03/23/2010 Alain Briot Workshop openings

• Due to a cancellation Alain and Natalie Briot have an opening for the Spring 2010 Antelope Canyon workshop.
• Alain and Natalie also have a few openings (not many) for their other workshops including Zion, Mono Lake and Route 66.

03/21/2010 Film shot on 7D wins SxSW juried “best film” prize (via Philip Bloom)

Amazing what talented writers, directors and DPs can do with these cameras. Now you could even use Canon Rebel T2i/550D (an $800 body).

03/20/2010 Canon EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro available

03/20/2010 Canon 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.4 supposed to fix issues

This was a fast fix. We follow what other people report.

03/19/2010 Our Webex FAQ now includes an instruction video for Webex

We added an option to download the video directly for betetr quality.

03/16/2010 Still some $100 discount for our Photo Optimization Master Class ends 3/15/2010

All previous Digital Outback Photo customer can claim this discount. This is a very unique workshop. With the help of R. Mac Holbert you will learn how a systematic photo workflow should be.

03/16/2010 HOT: New Canon 5D Mark II Firmware is here to improve movie modes

We think this is the most amazing firmware update we ever have seen. This is not just bug fixing but brand new functionality. It also showed how much Canon listened to the movie makers.

03/14/2010 Non Destructive Crop in Photoshop

03/14/2010 Canon 550D Diary: Photo of the day

03/13/2010 Movies for Photographer: Baraka

The director/cinematographer/editor Ron Fricke is a master of framing and demonstrates that for some movies resolution really matters. Watch the DVD and also the bonus material.

03/12/2010 HDR "WTF": Three Frames, Two Hands, One Vision

03/11/2010 RAW Developer 1.8.9 released

RAW Developer 1.8.9 includes new support for the Canon Rebel T2i, Olympus E-PL1, Samsung NX10 and Samsung WB5000 models.

03/10/2010 Sunday 3/14/2010 "Lightroom Seminar Part II" at Keeble & Shuchat

03/10/2010 Pentax announces new 40MP 645 camera (via DPReview)

First available in May only in Japan.

03/10/2010 New Front Page Photo

Inside a factory shot with the Canon 550D at ISO 1600 (freehand).

03/09/2010 Canon Rebel T2i/550D Review Diary: First Sample Images

03/08/2010 Canon Rebel T2i/550D Review Diary: Moire Tests

03/08/2010 Check out our March 2010 Gallery

03/08/2010 Panasonic announces Lumix G10 (via DPReview)

Lightest m4/3 camera. It is essentially a G2 without swivel LCD.

03/08/2010 Panasonic announces Lumix G2 (via DPReview)

Features now HD video but only at 720p.

03/07/2010 Canon Rebel T2i/550D Review Diary started

03/06/2010 Soon to come: We ordered a Canon Rebel T2i

We were quite impressed by the performance of the Canon 7D. Now we want to check how much of this quality you can get for $800 for both stills and video.

03/06/2010 New Front Page Photo

Find more image in the article "Hills in Shadow and Light" below.

03/06/2010 Hills in Shadow and Light

03/05/2010 "Basic Retouching" webinar moved to 3/20/2010

03/04/2010 Western Digital launches Solid State drives

03/03/2010 If you follow us on Twitter "outbackphoto" you will be notified about new images uploaded to our SmugMug Gallery

03/03/2010 Moved our HDSLR Workshop to June

03/02/2010 Canon 5D Firmware update to be expected in March

From the Canon press release: "..by adding 24p video acquisition and changing the 30p video frame rate to 29.97 to comply with TV production standards. In addition, audio capability is enhanced for professional use, adding manual audio level control, and increasing the audio sampling frequency to 48KHz from 44.1KHz...."

03/02/2010 We are proud to announce our 8th Fine Art Printing Summit in Moab, UT Nov. 5-8, 2010

03/02/2010 "The Story beyond the Still" chapter 2 Winner

This short got our vote. Congratulations.