Today, Saturday, August 8, is the final day to get in on the Canon Instant Rebates. See the applicable items and rebates here.
DSLR Camera Remote iPhone App Ver. 1.1 Ready and Submitted to Apple App Store
onOne Software has submitted version 1.1 of its DSLR Camera Remote app to the iPhone App Store (approval could take some time). New features that are being added to version 1.1 include the following:
- Nikon DSLR Camera Support (see complete list here)
- Canon 500D/T1i/Kiss X2 support
- Auto Bracketing for HDR shooters
- Burst Mode
- Auto-Focus during LiveView
- Updated user interface with improved horizontal view mode
- Lightroom Auto-Import support
- Changed the naming system for downloaded images to prevent accidental overwriting
- Raw+JPG are not treated as a single entity rather than appearing on the phone as two files
- Auto-update added to the companion server software in case there are updates available
- Fixes to various bugs reported by users
Rob Galbraith got a private beta copy and gave it a thorough run through. It’s pretty impressive if you can work in a tethered shooting environment.
EOSInfo – Check Your Canon DSLR Shutter Count (and more)
If you’ve ever been curious about your camera’s shutter count (or maybe you bought a used camera), then the EOSInfo utility might be something you are interested in.
Check it out here.
There’s a few caveats like it only works with DIGIC III and IV DSLRs, 1D series cameras don’t work with it, etc. Read the fine print and disclaimers before you jump head first into this stuff.
(h/t to Canon Rumors)
Canon Upgrade Rebates – Summer 2009
Canon has introduced their Semi-Annual Step-Up Program that is exclusively targeted toward Canon PowerShot owners. The upgrade applies to Canon EOS DSLRs, specifically the Rebel XS, XSi and T1i, and the 50D and 5D Mark II.
PowerShot users stepping up to the Rebel XSi, XS or T1i are eligible for a $50 rebate. For the PowerShot users looking at the 50D or 5D Mark II, you get a $100 rebate.
The devil is in the details though. This is a mail-in rebate. You must have registered your Canon PowerShot camera prior to July 20, 2009 and the purchase of the qualifying Canon EOS DSLR must occur between July 20, 2009 and October 5, 2009. The rebate form must be postmarked no later than November 2, 2009 and received no later than November 16, 2009.
You can see all of the details and get the rebate form from Canon here.
Changing Camera Systems: The Pros and Cons – Part I
With camera manufacturers in stiff competition with one another, if you pay attention to what features they work hardest on you’ll begin to realize that they also tailor their products to certain segments of the buyers and that many of them pride some features well over others in order to get sales. Recently, I was in search of a new camera system and if you are too, check out this brief list of the pros and cons of each system. This list includes the most popular systems: Nikon, Canon and Sony. The next list will include the rest (which in some ways give the top three a run for their money.) [Read more…]
The Best Lenses To Help You Learn
Many photographers start out timid and not wanting to do what they have to in order to unleash their true creativity. Once you start shooting though, and you start to become braver, bolder and more confident in your craft. Your lenses are really what teach you to do your job. Even when you become advanced, semi-pro and pro there are always certain lenses that you can go back to in order to learn more about what you can do with your creativity and vision: and they’re not always 50mm’s either!
For that, here are some of the best lenses to learn with no matter what experience you have: [Read more…]
Canon APS-Sized Point & Shoot Foreshadowed by Chuck Westfall
In Chuck Westfall’s July 2009 Tech Tips, he answers a Canon user’s question about the amount of megapixels and overall image quality concerns in cameras today. One specific point the user makes is that the number of megapixels in point and shoot cameras results in poor noise control at higher ISOs. So why can Canon just use fewer megapixels to clean up the noise?
Chuck Westfall responds to the concern basically saying that the 5D Mark II does just fine with noise and the increased megapixels is a great addition. As for the notion that maybe Canon should make a point and shoot camera with fewer megapixels, Chuck semi-dismisses this suggestion and foreshadows the future of image quality concerns:
In the realm of compact digital cameras, there is no question that the high end of the market is looking for better image quality than current cameras provide, especially at high ISOs. But I’ll bet that the eventual solution to that request is going to be larger image sensors with high resolution rather than small sensors with reduced resolution. Time will tell!
Not that such a development is unexpected; however, I suppose the question is just how close in time is such a Canon point and shoot camera from realization?
Canon DSLR With Vari-Angle LCD Coming?
I just finished an online survey for Canon owners, which they send out via email every so often. This was a “Camera Feature Survey” and it shows that Canon is thinking hard about a Vari-Angle LCD, which is listed as the 4th item in the screen capture above.
I have included a couple of screenshots as evidence of this possible feature. Personally, I think this is something that Canon must do – at the very least on the Rebel line. Sony’s been there for a while and Nikon is knocking socks off with the D5000‘s tilt/swivel screen, particularly for shooting video.
Canon Announces New PIXMA and SELPHY Photo Printers
Canon has announced two new PIXMA all-in-one printers and a compact SELPHY photo printer model today. The PIXMA MP560, priced at $149.95, is a wireless and compact inkjet printer, also allows you to print directly from USB flash drives. The MP490 is a bargain-priced photo printer at $99.95 and features a 1.8-inch LCD screen.
The SELPHY CP790 is a $179.99 compact printer, which offers a 3.0-inch LCD panel that allows you to crop images directly from your memory card – no computer required. Additionally, it is capable of being powered by batteries to use a portable device.
More details on these new printers in the press release below. [Read more…]
Shooting Big Cities at Night While Traveling Light
You’re in a big, dreamy city at night. Mesmerized by the bright lights contrasting with the beautiful, deep blackness of the night sky, you want to take pictures and capture the stunning gorgeousness before you. However, if you don’t have a Full-Frame DSLR like a Canon 5D MK II or Nikon D700, then chances are that you will have a harder time capturing cleaner images as the smaller sensors don’t have the pixel density or algorithms programmed in to them to deliver the shots that you want. Here’s a couple of things to remember when you go out shooting at night and to get the image almost perfect the first time around with little post-process development.
The following article has been written after many trials with a Canon XSi and Olympus E-510. The former has an APS-C sized sensor while the latter is a 4/3rds camera. Each has their own limitations and differences that can be overcome while traveling with a small kit. I never shoot on Auto: it’s either Manual, Aperture, or Program for me. [Read more…]
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