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June 7, 2004 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Tagging along on a product shoot
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PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNAL
Tagging along on a small-object product shoot
By David Gewirtz
Once you've been a writer or an editor for a while, especially if you've lived with weekly deadlines, you develop an essential skill: the ability to come up with an article topic out of thin air.
This is one such article.
It's Sunday night, and my article is due tomorrow morning. I've already written a number of articles for the other magazines and, well, I'm running out of article-writing steam. So, having that essential coming up with a topic on the fly skill, I've come up with a topic: I'm going to talk about the pictures I took for another article.
In Computing Unplugged Magazine, this week, I did a review of the Pharos GPS navigator. You can read the article at http://www.computingunplugged.com/issues/issue200406/00001299001.html. As part of the review, I had to take a number of pictures of the various GPS components.
One of the nicer aspects of this article was that it was a review of a car-based device. That meant I could take pictures outside of the studio. In fact, I could take my pictures outside. I installed the GPS into the car, and then, using my Canon Digital Rebel SLR, I climbed into the driver's seat, set the camera on macro mode, and got to shooting.
Macro mode
Let's spend a few minutes on macro mode. This is a funny name, because the word macro means "big," and yet macro mode in a camera (officially, photomacrography), means you're taking pictures of small objects. This is another way of saying close-up photography. Most cameras are unable to focus if the subject is extremely close to the lens; by using a macro lens you can come in much closer.
We were as surprised as you. This turned out to be a really good article. Tap your mouse here to read the rest.
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CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest photography news? The Connected Photographer News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great photography resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:
Canon EF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 DO
Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape has a review of the Canon EF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 Diffractive Optic (DO) lens.
Amazon, Getty Images partnership
Getty Images, provider of stock photography and images, has made a deal with Amazon.com to sell high-quality printed photography on the Web retailer's online storefront. High quality printed photographs of Marilyn Monroe, nature scenes, architecture and other images are being offered on Amazon's Web site, which can be ordered at prices ranging from about $15 to $60 per print, depending its size.
International Photo Competition
As part of the annual World Environment Day celebrations in Barcelona, Spain, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is launching its fourth International Photographic Competition on the Environment, sponsored once again by Canon. The competition, called "Focus on Your World" and centered on the theme "Celebrating Diversity," will run until 24 October, 2004 and is open to all nationalities and ages.
Pentax $900 Digital SLR
This fall, Pentax plans to introduce a digital SLR camera aimed at general consumers that will retail for a little more than 100,000 yen, or roughly $900. There does seem to be a typo in this release regarding the date of March 31, 2004, which of course should probably be 2005.
Reagan dead at 93
He was one of the truly great presidents of the 20th Century. Our best wishes go out to his family and friends.
Times Square Photo Screen
Eastman Kodak's Times Square KODARAMA photo screen will show images from the world-renowned photographers Steve McCurry, Chris Rainier, Eric Meola, Liz Gilbert, Jonathan Torgovnik, Frederic LaGrange and Pep Bonet an estimated 90 times an hour on the 40' by 50' screen. The Times Square Gallery display will continue through July.
Amacom 300GB ez2 drive
Amacom Technologies has added a 300GB external hard drive to its ez2 range. The new device also comes with Amacom's unique disaster recovery software FlipBack to enable users to make a mirror image of their desk top in the event of theft or internal hard drive failure.
Adobe Adjusted Refresh plug-in
By reducing the size of the Photoshop image tiles, the Adjusted Refresh plug-in optimizes preview redraws for some filters in Photoshop CS. Updating smaller tiles reduces the time required to redraw a preview.
TIPA Best Photo Products
The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Best Photo Products in Europe 2004 winners have been posted on the TIPA site.
HP $500 color laser
In a bid to expand its printing business, Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a slew of new products and partnerships focused on color imaging and printing. HP is targeting both consumers and businesses with the offers, which include a new $499 color laser printer in North America.
Hamrick VueScan 8.0.2
Hamrick Software released version 8.0.2 of Vuescan, its scanner software for Macintosh, Windows and Linux operating systems compatible with a wide variety of hardware. This release addresses problems with memory leak when calibrating, changed the background color of image and histogram tabs, changed Linux version to no longer be free for personal use, and other issues.
Exif Untrasher updated
Cartsten Blum has released version 1.3.6 of Exif Untrasher, a Mac OS X application to unerase files from flash storage media. The new version fixes a bug which caused the list of volume names to hide the vertical scroll bar, making it appear as if some volumes were missing.
PixelGenius PhotoKit-EL
PhotoKit-EL 1.0 is an Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 plug-in that creates digital replications of traditional darkroom effects such as tone adjustment, color balance adjustment, and conversion to grayscale, along with other effects such as sharpening and graduated tone adjustment.
Kodak Airbrush plug-in
Eastman Kodak Company introduced the new DIGITAL GEM Airbrush Professional Plug-In, which gives users a quick and powerful way of smoothing skin and other surfaces without blurring or affecting the detail of important facial features. This new plug-in enables users to automatically achieve meticulous airbrush and retouching effects without tedious, time-consuming masking and manual softening.
EX-P600 firmware update
Casio has released firmware update version 1.01 for their EX-P600 digital camera. The download is available on Casio's support site.
ColorWasher update
ColorWasher, updated to version 2.0, is a plugin for correcting the colors, contrast, exposure and saturation of 8-bit and 16-bit photos. It is a Photoshop-compatible plugin which can be used in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, PhotoImpact, Photo-Paint, IrfanView and many others.
Legends Behind the Lens
NikonNet and Legends Behind the Lens honor the Work of Global Health Photojournalist Karen Kasmauski. Since 1984, Kasmauski has photographed 22 major stories for National Geographic including coverage on provocative issues in science, public health, and global change.
Nikon Coolpix 4100
The new Nikon Coolpix 4100 digital camera offers 4.0 effective megapixels with a host of user-friendly features like Scene Assist and Blur Warning designed to help get the perfect shot the first time.
Dynax 7 listed in Europe
The Dynax 7 Digital, or its proposed US name, the Maxxum 7 digital, currently slated to be available this fall, has been added to the product listing on Konica Minolta's European site.
KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper
Eastman Kodak Company introduced KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper for professional and advanced amateur photographers. The high quality, instant-dry paper, available in glossy and luster finishes, is compatible with all inkjet printers.
NPPA Board Meeting
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) annual Board of Directors meeting will be held July 8-10 at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, FL.
Sony warranty expanded
Sony announced that the limited warranty for several Cyber-shot Digital Cameras has been expanded from 1 year parts/90 days labor to 1 year parts/1 year labor at no charge. More information regarding the expanded warranty and the cameras that are covered can be found on Sony's support site.
XtremePower
XtremePower from the MAC Group is a rechargeable portable power solution for digital cameras, portable flash, laptops, handhelds, portable printers and more. Available in two sizes, the 10x and 20x, XtremePower is designed to provide the correct voltage for whatever device you power using internal regulation components and device specific cables.
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