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News

Across the board Firmware update for Pentax DSLRs (SDXC)

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 […]

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Linux

Linux Photoshop, Lightroom, and Apple Aperture alternatives (Bibble aka. AfterShot)

I’ve used Linux on and off for many years. Although, the last few years my primary desktop computer is Linux only (On Kubuntu at the moment). The big issue with Linux is that many large commercial applications (and games) don’t offer a native build for Linux or even acknowledge that it exists. I spend a […]

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Question & Answer

Help me find a portrait lens between $200 – $500?

I received a message recently asking for some suggestions about a new lens to supplement his 18-55mm kit lens. Check out the conversation below because it might be helpful to you as well. I like helping people out, so feel free to send me messages if you have similar questions and think I would be […]