With this announcement on Hasselblad's main site, they have just rocked the world of Medium Format Digital. Yes, in one quick paragraph, Hasselblad has taken the possible lead and stolen the thunder from Phase One on this technology. Not much has … [Read more]
01/21/14 Hassleblad shakes up/wakes up the Medium Format Digital world with new 50MP CMOS back
Posted on January 21, 2014 //
01/05/14 A bit of trouble for my IQ260–WiFi top plate loose
Posted on January 6, 2014 //
If you own a IQ260 or IQ280 and you purchased it early in the product life cycle, you may want to see about having the top plate (WiFi cover) replaced. There is a possibility that the plate may loosen up and start top pop up. This will create an … [Read more]
01/04/14 It’s offical Sam’s Throne is now a full featured Forest Service Campground.
Posted on January 6, 2014 //
This actually happened in Mid 2013, but I never got around to writing about it. They finally finished the improvements and created a formal campground status for Sam's Throne. This spot is a climbers paradise and for me a photographic wonder. I … [Read more]
11/19/13 Some more thoughts on my nighttime photography
Posted on November 20, 2013 //
I have a new write-up on some of my nighttime photography throughout Arkansas. I have place a small gallery inside the article and then have some descriptions about the various images. Each of the images involves a different form of photographic … [Read more]
10/13/13 Popular Photo Missed a critical couple of Cameras in the “30 most Important Digital Cameras of all time”
Posted on October 13, 2013 //
In the latest issue of Popular Photography, they have an featured article, "30 digital cameras that changed photography". Usually I read these type of articles and move on, but I was amazed by a couple of cameras that were totally overlooked. 1. … [Read more]
09/22/13 Drobo 5D Firmware update 3.0.8 problems with Windows 7 64 bit
Posted on September 22, 2013 //
Update on 10/12/13 What I thought was a fix, turned out to be a dead end as the replacement Drobo would not work correctly on my production PC. It would boot up, and briefly showed all the correct lights, but as soon as windows gave the new … [Read more]
08/28/13 Supply of Copal Shutters is drying up and no real replacement solution has been developed
Posted on August 28, 2013 //
A while back I wrote a entry about the fact that Copal was no longer going to make the Copal 0 shutter. For many photographers, the idea of a manual shutter is more than likely beyond comprehension as they are used to the modern electronic shutters … [Read more]
Bluehost goes down for the big one–9 hours on 08/02/13
Posted on August 7, 2013 //
I have used Bluehost for my webhosting for almost 2 years and during that time, I have never experienced any downtime. This ended on the 2nd of August when Bluehost took a major outage that lasted the entire day. My two main sites were … [Read more]
08/02/13 New article on strange sensor behavior with D800 and night photographic work
Posted on August 2, 2013 //
I have written a brief article on a problem I had with my Nikon D800e on a night shoot back in May of 2013. You can read the detailed article here: Back in May of 2013 on a night shoot, I noticed a strange problem with my D800e images. I was … [Read more]
07/17/13 IQ260 Arrives in Little Rock Arkansas–The unboxing
Posted on July 20, 2013 //
I can remember back when I was a fan of collecting watches, when someone purchased a new watch, they always published an "unboxing". I never did it for a watch, but did go ahead for the IQ260. I am pretty sure this is the first one in Arkansas and … [Read more]
07/10/13 An example of Breathing Color’s excellent customer service
Posted on July 9, 2013 //
Breathing Color, is a Canvas and Paper company based out of Austin Texas. They make a wide range of paper and canvas solutions for both solvent and inkjet printers. I have worked with Breathing Color products now for over 7 years and the results … [Read more]
07/08/13 Phase One announces new deals on refurbished Digital Backs
Posted on July 8, 2013 //
Phase One has just announced a summer promotion where you can pick up a refurbished medium format back, DF+ camera body and a 80mm LS lens. You can read more about it here: But in a nutshell, there are 3 camera systems that you can pick … [Read more]
06/15/13 Phase One failures using Silver vs Black batteries
Posted on June 16, 2013 //
As many Phase One users may know the main battery used in most modern Phase One Digital backs, is based on a Canon Video camera battery. In fact in the older Phase One cameras which had the battery external to the back, like the P45+, P65+ etc. you … [Read more]
06/13/13 Review of recent highwater levels in Arkansas Ozark and Ouachita streams
Posted on June 12, 2013 //
In Arkansas, there are times of drought and times of heavy rains which create high flows in Ozark and Ouachita mountain streams. In a normal year, most of this high water will happen in mid to late March and most of April, and starts to wind down … [Read more]
06/07/13 Phase One starts to ship IQ260 units to both dealers and customers
Posted on June 9, 2013 //
It looks like Phase One has started to ship the IQ260 Medium format digital backs to some customers and dealers. U.S. dealers will be receving a back for demo purposes and it also seems that some customers, mainly overseas have already … [Read more]
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