| Going digital? Check out Visual Edge 2000 |
| If you or your newspaper are contemplating the jump from film to digital cameras, or you wish to stay on top of the latest developments in digital photojournalism, you may wish to attend Visual Edge 2000 in St. Petersburg, Florida. |
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| Bibble 1.0 released; and then there were 4 |
| Eric Hyman has released version 1.0 of Bibble, a Windows-only program for decoding D1 raw format files that includes an image browser, colour management support, a companion Photoshop plug-in and more. What began as a personal project for Hyman has turned into a full-fledged, US$50 (introductory price) shareware application for working with D1 photos. The program is fully-functional for 10 days; after that, only a handful of functions operate until an unlock code is entered. The registration process is a bit clunky at this point: Hyman only accepts cheques for payment. |
| April 29, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Going raw with the D1 |
| Capture, QImage Pro and Bibble all show different aspects of the potential of the D1's .NEF file. None, however, includes an interface and controls that a fast-moving photographer is likely to find optimal. Only partially supported, or missing altogether, are four things: |
| April 29, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital wedding photographers - this list is for you |
| Jeff Caplan has started a mailing list for photographers, like himself, that shoot weddings with digital cameras. To subscribe, send a message to digitalwedding-request@bridephoto.com, with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.... |
| April 29, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Hoodman e-clipse E-2000 cuts the glare |
| Part of the fun of being a digital photojournalist is editing and transmitting photos right from the assignment. Shooting Triple AAA baseball in Calgary, I would often tote my Powerbook to the first base shooting position to select and send photos as the game progressed. Choosing the best pics almost always involved editing from memory, because the bright ambient light made it near-impossible to properly assess image content, colour or exposure. |
| April 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| iMovie 1.02 available as free download |
| Mac users, if you have a DV (digital video) camera and are looking for a slick, easy-to-use video editing application, Apple is now offering iMovie v1.02 as a free, 19.2MB download. The program, which previously was available to iMac DV and iMac DV SE owners only, may also be purchased... |
| April 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Sports Shooter 19 posted |
| This month's installment of USA Today photographer Bert Hanashiro's email/web newsletter Sports Shooter is now posted. Issue 19 includes the following articles: |
| April 28, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| G4-Kodak acquire software incompatibility appears minor |
| Belgian photographer Marc De Waele reports that incompatibilities between G4 Macs and Kodak's latest acquire software are few: |
| April 25, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 2.0 for Windows in development |
| Dennis Walker of Camera Bits software indicates that Photo Mechanic 2.0, the popular Mac image browsing application for Kodak/Canon digital as well as Nikon D1 JPEGs, is coming to Windows. More info on the Windows version will be released at NEXPO in San Francisco in June.... |
| April 25, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Carol Guzy featured in online chat |
| If you're near your computer at 1 pm eastern time today, you may wish to participate in the online chat with photojournalist Carol Guzy at washingtonpost.com. The 3-time Pullitzer prize winning photographer's own picture was sent across the world last week when she was detained by police while covering the... |
| April 21, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Exposure compensation bug affects older firmware files |
| A bug introduced in v5.9 of Kodak's acquire software prevents the exposure compensation function from operating properly on v1.x and 2.x firmware DCS 520/D2000 and DCS 620 (and perhaps other camera too) files. |
| April 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Life compares film to D1 digital |
| The latest issue of Canadian magazine Photo Life features a breezy comparison between slide film and Nikon D1 digital. The four page article by photographers Jeff Chevrier and Kevin Spreekmeester chronicles their adventures in Ontario's Killarney Park, pitting a pre-release D1 at ISO 200 against an F100 loaded with Fuji Provia 100F. |
| April 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Version 5.9 of Kodak's acquire software not compatible with G4 Mac FireWire |
| Kodak's Pat Nugent indicates in an email to camera owners that v5.9 of Kodak's acquire plug-in cannot be used to access a Kodak pro digital camera tethered to a G4 Mac's built-in FireWire ports. There's no word on whether this incompatibility exists with the original G4/350, which shares the FireWire architecture of G3 Macs. Firmware version 3.2, and acquire software v5.9.1, are expected to restore FireWire function. |
| April 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Ratoc updates Mac driver for CBFW2 FireWire PC Card |
| Version 1.7 of the driver for Ratoc's CBFW2 FireWire PC Card, posted this week, fixes an incompatibility with Kodak/Canon pro digital cameras.... |
| April 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Sensor Swab lives |
| Photographic Solutions has chosen to renew their distribution agreement with Kodak for Sensor Swab after all. The agreement means the excellent CCD cleaning product will once again ship directly from Photographic Solutions, as well as from their dealers. Sensor Swabs are available right away, says David Stone of Photographic Solutions : |
| April 20, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Version 3.0.14 of Kodak pro digital camera firmware posted |
| Bob Deutsch notes that Kodak has posted v3.0.14 of the firmware for the Kodak DCS 520, DCS 620 and related pro cameras. Kodak's website indicates that the firmware update fixes a formatting problem with certain Lexar PC Cards; the Read Me document for v3.0.14, however, indicates that it improves compatibility with Calluna PC Cards. |
| April 15, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak posts v5.9 acquire software |
| An updated noise-reduction algorithm is the main change in v5.9 of Kodak's acquire software for Mac and Windows, released yesterday. The included Mac version Read Me notes that v3.0.14 firmware is required to fix an incompatibility with the Powerbook G3/400 and G3/500's built-in FireWire ports; that firmware update has not yet been posted. The Mac version Read Me also indicates that v2.3 of Apple's FireWire support files are required if your desktop Mac has a Kodak-supplied FireWire card installed, though v2.3 is not yet released. |
| April 3, 2000 | FULL STORY |
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