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Canon must have spoiled me with the SD4000. Their first back-illuminated CMOS (I’ll call this BICMOS for short) camera was a surprise and I had hoped we’d be seeing that sensor technology creeping in to other cameras soon. While Canon is updating the SD4000 with the new SD4500, using the same sort of Canon-made sensor, it seems it may not be moving to anything else just yet. [...] Continue reading I was hoping for a G12 with BICMOS  Another day, another bizarre camera concept from Yanko Design. Actually there have been a lot of good ideas out there for improving the ergonomics of cameras by tweaking grip angles, positions and control locations. This, clearly, is not one of them. [...] Continue reading Crazy Camera Concept Friday – your camera is now a bent pipe From the beginning of photography through the most recently botched BP public relations images, manipulation is as old a tool as the camera itself. The tools might be more accessible and more powerful now but that doesn’t necessarily mean all modern manipulations are well hidden, it still takes skill to successfully pull the wool over someone’s eyes. [...] Continue reading Uses and abuses of photographic manipulation As I sat back with my group of friends on the grass at Niagara Falls watching the fireworks last night, I was glad I had left the camera & tripod in the trunk. Before beginning the trip for the day I had thought how it would be a neat location to shoot fireworks and get the crowd in the foreground. When I was standing behind my car faced with the decision of whether to drag the equipment with me on the long walk to where we finally sat down, I decided against it. It was a hot day, it had been a long day and it got even more humid the closer we got to the mist from the falls. [...] Continue reading Enjoying the moment  Shooting in dark abandoned buildings or at night can pose some problems. My 1D Mark II lacks a focus assist light and while my Rebel XTi has one, it’s a terribly annoying seizure causing strobe. Sometimes I might have a flash on the shoe and can use its assist beam but that isn’t always practical and it doesn’t help me to see what I’m shooting if the light levels are really low. [...] Continue reading Home-made focus light for shooting in the dark I’ve been using Photoshop CS5 since it first became available and I’ll sum it up briefly: it’s a welcome change from CS3 and I’m glad I skipped CS4 and waited it out. So far it feels like a much more polished and well put together program than CS4 did, and it’s been running very nicely. The slightly less brief form follows… Really good things: The new interface is a lot more refined but certainly doesn’t feel foreign. [...] Continue reading Initial findings on Photoshop CS5  When this lens popped up everyone gasped and boggled at it. When I tried to use one, I got yelled at for trying to fix it (check the fifth image in the gallery and read the description). Maybe it’s for the best that it was broken. Source. [...] Continue reading The Sigma 200-500 makes sense to me now  Having trouble seeing what you’re doing? Can’t get your camera to focus because it’s too dark? Well… apparently I should have tried this before because strapping the Zipka Plus I keep in my camera bag on to the prism housing of my camera proved to be the ideal focusing light! Since I was shooting with flash I just left it on the entire time and it saved me a ton of hassle. Obviously my Blackberry takes pictures of the utmost quality! [...] Continue reading another use for a Petzl Zipka Plus  Once again, What the Duck is reading my mind. [...] Continue reading I just use P for Professional mode 
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