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Youtube Videos with Playlists

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Scott

I’ve been spending a lot of time on my Youtube channel. It’s a great way to put photography information out there that appeals to people who prefer video over reading articles like I have on this site. I really enjoy video, so it’s a great match for various reasons. My most recent videos are about photo excursions I’ve been going on: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL73E46A6CCCA62A9C Here is the most recently of that playlist … Continue reading →

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Across the board Firmware update for Pentax DSLRs (SDXC)

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Scott

Pentax released a firmware update today (March 1st 2012 Japan time). It doesn’t sound exciting from the description, but sometimes they put unspecified fixes in firmware updates. It is states as an update to give “Improved reliability of recording operation when using SDXC memory card.” K-X v1.03: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-x_s.html K-R v1.12: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-r_s.html K-7 v1.12: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-7_s.html K-5 v1.13: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html 645D v1.13: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/645d_s.html

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Japan’s CP+ 2012 news and my opinion so far…

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Scott

So CP+ is under way and the announcements are starting to roll in. There is a lot being announced, so I’ll just talk about a few of the more interesting items. Sigma: They are starting to get it. Well starting to at least. Sigma SD1 – There is talk of a MSRP price reduction to $3300 by way of re-branding the camera “SD1 Merrill” edition. The problem is that they … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on the Pentax K-01

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Scott
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Now that the K-01 is officially announced, here are my thoughts… They almost made something special, but not quite. I’ll go over details below. I’ll probably be editing this as more information becomes available. Edit, the PDF spec sheet on Pentax Forums confirms some things). Design: As I’m sure you already know, they contracted out a popular designer named Marc Newson to design the camera. They probably did this to … Continue reading →

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