theano Nikitas reviewedthe Sony Cyber-shot DSC-N1 and gave the camera 6.6 out of 10 (good) at CNET. He wrote:
“The good: Three-inch touch-screen LCD; generally responsive performance; photo-album capabilities; point-and-select autofocus; decent high-ISO shooting.
The bad: All-menus-all-the-time touch-screen operation; no optical viewfinder; some purple fringing; lack of image details.
The bottom line: This camera isn’t for everybody, but its huge touch-screen LCD and photo-album display will certainly catch the eyes of those who want something a little out of the ordinary.”
Vision of Science has announced its 2005 competition winners.
Visions of Science itself is a photographic awards scheme organised by Novartis Pharmaceuticals to encourage ongoing discussion about science.
Here’s the 1st prize winner shot by Jim Greenfield which was photographed at a depth of 10 metres off Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, in 2003 with Nikon F90x, 105mm macro lens, and two flashguns
Shrimp cleaning the teeth of a lizard fish
Check out other winners here
Google Picasa is a photo software for any digital photographers to find, edit, and share all the pictures on PC. Some great features including:
Find the pictures you forgot you had.
Picasa organises your entire collection while you watch, scanning the images on your computer and automatically sorting them by date.
Password-protect collections.
Have photos you want to keep to yourself? You can add passwords to any of your Picasa collections (this does not affect which pictures you and others can see on your computer’s hard drive).
Photoworks, an online printing service based in Seatle - WA, has just announced their new discount prices on 4×6 and 3.5×5 digital prints for a low price of 15 cents apiece through December 31st.
What you need to do is enter this coupon code at checkout C375-38-5103-31
Website: http://www.photoworks.com
This firmware update incorporates the following improvements:
- Fixes the phenomenon of shots being unable to be taken when using the remote controller RC-1.
- Fixes the phenomenon wherein the camera continues to scroll through images being played back.
- Improves reliability in communication when using some CF cards.
This firmware update applies to cameras with firmware versions up to 1.0.2 installed. By installing this update, the phenomena will be fixed, and the affected cameras can be used without these problems. If your camera’s firmware is already version 1.0.3, it is not necessary to perform this update.
This firmware update (version 2.0.3) incorporates the following additions and improvements:
- Fixes a problem in color temperature information transmission that occurred when using Speedlite 430EX.
- Improves reliability in communicaion when using CF cards.
This fIrmware update applies to cameras with firmware versions up to 2.0.2 installed. If your camera’s firmware is already version 2.0.3, it is not necessary to perform this update.
