Over the past couple of weeks I’ve grown increasingly concerned about the color accuracy of my monitor. Â While finalizing work on a large set of images I noticed that my monitor was looking noticeably dim. For average use I doubt anyone would notice, but seeing as I’m a stickler for color accuracy (a big understatement) [...]
Posted by Jim on 09.11.2009 at 12:01 am// Tagged: Hardware, Photography, Technology , Photography, Technology
A lot can be and has been said about the transformation of the publishing world. In the last few years photographers have been given the power to self-publish through PDF based e-books and through self-publishing services such as LuLu and Blurb. In a short period of time I’ve seen numerous photographers, amateur to professional, experiment [...]
Posted by Jim on 05.07.2009 at 1:46 am// Tagged: Hardware, News & Current Events, Photography, Technology , Photography, Technology
These days its hard not to hear about doom and gloom news with the economy and for many photographers part of the “fix” they get with photography is picking up gear. While it may not make sense to pick a couple thousand dollars in gear in this economic climate there are things you can buy [...]
Posted by Jim on 04.09.2009 at 12:00 am// Tagged: Camera, Hardware, Photography, Technology , Photography
An interesting encounter on Twitter got me thinking about the subject of permanence in relation to digital photography. Humorously @pogue (aka David Pogue) was noting the grammatical error in Outdoor Photographer referencing the “sense of permanency” of digital photography in books. David Pogue, a New York Times technology writer and Internet celebrity, while making light [...]
Posted by Jim on 04.08.2009 at 1:41 am// Tagged: Camera, Hardware, Photography, Software, Technology , Article, Photography
Right underneath my nose something horrific has happened, my desk has slowly been taken over by hard drives. What once was a vast open space has quickly became a cluttered mess, consumed by box after box with noisy fans and an octopus of cords.This weekend I decided to do something about it now that I [...]
Posted by Jim on 03.30.2009 at 4:26 am// Tagged: Hardware, Technology, Updates & Announcements , Photography
I will concede that I am overly paranoid about backing up my digital photography and it has paid off. This week I’ve been dealing with a very unpleasant experience of having a drive fail on me. See The Best of Times, The Worst of Times The drive in question that failed is my working “production” [...]
Posted by Jim on 01.22.2009 at 12:45 pm// Tagged: Hardware, Photography, Technology , Photography
For those reading my blog who use Canon gear I happened across a DPReview.com forum post listing Canon lenses that are considered weather and dust resistant when used on a 1D body. This information is good to know, but an even more valuable piece of information to be aware of is that the main seal [...]
Posted by Jim on 02.11.2008 at 12:05 am// Tagged: Hardware, Photography, Technology
I dread falling into a techhead mode, but this Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III Hands-On Review video was too funny not to post. One thing that instantly made me chuckle is the porno music and the visual inspection of the sensor which by appearance clearly demonstrates how great it is. All teasing aside if you’ve [...]
Posted by Jim on 11.29.2007 at 11:12 pm// Tagged: Hardware, Links & Articles, Photography, Technology