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1/31/2005 Canon 1Ds Mk. II for Landscape Photos?

Check yourself what level of details can be captured with the Canon 1DS Mk.II.

1/30/2005 New Front Page Photo

Big Sur

1/29/2005 "QuickMats: Virtual Matting has arrived" by Alain Briot

Read this article about a very powerful tool that simulates matting of prints.

1/29/2005 Now also DOP Tonality Tuning Toolkit ready for Mac

1/29/2005 Note of caution using 4GB cards on the Canon 1Ds Mk. II camera

There are now many indications that the Canon 1Ds Mk. II has some issues using cards of 4GB and more.

1/27/2005 We added a note by Charles Cramer to our HP 30/130 diary

Charles Cramer uses the HP 130 printer now for about 8 months. He sent us a brief note about this printer. Have a look at Charlie's artwork and you will understand that he is very serious about top quality prints.

1/26/2005 EasyS Sharpening Toolkit now also for the Mac for sale

Read about EasyS Sharpening Toolkit here. Now we send you a PC and a Mac version for the same price.

1/26/2005 Problems with the Mac plugins hopefully solved

We did not realize that the Mac plugins could not just added to the ZIP file but rather got destroyed. We have now uploaded a new version where the Mac plugins are protected inside a SIT file. Sorry for the inconvenience.

1/25/2005 Free Upsizing Plugin now also for the Mac

Our free upsizing plugin should now also work on the Mac. Also the demo version of EasyS Sharpening Toolkit includes a demo for the Mac. We will start selling the Mac version of EasyS Sharpening Toolkit once it has been tested enough in the field. Consider the demo version as a public beta test.

1/25/2005 The PowerRetouche Photoshop plugins have a very good reputation. The latest versions all feature large realizable previews. Read 2 of our reviews (Black Definition, B/W)

1/24/2005 HP Designjet 30/130 Printers

We explore whether Epson is finally getting serious competition in the segment of fine art photo printers (which also means producing archival prints).

1/22/2005 "Why Focus-Recompose Sucks" by Jonathan Wienke

In every digital camera manual you find the Focus-Recompose technique described. Looks like it is wrong most of the time.

1/20/2005 A look back at the NC2000 (Source Rob Galbraith)

Only a few years ago using a digital camera was cutting edge for photo journalists.

1/20/2005 Salton Sea featured in the February issue of National Geographic

Beach of Fishbone

Salton Sea is really a bizarre place with triple digits in the summer.

1/19/2005 New Front Page Photo

Visit our front page gallery and the one from last year.

1/18/2005 Konica Minolta Maxxun 7D Review by Phil Askey (source DPReview)

The 7D got a very positive review and a "highly recommended" rating. Does not looks as if we will be able to make our own review.

1/18/2005 Finally Capture One 3.6 for Windows released

Users of the Canon 20D had to wait a long time to finally be able to use Capture One. You can download an upgrade or demo from here.

1/16/2005 New Action Set for EasyS Sharpening Toolkit

We redesigned the action set for the EasyS Sharpening Toolkit. The sharpening results are identical (the sharpening engine did not change) but you have now one more level of control:

• Sharpening normal halos
• Sharpening only dark halos
• Sharpening with custom tuned halos

Remember to check out the free demo version (full functioning up to 2000x2000 pixels).

1/15/2005 Stolen Gear Alert

We would like to ask our readers to watch for these items.

1/14/2005 "The Art and Science of Printer Profiling: Part 1" by Giorgio Trucco

Ever wanted to know a bit more about printer profiling? Read Giorgio's article.

1/14/2005 "Panasonic and Olympus join forces on Four Thirds" (Source DPReview)

This can be very interesting news as Panasonic produces capable sensors and also know how to make image stabilized lenses.

1/13/2005 "Nikon USA, UK set price and delivery date for the D2X" (Source Rob Galbraith)

The camera should be available 2/25/2005 and cost about $5000 street price. This will be a very exciting camera as the D2x will show which image quality a first generation Sony CMOS chip can deliver.

1/12/2005 Nikon D70 B firmware v1.0.3 released (Source Rob Galbraith)

1/12/2005 "A Primer on Rendering Intents" by Jack Flesher

1/11/2005 Olympus E-300 review by Phil Askey (Source DP Review)

We may start our own tests later this week.

1/11/2005 Why Use the ProPhoto RGB Color Space?

We followed for a long time the discussion about using the ProPhoto RGB color space. We finally made the switch.

1/9/2005 Alain Briot's new "Briot's View Articles CD"

Alain now offers at $19.95 41 articles, essays, diaries and presentations, This is clearly a bargain offer.

1/8/2005 Minor Tweak for EasyS Sharpening Toolkit

1/7/2005 Free Upsizing Plugin

Just a reminder that we have a free upsizing plugin available for your download.

1/6/2005 DOP Profiling Service

We recently did not very actively market our printer profiling service. But this testimonial from today reminded us we may need to market it more:

"Good Images + Calibrated Monitor + Epson 9600 * Uwe Profiles = Absolutely Stunning Prints. If all parts of the equation are present then the results are quite fantastic. This is truly WYSIWYG for digital photography." Richard Munson 1/5/2005

1/6/2005 New EasyS Sharpening Toolkit

We are proud to present our new EasyS Sharpening Toolkit.

1/5/2005 New PS Filter from The Plugin Site: LightMachine

"...LightMachine is a plugin for performing all kinds of light adjustments in photos. It combines shadow/highlight, virtual lighting and color-based correction tools for performing sophisticated corrections without the need for time-consuming selections and layer stacks..."

1/3/2005 "Color Correction using a Gray Card" by Brad Hinkel

Brad explains how to correct the white balance using a simple gray card.

1/3/2005 German: Für alle deutschen Leser bieten wir unser best verkauftes E-Buch auch in deutscher Sprache an.

This book received the German Photo Book Prize. Unser Buch hat den deutschen Fotobuchpreis 2004 erhalten.

1/1/2005 First new Front Page Photo in 2005

Have also a look at the collection of 2004 front page photos. You can submit your own photos here.

1/1/2005 Bettina & Uwe's Top 12 in 2004

Good time for us to look back at our photographic work of 2004. With all the interesting talk about cameras, printers and technique it is about making nice pictures.

1/1/2005 Happy New Year 2005 to all our Readers