Photojournalists need to be mobile. We have to file our pictures before the deadline, and sometime that mean filing on location. You have to bring your laptop and use an available Internet connection. Usually, you can use a Wi-fi  provided by the event you are covering, from an Internet café nearby, or by using an open and non-protected one (which is officially not legal).

But sometime, you just can’t. You have to file from a place where there is no Internet available around and you don’t have the time to find one. What do you do then?

I knew I would have to invest someday, and the time came for on last week’s election. I had to file from a restaurant where the ADQ from the Quebec City area where rallying during the evening. No Internet was available (at the end, there was an access, but it crashed during the night so…)

I went to see my friend Patrick at Telus. I bought a Treo 700p, so I could use it as a modem. No cable needed, it use bluetooth to communicate with the laptop. It worked like a charm. The communication was fast; a couple of MB of pictures was transferred in just a few of minutes.

And since then, I’m in love with my Treo. I can synchronize my calendar from my computer and have my contacts list everywhere I go. I use it to receive and send email. I listen to my MP3 collection. I can browse the Internet. I can even make phone call! So when I am in the bus, I can read my RSS feed while listening to my music.

Sweet!

PocketWizards are great to fire remote flash, but they can be use to fire a remote camera too! Getty’s Donald Miralle show us how in a 3 part video.

This image was shot with a pre-release Mark III at 3200 ISO (1/1000 @ f2.8). Do you see any noise? Very impressive!

The photo provided in the link of my previous post did not give a good understanding of how big the lens is. Here are two photos of the mammoth that made me laugh so hard!

What a nice glass!

Canon 1D Mark III Live View mode



Canon EOS 1D Mark III (10 frames per second) vs Mark II N (8 frames per second)

Here is a neat video presenting the recently announced Canon EOS 1D Mark III. It's in French, but my fellow English friends should watch it anyway, just to hear the beautiful sound of the 10 frames per second machine gun.

The Mark III was officially announced today. Read the press release on dpreview, read the 60 pages pdf file.

Here is a quick list of the new features:

• World's fastest AF DSLR with approximately 10 fps continuous shooting in One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF
• Maximum burst (JPEG Large, compression level 8 ) approximately 110 shots; RAW, approximately 30 shots (based on Canon’s testing standards)
• Dual DIGIC III Image Processors for fine detail, natural color reproduction and high-speed performance
• ISO 100-3200 with ISO speed extension, L = 50, H = 6400
• 14-bit A/D conversion for fine gradation
• Live View in camera and remote, wired and wireless
• New 45-point Area AF sensor with 19 high-precision, cross-type points(f/2.8 compatible), 26 standard-precision Assist AF points
• New AF point selection methods
• AF micro-adjustment (fine adjustment of AF point of focus)
• Adjustable operation characteristics for AF point selection, shutter release priority and focus-tracking sensitivity with AI Servo AF
• New methods of AF point expansion during manual AF point selection
• New 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, APS-H size
• Improved microlens array and pixel fill factor plus optimized photodiode structure to increase light-reception efficiency
• Professional EOS Integrated Cleaning System with Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit, Dust Delete Data acquisition
• RAW, sRAW (new Small RAW), RAW+JPEG, sRAW+JPEG, JPEG+JPEG simultaneous recording
• Increased shutter durability of approximately 300,000 cycles
• Large and bright 3.0-inch LCD monitor with 230,000 pixels and wide viewing angle
• Five custom WB settings
• Selectable noise reduction for high ISO images, 50% less shadow noise for all images
• Selectable Highlight Tone Priority
• High-speed shutter with 1/8000 sec. maximum speed and high-speed X-sync at 1/300 sec. with EX Speedlites
• Startup time approx. 0.2 sec.
• Shutter release time lag approx. 55 ms. (approximately 40 ms. at maximum aperture with C. Fn IV -13-1) and viewfinder blackout time 80 ms. at 1/250 or higher
• Compatible with SDHC (SD High-Capacity) memory cards as well as high capacity CF cards
• Compatible with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed image transfer
• Faster writing to memory card
• High-magnification, wide-coverage viewfinder and improved focusing screen with 100% finder coverage
• 63-zone metering sensor for more stable exposure control with ambient light and flash
• High-capacity, lightweight and compact lithium-ion battery with estimated battery life display
• Enhanced recording options include automatic switching of recording media, separate recordings to media and identical recordings to multiple media
• Silent mode for single images
• Image copying and backup to external media enabled
• ISO speed safety shift
• ISO speed and metering pattern always displayed in viewfinder and on top LCD data panel
• New control layout with SET button, AF On button and Multi-Controller
• Displayable camera settings and better image information during playback
• Histogram display, jump display, error code display, and shooting settings display
• Chassis, mirror box, and exterior covers made of magnesium alloy
• Maintains water resistance with new 580EX II Speedlite
• Personal Functions consolidated with Custom Functions, resulting in 57 Custom Functions in 4 groups
• Custom Function settings can be registered and called up
• Camera settings can be saved and read
• Camera's basic settings can be registered and applied
• New “My Menu” function can be registered and displayed at startup
• Camera direct printing (PictBridge) improved and DPOF print ordering provided
• Direct printing of RAW and sRAW images
• Direct image transfer
• Wireless/wired LAN for image transfers via new WFT-E2A dedicated Wireless File Transmitter
• External USB recording media and GPS unit usable via the WFT-E2A
• Verification data can be generated, encrypted and appended to the image with new Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3
• Compatible with original image verification system
• Speedlite Custom Functions settable with the camera when the 580EX II Speedlite is attached
• New software package includes Digital Photo Professional 3.0 and EOS Utility 2.0

Once the ruler of the easy to take picture, Kodak is now the opposite of coolness in the new digital age.

But they are trying to do a comeback in the be groovy again.



The end of the video reminds me the “I am Canadian” Molson Canadian ads.