Tuesday, February 1, 2005

First Look: iPhoto 5: "At times, previous releases of Apple's digital photo management program iPhoto came across as catch-up efforts -- catching up to the features found in third party applications that came before it; catching up to the incredible pace that people were shooting and storing digital pictures; and catching up to the potential of being mature Mac OS X applications that aren't hobbled by the halting performance and feature compromises that have been the hallmark of Apple's 1.0 applications of late. In many ways, iPhoto 5 feels like it's finally caught up. Some elements are organized a bit differently than before, but in a way that suggests the designers took a closer look at how people are actually using it." (Via MacCentral.) 7:43:21 AM

Apple: Video's future is Tiger, QuickTime 7, H.264: "One of the most talked-about video codecs in the last year, H.264, will make its debut in QuickTime 7 this year when Apple ships Mac OS X Tiger. Apple says that because H.264 is a standard and has been adopted by standards organizations and many other companies the battle for the successor to the current MPEG-2 video standard is basically over." (Via MacCentral.) 7:28:55 AM

Canon EOS-1D Mark II Review - Imaging Resource: "Imaging Resource reviews the Canon EOS-1D Mark II and writes - 'The EOS-1D was an impressive digital SLR at its debut, arguably the most rugged, configurable, and fastest then available on the market. The new EOS-1D Mark II raises the..." (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 7:27:35 AM

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II Pro SLR Review - Steves Digicams: "Steve's Digicams review the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II Pro SLR and writes - 'They say you get what you pay for, and in the case of the 1Ds Mark II you both get pay a lot. We've become accustomed to..." (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 7:27:16 AM

Adobe ACR (RAW Plugin) Camera Raw 2.4 update out of beta: " Support for the following cameras has been added. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras. Find out more about the new DNG format, which is also supported in Camera Raw. Click here to dowload the windows version. Click here for mac.. " (Via Digital Camera Websites: Digital Photography News - The Latest Digital Photography News.) 7:25:37 AM

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