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Tidbits
The long-term recovery in Japan continues to disrupt component supply and delivery schedules for many manufacturers of photographically related hardware. The future impact is simply unknown, and the best advice for the time being is to use what you have … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Industry trends, Printing, Software, Video
Tagged Adobe, Epson, mobile communication, printers, trends
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Spring Break and Tech Developments
Spring in California. With winter still hanging on in Alaska, a couple of weeks in “The Golden State” are welcome. Unlike the far north, the seasonal transition from winter to spring along the central California coast is gradual. The first … Continue reading
Expected near-term advances in computing technology
Improvements that will benefit photographers. Now that most wet darkrooms have given way to computers—digital production suites, really, when you include monitors, storage arrays, input devices, scanners, printers, modems, switches, APCs, etc.—electro/mechanical post-processing tools have become pretty much as important … Continue reading
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Tagged computing protocols, data transfer, Thunderbolt, trends, USB 3.0
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New Tools
Epson R3000. Epson has just announced the Stylus Photo R3000 which no doubt will quickly become the standard-bearer for their line of wide-format 13” printers. Delivery won’t begin until March, so we have a bit of a wait for production … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Printing, Software
Tagged Epson, PixelGenius, sharpening, trends
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New Year, New Decade
New Opportunities. Well, it’s a new year and a new decade and the state of the art of photographic imaging has changed in almost unimaginable ways from a scant 10 years ago. Not just that digital capture has replaced film … Continue reading
Posted in Color management, Hardware, Industry trends, Printing
Tagged colorspace, printers, trends
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Looking Forward
This time of year the sun stays very low along the southern horizon, even though we’re already gaining well over a minute of daylight every 24 hours. The days are still short, but it won’t be long before there’s lots … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon, complexity, film, Kodachrome, trends
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Trends in Imaging Tools
Connectivity. For those working with large collections of files, the wires that connect CPU to storage (computer to hard drives) have a significant impact on your time. Simply waiting for a big file to read or write can tax one’s … Continue reading
Posted in Color management, Connectivity, Hardware, Industry trends
Tagged Canon, data transfer, Panasonic, trends, X-Rite, X100
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New Macs, Functional Perfection, and Crowdsourcing
Back to the Mac. Steve Jobs and selected luminaries from Apple conducted their latest special event Wednesday at Cupertino heralded as “Back to the Mac.” The short summary is: updated iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand components in the new iLife ’11 … Continue reading
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Tagged Canon, crowdsourcing, Macintosh, monitors, perfection, trends
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Wildlife, Business Trends
Local wildlife. It’s nice to know that one doesn’t always need to travel halfway around the world to make compelling images—occasionally willing subjects show up right in the back yard. The new world. Transformations within societies often come in waves, … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Industry trends, Wildlife
Tagged hard drives, Panasonic, trends, video
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