Canon has just released two new lenses geared towards professional and advanced amateur photographers. These lenses are expected to be available in November 2006. The EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Lens With a maximum aperature of f/1.2 this lens is sure to be a low light shooter’s dream. That combined with the L quality and the …
Author Archives: Gary Lowell
Canon 400D (Rebel XTi) released
Canon has finally released the replacement for the Rebel XT. It’s being called the Rebel XTi. With a 10.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor and dust removal technology we should expect great things from this camera. Another change in the design is the new 2.5 inch LCD display. Canon has combined the small LCD screen and the …
Adobe Lightroom for Windows finally released
by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor After a long wait, Adobe has finally released the Windows version of Lightroom in Beta form. You can download it here: labs.adobe.com After spending a few hours with it, I’m very excited to put it into production. I find it has all of the tools that the other …
Continue reading “Adobe Lightroom for Windows finally released”
Adobe acquires Pixmantec…Sign of Lightroom progress?
As pc users anxiously await the release of Adobe Lightroom, the first sign of progress has been made public. Adobe has now acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec APS. As a result of this purchase Pixmantec RawShooter Premium will be discontinued. RawShooter Essentials the free version will continue to be available until Adobe Lightroom beta …
Continue reading “Adobe acquires Pixmantec…Sign of Lightroom progress?”
Great simple Photoshop plug-in for photographers
by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor Oh yeah, and did I mention it’s free….. I just recently discovered the OptikVerve Labs plug-in called virtualPhotographer. What virtualPhotographer does is allow you to quickly sample and then apply common effect templates to your photos. For example if you have a flat boring photo that you want …
Continue reading “Great simple Photoshop plug-in for photographers”
Canon Digital Learning Center – Why not? It’s free!
by: Gary Lowell [Flickr], Studio Lighting Contributor Now contrary to the title of this article, the Canon Digital Learning Center can be useful, quite simply, to anyone with any kind of camera. The site is actually intended for users of the Canon Eos line of cameras. If you own an Eos 1D Mark II, Eos …
Continue reading “Canon Digital Learning Center – Why not? It’s free!”
An LCD Screen for Your SLR Viewfinder
by: Gary Lowell, StudioLighting.net contributor For those of you out there waiting for the next DSLR with a real-time LCD preview, your wait may be over. Someone out there, namely a company named Seculine, has finally come up with a better idea. Why not just make a unit that slides onto your existing viewfinder giving …