June 21, 2004
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- Our messageboard community
has now grown to over 4,500 members since the board was
started in September of 2002! click here to join us!
Thank you to everyone
for making it so cool and informative!
- HERE’S THE LATEST
NEWS
It’s here! My exhaustive print-tests and setting
suggestions of the brand new Canon EOS1D -Mark II – after printing
a ton of 12×18″ enlargements at the different settings on
this camera, I’ll tell you the optimum settings for this screamer
of a camera! click
here!
- How sharp is this $999
Point and Shoot? Click on the photo to zoom on the image and
read
more about the shoot…
FIVE
WAY DIGICAM SHOOTOUT! – I
did a model shoot with Lisa Arning and compared the results from
different cameras in different lighting situations. See how the
FUJI S20, NIKON D70, NIKON D2H, FUJI S2 AND CANON EOS10D compared
against each other. You’ll be very surprised with the results..
click
here!
I
shot the S20 on the taping of the final episode of “Frasier”
It was great having a tiny high-performance and silent camera
with which to take shots completely unnoticed… fans of the
show? see my gallery
I shot the S20 at a wedding! Really! And then compared
it to the Nikon D2H, Canon EOS10D, Fuji S2 and my shoulders are
killing me! But it’s the first test of its kind …. click here!!!
THREE WAY TEST BETWEEN THE FUJI S2/ FUJI S20 /
AND NIKON D2H – See
for yourself what you think between these three cameras! click here
SEE MY DAILY PHOTOS! – Having a pro-quality P&S makes it hard not
to shoot all the time… click
here
- THE FUJI S20 TEST -
This camera features the
new Fuji Super CCD SR fourth generation sensor. This is the sensor
technology that actually has two sensors per pixel, a regular
pixel plus a “low sensitivity” pixel which helps the
camera pickup the blown out highlights that so often plague digital
images. Fuji claims a 4x dynamic range increase (this would be
two stops). Based on what I’ve seen with my early tests – well,
I’ll let you read the reviews and see the images… click
here
- THE END OF THE FULL
FRAME SENSOR??? -
- The camera manufacturers are getting smart.
Rather than spend the ginormous bucks to have what’s called a
“full-frame sensor” as is found on the Canon EOS1DS,
KODAK PRO/N, they are now simply making the lens barrels smaller
so that you now have a “full-frame” sensor without
having any of the image area cropped out… CLICK
HERE TO READ MORE!
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- THE BEGINNINGS OF A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP!
- We’ve all been secretly giddy about this,
but finally it’s official. WeddingChannel.com and Pictage, Inc.
have formed an exclusive partnership. W.C. not only becomes an
equity owner of Pictage, but (most importantly), we’ve struck
a marketing deal that has huge benefits for our photographers.
The details will be outlined by both the WeddingChannel and Pictage’s
press releases, so there will be a lot of good news streaming
out in the next few days, especially at the convention. Michele
Celentano made the official announcement tonight about an hour
ago in Las Vegas, and there is going to be a large-scale cocktail
party at 4:30pm Monday to celebrate.
- This strategic alliance partners two of
the most dynamic companies in their respective fields… not
only as market leaders, but as innovators. It was a treat to
meet W.C.’s CEO, Adam Berger, (who I’ve heard so much about…
what a JOB he’s done with WeddingChannel!…), and I’m thrilled
that I get to work with him as he joins Pictage’s board of directors.
As many of you know, Pictage has enjoyed unprecedented growth
and profitability, and it’s just a huge honor to know that a
prestigious organization such as W.C. found enough promise in
us to invest in a future together.
- “We spent two
years researching
the industry to conclude Pictage was the best company to back
– they really get it.” – Adam Berger – CEO of WeddingChannel.com.
- I have to hand it to our CEO, Jason Kiefer
for an amazing job at the helm of the company. Adam Berger shared
with us that it was largely his belief in Jason’s seasoned executive
skills that motivated him to push for an investment in our company.
I’m right behind him in the cheering section. Jason is a phenomenal
executive, and so is Adam, and I believe the two of them will
make tremendous partners in the future. I couldn’t be happier
about this.
- Let’s find creative ways to celebrate!
click
here to see the official press release
The
Fuji S3 is announced – please
visit my new site: www.fujis3.com for the latest in inside scoop
information, reviews/ availability and pricing info… it will
be updated constantly… click
here!
I bought a Nikon D2H- I
wondered what the heck you can do with an 8fps camera… come
join our Nikon discussion forums! CLICK HERE
- Hit REFRESH on your browser to begin the sequence again…
- PROFITABILITY AND WEALTH-BUILDING
HAS MOVED TO MIAMI!!!
This seminar was created in 2000
as a really elaborate response to the question, “How do
you charge higher fees?”. In my 20+ years in business, I’ve
seen so many photographers dip their rates at certain times of
the year to cover the bills… after all we are in a very seasonal
business. I found it was easy to avoid all of that by – well
sign up for the class – as soon as I have dates set from the
Sheraton BalHarbour Miami… I’ll put it in my cart…!
The
Canon EOS-1D- MARK II
– word is out around the globe about Canon’s new camera… featuring
a new 8.2megapixel CMOS sensor and a host of new features! Denis
Reggie has been very secretive about something lately, and he’s
agreed to do a full interview about “something” this
coming Monday… so I’ve created a forum for you to ask your
questions about the new camera… simply CLICK
HERE
- DIGITAL INTENSIVE ATLANTA- THANKS!
You were
a great group- what a fun time! See you in the next convention!
and thanks for the great testimonials… here’s one! click
here
AFTERBURNER!
The coolest battery-powered portable, direct from Compact Flash
to CD recorder widget for the Digital Photographer. It has one-button
simplicity, and records multiple CF cards onto one CD (as many
as can fit! This product runs on rechargable AA batteries – use
this when the safety of your files is a top priority… read about it here!!
BULLZEYE IS RELEASED!!! YESSSSSSS!!!!
- I finally finished the comprehensive tutorial
for BullZEye�… This product UNBELIEVABLY ROCKS – I did
a sneak preview to the Digital Intensive Workshop students in
Miami and Washington DC, and they had me sell it to them after
the demo – without the tutorial, that’s how exciting the demo
was. This product selects/inspects/corrects all in one step…
saving untold hours of workflow.
- I can’t believe it’s on the cart for $99
– it should cost about a hundred grand but what the heck, buy
a thousand copies then! Read more about it by clicking
here
I
bought an Olympus E1 -
click here to see images and review…
- I test Fuji’s NEW Fourth-generation
sensor with the Super HR Sensor
click here
COLOR
DIGITAL INFRARED! -a
serindipitous discovery led me to find how to do Digital IR on
the Fuji S2! YAY! click
here to read more about it!!!
MY
JOURNAL IS NOW ONLINE! I have been using logging journals to
keep track of new developments in my photography, business and
any new insights, etc. on computer technology. This helped me
a ton when I was going through new technology, because I could
never find my notes. Then it occurred to me, why not publish
them? So here it is, my new journal online
Web
Collage Power Console is now released! The best thing is, I can
email it to you- no need to wait for shipping! – click here
MY GOODNESS there is a lot of confusion in resolution
and megapixel sizes! OK here’s a detailed description of resizing
versus resampling… and why uber megapixels can be a huge waste
of money and time… click here
IF YOU HAVE A MAC OSX SYSTEM and your CF cards
disappear, it’s because of an invisible file in the UNIX operating
system. Here is how to make the card reappear on your desktop…!
click here
I
MOVED INTO THE LAKE HOUSE – I have a new website – check
it out
- June 6, 2003 – THE COOLEST
COMPACT FLASH HOLDER! 
In
cooperation with Omega-Satter, I had been working on a design
for a corrosion-free pouch that 1) held 18 compact flash cards,
and 2) allowed you to separate shot from unshot cards, and 3)
had a sheet divider that allowed you to keep notes of your assignment.
Well they finally announced it! click here to see it
- SUPERFAST WAY TO EDIT
IMAGES ON YOUR MAC OSX- how would you like to scroll through
your folder of images at videotape speeds? click here!
- IT’S HERE- THE TORTURE-TEST
COMPARISON OF THE EOS10D and the FUJI S2- Paul Gero brought over
his new CANON EOS10D for a side-by-side torture test of the two
cameras against each other. How do I like the EOS10D? I bought
one – click here…
- CARD NOT INTIALIZED ERROR
ON FUJI S2- your S2 freaks out with cards not formatted inside
it just before shooting. You could think you fried the card,
but you didn’t…click here!
- NEW PNY OPTIMA CARDS JUST
ANNOUNCED!!! for those who want a faster read/right time- plus
the rock-solid reliability of PNY cards, they have just announced
a new 21X optima card. click here!
- SNEAK PREVIEW Of my new
e-commerce site… click here!
- ULTIMATE CF RECOVERY SOFTWARE-
Thanks Becker for sharing your tips on datarescue. This $29.95
software can recover even a formatted card… click here
- FORGOT THIS BASIC PRINCIPAL
OF PHYSICS.. running a current across the sensor increases static
electricity. This attracts dust- so it would make sense to turn
off the camera while changing lenses to reduce dust-on-sensor
problems…. click
here
- FIRST IMAGES OF PICTAGE’S
NEW HEADQUARTERS!!! 
- Pictage is almost completed moving
into it’s new headquarters- the new facility is nearly four times
larger than the previous plant, giving us a lot more space and
room to breathe. [click
here for more!]
- UV filters are very important
for digital photography! click here for more information.
- SPRING IS IN THE AIR-
and so is POLLEN! these little sticky spores can create havoc
on your sensors… remember you have 3,000 little pixels going
across about an inch, and Pollen is about Pixel sized. They SUCK!
Clean your sensors… and click here
for more information.
