December 28, 2005 - Opalescence Photography becomes a FM Darkroom Affiliate - Click on the link below to go to the FM Darkroom web to purchase any of the Fred Miranda Products. FM Digital Darkroom
December 21, 2005 Apple releases Aperture 1.0.1 Aperture 1.0.1 Update addresses a number of issues related to reliability and performance. It also delivers improved image export quality and metadata handling. Among the key areas addressed are: - White balance adjustment accuracy and performance - Image export quality - Book and print ordering reliability - Auto-stacking performance - Custom paper size handling This update is recommended for all Aperture users Click here for the update page on the Apple web site
Canon Releases updates to EOS 5D and 1D Mark II N firmware December 20, 2005 - Canon has released firmware updates for the EOS-1D Mark II N and EOS 5D. These updates improve the brightness of the LCD monitor and fix errors in the language menus. Canon EOS-1D Mark II N firmware update version 1.02 Fixes a file-numbering error that occurred during Bulb shooting. Improves the brightness of the LCD monitor. Fixes mistakes in the Russian-language MENU displays. Canon EOS 5D firmware update version 1.03 Fixes the phenomenon of large image files (1.7GB) being created Improves the brightness of the LCD monitor. Fixes an operational abnormality in the AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) shooting. Fixes the mistakes in the Swedish-language MENU displays. For the EOS 1D Mark II N firmware version 1.02 Click here For the EOS 5D firmware version 1.03 Click here
Photodex Corporation has announced a new upgrade to its award winning slide show software, ProShow Gold. Version 2.6 is loaded with new features that give a user more control over their slide shows and allows for more customizability than ever before. New features include: image transparency support, a new slide show menuing system, built-in audio and video trimmers, and many workflow enhancements. Enhanced Audio and Video Editing With the new audio and video trimmers, users can visually edit and crop their multimedia files within ProShow Gold 2.6. The audio trimmer displays a waveform that allows a user to set the starting point, ending point, and fades for their audio. The video trimmer provides accuracy down to the frame and lets a user preview exactly what a video clip will look like. Transparency Support Users can now incorporate the effects of transparency into their slides. ProShow Gold 2.6 supports transparency for PSD, PNG, TIFF and GIF files. ProShow Gold 2.6 will read the transparency information in a file and render the images so the transparent pixels can be seen through. New Menuing System The new menuing system in ProShow Gold 2.6 allows users to customize new aspects of their slide show menu. They can now set custom captions, edit menu audio, and adjust images and backgrounds. Once a custom menu is created, it can be saved and used in a future project. Click here to download the new version - free for Proshow Gold 2.5 users who have purchased the product in the last 12 months
Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP Version 1.0 (Build 50) The Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer provides the ability to view, organize, and print photos captured in RAW image formats from supported Canon and Nikon digital cameras. The updated version of the software adds support for the Canon EOS 5D, Nikon D50, and other recent camera models from Canon and Nikon (see list of new supported camera models below). In addition, a new Save As button has been added to the toolbar, allowing users to conveniently save either an embedded preview or processed RAW image to disk as a JPEG or TIFF file. It also adds fixes for known issues in version 1.0 of the software, including the TIFF file locking issue, and a related problem with RAW files produced by the Canon EOS 5D. A complete list of fixes will be made available in the documentation for the new software. The following new camera models are supported in the version 1.0 Build 50 release of the Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer: • Canon EOS 1D Mark IIn • Canon EOS 5D • Nikon D2Hs • Nikon D70s • Nikon D50 Click here for the download
December 14, 2005 - NIKON Updates Capture for Windows and Mac This software updates Nikon Capture versions 4.2-4.3.2 to version 4.4.0. Any version of Nikon Capture 4 from version 4.2.0 to 4.3.2 must be installed before proceeding with this update. If you are using Nikon Capture 4 version 4.1.3 or earlier, please upgrade to version 4.2.0 before proceeding with this update. If Nikon Capture version 4.4.0 is to be used in combination with Nikon View, please be sure that you are using Nikon View version 6.2.7 for full compatibility of files and most functions.
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December 14, 2005 - NIKON releases Nikon View 6.2.7 for Windows and Mac Click here to download Nikon Capture and View software
Firmware update 1.1 for the Olympus E-500 12 December 2005 - A firmware update is now available for the Olympus E-500 digital SLR. Changes to the previous version include the addition of a three-step adjustable button timer, a white balance off option and a security mode to protect against the unintentional erasing of both JPG and RAW versions of the one image. Dedicated to ensuring users enjoy the best possible photography experience, Olympus now releases firmware version 1.1 for the Olympus E-500 digital SLR. Improvements over the previous firmware include: Button timer: As well as the current three and five seconds, photographers can now increase the time interval between when a button is pressed and when the camera reverts back to the current mode, to eight seconds. This provides for more time to make necessary adjustment in difficult situations and lets enables better customisation for personal preferences. Enhanced one-touch WB functions: In addition to one-touch WB, test picture, my mode and preview - customers can now select a WB OFF mode. By choosing this function, the WB button is disabled in order to avoid any unintentional activation. Security step: When erasing both RAW and JPG files of one image, a new security step has been added. The camera will display a warning message to alert users that both images will be deleted. This additional step ensures data will not be lost unintentionally. The Olympus E-500 version 1.1 firmware update is available now for download. Simply open the Olympus Master software, connect the camera via USB to the computer and log onto the internet. Choose the Update Camera function from the Online Service menu in the Olympus Master software and the update will be initiated immediately.
December 8, 2005 - Nikon announces an update to Nikon View - The updated version 6.2.7 addresses a number of problems for Windows and Macintosh systems. The update adds support for RAW image capture with the D200 and there are changes to the Color Aberration Control feature in Nikon Capture 4. Additionally, version 6.2.7 now supports Mac OS X version 10.4 . Click here to download version 6.2.7 for Windows Click here to download version 6.2.7 for the Mac
GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker 5.0.5 Friday, December 2, 2005 - GretagMacbeth announces ProfileMaker 5.0.5 and is available for downloading now. The update is free to registered users of a previous 5.0.x release. Click here for the download site.
December 2, 2005 - Pentax has updated its DSLR, the *istDS. firmware to Version 2.00 incorporating many new changes including AF mode and auto sensitivity is now available in the ISO menu. There is now also an AE-L button on M in the custom menu. The firmware allows you to select the strength of the digital filters. Click here for the update
Sony CyberShot DSC-R1 firmware update December 1, 2005 - Sony today announced a firmware update for certain initial production DSC-R1 Cyber-shot® digital cameras. The update corrects the symptom described below: A minute and irregular dot (or dots) of color or brightness in a recorded image. This symptom results from an incorrect image processing firmware setting, which is easily corrected by a firmware update. Sony is offering a this firmware update to customers of DSC-R1 Cyber-shot® digital still cameras bearing a serial number in the range(s) set forth below: United States Serial Number Ranges 3,500,001 through 3,501,390 3,501,531 through 3,501,650 3,501,791 through 3,501,840 Canada Serial Number Range 4,400,001 through 4,400,700 Only units within the above noted serial number ranges will benefit from this update. If you have an affected camera, you may download the firmware update from the following web site: http://esupport.sony.com/EN/news/article106 The support site is: www.sony.com/support The R1 page is: http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-news.pl?mdl=DSCR1&LOC=3 Units purchased in the United States with serial numbers other than those listed above already incorporate the new firmware and do not need this update. Should you have any questions related to this issue or difficulty downloading the firmware, please contact the Sony Customer Information Services Center at 1-866-703-7669.