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D90 Preview The Nikon D90 has been on board for several weeks. Read all about it in our two-part preview/review. You'll get more still camera review data, numbers, timing and math from other sources, but once you see our video motion notions, you'll either want one or not. At least you will come away from our preview/review experience with more knowledge than the Still Camera reviewers have given you.
9/1/08
Done. The DSLR: Nikon D300 eBook is finished. The pre-order duplicates have been finished. Printed elements are the only lagging pieces and they tell me that it's two days at the most for those. The package labels have been printed. We are drumming our fingers. Unless a hurricane hits LA, your preordered copy will be with you very quickly. Sorry it took so long, but this camera deserved the full court press treatment. And it got it. You will discover within its pages things that didn't exist in the Nikon world in August. DSLR: Nikon D300. Now.
Tweaked 9/1/08
Change. Sometimes it's a Good Thing. The DSLR: Nikon D300 eBook will NOT be coming to you on a fast 1 GB USB Flash Drives when it starts shipping in a few days. It will be coming to you on a fast 2 GB USB Flash Drive. Double the capacity of the previous media. Faster transfer from the Flash Drive to your computer, more spare room for your current projects, weighs less than an ounce, has a flip-out body—so no cap can possibly be lost, the final USB Flash Drive is an improvement in every way. We also now know the final page count for the eBook. The page count is The pre-order special price of $55.95 is Here it comes. But it only costs $59.95, so it's still a bargain.
August 9, 08
Announced. Pre Orders Now Still $5 Off. Remember that new SB-900? It turns out to have an interesting filter holder that secures odd-shaped filters. So we invented the odd-shaped printable filter for them. When you click on the image here, you will see a third item, but then when you release that click, whoosh--off you go to the detail page. See you there.
August 1, 08
Revealed. Pre Orders Now. What is the D300? We say the latter. So it has been studied from every angle and every point of view. Always with an eye to "How can we make this Very Complex Tool into a Very Familiar Extension of Your Creativity?" And it can be done. But it takes all the teaching skills to do it. Solid explanations. Wry Humor. Interactive (playful AND informative) multi-layer images. Embedded movies. Hyperlinks to other eBook pages AND into the Internet. Challenges to your sense of status quo. Revelations. The DSLR: Nikon D300 ebook. Almost as much fun as the camera. Nothing has been held back. All has been revealed. We've even included... get this... Printable (!) custom color effect filters for the SB-900.** * I kid you not. They're in there.
SB-900 Super Duper Flash Did you hear the one about the SB-900? Not to be confused with the SB-800 killer flash from 2003, we're talking about the new 2008 unit that pretends to the throne of CLS.* Creative Lighting System. Home of Command Mode. What's it got? What's it do? What's it worth? Is Nikon collecting too much "Duper?" * Nikon's exclusive Creative Lighting System.
D700 Super Duper Cam Full Frame and Five Star? You know about the D300. The King of all current DSLRs for value, features, image quality and ergonomics. Here comes the Big One. Nearly a twin to the D300. The D700 is everything the D300 is, plus a full frame chip. Read all about it in our Preview.
May 8, 08 News
Now that the D300 eBook is entering the Layout Stage, we have more to say. What does it take to pry open the hood of the D300? We've been working on it every day since it walked in the door, and while our initial impressions in our Preview still stand, we now see it much more clearly. Check out our Review 2 to catch a sense of the D300 after six months of trying out every feature and menu item. See what the FUNC it's all about. All of that and more will be in the rapidly-approaching DSLR: Nikon D300 eBook. Updates on the timing of eBook release will appear as we know them. Click on the FUNC button for a mindful.
March 19, 08 News
New bulb beats pooh out of LEDs. Luxim Corp has introduced a little teeny weeny lightbulb brighter than anything previous. So what? This means several things in your future, eventually. More light for less energy. A solar panel on your roof will put more light into your life (workplace/street lighting/TV set, etc.) than even LEDs can bring. LEDs deliver up to 70 lumens per watt. This tiny bulb delivers twice that. And it is smaller than your pinky fingernail. Will it light photography studios? Oh yes. Stay tuned.
March 6, 08 News
For ACTIONS! eBook owners only: 14 folders have been additionally updated today to be compatible with Photoshop™ Version 7. Updated versions of some of the 611 iNovaFX Actions now work seamlessly within PS 7 even though they were created on more recent versions of PS. Now you can iShatter along with the rest of us. And iBubble, iCombo, iPencilSketch, iOldTymie, iToons, iVignette, etc. All ACTIONS! eBook owners are eligible for the free upgrade. All USB Drive orders already include them in the ActionsActions folder. Click the pic for more info.
February 8, 08 News ACTIONS! eBook Delivery NOTES!
Thanks for all the pre-orders!
February 5, 08 News IT is Here!! Smaller than your thumb. Bigger than Photoshop!
Get the ACTIONS! eBook now. USB Premium Edition is up first. CD Edition very soon.
Feb 2, 08 News PMAzing What impressed me from PMA 08 It can't be. Smaller than a rolled up sock. A full HD camcorder with no moving parts (except zoom, focus and optical steady parts). Some other things, too.
January 15, 08 News Thin is In Portable Photoshop just went skinny The portable digital darkroom has been revised. Major. Taking up less room than a paper notepad, the new MacBook Air brings your workstation along for the ride. Click on it for more.
November 26, '007 (updated January 28, 008)
iNova's Next Here it comes, a new kind of digital photography project. It's an eBook and software project to be delivered on a USB thumb drive. Late January, '08. We are in the last stages of production right now. Called Lights... Digital Camera... Actions!, it brings you literally hundreds of new, productive and exotic photographic treatments, fixes and conversions through Photoshop 7, CS, CS2 and CS3+ in the form of Photoshop Actions.
Many NEW Photoshop Actions are included. Photoshop Actions are those single-click macros that turn your Cessna Photoshop 7, CS, CS2 and CS3 into a Stealth Fighter. The iNovaFX library of these are all 100% original and the collection runs into the hundreds. All of them streamlined and configured for larger images, especially those from DSLRs. The thumb-drive medium lets you easily move the book and its software to any computer you use (USB port required). We want you to be able to transparently access the goodies in here wherever your work takes you. You've seen these iNovaFX Actions customized for specific model Nikon, Canon and Sony digital cameras in the past. Now they're going universal.
Virtually every page in this work harbors interactive images. You see the before/after of every Action along with options, tweaks and alternative choices. Professional photographers, photo illustrators, advanced enthusiast photographers, photo journalists, architectural photographers, art photographers and people who know their photography deserves to be seen as a cut above the norm will profit greatly from these Actions. Click the cover for more data. Check back for news on the debut (January, 2008). Sample pages coming soon.
Nikon's latest Monster It's going to be a sharp Holiday Season. The D300s are shipping and lots of people will be grinning from all angles. Here's a tantalizing peek at the next Nikon super cam from our in-hand expert. *Sure, the decade is only 0.8x finished, counting from 0-9, but so far, we predict this is the trickest clicker of the mix we've picked to affix our pix.
September 11, '007
According to the survey, one DSLR brand stands out. Rather head and shoulders, it would appear--way over their competitors. The contenders, in alphabetical order, are Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax and Sony.
Here's the chart. Do you think you know who is where? Obviously the top row won with top ratings in each of five categories. Any bets? Are you sitting down? Click on any pix to see the news.
Adventures in Visualization Can you do hard science with Photoshop? We can try. "Give me a place to stand and I can move the world," said Archimedes. He was talking leverage, which was High Tech in his day. Today our lever is Photoshop. And we have moved Mars. Sort of. While the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps pictures, we have applied a little shadow detail recovery to the images and seen things that few, if any, are chatting up. Click the picture of the Mars Hole to see what's up.
Big Vid/Small Cam HD hits the sub-19 ounce barrier and wins. When you can pack a 536 gram camera in your luggage and come back with virtually professional resolution HDV images, a New World Order is afoot. Or, in this case, about 5.5 inches. Canon's HV20 is the tiny so-hot 1080i image-collector du jour, and it takes thoroughly decent 3.1MP stills as well. Sure, it has its limits, but who among us doesn't? Put your hand down, it was a rhetorical question. For the pro who is thinking about a back-up cam, a B-roll cam or a time-lapse camera at nearly disposable prices, this sub-grand ($US) camera deserves a hearing. We do more than that. We reveal its hidden attributes right here, right now. Things you won't find in the manual. Things a considerate buyer would wish to know and test with one of these puppies in hand. Read our Secrets-Revealing Report.
Canon Father Two New Big Guns 10 megapixels or 21. Pick your take. The guys are busy at Canon today. They've just rolled out the biggest full-frame camera to date, the EOS-1 Ds Mark III with its huge 21+megapixel image chip. In the same breath, they rolled out the camera we all thought was going to be the 30D, but it's the 40D, the larger, more professional, better version of the EOS 400D (Rebel XTi) with the same 10 MP image chip. Both new cameras feature Canon's lovely Live View feature, that lets you see via the chip instead of the viewfinder for group gapes. More soon. Until then, check with DPReview's preview here (Ds Mark III). or here (40D).
Apple Pi How expensive is $79US? It could cost you a bundle. Especially if a new computer were to be bundled with it. Click here to learn more about the new iLife and iWork software offerings from Apple Inc. Each is $79 but you might get one of them for free.
MegaBook NOW! Now it can be yours. The most complete eBook in the history of digital cameras. The new DSLR: Nikon™ D40 / D40x eBook deals with the lightest of Nikon interchangeable lens cameras. Both the 6MP D40 and its 10MP big brother, the D40x (twins born four months apart, can you believe it?), are high in value, stunning in ergonomics (you know, the interface that either lets you do what you want or holds you up while you puzzle it out), and low in credit-card drain. Every button and menu item. And why you need it now or lose the shot. Every Nikkor lens you ever wanted, and some to avoid. Plus every trick in the eBook. The D40/x's don't have some of the features of the D80 and D200 (nor do they cost anywhere near as much), so you have to know every technique, every work-around and every option to solve all the shooting problems you will encounter. Included is the 210-page RAW Materials, by Uwe Steinmueller, the manipulation of NEF files, which both cameras produce in glorious high quality.
That's why this eBook is so huge. 1013 pages geared to moving your photographic best foot forward. On the left you see the 4.25 inch thick stack it printed out on my laser printer during proofing. Every page is 8.5 x 11 and every image may be blown up to 400% size before showing its pixels. Adobe Reader 8 included for Vista, Windows XP, Mac PPC and Mac Intel platforms. As requested by Nikon, we have included the fully-funtioning 30 day Trial version of Nikon Capture NX. Add to that the 660+ 6/10MP iNovaFX Photoshop Actions, and you will be hanging shots in a museum. Click on the image to see more details. Shipping is NOW!
The 13th Element
The Gonzo Chip
February 8, 2007
David Pogue. What a GUY! Clever, articulate and fun all around. Rarely does he step in it. Almost always he has the whole picture captured from a perspective so fresh and interesting that you just have to smile and let it wash over you. But this time he's proven something at the clearly intuitively correct level without a level. Find out how Pogue's Gone Wild in our knee wrinkling expose. Click the pic for the quick schtick.
New Adobe Reader Our eBooks have always shipped with Adobe Reader on board. It's the utility that allows our PDF file documents to display on your computer screen along with their extensive interactive images, and now Adobe has updated the software to Version 8. It's a free download from Adobe here for Windows PCs, Mac Power PCs and Mac Intel PCs. It offers several operational improvements, looks better and handles all our eBooks just fine, thanks. Get yours today. You can't beat the price.
December 20, 2006
Nikon's new D40 may be the smallest DSLR out there, and it reminds me of the small film SLRs of years past. Make no mistake, even though it is smaller than its older siblings, it packs more features and photography into every cubic centimeter than previous models. And casts out a few that were largely not used. But is it just too small? Click on the camera for our first impressions.
D80 eBook NOW! If only the Nikon D80 had its own eBook. Ready for the holidays, here it is. The screaming D80--possibly the highest value DSLR alive today--reveals its secrets, hidden talents and pictorial power in the latest DSLR title. Packing the same picture found in the 70% more expensive D200, the D80 has a lot to say, as does this new volume.
It's a lot more than just a book about the camera; it's about the joy of photography, the challenges, secrets and opportunities. Plus every button, menu item, lens and accessory. As customers have said, "EBook = eWow!"
D70 eBook iNovaFX CS2 Ready! When the D70 eBook appeared, Photoshop CS was the tallest version you could buy. Since then, Adobe has introduced PS CS2 which is endowed with several new features, and wouldn't you know it, several new lapses in functionality. The new --even amazing in some cases-- functions win out over the older, lost functions, but one consequence has been that some of the iNovaFX Actions produce a message you never wanted to see:
Click on the picture for a full rundown on how to restore complete functions to your iNovaFX Actions in Photoshop CS2. It will take you far less time to fix them than it has taken to read this story.
D80 eBook In Production! In fact, it re-defines the notion of Digital Photography, but not how you think. Never has so much camera been available for so few paycheck digits. And I'm not the only one to see it that way.
August 18, 2006
Here. Check it out. The new crown prince of the Nikon DSLRs. Click on the camera for the straight dope.
August 18, 2006
Projects like this take a lot of time and study. Still, we get things wrong. Like the day last December that we bought the camera and decided it would be three months of prep, then a new eBook would join the shelf. Bwaaa haa haa ha ha! Click on the image for more.
July 17, 2006 A long time coming. And worth every moment. Sometimes I'm convinced that this project has taken so long because it has been so much fun digging out all the D200's photographic, operational and system-wide secrets. The DSLR: Nikon D200 eBook is in its last lap before it premiers. The camera does such a wide range of things well that it has taken much longer to disrobe than previous eBook subjects. And who wants to explore something this sexy if it's still in its jammies? Back in March we didn't know how long it was going to take, and back in June we were still guessing. With every guess, we got closer. There are many new things in this volume that have never appeared in such depth. New in the D200 eBook:
It's so close, we are now beginning to accept pre-orders. Thank you to the hundreds of fans who have waited so patiently. Your notes and eMails have always been helpful and appreciated. Orders can be made by phone right now and via Internet pages soon. Graphics Management: (310) 475 2988 in the US only.
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Technological subtext. Eye-popping pictures. Mnemonics. Unforgettable passages. Surprises. Easter eggs. Graphics that zap your retina. Type that makes eBook reading pleasant. Printable format. Outrageous claims. Proofs. Diversions. Twists. Nobody expects the Spanish Steps.* Assignments. Work arounds. 14-bit inquisitions. Running bits. Hand-eye coordination. Latent fingerprints. Gotchas. Pop Quizzes. And looking at things several different ways.
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August 20, '007
Updated May 19, '007
DSLR: Nikon D80 eBook orders are being filled the instant they arrive. The perfect Open Me First gift for the photographer who is about to get everything.
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