Me and Mogens were looking at wide-angle lenses, which of course brings me on to the subject of flashes. What I've really wanted to play with is several flashes, for instance a Canon 580ex and two Canon 420ex'es as slaves. But since Canon hasn't decided to sponsor my blog with these lenses just yet, I started reading up on alternatives.
My first suprise was, the wireless support for these lenses is infra-red. Hello, radio has been around for a loooong time! Do you think I'll have those extra flashes put in a place where they can have "eye-contact"? So, looks like I'll be waiting for a new series of flashes.
But, I found it interesting that the Sigma EF-500 DG works just like the 580ex, people have been really pleased about it and it's just half the price of the Canon. Alas, the Sigma seems to get a thumbs down ...
I've been photographing fish again, this time with my 100mm macro. Way better results, but I've got to stop using high ISO settings when using a flash, even if it's the on-camera one
According to a mathematician and his student, violins are hard to play, and they go on explaining why.
I've been using iPhoto lately, and I've been using it a lot.
First to the RAW issue. Does Apple make use of RAW? Yes and no. When at first you load the RAW, the changes you make will use the RAW file as source and apply them, not wasting your precious data. However, it will save the changed file as a JPEG. Thus, next time you make a change, iPhoto will NOT use your RAW file, apply the changes you did before and the ones you have made now and save that as a file, but it will use your intermediate JPEG file, thus wasting more information than necessary. This is most apparent when you use external programs. Try dragging your fresh file to an application, and it will be served a RAW file. Make some changes in iPhoto, and it will be served a JPEG. Can this be solved? Yes, it's quite easy for Apple to save a trail of what modifications ...
