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Free add-on PDF to DOP2000: Featuring Canon EVU and DPP raw converters (about 3MB)

11/30/2004 "Upsizing in Photoshop" by Jack Flesher

Our friend Jack Flesher describes a nice technique to upsize your images in Photoshop.

11/30/2004 "Epson P-2000 Digital Wallet" (Source Luminous Landscape)

Michael Reichmann reviewed this interesting new digital wallet.

11/30/2004 Canon 1Ds/1Ds Mk. II comparison files @ ISO 100 now available as Adobe DNG raw files

11/29/2004 Canon 1Ds/1Ds Mk. II comparison files now available as Adobe DNG raw files

11/28/2004 Canon 1Ds vs. 1Ds Mk. II comparison

Again we provide to our readers the unique service to download real world raw files for your own comparisons.

11/28/2004 DOP2000LE a shorter and lower priced version of our best selling DOP2000 e-book

Read the Table of Content

This is a shortened version of our DOP2000 e-book. This version saves you $15 but contains most of the essential content.

You can upgrade to the full version later at any time for only 17.95

11/27/2004 "Epson R-D1 Field Test" by Sean Reid (Source Luminous Landscape)

Sean Reid reviewed this interesting first real digital rangefinder camera.

11/26/2004 Rob Galbraith's "CompactFlash Performance Database"

With CF cards having more storage, prices dropping permanently and cameras like the 1Ds Mk. II creating huge files (13MB - 26MB for one RAW) it is wise the select fast cards with lots of storage. For now over 4 years we relied on Microdrives but are now gradually switching to CF cards (2 or 4 GB).

11/26/2004 New Canon DPP 1.5, EVU 1.2.1 and EOS Capture 1.2 available (Source Rob Galbraith)

11/25/2004 Our first PDF portfolio: Monterey Piers

Camera: Canon 1Ds Mk II

Today we added the first 1Ds Mk. II photos to our portfolios. We hope that the new PDF portfolios allow you to better enjoy some of our work. The pictures are quite compressed to protect our copyright.

11/24/2004 Note on 1Ds Mk. II and Histograms

We consider histograms a very important tool to judge exposure. Check out how the 1Ds Mk. II holds up.

11/23/2004 Bibble 4.1 posted

We have added a review about the new features in Bibble 4.1. The latest version also supports the Canon 1Ds Mk. II.

11/23/2004 Alain's Print of the Month November "Celestial Sunrise"

11/22/2004 New PTLens profiles corrected for 1Ds/1Ds Mk. II

While working with the Canon 1Ds Mk. II we found out that the PTLens profiles for the 24-70mm lens did not seem to be correct. Thomas Niemann now provides updated and corrected profiles.

11/22/2004 Seminar "Managing the Digital Workflow" 12/2/2004

Uwe Steinmueller presents a 6 hour seminar 12/2/2004, 10am - 4pm at Keeble & Shuchat in Palo Alto. The price is $99 and you can sign up directly at Keeble & Shuchat: 650.327.8515. Ken and Jim at Keeble can be reached Mon-Fri during the hours of 9-5:30.

11/19/2004 Canon 1Ds Mk. II: Some more Tests

We completed our normal Los Gatos test photos.

This is probably a first on the web: We provide raw files that were converted to DNG. This way you can open Canon 1Ds Mk. II DNG raw files in Adobe Camera Raw 2.3. Right now ACR 2.3 is the only raw converter that can open DNG files.

11/19/2004 Travel Portfolio: "Trip to the Summit in 2004"

Here is a first portfolio from our trip to the Summit.

11/18/2004 Back from Phoenix

We are back now and will spend the next day to check through many pictures from our trip. We plan to have a short travel portfolio up soon. Many of these shots were taken with the new Canon 1Ds Mk. II.

11/17/2004 1Ds Mk. II, Lenses, DOF, Shake

Cameras of the 1Ds class and even more the 1Ds Mk. II put a high demand on the lenses and the way you take photographs.

11/16/2004 On our way back from the Phoenix Summit

As last year the summit was a great experience. Especially we would like to thank all our guest presenters who created some of the highlights of this year's summit.

We are right now for a day in Sedona and then back home (800 miles).

11/14/2004 Canon 1Ds Mk. II Diary started

We could start today at our Summit our investigation into a new exciting camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mk. II. This is just the beginning of a long journey.

11/11/2004 New Frontpage Photo

We got this shot when we started our trip to the Summit.

11/10/2004 Selective Sharpening with "Focus Fixer" (PC & Mac)

Sharpening is a complex task. We just found a new tool for the job.

11/10/2004 On our way to the Summit

We will drive to the summit in Phoenix through Joshua National Park. Hope to see many of you in Phoenix. You still can register last minute or even on location.

• Jim Rose from Canon to show the EOS 1Ds Mark II. Also an opportunity to do some first tests ourselves. It seems that we will also get our own 1Ds Mk. II demo sample soon.
• Lexjet Direct will demonstrate an Epson 4000 with Imageprint RIP and print photos for our attendees
• GretagMacbeth shows their color management solutions
• Friday seminar on "Digital Photography RAW Workflow"

11/09/2004 "How to Create a Portfolio of your Work" by Alain Briot at Luminous Landscape

Alain explains how he works on creating a portfolio.

11/09/2004 Setting up an optimal imaging PC (for Microsoft written by Tim Grey)

Even if this document was written for the PCs many of the considerations make sense for Mac users too.

11/08/2004 Katrin Eismann's new book "Photoshop Masking & Compositing"

Ever wanted to learn more about Selections and Masking in Photoshop? The wait is over.

11/07/2004 QTRGui for Quad Tone RIP on Windows

QTR is not really the most user friendly to use on Windows. Have a look how QTRGui changes that picture.

11/07/2004 You are all welcome for last minute registrations at our Summit next week

This is a note to all that may decide last minute to join us at the summit. Read the summit page for more details.

11/05/2004 The German version of our book DOP2000 won the "German Fotobuchpreis"

We are very proud to win this German book prize.

Here is a link to our English e-book version:

11/04/2004 Phil Askey's Canon EOS 20D review

Phil gives this camera very good notes. You find our review diary here.

11/04/2004 Neat Image for the Mac

Until recently the top noise removal software was mainly for PC only. Now after Noise Ninja also Neat Image is available for the Mac.

11/03/2004 Kodak DCS 760m (Pete Myers on Luminous Landscape)

Read this interesting article about Pete Myers journey with a Kodak 760m.

11/03/2004 Backup, Backup, Backup #2: External Disks

External storage is key to handle the flood of images we capture and work on. We show our solution to this problem.

11/03/2004 Black Body Canon Digital Rebel (EOS 300D)

For a limited time Canon will offer in the US a black-bodied 300D. Read our review diary for the 300D here.

11/01/2004 Our Summit starts in 11 days

This is a note to all that may decide last minute to join us at the summit. Read the summit page for more details.

11/01/2004 EOS 20D Gallery published

We now have a gallery of EOS 20D images ready.

11/01/2004 New Frontpage Photo