Archive for January, 2010
New Camera Overview: Nikon D300s
Nikon Software Issues:
Nikon Transfer – Does not work properly in Windows 7 64 bit
Nikon ViewNX – Does not work properly in Windows 7 64 bit
Battery isues and extra pieces:
Firmware Update Procedures:
Link to D300s Firmware Update on the Nikonusa.com website:
This is the D300S A/B 1.0.1 firmware upgrade download – Please review the information provided, and click the appropriate download at the bottom of the page.
NOTE: This update is for the D300S model only, and not the D300. Do not attempt to upgrade the D300 with this firmware.
This software (firmware) is for applicable model(s) indicated above. The software detailed below is provided to those who agree to the terms of the software license contained on this page. When the user selects the "I agree – begin download" at the bottom of this page, agreement to the terms of the software license is inferred and the user is bound by the terms of the Nikon Corporation (hereafter "Nikon") License Agreement. Be sure that you have read and understand the terms of the license agreement before initiating the download of this software.
Modifications enabled with this firmware upgrade, release date January 6, 2010
- Support for 64 GB memory cards has been added.
- When the Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10 was used with AA batteries, the battery indicator showed that MB-D10 batteries were exhausted or power supply switched to the battery inserted in the camera even when sufficient charge remained with the MB-D10 batteries. This issue has been resolved.
- When some memory cards were inserted in the camera, “CHA” was displayed in the top control panel and images could not be captured. This issue has been resolved.
System requirements to download this version firmware
Windows:
Macintosh:
- CPU: 1-GHz or better Intel Celeron / Pentium 4 / Core Series
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows 98 SE
- Card reader or computer equipped with built in Compact Flash (CF) or Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot required
- CPU: 1 GHz or better Power PC G4 / G5; Intel Core Series / Xeon series
- Mac OS 10.1.5 – 10.6.2
- Card reader or computer equipped with built in Compact Flash (CF) or Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot required
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Canon 5200mm F/14
Reposted from Petapixel.com
Ginormous 5200mm Canon Lens on eBay
by Michael Zhang on January 6, 2010
If you have an extra $45,000 lying around, you might still be able to purchase the Canon 5200mm f/14 lens that was listed on eBay last month. It ended on December 14th with 0 bids (I wonder why…). Here’s a screenshot, in case the listing is removed:
Here’s an old advertisement that was displayed on the auction, demonstrating the power of the lens:
For an even better idea of how powerful the magnification of this lens is, here’s a video made with the lens attached to a video camera:
Some of the facts and figures listed in the auction and on the video page are pretty interesting… The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 393ft/120m. It weighs 220lb,100kg without its stand. In a flyer promoting the lens, Canon states that,
This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain one hundred times as large an object image as that of a 50mm lens.
What’s even more interesting, is that if used with a DSLR with a crop factor (i.e. Canon 50D), the lens is effectively a 8320mm lens. Wowzers.
Obviously, this lens isn’t very practical for things aside from spying on someone across a city, or staring at some portion of the moon. It seems like the lens would primarily be used for astrophotography. Can you think of any other examples of where this focal length could be useful?
(via PDNPulse)
3 commentsGlamour Photography – That Sounds Expensive – Photofocus.com
See my latest post on Photofocus.com – Click the image above or this link:
http://photofocus.com/2010/01/08/glamour-photography-that-sounds-expensive-2/
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