This site gets mainly financed by selling our e-books. Note: Our E-Book bundle can save you some money

1/28/2007 Workshop March 2-4: "Digital Printing for the Fine Art Photographer" by Charles Cramer and Bill Atkinson

1/28/2007 Unofficial Canon IPF5000 Wiki updated (e.g. about new drivers)

This seems to be one of the best resources for the Canon IPF 5000 printers.

1/27/2007 Adobe Releases Beta 2 of Bridge CS3 (source Imaging Resource)

1/26/2007 Mark Hamburg Interview: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Part 1 of 2 (source since1968.com)

We think this interview highlights the history and genesis of Lightroom.

1/26/2007 YouSendIt releases plug-in for Aperture (source Rob Galbraith)

Aperture introduced a new plug-in architecture in 1.5. These plug-ins allow very powerful integration with other image related services YouSendIt being only one of them).

1/24/2007 Microsoft Photo Info beefs up metadata viewing (source Rob Galbraith)

1/24/2007 Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Diary: Advanced Black and White Printing Mode Demystified

We have to thank our contributor Giorgio Trucco for doing a lot of work to uncover some essential secrets about the Epson Advanced B&W mode. This is essential reading and not only for Epson users.

1/24/2007 Lens Equivalent: Another Perspective (source Luminous Landscape)

This other perspective is worth to read.

1/23/2007 Thinktank Photo released Airport International rolling backpack

"...Designed to take the maximum amount of gear possible as legal carry-on, especially on INTERNATIONAL travel..."

1/23/2007 Light Crafts Releases LightZone 2.1

LightZone RT is now replaced by the new LightZone Basic edition (LightZone 2.1 without the browser to be used with Aperture, Lightroom or other image browsers.

1/22/2007 Photography With The Leica M8 in Marrakech (Source Luminous Landscape)

Very nice photos by Michael Reichmann with a Leica M8.

1/22/2007 Leica M8 Diary: Field notes by Elwood Spedden

1/20/2007 Portfolio Invitation #021: High Key #1 (Submissions open till 2/15/2007 8am PST)

1/19/2007 Lens Equivalent (source Luminous Landscape)

1/18/2007 LightZone RAW Contest #5 (Canon 1D Mk. II)

This time our LightZone RAW contest is based on a Canon 1D Mk.II RAW file from Bodie.

1/16/2007 Portfolio Invitation #020: Old Machinery #1 (Submissions closed, Gallery open, voting till 1/31/2007 8am PST)

1/16/2007 Leica M8 Diary: New profiles for RAWDeveloper using the IR filters

1/15/2007 Book Review Note: Joe Cornish, Charlie Waite, David Ward: "Working the Light"

1/12/2007 Bibble Labs Releases Version 4.9.5

From the press release: "...Adding 12 New Cameras and 6 Free Plug-ins...".

1/11/2007 Epson ColorBase 2.0 available for download from Epson Europe (source Rob Galbraith)

1/11/2007 Universal Binary beta version of Capture NX shown at Macworld (source Rob Galbraith)

1/10/2007 Mac World 2007 SF: Apple announced the new iPhone

Why is this related to photography? This device could be your future portable image organizer in the field.

We will be at Mac World on Wednesday and Thursday and plan to be quite often at the LightCrafts booth. Stop by and say hello.

1/10/2007 DOP Interview with John Sexton

We are proud and excited to post our first ever audio interview at Digital Outback Photo. We hope you enjoy the interview with John Sexton.

1/9/2007 Check out our E-Book on printing: The Art of Digital Fine Art printing

We help you to get the best out of your printers and select the right papers. Note: This site gets mainly financed by selling our e-books and Photoshop filters.

1/9/2007 "Taking Your Photography To The Next Level" by George Barr (source Luminous Landscape)

1/9/2007 RAW Developer 1.6.2 released

1/8/2007 Mac Diary: Macbook Pro Experience and Tips

We report about our not so glorious experience and how to make your life easier using the Macbook Pro.

1/7/2007 Interesting Podcast on Backup Strategies for your Mac (applies also to PCs)

Backup only matters if disaster strikes and it will! Find some reviews in our series about Computers.

1/7/2007 Interview with Uwe Steinmueller about the "Art of Fine Art Printing" at MyMac-Podcast-112 (about 5MB)

Thethe full MyMac Podcast 112 can be found here.

1/6/2007 LightZone 2.0.6 update

Uwe Steinmueller plans to be next Wednesday/Thursday most of the day at MacWorld in San Francisco (inside the LigthCrafts booth). We will show/print some of our portfolio photos at the show.

1/6/2007 HP Designjet Z3100 Diary: Review by Michael Reichmann

1/6/2007 Alain's Composition Mastery Seminar

Study composition and image visualization with Alain Briot by attending Alain's Composition Mastery Seminar.

1/6/2007 Stop misleading 'image stabilization' labels (source Phil Askey)

We only talk in our reviews about image stabilization if it is implemented in the lens or features an anti shake sensor. Higher ISO is of course useful but never a replacement of real image stabilization. We use image stabilized lenses for over 5 years now.

1/5/2007 Fuji announced the IR sensitive IS-1 camera

We had the the larger Fuji S3 UVIR DSLR here for some tests and will report soon about it.

1/4/2007 Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Diary: Advanced B&W Printing

1/3/2007 Bettina + Uwe's Camera/Lens Sets 2006/2007

Selecting the right camera/lens set is a challenge for many reasons. We show our current selection.