If you’re curious here is a link with test images from the new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III. On display are: 1. Examples of Fixed Point Photography 2. Examples of available Picture Styles 3. Examples of ISO Sensitivity 4. Examples of Long Exposures 5. Work Examples. Images are full size JPEG so be warned it may take a while to get through the images. The dimensions of each full size JPEG is 5,616×3,744 pixels. The s
A friend forwarded me a link to this video of Dave Story, Vice President Interactive Design at Adobe, demonstrating a 3D lens that captures 20 images simultaneously with a version of Photoshop software featuring a “focus brush”. The concept of creating a photograph with 3-D pixels and manipulating the display with a “focus brush” is quite a neat concept. In theory I think any technology that o
Normally I don’t focus on gear, but because I’ve been waiting for news of the next generation of Canon 1Ds this leak (Thanks Amazon.com) is of particular interest to me. Canon’s 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mark III: thanks, Amazons – Engadget.com Note: Amazon pulled the leaked pages, but Engadget.com has some screen captures. After using the 1Ds Mark II (16 megapixels), thanks to some generous frie
Like most everyone the past week I’ve been overwhelmed with iPhone hype and I swore I wouldn’t let it get to me. Well the inner Apple nut in me took over. I became a possessed man in the 11th hour and ended up getting one. Having used my iPhone now for a decent amount of time I wanted to share some of the apparent short comings and many of its amazing features as it relates to real use in the field. iPhon
Sadly this technology announcement isn’t for a new consumer based DSL, but for a surveillance camera. Engadget is reporting that the prototype sensor is 19 x 28mm the same size as sensors used in current 35mm cameras. For resolution junkies this is mouthwatering news. Personally I’m looking forward to an announcement from Canon about their next generation full size sensor dSLR. Rumor has it that it will b
I was recently pointed to a Popular Science web site on a prototype camera developed by Adobe called the Light-Field Camera. This camera provide 19 Depth of Field Options for each photo taken. With Adobe software you can instantly view one image with different depths of field or combinations of. Don’t get me wrong I really like new technologies, but the use of Depth of Field (DoF) is on average one of the most