Thanks to Andrew Scott for this link to a little piece of history. 50 years of Canon SLR’s. Lets go for a walk down memory lane.
Canon Professional Network – 50 years of Canon SLRs.
Canon Flex model (pictured above) released May 1959.
As I mentioned last week, the 5DmkII firmware is being updated and is now available on the link below.
Changes listed on the Canon site….
1. Includes a function to enable the manual exposure setting when shooting movies.
2. *For details on how to use this function, please download the PDF files from the bottom of this page. Disables the function of the depth-of-field preview button when images are played back or when the menu screen is displayed on the LCD panel.
3. Fixes a phenomenon where the peripheral illumination of images cannot be properly corrected, even if the images were captured with the lens peripheral illumination correction function set to Enable.
4. *Digital Photo Professional software version 3.6.1 or later (for Windows and Macintosh) can be used to automatically correct the peripheral illumination of RAW and JPEG images that were captured in the Peripheral illumination correction setting with cameras that have Firmware Version 1.0.7 or earlier. Fixes the algorithms of the Auto Lighting Optimizer function when Custom Function C.Fn II-3 Highlight tone priority is enabled.
5. Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian menu screens.
6. Changes the battery information displayed on the camera when using the optional Battery Grip BG-E6.
Well, for the past month, this humble little blog has been going kind of crazy. Sure, I have put a lot more content up, but I didn’t expect visitor numbers to expand by a factor of 10. Over 4000 visitors last month, which makes me a happy blogger, but I also wonder what people are enjoying reading? If you could be so kind and fill out the poll below, it will help me to cater for the readers out there.
Thanks you and thanks for all the comments and other feedback.
norbs.
How about some background into some of those terms we all use. I expect most photogs will know all about aperture, but for some of the people new to photography, it might help them to understand what all those f numbers mean.
Aperture
In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels.
via Aperture – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Aperture mechanism of Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens
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You shouldn’t believe everything you read in the papers or see on TV.
Many news photographs are Photoshopped here and there to increase clarity or to optimize for print or online display. But there have been several instances with where retouching has been pushed too far, changing the original intent or accuracy of the photo.
Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos.
The new firmware will be available for download on 2 June 2009 from Canon’s website.
For all the Strobist out there, big news! Warm up those battery rechargers, get those umbrellas ready, dust off those soft boxes and get ready to make light. Strobist BootCamp II is coming.
Our good friend David Hobby certainly knows how to gee up his troops. My favourite quote from the link above…
As you were, maggots.
Nice work David. 🙂
It is even worth a look just for the classic replies he gets.
PS David, if you happen to read this, please get in touch, you are my most requested interviewee. Sir, YES SIR!
Some interesting photos on the NY Times photography blog. Definitely worth a look. I liked the readers Polaroids.
Now there are two words I didn’t expect to see with out some other words in between. I would love to be able to issue a NSFW (Not Safe for work) viewing warning, but alas.
Maybe architects would get excited. Who knows.
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