9/16/2006 Photomatix Tone Mapping Plugin 1.1

This is a serious update.

9/16/2006 Portfolio Invitation #018: Infrared #1 (Submissions closed, voting till 10/1/2006 8am PST)

Note: Voting was broken but should work by now.

9/15/2006 Leica M8 Hands-on Preview (source DPReview)

We hope to get our hands on this camera soon. Clearly a Photokina 2006 highlight.

9/15/2006 Adobe (re-)releases 9.0.2 updater for Photoshop CS2 Mac (source Rob Galbraith)

9/15/2006 "Fun in the Digital Darkroom with LightZone" by A.R. Dias

9/14/2006 Pentax announces 10-megapixel K10D digital SLR (source Rob Galbraith)

9/14/2006 PTLens version 8.0 released

In addition to correcting lens pincushion/barrel distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration, the latest release also corrects perspective distortion.

9/14/2006 Nikon D80 a few Carmel photos

9/14/2006 Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows announced

9/13/2006 "Dude! Where’s the Ansel Adams Button?" essay by Pete Myers

9/11/2006 The Digital Outback Photo Print Studio has now both Epson 4800 and Canon IPF5000 installed

We added now an option for a 30 minutes Q&A session. If you want to compare the Epson 4800 and the Canon IPF5000 we can work with you on both printers with your own images.

9/11/2006 Books: Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

9/11/2006 ChronoSync Updated to Version 3.3.2

9/9/2006 Our new Canon 5D IR camera

9/9/2006 LightZone 1.6 released

LightZone has become during the last year one of the most innovative photo editors in the market. The release of Version 1.6 introduces some major new tools.

9/9/2006 Nikon D80 first field session

9/8/2006 The Art of Proofing (source John Paul Caponigro)

Excellent paper by a master printer. We often hear in news group discussions that people claim that their monitor preview and their print exactly match. Read this paper why this is not entirely true. You will also learn why soft proofing is still very valuable.

9/8/2006 DOP3002-6 "The Art of RAW Conversion 2006"

This release also includes introductions to: Lightroom, Aperture, RSP and RAW Developer. Please check the table of content whether you ordered this version before. New book versions have new names and book numbers.

9/7/2006 Nikon D80 Diary started

We just got the Nikon D80 in and start sharing our experience.

9/7/2006 Raw Developer 1.5.4 released

With just in time Nikon D80 and Rebel Rebel XTi (400D) support.

9/7/2006 Helicon Focus 4.03 released for Mac and PC

Already version was an impressive application. Read our review.

9/7/2006 24 inch model added to iMac line (source Rob Galbraith)

9/6/2006 Image Browsers and Organizers

We talk about some basic requirements and challenges to face for making the perfect image browser or organizer.

9/6/2006 Reminder: LightZone RAW Contest #1 (still open till 9/15/2006)

9/6/2006 New Seminars announced by Alain Briot and Uwe Steinmueller

Alain and Uwe team up for 2 new top seminar events in 2007:

• The Expressive Fine Art Digital Print Seminar
• Seeing & Inspiration Seminar

9/5/2006 Akvis Enhancer now in version 4.2

Readers reported that this very useful plugin fixed some of the important bugs.

9/4/2006 LensWork Issue 66 featuring a John Sexton Interview and his new book "Recollections"

LensWork is really one of the finest photo magazines we know (dedicated to B&W work). The current issue is once again highly recommended.

Note: We don't get paid by LensWork for mentioning their work. We give credit to an exceptional magazine work.

9/4/2006 Nikon Capture NX updated to v1.0.1 (source Rob Galbraith)

NX now also opens D80 RAW files. We hope to get a D80 very soon.

9/2/2006 Joel Meyerowitz's new photo book on the aftermath of 9/11 (source Rob Galbraith)

9/2/2006 HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer

We have now the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 printer for about 2 weeks in service. This is the first HP A3 printer that uses pigmented inks. Epson is clearly the market leader for fine art pigment printers but HP and Canon start to compete in the same market.

9/1/2006 Portfolio Invitation #017: Red #1 (voting closed and results shown)

8/31/2006 Photokina 2006 soon in Koeln, Germany 9/26-10/1/2006

This year Uwe Steinmueller will present with his co-author Juergen Gulbins at Photokina three seminars (on RAW, Workflow and Printing) for the German dpunkt Verlag. While we will try to cover some of the highlights the seminars leave very little time for extra visits. We announce also later where you may able to meet Uwe Steinmueller (e.g. booth of dpunkt).

8/30/2006 Sigma SD14 - coming soon (source DPReview)

8/30/2006 Workshop in Sedona in September

Alain and Natalie Briot have 3 seats left for their Sedona Weekend Workshop in September.

8/29/2006 "Photoshop Batch processor: XBatch" by xbytor

We updated the script as it originally did not work without using a script. Please download again.

8/26/2006 "Photoshop Batch processor: XBatch" by xbytor

Check out this new batch processor. I can process hierarchical folder structures and keep the hierarchies in the target folders. We consider this a major service by xbytor and all was initiated from Digital Outback Photo.

We need your support for content and also sponsoring by buying our books or direct donation.

8/25/2006 LightZone RAW Contest #1 (open till 9/15/2006)

8/25/2006 Zeiss lenses for Nikon Mount

8/25/2006 Peter iNova releases his new D200 e-book

Some of the content is written by Uwe Steinmueller. If you buy the book through the above link you help to sponsor this site.

8/24/2006 2 new Canon L Lenses announced

We waited a long time for a lens like the new EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM. Although the $1250 price tag is steeper than we hoped for.

8/24/2006 Canon announces Rebel XTi SLR (400D)

Highlights:

• 10.1 MP
• self-cleaning image sensor unit/dust removal system (check out this video for more information, even it is marketing it shows what we may expect)
• body street price $799

8/24/2006 Norman Koren relases: Gamutvision ICC profile visualization/analysis software

8/23/2006 Raw Developer 1.5.3 released

8/22/2006 Leaf Aptus 75 (Source Luminous Landscape)

8/21/2006 "Reader's Workflow Session: Editing with LightZone"

We invited Ed Wolpov to write about the ideas behind his contest entry. If you have also some contest antry and want turn it into a short tutorial please send us an email.

8/20/2006 Portfolio Invitation #018: Infrared #1

8/18/2006 Canon imagePROGRAF 5000 diary started

We finally got this interesting printer in for review. As usually we write reviews like this in form of a diary. There is a lot to explore with the IPF 5000.

8/18/2006 Adobe releases Photoshop CS2 9.0.2 via Adobe Updater

Just check in Photoshop CS2 with Help->Updates.

8/17/2006 Panasonic Lumix DMC L1 (source Luminous Landscape)

8/17/2006 LightZone RAW Contest #1 first 7 entries posted

We posted the first entries and also show them in a gallery so that all readers can see what can be done using LightZone. One entry used the cloning tool very creatively. There are also two B&W entries that demonstrate that LightZone is a first rate editor for B&W work (we plan an article on this soon, but the B&W samples also speak for themselves).

8/17/2006 Brand new Joseph Holmes RGB Working Spaces and Chroma Variant Sets

After months of work Joseph Holmes finally offers his all new working spaces. There is a lot info about working spaces on his site.

8/16/2006 Kingston launches new 1,2,4,8 GB CompactFlash Ultimate 133x cards

8/16/2006 Will airline security tighten for photographers? (Source Rob Galbraith)

8/14/2006 "The Art of RAW Conversion" as a printed book

No Starch Press published our popular e-book as a printed book and we start selling it now through this site. This site gets mainly financed by selling our books.

8/12/2006 LightZone RAW Contest #1

New download link. If you had trouble downloading please try again.

All our contests are about sharing imaging techniques and interpretations. This contest sponsored by LightCrafts is no different. Using LightZone allows all our readers to share all imaging imaging steps with other readers. Have fun!

8/12/2006 The Digital Outback Photo Print Studio has now both Epson 4800 and Canon IPF5000 installed

We have now the Epson 4800 with Photo Black inks and the new Canon IPF5000 installed.

8/10/2006 Fujifilm announces S3 Pro UVIR (Source Rob Galbraith)

This is very exciting news.

8/9/2006 Nikon announces the new D80 with 10MP sensor (source Rob Galbraith)

A very interesting camera below $1000.

8/9/2006 "Shadows of Lives and Loss" Video (source Dan Burkholder)

How chaos and destruction can be an inspiration for art and how art may even make the chaos more visible.

8/8/2006 Eizo ColorEdge CE240W

8/8/2006 Apple launches the new Intel based Mac Pro

Very impressive machine.

8/8/2006 Raw Developer 1.5.2 released