Camera Raw 5.6 is now out.

 

this is pretty crazy! click to watch in HD -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P...layer_embedded

 

Okay so my shutter is getting sticky...
i hope its not dead but i'm reading that it is.

My mirror get stuck so i see black on the viewfinder everyone is telling me the shutter is going and i'd need to get it replaced.

problem is this is my only body at 80,000 shutter since may 08. I'm wondering if i should invest in a new body at this time in case they go down more often.

 

Are you sure it's the shutter and not just the mirror that's sticking? If the shutter is sticking open, I presume the body is going to be smart enough to keep the mirror up until the shutter does close. Still though, I'm thinking a test like this would help to isolate the problem:

1) put the camera on manual
2) set the shutter speed to something reasonably fast like 1/250 or faster
3) turn on mirror lockup
4) blast through a bunch of exposures and listen to whether the shutter seems longer on any of them

 

Camera is always on manual and it only the mirror sticks in cold weather situations so far i haven't had it happen in warm weather.

They seem all right at various speeds.

 

 

It looks like the rumors of a 60D from Canon have gone from "probably February" to "not in 2010". So now I'm wondering what to get myself for xmas: replace my Rebel xsi with a 7D, or keep the xsi and get the 35mm f/1.4L.

I'm starting to dislike the xsi. Primarily it's low light performance, and low FPS in continuous shooting. The only thing I really like about it is its weight.

 

If low light and slow fps is slowing you down, then you need a body.

 

Yeah... I know, it's just that it's also more $$$
I'll need to sell my current one to be able to afford it.

 

You could always get a 50d but the 7d is nice hehe..

 

Heck even a 40D, will get you better fps and IQ, but not too in the higher ISO area.

 

 

smoke and mirrors

 

Interesting product on sale at B+H

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...on_Camera.html

 

I'm going to Irvine this weekend, a friend of mine is buying an ITR and we're gonna do a photoshoot. I'm gonna try to pick up a D300, some lenses, a couple SB900's and some stands and umbrellas. I'll post up the pics on Monday

 

Seeing as how my immune system sucks when it comes to software toys as well as hardware toys, I decided to pick up Adjust 3 and Simplify 2 from Topaz Labs. These things are hugely fun to play with! Sure you can do some of the same basic stuff with the controls and adjustments in PS/LR. But the Topaz plugins do it faster give you more control, and (at least in my opinion) do it better than just using the clarity and vibrance sliders. I'll try to post some examples in the experimental thread sometime in the next few days.

 

anyone here ever use a ringflash?

 

I think conrad can chime in the ring flash idea looks like a fun thing

 

that 240 in your avatar is hot!!! got any more pics? thx

 

seeing this at Borders on Michigan Ave tonight really made it "sink in"... I don't know if it's available at Borders (and Barnes & Noble) outside of Chicago, but keep an eye out!

 

I gave you props on my fb page a while back, but you have too many friends, and you never saw it...

 

Rubin!!!!

 

damn serious? that's poopy of me.... i'll try to track it down. and thanks

 

Nice !

I just sold an sb800 to fun an sb900
woot... man reading up all the overheating issues haha...

 

No, no..it's hard to keep up when you're so damned popular!

 

Don't use rechargeable in them. There's a video on youtube that shows them slowing down the SB900.

 

I know, I get like 20+ emails everytime I like or post a comment on his FB posts.

 

Which is why I usually don't!

 

 

you know what, ppl actually complain to me about it once in a while... im like........ sorry????????? geez.......

 

Hey any you guys hear anything about the sandisk 60mb/s cards?

I saw adorama had a deal 3 sandisk III for 70 bucks.

I'm running a ducati 8gb right now =P but should get a backup.

 

Doesn't bother me, as many photographers I follow on FB, it just keeps things moving.

 

The 60's are the Extremes 400x's? amazon.com has under $70

http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Extrem...0503965&sr=1-7

 

coool - nice avatar btw

 

Dang the prices are all over the place and people are saying its super slow in the d300 and d300s

 

People are doofs.

 

a technique Ive seen some people use is, post your comment on the person's regular wall, rather than in that big comment thread.. minimizes the e-mails and your message is still conveyed.

 

Yeah, I've started doing that on occasion with my friends who people actually like - much better!

 

Sandisk changed their "rating" system, everybody got use to the old way they promoted their speeds vs the names they gave their cards. I read somewhere even those the new cards have bigger numbers in some cases they are slower. I haven't bought SanDisk CF cards in over two yrs, I've been using Transcends, I have two 266x cards and two 300x cards, all 8gb.

 

Replaced my 486 rc2 ball head with a 488 rc2 ball head and freaking bhphoto says the 488 is d/c so i ordered from adorama.

This morning my friend tells me there is a 498 rc2 to replace it. fml




has some precision adjustment and its slightly lighter... anyone wants a new 488 haha? jk