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Kirk Paulsen, Apple's senior director, market development professional applications, told Macworld on Sunday that Aperture is being shown on the new MacBook Pro and iMac. While Aperture includes a significant number of improvements, the performance of the application on existing PowerPC- and Intel-based machines is impressive.
According to Paulsen, using a Lift and Stamp operation in Aperture 1.1 on a PowerBook G4 shows a 2x increase in speed from the older Aperture 1.0 on the same machine. Using the same operation on the Intel-based MacBook Pro nets another 2-3x speed boost.
PMA: Apple shows Intel native Aperture 1.1 - Yahoo! News ]]>If you experience this, Nikon will, without charge, evaluate your camera to determine if adjustment to the camera's image output level is required. Adjustment, if required, will optimize the camera's image output level, thereby reducing visible banding to a minimal level.
Nikon Technical Support personnel can evaluate an affected image file to (1); confirm that your concern is associated to vertical line artifacts and (2), if adjustment to the camera's image output level will address the condition.
Nikon's support entry ]]>Members in our forums report the availability of Adobe Camera RAW 3.3 Beta which supports the D200.
]]>Members in our forums report the availability of Adobe Camera RAW 3.3 Beta which supports the D200.
The Camera RAW general information page
The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in (2.3 or higher) now also supports raw files in the DNG format. Find out more about the benefits of the Digital Negative, a publicly documented raw file format recently announced by Adobe.
To learn more about Camera Raw, read these primers: Understanding digital raw capture (PDF: 1000k) and Linear gamma (PDF: 235k).
The Windows detail page.Zeiss has officially pulled back the curtains on a new series of lenses for Nikon film and digital SLR cameras. As revealed when news of the Zeiss "ZF" line leaked in mid-December 2005, the first two F-mount manual-focus lenses are a Planar 50mm f/1.4 and Planar 85mm f/1.4, with more to come later this year. In fact, notes the January 2006 issue of Zeiss' Camera Lens News newsletter, a "handful" of additional ZF lenses are promised to be unveiled and on display at Photokina 2006 this fall (though which focal lengths, or how many new lenses, isn't specified).
]]>Zeiss has officially pulled back the curtains on a new series of lenses for Nikon film and digital SLR cameras. As revealed when news of the Zeiss "ZF" line leaked in mid-December 2005, the first two F-mount manual-focus lenses are a Planar 50mm f/1.4 and Planar 85mm f/1.4, with more to come later this year. In fact, notes the January 2006 issue of Zeiss' Camera Lens News newsletter, a "handful" of additional ZF lenses are promised to be unveiled and on display at Photokina 2006 this fall (though which focal lengths, or how many new lenses, isn't specified).
The reason for the creation of Zeiss ZF? The newsletter offer this: "Since our former partner, Kyocera, has discontinued their Contax activities, we wanted to find new ways to offer Carl Zeiss lenses to demanding SLR 35 mm photographers, especially those who use digital equipment."
]]>The D200 is positioned between the D70s and D2X, targeting the serious amateur through to the professional photographer. It features 10.2 megapixel resolution, superb build quality, a wide array of features and fast handling. Many of the D200's features are actually taken direct from the top-of-the-range D2X.
]]>The D200 is positioned between the D70s and D2X, targeting the serious amateur through to the professional photographer. It features 10.2 megapixel resolution, superb build quality, a wide array of features and fast handling. Many of the D200's features are actually taken direct from the top-of-the-range D2X.
In this review we'll take an in-depth look at the Nikon D200, which in the UK is available body alone, or bundled with either the Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f3.5~4.5 G IF-ED or the premium Nikkor AF-S DX 17-55mm f2.8 G ED lenses. We performed the bulk of our tests with the 17-55mm f2.8 lens which is an ideal match for this higher-end body. For our studio resolution tests we used the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.
We believe there will be two distinct groups of photographers considering the D200: serious amateurs who are looking for a step-up from bodies like the D70s, or professionals who either want a backup body for their D2X or perhaps can't justify the cost of Nikon's high-end model. As such in this review we'll compare the D200 against Nikon bodies positioned both above and below it. We'll also compare it against its major rivals from Canon, the EOS-20D and 5D.
Is the D200 merely an upgrade for D100 and D70s owners, or a genuine professional-spec workhorse which can hold its own against the D2X? Read on to find out. Note: the unit tested was running firmware version 1.01. ]]>