Mininature Japanese City with EOS 5D mark2

July 4th, 2009

Wow, very beautiful and fantastic movie. I love Canon camera EOS. Shot with only one DSLR and One Tilt-Shift lens, Amazing stuff peeps!

Miniature City from mockmoon on Vimeo.

From Japonica - Japanese Interesting Culture Blog

15″ MacBook Pro Battery Tests: “Eight, freakin, hours”

June 13th, 2009

Via MacRumors….

AnandTech takes a look at the new MacBook Pros released at WWDC last week and focuses on the new non-removable battery design. Apple first introduced the non-removable battery into the 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro last fall with mixed reactions from the community. Apple’s reasoning behind making the battery custom and non-removable has been the ability to incorporate a larger battery that will provide even longer battery life. They’ve also argued that most laptop owners do not carry spare batteries.

Anandtech found the 15″ MacBook Pro got an additional 46% of battery capacity with no additional weight. Improvements were dramatic in their benchmark testing:

Apple WWDC 2009: New iPhone, new MacBooks, Snow Leopard

June 12th, 2009

Check this spot for  live coverage of Apple’s (AAPL) World Wide Developers Conference.

Read this information about Snow Leopard, Worlds most advanced software! Snow Leopard is available in september 2009.

Also:

Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power

SAN FRANCISCO–Apple wants Mac OS X to do a better job dealing with the new directions that Moore’s Law has taken computer chips.

At its Apple Worldwide Developer Conference here, Craig Federighi, vice president of Mac OS engineering, shed light on technology called Grand Central Dispatch that’s designed to make Mac OS X 10.6, called Snow Leopard, take better advantage of multicore processors and graphics processors. More here…..

Canon announces update for EOS 5D Mark II

May 27th, 2009

Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos. With the updated version, users will be able to manually adjust the shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings in the video mode. The new firmware will be available for download on 2 June 2009 from Canon’s website.

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Press Release:

Canon Enable Manual Exposure in Video on EOS 5D Mark II

LONDON, UK, 27th May 2009:  Canon announced today it will release a firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II allowing users to manually control exposure when shooting video.  The new firmware will be available for download from 2 June 2009 on Canon Europe’s support web site.
Following the launch of the EOS 5D Mark II in September 2008, Canon’s Research and Development team has listened closely to customer feedback to develop additions to the camera’s movie recording functionality.     

Allowing EOS 5D Mark II owners to achieve even more stunning video results with the camera, the firmware update will include the following manual controls when shooting video:

  • Full aperture selection
  • ISO speed: Auto, 100 – 6400 and H1
  • Shutter speed: 1/30th – 1/4000th second

The EOS 5D Mark II integrates full HD movie capability into a high-end 21.1 Megapixel camera; opening a multitude of new possibilities for photojournalists and news photographers.   Since its launch the camera has proved its appeal to professionals working in diverse fields, from studio and wedding to nature and travel.  Now, following customer feedback, Canon has improved functionality for professional video users, further unleashing the potential of the EOS 5D Mark II for cinematographers and photographers alike.

DSLR Remote, next generation cable release for your Canon Eos DSLR

May 22nd, 2009

Check this out!!! onOne Software submitted our first iPhone app to the Apple iTunes App Store. The new application that is developed is called the DSLR Remote and it is a wireless cable release for your Canon EOS DSLR camera.

more from OnOne’s Blog: 

Most of us here at onOne shoot with Canon DSLR cameras. Several of us here also have iPhones. One day we were sitting at lunch and Dan Harlacher our senior product manager said “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if there was an iPhone app that let you trigger your camera?”

So, from that we convinced Craig, our company president, to let us have one of our engineers build this application and this morning, we sent it off to Apple to be reviewed for the iTunes App Store.

Okay, if you’re wondering how it works, here’s a quick run down.

  1. You need either an iPhone or an iPod Touch
  2. You need a supported Canon EOS DSLR
  3. A laptop or desktop computer running the free companion DSLR Remote Server software
  4. A USB cable to connect your supported Canon EOS DSLR camera to the computer running the free server software

Read the entire Blog entry here!

Handi 5Dmk2

May 21st, 2009

 

Handi 5Dmk2 is a handy quick reference guide on the iPhone, covering most of the commonly used functionalities available on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR, including all Custom Functions and menu settings. It also has a useful Quick Help section for many frequently encountered photographic situations. Handi 5Dmk2 does not require network connectivity so you don’t have to worry about getting a network signal when you are out in remote locations.

No more carrying and flipping through that worn out user manual, or forgetting how to set up your 5D Mark II for a custom white balance 

 

Click here to go to the iTunes App Store

BTW there are also Apps for the:

 

Apple Releases the Mac OSX 10.5.7 Update

May 12th, 2009

Apple has launched the long-awaited 10.5.7 Mac OS X update to customers today through Mac OS X’s Software Update utility. The new update is said to provide general fixes to the operating system:

The 10.5.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 .

Le Sens Propre: A short film shot with RED + CS4

May 10th, 2009

From the Blog by John Nack: “Working on a commission from Adobe, Brazilian director Cisma* recently created “Le Sens Propre,” rather surreal story about “a dream-like voyage in the universe of a little girl.” Cisma & team used a RED camera followed by an exclusive Adobe CS4 Production Premium workflow (no non-Adobe products touched the film–no 3D software, etc.).” 

I Find it amazing what the Creative Suite can offer, providing you have the skills…….

Spring break - gallery

May 3rd, 2009

 

Shot these here.

Shot this photo early this morning looking from my window.

April 26th, 2009

Location: the most eastern part of the Netherlands.

photo posted from my iPhone