Some of the more advanced digital cameras will also let you save files in either TIFF or RAW image file format. TIFF records every pixel in the exact shade of the 16 million possible colors that the image sensor could capture…see my blog….

Keep up the show guys, heard about you on PSTV.

JPO

But! I think the more relevant factor here is cost of scale — as you ramp UP production on something, stuff tends to get cheaper because you can buy in higher quantities and the fixed costs of production (same cost regardless of # of units produced) get amortized across a larger quantity produced. The reverse happens as you reduce production — quantity discounts drop and fixed costs amortize across fewer units. You have to charge more to keep the operation profitable.

Peter+

Catching up on some old podcasts (I was up to date after I started listening, but hadn’t caught the older episodes…

Scott — on this episode (I think it was this one) you complained about the price of the remote from Canon (I agree, that’s ridiculous! I was frustrated (but spent it anyway) when I got the MC-36 cable remote for my D200 at $140 because that’s all the camera shop had, even though I would have preferred the simpler, less-whiz-bang MC-30 at $55 or so…)

Anyway, in case you don’t have a remote for your 30D yet, you may want to check out the Zigview IR remote:

http://www.zigview.co.uk/lst92.htm

Peter+

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9861G/A

thaks byt

All the Best,
hl

If not the Scorpio http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=102&language=en
looks to be a good choice. Do you have any specific suggestions for enclosures?

Vielen Dank! Merci!

All the Best,
hl

The hard drive enclosures do not display any image files.

Unless there is a new firmware upgrade for the Epson P-4000, it does not seem that it supports ORF files.

The good news is that the new to be released Epson P-4500 clearly states that it supports a wide variety of RAW files *including* ORF. I suggest visiting the Epson site and read the specifications for the P-4500.

Michael GW Stein

I timed the transfer a full 2gb Lexar 80x CF card to the Digimate. It took around 13.5 minutes to transfer. I find that speed pretty acceptable.

Michael

it’s blazing fast and you can download around 80Gb on one charge. A 1-2 Gb card takes 2-3 minutes to download.

See also:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CkG0

The ipod downloader sometimes can’t even download one card on a charge and it can take hours to download…
I would stay away from that particular gadget.

Seriously, Steve, I am aware of the echo problem - although not it was so severe. It occurs because I am taping the show in a tunnel. Naw, it just sounds like that. I can’t figure out how to fix it, but when I move sometime this summer I’m going to try to set up a more podcast-friendly recording space.

cheers

I just wanted to put this out there… did anyone else notice the echo on this podcast? Don’t know if that was done on purpose but I had to remove one of my earbuds because it was getting to me after a while.

Love the information from the show and I’m looking forward to many more!

I own an iPod Photo, but do not own the Camera Connector. From what I have read, thumbnails (images resized for the ipod display) are created by iTunes prior to downloading to which means one would need to download the images to the computer before the thumbnails could be made and downloaded to the iPod for viewing.

If in fact the iPod creates the thumbnails as you suggested, this is a good thing if you want to view the images immediately. It is my understanding that RAW images cannot be viewed.

Ultimately viewing images on the iPod is not so important to me since I cannot zoom in on those thumbnails for critical viewing. It would be nice to confirm that your photos made it over in tact though.

The part that concerns me the most is that the transfer supposedly consumes a lot of power. I would caution users to make sure their iPod is well charged before going on the field.

All in all, the iPod Camera Connector is a very attractive solution if you have a color iPod. For a minimal expense you can save yourself from bringing your computer with you and/or purchasing extra memory cards.

If you have one, I’d be interested in hearing more about how it works for you.

Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comment, Stewart!