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]
09/22/13 Drobo 5D Firmware update 3.0.8 problems with Windows 7 64 bit
Posted on September 22, 2013 //
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]
05/19/13 Close but no cigar–Really Right Stuff 5D MKII L bracket fitting to Canon 6D
Posted on May 20, 2013 //
Canon 6D vertical grip release and RRS (Really Right Stuff - Company) 5D MKII L bracket interference ball head from them over 10 years ago. Really Right Stuff makes hundreds of different types of camera accessories, but one of the number one items … [Read more]
04/28/13 New information on Stretch Relief Pliers and wide back Stretcher bars
Posted on April 29, 2013 //
I was able to reuse some of my older 1.5 inch stretcher bars that were made by Omega with the new stretch relief pliers. These bars are called a 1.5 inch bar, but they have a wider back side. This makes it a bit harder to work with the … [Read more]
04/11/13 My thoughts on the Phase One Investment Protection Policy
Posted on April 12, 2013 //
Phase One is the company that produces one of the largest lines of medium format digital backs. They were pioneers in the production of Medium format digital products from the first scanning backs to their newest lineup the IQ series of backs. One … [Read more]
04/05/13 Nikon posts new Firmware for the D800 and D800e
Posted on April 5, 2013 //
I noticed from reading some of the forums that Nikon has released a new firmware for the D800 family of DSLR cameras. When Nikon brought out the first upgrade for the D800e I did not upgrade. My camera was working fine and I did not see any … [Read more]
04/03/13 How to get a better grip on a Arca rm3di– Arca Grip extension
Posted on April 3, 2013 //
I have written a short article describing the advantages of using the grip extension for the Arca rm3di technical camera. I have used the rm3di now for over 1 year and have the grip extension installed on my camera. The extension is a one piece … [Read more]
03/31/13 I have written a new article about Stretch Relief Pliers by Breathing Color
Posted on April 1, 2013 //
I recently wrote a review of the the Breathing Color Stretch Relief Pliers. These Pliers are a revolutionary design that allow a person stretching a inkjet canvas to have a tremendous amount of control over the canvas during the stretching. These … [Read more]
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