New Canon announcements... and new features here
Canon announces the 1Ds Mk III and the 40D... my G7 is obsolete... and I add commenting
Porta 400NC vs. 400VC
I compare Porta 400NC and Porta 400VC against each other where one shot is taken right after the previous one.
What happens when you manually change film speeds? (Part I)
One of my friends was digging her film EOS camera out of storage after shooting digital and she wanted to understand what it was doing, so she asked me what happens when you tell her camera to ignore the DX coding on the back and set things manually.
The different kinds of developer machines
There are two basic kinds of film developing machines. The "Cine" machine and the "dip and dunk" machine.
Some random Canon G7 thoughts, observations and tips
Things to do: If you want a nice blue sky, set the EV compensation where you want it, set the metering mode to "spot" and lock the exposure with the star button on the sky. You may want to turn the flash on for fill and/or use a polarizer. While we're on the subject, if you press the star button to…
Better Indoor Lighting: Handy little bits
After Christmas, I spent a bunch of time getting used to my new setup and building a lot of little bits to get my lighting where I want it to be. I also took a step back and decided I didn't like where my whiteground photos were going at that point; I wanted to do something else...
Digital Photo Archiving: Preserving digital files
We tend to assume that our file formats will be with us forever, often times because many of the commonly seen file formats have been able to stick around for a while. You can still download GIF images that people used to advertise their dial-up BBS systems in the eighties and nineties before everybody was on the Internet.
Hotshoe flashes for a Canon G7 or S5 IS
Two recent high-end Canon P&S cameras that seem to be popular with the buying audience have hotshoes. The G series of Canons have always had a hotshoe, but the S series hasn't until now. Compare this to many other manufacturers who have been taking the hotshoes off of anything that isn't a digital…
August Cafe Show in Citizen Cupcake -- Canceled
Some months prior, they had redecorated Citizen Cupcake and no longer have room for hanging art. Apparently the woman who was booking artists didn't keep sufficient records for them to be able to actually contact all of the booked artists... and was no longer with the company.
Disaster Time! Part II: The Canon G7
So, my Canon A95, which was part of the Wirehead family between December 6, 2004 and June 10, 2007, with 11,800 pictures taken, was officially not repairable...

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Steampunk corset
London Heathrow
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