7/31/2005 Nikon D50 Diary Review started

We have now a Nikon D50 in for review. As usual we also provide a RAW file for your own evaluation.

7/29/2005 The "Art of RAW Conversion" now also in German (nun in deutsch)

Unser neustes Buch ist jetzt auch in deutsch verfügbar.

7/29/2005 "Shoot, Process & Print" Workshops

We will feature at these workshops an Epson 4800 (17" wide) and a HP Designjet 90 printers (18" wide).

7/28/2005 Book review note "Art & Fear"

7/27/2005 We use now also a Designjet 90r for printing

7/27/2005 E-Books and Filter Delivery

For the delivery of our e-books and filters we rely on the correct email address (the one that is stored at PayPal). If you feel you should have received a product and did not get a download instruction in reasonable time (no longer than one day in general after your order, updates can take longer though) then please drop us a note. If needed we will resend the download instructions to this other email address. We really feel bad if a delivery mail to a customer bounces as we have to wait that the customer contacts us.

7/26/2005 "Enough Already!" (Pete Myers at Luminous Landscape)

Pete Myers took a digital camera ride for B&W and is now back to a Leica M and B&W film.

7/26/2005 TheImagingFactory: ConvertToBW Pro 3.0

Many digital camera users like to convert their color images to B&W. TheImagingFactory provides an interesting solution.

7/25/2005 August Portfolio Invitation #5: Color Nature Abstracts #1

Looks like our Portfolio Invitations get quite popular. For August we want to give you more time to submit your images (8/15/2005). The Portfolio Invitation "Coast" is still up for voting.

7/24/2005 Reminder: Portfolio Invitation #4: Coast #1 (voting on till 7/31/2005)

7/24/2005 Phil Askey's Nikon D50 Review (source DPReview)

We will also get our review sample soon.

7/23/2005 Reminder: photo san francisco 2005

"The 6th annual San Francisco Photographic Art Exposition created by art fair producer Stephen Cohen, will be held at the historic Festival Pavilion at the Ft. Mason Center from July 21-24...". As always a very nice show.

7/22/2005 Adobe Updates posts Version 1.02 of Bridge

These new updaters keep all your old settings.

7/21/2005 Our new E-Book: The Art of RAW Conversion 2005

This site is only possible through the sales of our e-books and filters. All our customers sponsor this site.

7/21/2005 New series idea: Camera/Photo Clubs and Groups all over the world

We want to allow all camera/photo clubs and groups in the world to present themselves here at DOP. Send us a short article in Word with max 1-3 pictures (JPG 600 pixels in max dimension and PS JPG 7) and of course meeting information.

7/21/2005 Palo Alto Camera Club: An Evening with Robert Buelteman on July 26

7/21/2005 Prevent warping with Epson Enhanced Matte Paper on the R2400

7/20/2005 Portfolio Invitation #4: Coast #1 (Submission closed now, gallery up and voting on)

7/20/2005 Konica Minolta and Sony make D-SLR announcement (source DPReview)

This is an important move by Sony and Konica Minolta.

7/19/2005 PTLens 6.1 released

This release supports fisheye lenses.

7/19/2005 photo san francisco 2005

"The 6th annual San Francisco Photographic Art Exposition created by art fair producer Stephen Cohen, will be held at the historic Festival Pavilion at the Ft. Mason Center from July 21-24...". This will be our 3rd year that we visit the show. It was always a great inspiration.

7/18/2005 Reminder: Portfolio Invitation #4: Coast #1 (Submission deadline 7/19/2005)

7/18/2005 California Earthframes updated

We updated the web galleries because we found some issues:

• Not converted to sRGB
• Smaller previews
• Too much JPG compression
• Needed some slight sharpening

The only downside is that the images load slower and you need more bandwidth. Thanks to Jack Flesher for pointing out these issues to us. If you already visited the site please check it out again. All feedback is as always welcome.

7/17/2005 California Earthframes

We just launched a new portfolio site called: California Earthframes. This is also a new way to offer a selection of our photos for print from the last 5 years (Either on Epson Enhanced Matte paper or HP Satin). Hope you have some fun.

7/17/2005 RAW Conversion Contest #5 closed with 8 entries

Thanks again to all the participants. There will be new contest soon.

7/17/2005 Phase One announced 39MP back P54 (source Luminous Landscape)

This may be the time where MF back may match the resolution of 4x5 film. Phase One plans to ship the first units in November.

7/16/2005 Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D announced (via DPReview)

Also featuring the unique anti shake sensor.

7/15/2005 White Balance Blending

For the workflow to get the white balance right is crucial. Sometimes this is not that easy as it sounds.

7/15/2005 Lack of Standards Sparks Inkjet Photo Fade Debate (PC Magazine via "Where is Ben")

7/14/2005 A 21st Century Daguerreotype – from a Digital Positive

7/14/2005 Our new E-Book: The Art of RAW Conversion 2005

This site is only possible through the sales of our e-books and filters. All our customers sponsor this site.

7/13/2005 New HP printers pop out photos in 14 seconds flat

Looks like HP got now the fastest inkjet printers in the market. HP claims that they have now an inkjet technology that is now fully created in semiconductor fabs. They demonstrated a cheap office printer that outperforms color laser printers in terms of speed and cost per print in the sub $500 market. Let's see when this technology trickles down to the highend photo market.

7/13/2005 Comparing the Epson 4000 to 4800 for B&W

7/12/2005 PTLens 6.0 released

Includes CA correction and improved vignetting algorithm.

7/12/2005 E-Books and Filter Delivery

For the delivery of our e-books and filters we rely on the correct email address (the one that is stored at PayPal). If you feel you should have received a product and did not get a download instruction in reasonable time (no longer than day in general after your order, updates can take longer though) then please drop us a note. If needed we will resend the download instructions to this other email address. We really feel bad if a delivery mail to a customer bounces as we have to wait that the customer contacts us.

7/12/2005 ASMP’s position on proprietary RAW formats

"The American Society of Media Photographers is deeply concerned at the developing crisis that is threatening continued access to the world’s photographic heritage. The RAW format is fast becoming the standard for professional and other serious imaging. Encryption and the abandonment and termination of support for older RAW formats put in jeopardy the future use of many digital photographs......"

7/11/2005 RAW Conversion Contest #5 (7 of 8 entries)

It is time to have a new RAW conversion contest. We ask our readers to show what the class of RAW converters in 2005 can do with a high resolution Canon 1Ds Mk. II image. These contests are all about sharing practical experience.

7/10/2005 Alain's Print of the Month

This month's photo is printed on the Epson 4800 and taken with the 1DsMk2.

7/10/2005 Re-posted: "Backup, Backup, Backup #1 FileBack PC"

There is so much content on Digital Outback Photo available that once in a while we will bring some older but yet still current content to our readers attention. Backup is a key responsibility for all digital photographers. We cover this subject in our section: "PC/Macs & More". FileBack PC is our key software for a permanent mirroring of all our data.

7/9/2005 New firmware for Epson 4800 fixes single sheet feeding issues with glossy paper

7/9/2005 BreezeBrowser Pro 1.2 released

Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of BreezeBrowser Pro 1.2. This release introduces a new easy to use image magnifier, image cropping for raw conversion and Nikon D70s, D2X and D2Hs raw conversion.

7/8/2005 Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Review Notes started

Our friend Jack Flesher shares his first intensive experience with this new printer. We invite our readers to submit their own findings with this and other printers. We may then add these comments to our review notes.

7/7/2005 Portfolio Invitation #4: Coast #1 (Submission deadline 7/19/2005)

This Portfolio Invitation comes with a new process and modified rules. Please check out the process and rules carefully. We want to allow more entries and also get our readers more involved in the final rating of the images. Have fun!

7/6/2005 Producing Your Own Book (Michael Reichmann at Luminous Landscape)

We will follow this project with great interest and keep keep you posted.

7/5/2005 Thoughts & Photographs: "4x5 and/or 1SD Mk. II?"

Alain and Uwe discuss about having 4x5 and/or a Canon 1Ds Mk.II.

7/4/2005 Google Earth and Google Maps

We recently reviewed Microsoft Streets & Trips. In the meantime we found other interesting tools to map and locate places of interest. Google Earth can be exciting (when the 3D resolution is good) and frustrating (if the resolution is poor). Google Maps with the satelite view is fun too.

7/4/2005 Black & White Chronicles by Mac Holbert, source Photoshop news)

Read what master printer Mac Holbert (Nash Editions) about the evolution of digital B&W printing over the last 15 years.

7/3/2005 Invitation to join our discussions on Art, Photography and Selling Art in our forum

Don't miss to join our discussion. We have fun and why should you stay outside. Of course reading only is also good.

7/3/2005 Epson R1800 or R2400?

7/2/2005 Epson USA posts extra R2400 generic profiles

7/2/2005 Portfolio Invitation #3: Flowers #1 closed with 15 entries

Again thank you all for sharing your work and passion. We will have these contest about once a month. Please use our Forum to propose new topic ideas.

7/1/2005 HP Soft Gloss or Satin?

Recently there was some confusion about the longevity of the Satin or Soft Gloss paper. We checked into this issue.

7/1/2005 Photoshop "Advanced Blending Modes" by Ben Willmore

This 12 page PDF file will help you to understand Photoshop Blending Modes which is key for refined work using layers.

7/1/2005 Epson Stylus Pro 4800: First Impressions (source Michael Reichmann)

Michael reviews the 4800 quite critically and if you check Michael and our take on the K3 printers are pretty close.

7/1/2005 Our new Epson R2400 diary is now online

We are very pleased that we now have a new R2400 in operation and can share our findings.