Canon 1Ds MKIII and 1D MKIII firmware updates!

Canon 1Ds MKIII and 1D MKIII firmware updates!

Canon 1Ds MKIII firmware:
This firmware update (Version 1.1.2) incorporates the following improvements.

1. Includes the following new features that were frequently requested by customers to the new firmware.
1. Direct selection of AF points by the Multi-controller is added to C.Fn III-9.
2. Alternate access to Exposure compensation is added to C.Fn IV-3.
2. Improves the stability of AF accuracy in AI servo AF when shooting extremely low-contrast subjects.

The Version 1.1.2 firmware being released this time is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.0.6. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.1.2, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

Canon 1D MKIII firmware:
This firmware update (Version 1.2.3) incorporates the following improvements.

1. Includes the following new features that were frequently requested by customers to the new firmware.
1. Direct selection of AF points by the Multi-controller is added to C.Fn III-9.
2. Alternate access to Exposure compensation is added to C.Fn IV-3.
3. With the camera’s External Speedlite control menu, Flash function settings can be used to set the Wireless setting and Zoom.
2. Improves the stability of AF accuracy in AI servo AF when shooting extremely low-contrast subjects.

The Version 1.2.3 firmware being released this time is for cameras with firmware up to Version 1.1.3. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.2.3, it is not necessary to update the firmware.

Horrific crash at Le Mans Series at Mozna 2008

Horrific crash at Le Mans Series at Mozna 2008.

Stephane Ortelli 38yrs of age from Monaco has a horrific crash at Monza. From the crash Stephane Ortelli only came away with a broken ankle. Not too bad considering how the prototype gets airborne and tumbles over and over. Watch and be amazed!

BMW M1 Homage!

BMW M1 Homage!

BMW M1 Homage is the celebration of the M1 13th birthday. BMW brings out the Homage is a tribute to concept and design of the BMW M1.

Check the out the gallery of the BMW M1 Homage HERE!

Nikon D3 Updates again!

Nikon D3 Updates again!

With the discovery of an issue that, in rare cases, resulted in corrupted images captured with continuous shooting at 9 fps and RAW 14-bit recording option, the D3 firmware download released on April 15th 2008 was temporarily withdrawn on April 18th 2008. This new firmware download corrects that issue. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused to any customers who updated their D3 Digital SLR camera with the previous version.

About this firmware update
This service provides software for upgrading D3 A firmware to Ver 1.10 and B firmware to v1.11. When performing this firmware upgrade, be sure to upgrade both A and B firmware. Be aware that operation of your D3 is not guarenteed if either A or B firmware is upgraded while the other firmware is not upgraded.

Windows Nikon D3 update HERE!

Mac Nikon D3 update HERE!

Off Topic Friday

Off Topic Friday!

A really funny video of a model walking down the runway and having a bit of a problem walking in her heals! Its great!

2009 Mazda 6 Unveiling for North America!

2009 Mazda 6 Unveiling for North America!

Today Mazda has unveiled there brand new 6 that is heading to North America. The standard engine is going to be a 2.5L and there will be a optional 3.5L that comes from the CX-9. The North America version seems a bit larger than the Japanese and European model. Looks mostly like the front bumper and a totally different rear bumper cosmetic change. Either way the car was due for a change. The new Mazda 6 should arrive at dealerships later this summer.

More images HERE!

Nikon D300 8fps with no battery grip!!!!!

Nikon D300 8fps with no battery grip!!!!!

Well its not quite a hack, but its very cool to know that if you do have a Nikon D300 you can shoot 8fps! The only catch is that your only going to get 9 frames. Still very cool! Enjoy Nikon D300 owners!

Nikon D3 Review!!!

Nikon D3 Review!!!

Our good friends at Dpreview have just put there review on the Nikon D3! If your thinking of getting a D3 you should read the review. Dpreview always has great depth reviews.

Click HERE to the read the review!

Nissan Skyline(R35) vs Lotus Exige vs Porsche 911 Turbo(997) vs Lamborghini Gallardo Superlaggera vs Lamborghini Murcielago

Nissan Skyline(R35) vs Lotus Exige vs Porsche 911 Turbo(997) vs Lamborghini Gallardo Superlaggera vs Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

So our good friends at Best Motoring are back with a new exciting race!  GT-R Revenge!  Why not put up Japan’s super car Nissan Skyline GT-R up against the best super cars in the world!  Location Twin Ring Motegi, 5 cars, 5 drivers, and 1 great race!  Enjoy everyone!

Canon XSi/450D arrives end of April!

Canon XSi/450D arrives end of April!. Sources say that stores will be receiving stock of the Canon XSi at the end of April. Canon XSi/450D should have been in stores at the March, but they seem to be delayed just a little bit here! So if your looking to be first on those order list…you better head down to the shops and put some money down!

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Vistek’s across Canada has them instock!!!! If you want one get on it!!! I think less than 10 at each store!

 

Lexus LF-A New spy shots!

Lexus LF-A New spy shots! Nice people at KGP have gotten some new spy shots of what looks to be a race version of the Lexus LF-A. With a fixed wing, hood pins and carbon carnard’s this LF-A is ready to hit the tracks! But that front end looks quite like a Nissan 300zx to me. But enjoy the pix!

GALLERY!

Courtesy of: KGP

Sony Walkman promo GOMA da DIDGERIDOO x TUCKER

Sony Walkman promo GOMA da DIDGERIDOO x TUCKER

Usually i would just post music video’s in the video section. But this was just too cool to post there and never to been seen! They seem like they are on the blue man group tip, but way better! Watch…Enjoy!

Nintendo Super Mario Bros Theme on wine bottles!

Nintendo Super Mario Bros Theme on wine bottles!

What do you do with empty wine bottles and remote controlled car? If your like this guy you decide to recreate the Super Mario Bros. theme song for the original Nintendo Entertainment System(NES). Love the security guard at the end!

Nikon D3 Firmware Updates!

Nikon D3 Firmware Updates!

Features, Fixes

Modifications Enabled with upgrade of A and B firmware from ver. 1.00 to ver.1.10:

• A Vignette Control item has been added to the Shooting Menu. For information regarding supported lenses, see the supplemental manual.

• A Focus Point Brightness item has been added to the a6: Focus point illumination setting in the Autofocus category of Custom Settings.

• The Highlights playback display option has been moved from Display mode > Basic photo info > Highlights in the playback menu to Display mode > Detailed photo info > Highlights.

• When shutter speed and/or aperture are locked with shooting in live view mode, using the “L” (command lock) button, an “L” icon is now displayed in the camera monitor.

• The size and color of Demo displayed in the monitor with playback, when No memory card? in the Custom Settings is set to Enable release, have been modified.

• The range of settings available for ISO sensitivity settings > ISO sensitivity auto control > Minimum shutter speed in the shooting menu has been increased from 1/250 to one second to 1/4000 to one second.

• When a compatible Speedlight or Wireless Speedlight Commander is used, the AF assist illuminator now lights regardless of the focal length.

• When shooting in hand-held live view mode and the frame is magnified prior to autofocusing, operation has been modified so that display returns to the magnified display rather than full-frame display.

• In some rare cases, the image area visible through the viewfinder and the image area actually recorded differed when Image area > Choose image area in the shooting menu was set to DX format (24×16). This issue has been resolved.

• In some rare cases, white balance was not accurately calculated for images captured at a shutter speed of around 1/4 s in P and A exposure modes. This issue has been resolved.

• When attempting to crop images at an aspect ratio of 4:3 using the Trim option in the retouch menu, the cropped image did not have an accurate 4:3 aspect ratio. This issue has been resolved.

Downloads:

Nikon D3 Firmware 1.1.0 Mac

Nikon D3 Firmware 1.1.0 Windows

Mac Clones again?

Mac Clones? Do you remember the days when apple had clones? Power computing were one of the major players in clone wars. Now its Psystar! They are offering a mac for $399

Base Configuration

* 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor
* 2GB of DDR2 667 memory
* Integrated Intel GMA 950 Graphics
* 20x DVD+/-R SATA drive that is Lightscribe-capable
* 4 rear USB Ports

The highly extensible Open Computer is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. If you purchase Leopard with your Open Computer we will not only include the actual Leopard retail package with genuine installation disc, but we also include a Psystar restore disc for your Open Computer and we will preinstall Leopard for free so you can begin to use your computer right out of the box.

At the moment Psystar site is quiet slow. Probably due to all the press they are getting. Do check it out. Interesting that there are Mac clones again!

Check out the Psystar configs of the Mac clones HERE!

Bridgestone RE-11 First impression!

Bridgestone RE-11 First impression!

The New Bridgestone RE-11 was released in Japan in January. They have seem to have a made a huge impact already. They seem to be not a 100% evolution of the RE-01R cause the tread pattern, cause the asymmetrical design(Even tho on the Bridgestone Japanese site they were comparing the 2). First impressions are saying that the sidewalls are softer, this giving a better ride comfort. But the level of grip is still retained at a very high level!

Here are some more PIX!

Aston Martin + Kobe Bryant + Nike = HyperDunk!

Aston Martin + Kobe Bryant + Nike = HyperDunk! This is just a great ad. To help show how light the Nike HyperDunk is Kobe jumps over a Aston Martin that driven straight at him! All i can say NIKE!

Toyota Previa(Estima) + Drifting = One cool mini van!

Toyota Previa(Estima) + Drifting = One cool mini van! When most of think of mini van we think soccer mom. But who would have thought it would be actually cool? And special a Toyota Previa(Estima is the japanese version)? But you know what…why not just drift it. Why does your life with a mini van have to stop all the fun! (Head over to 26sec to see the goodness) Enjoy!

Caterham R500 265HP Goodness!

Caterham R500 265HP Goodness! With the sucess of the R400 why not make a better version! Sounds like a great plan to me. With a Duratec 2.0L engine producing all the ponies, the power is delivered thru a 6-speed gear box in your flavors H pattern or sequential. R500 is coming in a lovely price of $75,000US. Save your penny’s!

Check the rest of the pix HERE!

Adobe Releases Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 Updates!!!

Adobe Releases Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 Updates.

UPDATE FOR LIGHTROOM 1.4:
Lightroom 1.4.1 includes corrections for the following issues:
(These issues are specific to the 1.4.1 update. Lightroom 1.4.1 also includes all of the previous updates listed for Lightroom
1.4 below)
● Lightroom 1.4 incorrectly modified the EXIF time date field of images that had a metadata update applied. This
incorrect modification does not appear in Lightroom or Bridge and is only viewable through third party EXIF tools. This
error has been corrected in Lightroom 1.4.1 and all files in a Lightroom catalog that have been incorrectly modified will
be corrected on their next metadata update. (Metadata can be updated by selecting the files in the Library grid view
and choosing Command or CTRL + S to save and update the metadata.)
● Olympus JPEG files could render incorrectly in Lightroom 1.4, displaying an artifact in the exported file.
● Any conversion to DNG in Lightroom 1.4 would cause the DNG file to become unreadable by Lightroom’s Develop
Module or Camera Raw 4.4 in Photoshop. The issue has been corrected and files should be converted to DNG again
in order to resolve the issue for existing files. Returning to the original native raw files is not necessary. The affected
DNG files can be selected and converted again using the DNG Converter 4.4.1 available at www.adobe.com/dng/
● Lightroom 1.4 provided degraded import performance relative to Lightroom 1.3.
● The Lightroom 1.4.1 update also reflects the Lightroom 1.4 notes below.
● The Lightroom team apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the issues presented in the initial Lightroom 1.4
update.

CAMERA RAW UPDATE 4.4.1
• Camera Raw 4.4 incorrectly modified the EXIF time date field of images that were saved as TIFF
or JPEG files from the Camera Raw dialog. This has been corrected in Camera Raw 4.4.1.
• Olympus raw files could render incorrectly in Camera Raw 4.4, displaying an artifact in the
exported file.

You can download both updates HERE!