EOS Integrated Cleaning System video

dpreview is the first (and probably the only) web site I will visit if I want to find out anything about digital cameras. Today I was searching for Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III‘s wallpaper and found the video below. It’s interesting to see how the cleaning system works 🙂

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Preview:
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos1dsmarkiii/

Images of Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos1dsmarkiii/page4.asp

还记得以前曾经在某论坛上面听人说过一句话：

（有钱的话）马克兔（1D/1Ds MarkII）一买买两部，一部拍，一部拆！

现在马克兔III都出来了，不知道会流行一些什么样的说法 😉

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More photos of Mike around the campus

After Mike saw the photos I took for my friend Yun Sing, he wanted to have the same “style” of photos taken before he returns his suite. So I spent the afternoon walking around the campus with my camera and took some photos for him. I have to say, you wouldn’t know how beautiful our uni is until you really take some pictures for your friend’s graduation. We have both old and modern buildings around the campus; the Clock Tower gives you an ancient feel of otago, while the Center of Innovation and the Central Library gives you a really contemporary feel of the campus.

Below are some of the best ones:

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Photos of Mike and his family

This evening, I went to Mike‘s place to borrow his external flash unit (Sony HVL-F1000) for his graduation photo shot tomorrow afternoon. In order to get familiar with the flash, I took a few pictures of him and his family…well…quite a few actually…106! Think about how much that would cost if you use a film camera 😦

Below are some of the good ones that I liked 🙂

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Google Calendar and D40x

I was at the Oamaru Fuji Film a few days ago, helping my friend to put all his 2007 schedules on his Google Calendar so he can share his Cal with his customers and let them know when he is free.

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Two Photo Applications just got updated!

Adobe Lightroom and Google’s Picasa just got updated recently. If you are a professional photographer, you might want to check out Adobe’s product:

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ software is the professional photographer’s essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs so you can spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

And here is whats new:

NEW! Lightroom 1.1 now available
The update includes flexible image management for multi-computer workflows, improved noise reduction and sharpening technology, Windows Vista™ compatibility, and more.

Lightroom 1.1 trials:

Windows: http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/win/LTRM_WWE_win.exe

Mac: http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/mac/LTRM_WWE_mac.dmg

If you don’t want to pay for the software and wants something free…check out Picasa from Google. It’s a great FREE replacement for software like ACDsee 🙂

Picasa 2.7 Build 36.60:http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasaweb-current-setup.exe

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