9/30/2005 "One Photo, many Images" by Uwe Steinmueller

We demonstrate on one photo how many possible different images you could make from it.

9/28/2005 Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 released

9/27/2005 Adobe Camera Raw 3.2 updates posted

ACR 3.2 supports quite a few of the latest cameras (e.g. Nikon D50, Leica DMR and more).

9/27/2005 Three new Olympus Four Thirds System lenses (Source DPReview)

9/27/2005 Olympus E-500 announced (Source DPReview)

9/26/2005 Gray Cards revisited

9/25/2005 Vote on the theme for the November Portfolio Invitation

We have now every month a new Portfolio Invitation. We offer three possible themes to chose from for our November Invitation.

9/23/2005 Few Seats available at Alain Briot's Workshop

Attending a workshop is an excellent way to improve your photography. Alain Briot has seats available in some of his workshops (one seat left for the Navajoland-Antelope workshop and two for the Grand Canyon River Running workshop). Detailed descriptions of Alain's workshops are available at his site.

9/22/2005 "Tone Stability for Epson and HP Inks under Different Illuminants" by John Hollenberg

9/22/2005 Reminder: Free Fotoespresso 3/2005

This issue covers:

• Intro to RSE (part from our E-Book DOP3002)
• Epson 2400 review
• "The RAW Flaw" is about the OpenRAW initiative

Don't forget to download the previous issues.

9/21/2005 National Geographic special edition on Katrina (Source Rob Galbraith)

9/20/2005 "The Eyes of Ed Burtynsky" (source Toronto Life)

Interesting article about this excellent photographer. Thanks for the pointer by our friend Jim Collum.

9/19/2005 Metric version of MatWorks! now available

Giorgio Trucco has finally released the metric version of his software MatWorks!

9/18/2005 "Manufactured Landscapes" exhibition of large scale photos by Edward Burtynsky

Don't miss to see these exceptional prints and also watch the video by the artist outside the gallery hall. Too bad we found out that late. Exhibition ends on Sunday 9/18/2005.

9/16/2005 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride "filmed" with EOS-1D Mark II's (source Rob Galbraith)

9/16/2005 Our DSLR Review/Use history

We had some fun going back in our history using and reviewing DSLRs. A lot has happened and still it is photography. Means the content rules.

9/15/2005 Downloader Pro V1.7 available

New in this version:

• Automatic backup to second location
• Import for DNG files
• Synchronize clock on Canon cameras

9/15/2005 Windows Color Control Panel PowerToy being readied for release (Source Rob Galbraith)

9/14/2005 Our new Canon 350D IR camera

We plan to have our new IR camera with us most of the time as it allows shots we would not be able to get otherwise.

9/14/2005 Microsoft and Canon join forces on Vista's Windows Color System (Source Rob Galbraith)

Read this page from Microsoft about the rational behind WCS (Windows Color System).

9/12/2005 Canon EOS 1D Mk II N first impressions

We have now a production 1D Mk. II N camera for review.

9/11/2005 "Shoot, Process & Print" Workshops (sign up for our December 1st-3rd, 2005 workshop)

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

9/11/2005 Canon unveils CMOS sensor information site (Source Rob Galbraith)

Interesting reading.

9/10/2005 Organizing your Photos with Shortcuts in BreezeBrowser Pro

Organizing master images is not a trivial task because they are big files (PS Layers) and also request to be organized in many different categories. We created a solution that works for us.

9/10/2005 Vote for the Theme of the Portfolio Invitation October

9/9/2005 New e-book from Peter iNova (with parts by Uwe Steinmueller) on the Canon 350D is out

Peter put a lot of work into this book to help you to get the most out of your Canon 350D (Rebel XT).

9/9/2005 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 Preview (source DPReview)

This is an interesting announcement as the new Sony digicam features a 10.3MP CMOS sensor at full APS size (much larger than the normal consumer digicam sensors e.g. Sony F828). The main issue may still be the quality of the electronic viewfinder.

9/9/2005 Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D Gallery and some new shots

9/8/2005 Leaf & Mamiya Introduce the ProDigital IILeaf & Mamiya Introduce the ProDigital II 22 Megapixel D-SLR

From the Leaf press release " Leaf and Mamiya today announced the latest 22 Megapixel D-SLR, the Leaf Mamiya ProDigital II. Comprised of the New Mamiya 645AFDII camera and the Leaf Aptus back, the new ProDigital II offers medium format quality with the convenience of a small format system.....".

9/7/2005 Sorry, our server was down for about 5 hours

Our hosting ISP had a major server crash. We are now back. Some entries in the forums got lost (from 3am 9/6/2006 till 9:30pm). Also in case you have trouble downloading your purchased e-books then send us an email (uwe@outbackphoto.com). Sorry for the inconvenience.

9/7/2005 Adobe Camera Raw 3.2 to read encoded Nikon NEF WB (source Rob Galbraith)

Seems that Nikon provided Adobe with a so called "mini-SDK" that only decodes the WB info. We would prefer that all manufacturers avoid encryption and document their raw formats. At least we hope that this mini SDK is open to all 3rd party developers.

9/7/2005 Leaf Aptus 22 vs. Canon 1Ds Mk. II

We photographed about the same scene with both the H1+Aptus 22 and Canon 1Ds Mk. II.

9/4/2005 Leaf Aptus 22 MF Back Diary started

End of last year we looked at the Phase One P25 22MP untethered MF back. The new Leaf Aptus is the closest competitor (the Hasselblad H2D is joining the party soon)

9/3/2005 Your Questions to Digital Outback Photo

Please use our news groups for all your questions and proposals (unless they are related to customer support and very private in nature). Also make sure that you accept our answers and don't get us involved with your spam protection system of choice.

9/2/2005 With BetterLight Scanning Back at Point Lobos

Not even 4x5 film can match the resolution of photos taken. But any movement is the enemy of scanning backs. If all is fine they can deliver stunning landscape images.

9/1/2005 Portfolio Invitation #5: Color Nature Abstracts #1 (final results)

9/1/2005 Portfolio Invitation #6: Lighthouses #1 (submissions ends 9/15/2005 12pm)

9/1/2005 Just for fun

You probably know the feeling to photograph something because it is just funny. Then in the serious world of fine art there is no place to show this photo. We hope you will forgive us and smile or even laugh. We just could not resist. This is a sign from the Guadalupe-Nipomo (CA) Dunes where the whole area is fenced for about half a year to protect the Western Snowy Plover and other nesting birds.