tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.comments2023-09-21T05:20:08.733-04:00F-StoppingBlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-64972858697252278382011-12-19T16:44:16.434-05:002011-12-19T16:44:16.434-05:00For what you spend on a Mac Pro you could have bou...For what you spend on a Mac Pro you could have bought 2 equivalent PCs. If you merely like spending more money for the same specs go for it. You could argue for the OS but that's irrelevant when you realize that you can actually run a Mac OS on a PC. The iMac I could see spending the tad bit extra for bc it's an all in one system and provides space advantage, but the Mac Pro is in a full case so there is no space advantage. The main draw for a Mac over a PC would be the integration between other Apple products and hence people will overpay.FIB3R OP7iXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233900418784488600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-36852654146797996012011-12-11T23:04:38.995-05:002011-12-11T23:04:38.995-05:00Thanks for sharing, I will bookmark and be back ag...Thanks for sharing, I will bookmark and be back again<a href="http://www.bestandards.com/" rel="nofollow">Calibration </a>Calibrationhttp://bestandards.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-10161159463671239092010-11-07T14:14:53.402-05:002010-11-07T14:14:53.402-05:00Yep, I'd love to. I've been so busy recen...Yep, I'd love to. I've been so busy recently that I completely missed that Twitter changed how they're authenticating. The site hasn't been publishing to Twitter for a couple months now. <br /><br />I'm hoping to bring this back online in the next month, and I'll look into country-specific ideas.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />- BlakeBlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-45421920058452092102010-11-01T07:45:49.338-04:002010-11-01T07:45:49.338-04:00Hi. It's a nice idea. Is there any chance yo...Hi. It's a nice idea. Is there any chance you could modify it for the UK Amazon store?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-3075455209892094652010-10-05T22:38:15.392-04:002010-10-05T22:38:15.392-04:00I'm not sure how much I was using then. Right...I'm not sure how much I was using then. Right now, after exporting a few photos, my Aperture is using 4.5GB of my system's 12GB.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-27199854159017849692010-10-04T22:37:26.252-04:002010-10-04T22:37:26.252-04:00how much memory are you using at present?how much memory are you using at present?Gareth Angel Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822400561724621263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-76040917368189640142010-09-28T02:00:08.271-04:002010-09-28T02:00:08.271-04:00Dude. We need to get together some time. There is ...Dude. We need to get together some time. There is so much knowledge we can share. So when is the trip to Boston again? <br /><br />PizzoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-14891405172666744692009-12-18T22:26:29.177-05:002009-12-18T22:26:29.177-05:00This houses *internal* drives, as if it were a com...This houses *internal* drives, as if it were a computer itself. It holds up to four, I currently have two 1.5TB drives and a 500GB one, which gives me a total of 3.5TB of space, but only 2TB is usable. One of the two 1.5TB drives is for redundancy. If any one of these dies, the redundancy saves my data. At that point, I'd replace the broken drive.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-89742051663307089012009-12-15T09:15:05.671-05:002009-12-15T09:15:05.671-05:00So, do you stick your existing external hard drive...So, do you stick your existing external hard drives into this one? Or is it a separate drive?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357217112735930853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-67749183347798285002009-12-14T21:52:23.313-05:002009-12-14T21:52:23.313-05:00Thanks Tiffany. Yeah, it blew my mind that you ca...Thanks Tiffany. Yeah, it blew my mind that you can see Jupiter's moons with a digital SLR and $100 telephoto lens. Thanks for sharing where ya found the blog - you're right, it's always interesting to know where people came in from!<br /><br />- BlakeBlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-54688288322024792762009-12-14T21:51:04.430-05:002009-12-14T21:51:04.430-05:00Thanks ArenaCreative. if you're going with a ...Thanks ArenaCreative. if you're going with a white background, then you're going to either need more light, or *a lot* more time in Photoshop. Please post back how it worked out for ya.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-55244945735710375392009-12-05T17:10:06.136-05:002009-12-05T17:10:06.136-05:00Nice setup - the final result came out perfect. I...Nice setup - the final result came out perfect. I'm playing around with just one B800 in my basement, but for high key stuff I'm definitely going to have to add another strobe or two to the mix.ArenaCreativehttp://www.arenacreative.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-66970505070081033542009-11-23T13:26:46.078-05:002009-11-23T13:26:46.078-05:00This is really cool! I had astronomy this summer,...This is really cool! I had astronomy this summer, and I wanted to do something like this. Wish I had found your site sooner!<br /><br />Found your blog via your Flickr profile. Cuz, you know, it drives me crazy when people don't tell you how they found you:)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739952288646697076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-33205412522770660702009-10-04T00:00:28.777-04:002009-10-04T00:00:28.777-04:00Thank you for this article.It was very informative...Thank you for this article.It was very informative, I knew this feature existed but could not figure out how to set it from the manual or even from the guys at the camera store. I also enjoyed your recommendations and examples, They got me thinking how I can best utilize the 2 custom modes in my brand new 50D, thanks again.<br /><br />KenKen Repasihttp://www.kenrepasi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-64553348200421986672009-08-20T16:21:56.946-04:002009-08-20T16:21:56.946-04:00Hi Blake, I just found your blog and it's alre...Hi Blake, I just found your blog and it's already helpful. I just got a 40d and I'm working my way through the manual. <br /><br />Will you answer learner questions when you have the chance? Such as,<br />I had enabled the highlight alert even before I read your blog and figured out what it does. What I want to know is, if the highlights are flashing in the LCD screen but I don't want to change the exposure because I want the rest of the image stopped down, and I wanted to print the image anyway, will the image print?<br /><br />Also, if I disable the flash, I can override the disable when I want to with that little button?<br /><br />Finally, so far I haven't been able to make the aperture preview button function the way I thought it would. In my film camera, F1, I can press a lever and see what the stopped down image will look like. From the manual, I'm supposed to be able to do this in the 40D but so far I'm not doing it right, I think.<br /><br />If you answer any of these, thank you in advance!<br />JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-52880202087372331832009-08-14T00:10:02.247-04:002009-08-14T00:10:02.247-04:00True. Not only that, but I've recently read a...True. Not only that, but I've recently read about <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm" rel="nofollow">diffraction</a>, which really upset me. Depending on how small your sensor's pixels are, the clarity of smaller apertures breaks down past a certain point. For my 40D, this is around f/9.5. Past that, I'm adding depth of field, (which you correctly point out is useless at such a wide angle), but I'm sacrificing clarity.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-91488101197517736822009-08-11T12:10:58.270-04:002009-08-11T12:10:58.270-04:00When you shoot with an wide angle lens, you have a...When you shoot with an wide angle lens, you have a greater depth of field. There was no need to shoot at F22. F8 would probably have been good. <br />Good write up!madcatimageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10924769485884282259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-43224366632788129572009-07-24T14:07:28.463-04:002009-07-24T14:07:28.463-04:00Kenneth -
Sorry for the late reply - just email ...Kenneth - <br /><br />Sorry for the late reply - just email me at blakecaldwellphotography@gmail.com.<br /><br />Thanks!Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-15729888496050696422009-07-10T16:07:50.084-04:002009-07-10T16:07:50.084-04:00How do I get permission to use one of your photos ...How do I get permission to use one of your photos on a web site?<br />nzobi.k@gmail.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015557539829968919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-78499107606580767562009-07-07T00:44:15.220-04:002009-07-07T00:44:15.220-04:00San Diego Wedding Photographer -
Setup the exposu...San Diego Wedding Photographer -<br /><br />Setup the exposure you want in Aperture Priority mode, then register the current setting as a custom mode. It's ridiculous how easy it is - it took me forever to find this. Of course, it's annoying that you can't switch an already setup custom mode from Av to Tv or vice-versa.<br /><br />Hope this helps!<br /><br />- BlakeBlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-34635752380282912832009-06-24T10:13:01.285-04:002009-06-24T10:13:01.285-04:00Hello, thank you for taking the time to write abou...Hello, thank you for taking the time to write about the custom modes on the 40D.<br /><br />I was looking for your email to contact you personnally but it just doesn't show anywhere.<br /><br />A technical question for you:<br />How do you do to set your custom modes (c1, c2 and c3) in aperture priority? Please explain. That would be very helpful....<br /><br /><br />Best Regards,<br />PatrickSan Diego Wedding Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086780796112811627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-61268263625220452072009-06-08T07:40:49.799-04:002009-06-08T07:40:49.799-04:00I am a fellow “overly enthusiastic amateur photogr...I am a fellow “overly enthusiastic amateur photographer” and agree with what you present. <br /><br />At first the pros enthusiastically embraced the advent of digital photography because it streamlined production and reduced processing costs. But soon the pros began to see digital taking away business as clients started substituting their own efforts on consumer-grade equipment for what they would have previously paid for. Many people, as you point out, may be unable to appreciate or value the difference between a mediocre image and a well-executed image.<br /><br />What is unfortunate is that there may not be enough alternative business out there for most professional photographers to shift into, so it may not be simply a matter of readapting to the market.Mike O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-72185511467950272492009-05-20T21:03:54.778-04:002009-05-20T21:03:54.778-04:00Just found this blog looking for info very similar...Just found this blog looking for info very similar- I just recently brought a 40D a few months ago and have the issue of night sports (hockey) under floodlights with the 70-300mm (f4-5.6) lens could not get it to stop blurring just on sports settings, read the book and found C1-3 setting, so increased the iso up but not sure of what else I can do in these setting as the are not clear int he book, yet to test this setting out at hockey.Trevor Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-87893787786800224682009-05-15T11:44:00.000-04:002009-05-15T11:44:00.000-04:00excellent and informative. My hats off, good sir!
...excellent and informative. My hats off, good sir!<br /><br />I'm still learning all of the settings on my 5DII and the C1, C2, C3 modes were a bit of a puzzle. I didn't find a lot of info about it in the manual, but perhaps I was just looking in the wrong section. I had a hunch that it saved "scenario presets" but still haven't tried it out. Thanks for sharing your insights into your own settings. We shoot similar so your logic will help make my settings much faster. (I'm also picky about having ambient light over flash with my 580EXii.<br /><br />I'm pretty fast at changing my settings (partly in thanks to the favorites menu) but still, this will really speed things up for me from mirror locked tripod shots to indoor flash... sounds indispensable for wedding work!<br /><br />Cheers!Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06315902376176841697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239821985574039141.post-14808997177116910552009-04-28T00:54:00.000-04:002009-04-28T00:54:00.000-04:00Larry -
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad I coul...Larry - <br /><br />Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad I could help! I remember learning how these settings worked felt like I had just upgraded my camera for free. They're so useful if you're switching back and forth.<br /><br />Thanks again, and happy shooting. That 70-200mm f/2.8 is awesome. I just got the IS version and can't imagine not having this focal length and light sensitivity.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251202022238125272noreply@blogger.com