From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Sprint MiFi @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itabletWe’ve written extensively about the Verizon MiFi and how, if only the iPod Touch had a camera, we would switch from the iPhone to an iPod Touch with Skype to have a de-facto iPhone on the Verizon network.

Meanwhile, the MiFi has also become available on the Sprint network and The Unofficial Apple Weblog has a good review of the MiFi for Sprint. So Sprint might be another alternative if you want to switch away from AT&T.

Now if only Apple would finally put a camera into the iPod Touch…

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Drobo: S as in Simply overpriced?

by Veit on 11/27/2009

Drobo S Technorati @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itabletDo you think that the Drobo S, which adds a 5th drive bay plus 2 drive fail-over for twice the bucks is overpriced? So do I. Over at Technorati.com, I outlined the arguments what Data Robotics should really charge for the Drobo S.

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The ultimate travel camera? NOT!

by Veit on 11/26/2009

Olympus E-P1 Swarowski @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itabletThis Holiday season, Harrod’s will be selling a special edition of the Olympus E-P1, whose body is covered in Swarovski crystals. It will come with a flash, the two available micro-4/3 lenses and a wooden box and can be yours to take home for a mere £1999.99.

As much as we love the E-P1 as a travel camera, we would not want to be seen with one of these babies. Somehow, this feels so 2007…

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2010 Photo Predictions

by Veit on 11/25/2009

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Part of the fall photo tradition is to read Thom Hogan’s predictions for the next year.  Thom just posted his predictions for 2010 and there are a few good ones.  While he’s always been very much focused on Nikon, he expanded his predictions this year to also cover all the major manufacturers.  As always, a must-read!

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Geology on your iPhone

by Veit 11.23.2009
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Most photographers love the outdoors. When out and about, we do more than just snapping away. We are hikers, ecologists, bird watchers, botanists, geographers, hunters and much more. And some of us are geologists.
If you are a geologist wielding an iPhone, there’s a set of geologist applications covering various U.S. states. [...]

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Canon releases new whitepaper for the Canon 1D Mark IV

by Veit 11.19.2009
Canon whitepapers @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itablet

Canon’s always had a number of very detailed whitepapers on their cameras – if you could only find them. So if you have been searching for them, head on over to Canon’s whitepaper page.
Just recently, they added a new whitepaper for the Canon 1D Mark IV. With the exception of the Canon 7D, [...]

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How to fix MacOSX Migration Assistant clashing with Adobe CS3 and CS4

by Veit 11.16.2009
Apple MacOSX Migration Assistant @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itablet

After I rebuilt my Mac using the Migration Assistant, everything worked – with the exception of Adobe’s Creative Suite, CS3. Getting CS3 to work turned out to be a much bigger issue than I thought, with many hours spent digging through Adobe’s knowledgebase, their forums and on their phone. The same Migration Assistant [...]

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Mac OSX: Reinstall with Great Results

by Veit 11.15.2009
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After almost three years and two MacOSX upgrades, my MacBook Pro finally came to the point where I needed to do a re-install. Too many installs and uninstalls of programs and all these upgrades had left the Pro unstable with frequent hangs-ups.
Being no stranger to re-installs (e.g., every year my XP systems get re-installed), [...]

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OWLE: Strange shape, better iPhone videos

by Veit 11.12.2009
OWLE iPhone video holder @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itablet

Recently, a very interesting contraption was released: The OWLE Bubo, a video handle for the iPhone.
If you shot video with the iPhone in the past, you most likely noticed that it is hard to shoot smooth and stable video. On major reason for that is the unnatural way you hold the iPhone while [...]

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Ricoh GXR: Innovative, but too costly

by Veit 11.11.2009
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On the heels of Olympus announcing the E-P2 follows Ricoh’s announcement of another camera system: The GXR. Its claim to fame are removable lens modules, where the sensor, the processing unit and the lens are encased in one removable unit. Therefore, the camera itself contains only the LCD, the flash show, the battery [...]

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Olympus micro-4/3 lens roadmap released

by Veit 11.10.2009
Olympus E-P2 micro 4/3 lens roadmap @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itablet

In an increasingly heated battle for the new micro 4/3 camera market, Olympus recently announced the E-P2, their second iteration of the Olympus “digital PEN” camera. We will see how this camera will perform and how much it will eliminate the shortcomings of the initial E-P1 camera from Olympus.
In another move to further gain [...]

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4 top iPhone Photo Video stories from last week

by Veit 11.09.2009
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Here are the most popular NEW stories with our readers from last week:
1. One Finger Discount in response to MacHeist
The MacHeist bundle has often been controversial and the free MacHeist nano bundle (5+1 apps for free for 4 more days) isn’t different, either. Upset by the nano-bundle, a coalition of Mac developers, organized by Daniel [...]

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Quarrel

by Veit 11.08.2009
Two Hawks @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video iPod Touch iTouch iCamera iPad iTablet

During a photo walk yesterday, we spotted two hawks going after each other. Unfortunately, one cannot capture images like these with an iPhone. Fortunately, I had my DSLR with a telephoto with me.
Canon EOS 5D, 70-200mm, 1.4x teleconverter. Processing note: Lightroom: Exposure boosted slightly, clarity boosted. Photoshop: Hawks masked and sharpened, grass blurred [...]

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One Finger Discount in response to MacHeist

by Veit 11.08.2009
One Finger Discount MacHeist @ iphonephotovideo.com iphone photo video ipod touch itouch icamera ipad itablet

The MacHeist bundle has often been controversial and the free MacHeist nano bundle (5+1 apps for free for 4 more days) isn’t different, either. Upset by the nano-bundle, a coalition of Mac developers, organized by Daniel Jerkut, the developer of MarsEdit, now offers its own discounts: While the MacHeist nano bundle is alive, they [...]

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