Archive for October, 2008

5D Mark II Manual Reveals Feature Specifications.

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• Posted by: Andrew Kamin
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• October 24, 2008
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Canon has made available for download the manual for the much anticipated 5D Mark II. Slashgear has been kind enough to take a thorough review of this manual as in doing so uncovered some feature specs. To be specific video feature specifications.

• A faster (preferably 8m/s or higher) and large capacity of CF card may require for full HD recording or playback.
• Maximum recording size is 4GB per file or movie time exceeds 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
• Continue Recording modes are approximately 12 minutes for 1920×1080 (Full HD) and 24 minutes for 640×480 (SD) for 4GB CF card.
• A fully charged battery lasts up to 90 minutes of recording shooting at at 23C/73F or 80 minutes at 0C/32F.
• You can trigger movies capture in all shooting modes, namely Green Box, P/TV/AV/M/B.
• External flash will be disabled during movie shooting.
• Exposure compensation is allowed and can be locked during movie capture.
• Movie will be recorded in sRGB color space and Picture Style currently set.
• Image Stabilizer is not recommended. It may introduce AF motor noises in sound recording or shorten the capture due to battery demand in using the IS feature.
• Still capture is permitted during a movie capture, camera will determine values of shutter speed, aperture and ISO from 100-3200.
• HDMI is using live view image feed, with no sound and smaller image output on display.
• Auto-focus will be unavailable while capturing video with the manual focus adjustments reviewed on LCD.

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Cool After Affects Endorsement

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• Posted by: Andrew Kamin
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• October 22, 2008
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An endorsement from me would not help either candidate and only one has earned my vote.

“Vote for Hope” was written by M.C. Yogi and produced by Robin Livingston. The “Vote for Hope” video was created at Ursa Minor Arts and Media in San Rafael, CA with chief animator James Curtis, using designs and direction from M.C. Yogi. Video funded and supported by grassroots donations.

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Digital Railroad Derails.

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• Posted by: Andrew Kamin
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• October 15, 2008
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There are reports circulating the blogosphere this afternoon that Digital Railroad is to be liquidated. John Harrington (not surprisingly) has posted the most comprehensive status report that I’ve found although PDN, among others, are substantiating the news. If you have business with DRR it may be prudent to start wrapping that up. It is unfortunate that DRR, like Photoshelter, was unable to successfully monetize and profit from their image collections.

UPDATE: 10.15.08 – 5:30pm.: Here’s the text of an e-mail Digital Railroad sent out to it’s members today after the post above was published:

“To Our Valued Members, Customers and Partners,

For the past few weeks, Digital Railroad (DRR) has been seeking additional funding required to sustain its current level of operations. To date, those efforts have been unsuccessful. As a result, effective October 15, 2008, the company has initiated a reduction in staff and expenses while it continues the funding effort. Nevertheless, Digital Railroad is committed to the continued support of its customers through this period and has retained adequate staff to support both member archives and image licensing sales through Marketplace.

We will have further information shortly and expect to provide an update to you next week. In the meantime, we are grateful for the loyalty and support that you have demonstrated and thank you for your patience during this transition

Should you need additional information please contact us at support@drr.net.net.

Sincerely,

The Team at DR”

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Zero Shopping Days Til Christmas. Adobe CS4 Ships.

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• October 15, 2008
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The Adobe CS4 Suite of applications to include the “Photoshop Family” of products is now shipping. Adobe will be releasing the Camera Raw 5.1 update early next week that will complete your upgrade. Read my post of October 9th for a detailed inventory of new Photoshop CS4 features.

Ohh, don’t forget to get the newest Flash Player 10 while over at Adobe.com. The new player will (by the end of the month) enable cool tool panel customization options never before possible via the Configurator.

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