I have a virus checker installed on my Mac - I know crazy eh? Well, I like to be sure. The machine has all my work, photos, diary, contacts, etc on it. I do back-up as well, but I just like ‘belt and braces‘ as they say here in the UK.
The main criticism to this, when ever I tell anyone, is that Virus Barrier X4 slows my machine down so much. Admittedly it does a…
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Just a quick bit to say that Canon have released some new digital SLR equipment (links via DPReview). There is a long awaited update to the 70-200 f4 L lens, which now has a 4 stop image stabiliser. The much rumoured 50mm f1.2 L lens has finally come to market and the 350D has been superseded by the 400D.
The 400D is interesting because it has a 10.1mp chip, nearly as many as my 1Ds (mk1)…
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I’ve finally found time to upgrade my R-D1 firmware. The camera is now effectively an R-D1s in all but the casing - or so it’s said.
I thought I would do some tests so that I could assess the upgrade and the results are written up in the article section of the main site.
You can jump straight to the article by clicking here.
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Well I missed all the exciting news, Apple has made a load of new releases and announcements at their annual developer conference, WWDC2006, sounds like a cheesy wresting event doesn’t it? “Welcome to WWDC Smack Down!!!” 
Well, it’s far from cheesy and I’ve not seem much playacting either… You can see the video of Steve Jobs here. Don’t miss the ‘PC Guy‘ address link on the same page (it’s on the start of the…
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Sony, Panasonic, Canon and others have agreed a new HD format for recording onto consumer camcorders.
It’s called AVCHD based on the H.264 format and allows recording of the HD image onto both conventional DVDs (ie BlueRay or HD-DVD not needed) and hard-drives - it will even allow recording onto memory cards.
The quality of H.264 is normally very good, it being a potentially high-quality version of MPEG-4. Apple’s technical brief is here and the H.264 Quicktime…
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Sorry if anyone has experienced ‘database connection’ problems. I’m using a database on a different hosting service from my website and my website hosts decided to change the server ip addresses without telling anyone. 
It should be fixed now.
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