‘Featured’ Archives
Topaz DeNoise 5 Arrives!
We said it was coming and here it is, Topaz Labs released DeNoise 5 today. If you already own DeNoise, Topaz will be passing the upgrade on to you gratis! If you don't head on over to Topaz, snag the trial and give it a go for yourself or pickup a copy while Topaz is offering a $30 discount using the code "DOUBLESPEED" at checkout. We know [...]
Canon Firmware Updates for EOS-1D MkIV and Rebel Ti2/550D
Canon released a new Firmware update to fix a bug that would occur when shooting movies in manual exposure mode (mostly macro as the change log below shows). Also for those of you using the French or Spanish menu's they've fixed some spelling errors. Other than that unless you have been experiencing either of these problems you probably can skip [...]
Photography Computer Specs (2010 2nd Quarter)
What a better way to get things back in gear than to post the latest photography computer specifications. A mix of power and performance on a budget this system is great for any photographer needing a solid computer on a budget. This system features the new 6 core AMD processor which performance wise is just as powerful as it's Intel friend [...]
Organize Your Life With Evernote
I'm one of those people, I walk around in my daily life and I see, hear or say something for one reason or another I need to remember. I had this bad habit though of not making or keeping notes, while a few of my friends had the habit of making a note about everything only to lose it because there were just to many. Then I discovered that [...]
Catch Zack’s Article in Professional Photographer Magazine!
Adobe Photoshop turns 20 on February 19th 2010, in celebration Professional Photographer Magazine sent Zack to interview long time Photoshop educators and advisors Katrin Eismann, Martin Evening, and Julianne Kost. They share their unique viewpoints on the groundbreaking software nearly all photographers use today and more. Catch the full [...]
ioSafe Solo SSD – Fireproof, Waterproof, Crushproof!?
That's right, they're back! The folks over at ioSafe have been busy bee's taking data protection to the next level. The previous ioSafe was fireproof and waterproof, but the new Solid State Drive version has no moving parts and some armor plating to make it extremely drop resistant and crush resistant by being able to withstand a 20 foot drop and [...]
iPad Arrives!
Many photographers use Apple computers, and even more of us use iPhones and iPods. The world has waited for Apple to release a Netbook and this week it finally arrived in the form of a touchscreen tablet display. During the keynote people were elated to see the new 9.7" touchscreen display that looked pretty much as expected in all it's Apple [...]
What Photographers Don’t Understand About RAID.
We stay fairly active on more than one website using everything from social networking to blogs and forums. RAID inevitably comes up as a topic of discussion, but with so many devices touting their RAID capabilities be it a NAS (Network Attached Storage Device) and other storage devices such as the Drobo. Now don't get us wrong, we're not saying [...]
Finally a laptop for photographers
We've usually held back in selecting a specific brand of laptop as a single pick as "the" laptop for photographers but this line of laptops from IBM (now owned by Lenovo) comes so close to perfect that it deserves some recognition. We weren't paid, bribed or even asked by Lenovo to give this line of laptops recognition, in fact we asked for [...]
Security Flaw In Mac OS X
Whether you realize it or not as a photographer in the digital age your main product right behind your talent is your data. Your images are pure digital data and how you allow clients to access this data is how you protect and value it, whether you are a turn and burn photographer or only sell framed finished wall portraits it's all about your [...]
